In the best of the John Sandford’s Prey novels, there are usually two or three scenes where he brings the reader to a kind of momentum nirvana. This is a point where you’re turning the pages as fast as your eyes can scan the words. These aren’t necessarily action scenes, although Sandford can do action as well as anybody. More often these are times in the story where some break in the case has happened or some other critical event has left the police scrambling. People are being rousted out of b...

Probably one of my favorite in this series.On Buried Prey, we get to meet Lucas when he was just a young man. He is getting bored with his job as a patrolman and he is either thinking of climbing the ladder or leaving and going to law school instead. We see that Lucas was a womanizer and his love for good clothes was present already there but also his skill for digging into an investigation and tying the details together to find his target.Lucas finds himself assisting in the investigation of tw...

I chose a John Sandford - Lucas Davenport book to cleanse my palate after reading too much of a more contemporary novel. Sometimes a girl just has to go slumming. Delving into a Lucas Davenport book is like eating a big double cheeseburger. You know you should choose something more chic, but the dialogue and the internal monologues of the character just can't leave your mind. I read the dialogue in Sandford's books with a certain amount of awe. He could write a book with only dialogue and it wou...

I newer realize the depth of my midwestern roots so keenly as when I read John Sandford. In every one of his novels he includes a description or reference which makes me think, "Oh, yes, I know what you mean, or the place you're describing." In this one, near they end, Lucas Davenport describes a motel clerk who speaks with a Fargo accent. The details adds nothing to the plot, but I love such reminders of my old home. This novel begins with a horrifying opening scene, followed by a long flashbac...

Another well written book in the series.

This is an older Lucas Davenport book...one that I was sure I had probably read but soon discovered I had not. Turned out to be a very good read. Pretty much read it cover to cover, stopping only when forced to.

This is the twenty-first John Sandford novel to feature Minnesota detective Lucas Davenport, and it's one of the best books in a truly great series.Twenty-five years ago, Davenport was a beat cop with a taste for fine clothes, fast cars and attractive women. He was also smart, ambitious and determined to excell, preferably as a detective, but if not, perhaps as a lawyer. He gets the chance to prove himself when two young girls go missing. Lucas, along with some other patrolmen, is assigned tempo...

Number 21 in the Prey series, and it was one of the best.I love when a book takes us back in time to a point we have never known before, and this volume does exactly that. Twenty-five years ago, Davenport was a beat cop, a ladies' man, and an ambitious streak. He has his eyes set on being a detective. He already loves the fine things in life.Two girls go missing and Davenport gets the chance to prove himself. He is assigned to a temporary duty assignment, assisting in the investigation. Davenpor...

So I can't talk about this book without spoilers. That's how freaking annoyed I am. I may just give up reading anymore books in this series or ensuring they are library borrows. Lucas is not the end all be all for women everywhere. The fact that Sandford cheapens Marcy's death by forgetting her backstory and having her thinking about Lucas in a someday romantic style made me heave. And then of course everyone is not focused on Marcy. Oh hell no, everyone must be focused on preventing Lucas from

Wow! Another great story, even though it's #21. Probably better for that since I'm so invested in the characters. This one starts in the present, has a longish flashback to Lucas' early days on the force & how he got into plain clothes, & then takes up again. Lucas is feeling guilty because he knew that first case wasn't so easy, but his position & politics demanded closure at the time. Now it's ripped open again & becomes an overriding mission for him. The way his friends & family react to that...

I finished John Sandford's Buried Prey yesterday and immediately ordered Dark of the Moon, an early addition in the Virgil Flowers series. Buried Prey, from the get-go is a thrill ride, NO kidding...Lucas is drawn back into a case that has troubled him since his early days as a detective, and troubled him plenty. The bodies of 2 young girls, missing for many years turn up suddenly beneath a house being torn down for new construction. Politics, egos and attitudes played a big part in the wrongful...

4 stars.🇺🇸🤙

Audio and ebook No reason not to give it five. The story was well written,tight, and very interesting. No excess filler. It was hard to take breaks. Sandford keeps delivering for his fans.

I almost feel badly rating this book at three stars since others, for whom I have great respect, have rated it four or, even, five stars, but like the old baseball umpire (maybe Bill Klem) said, "I call 'em like I see 'em."The plot was pretty interesting in that the bodies were discovered of two young girls killed many years earlier. As luck would have it, they were the victims in Lucas Davenport's first real murder case and he felt that he flubbed it (my word, not his). As a result, about half

Sandford remains in great form in this, the 21st in his "Prey" series. It begins with the unearthing (literally) of the bodies of two young girls who were believed to be kidnapped and murdered in 1985 - a case to which neophyte cop Lucas Davenport was assigned. A killer was unearthed (figuratively) as well, but Davenport had his doubts.The discovery means a second chance to find the real killer, who Davenport is sure hasn't stopped his murdering ways. In an interesting plot twist, Sandford spend...