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Summary: Lucas Davenport: a superlative fictional cop
Review: Lucas Davenport is a street wise, smart cop. Intelligent, dogged, sometimes lucky, sometimes not, but always believable. He is the brilliant fictional creation of John Sandford, who has written more than a dozen "Prey" novels featuring Davenport.
Sandford's characters and plots are believable and move swiftly. He doesn't rely on fortunate miracles, but rather dogged police work with an occasional bit of luck.
In "Mind Prey" a psychiatrist and her daughter are kidnapped by a psychopath with a penchant for role-playing games. Davenport as it happens is a creator of such simulation games.
The chase becomes a gruesome game as the murderer taunts Davenport and leads him on.
A great police thriller.
Jerry
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Summary: JOHN SANDFORD NEVER FAILS.....
Review: Couldn't put the first one down and have now read every one of his with the same enthusiasm and satisfaction.
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Summary: A page turner to the power of 10!
Review: I am in the process of reading #8 of 10 (so far) of the "Prey" series. I re-read the first 3 and have continued through the entire series. Mind Prey is #7 and by far the best yet. This story kept me locked in from the first pages. It has the hidden secrets, the "thing" Lucas Davenport just can't get ahold of, empathy for the victims, and surprises until the very end. Instead of "burning out" on the saga, I eagerly start the next book. WOW! What a storyteller is John Sandford!
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Summary: The best series with the best character, Lucas Davenport
Review: I started out with the book "Night Prey". My friendand I were in school, when she told me to read this book when she wasdone. I read it within 36 hours, it was such a page-turner. I then found out that this book was just one in a series of "prey" books by John Sandford. I've read almost all of them, and I'm planning on buying "Certain Prey" from amazon.com soon. The best series that there is. John Sandford is definately my favorite author! He's created such a likable character in Lucas Davenport, and he definately knows how to add in unsuspecting twists and turns to every novel. If you like James Patterson's novels, you'll definately enjoy anything written by John Sandford.
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Summary: Literary Crack
Review: I started reading Mind Prey last night. I finished today, ignoring family, friends, chores, hygiene, etc., in the process. If drugs are like this, I can see the attraction (I'm not advocating anyone test that theory, just get the next Davenport book and tune out the rest of the world for another day).This book, Sandford's seventh "Prey" mystery, deals with a psycho kidnapper and the games he plays (mental and otherwise) with Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport. If it were just the two of them in the battle of wits, the bad guy might have had a chance, but late in the game he recognizes that Davenport has more than just his uncanny intuition going for him: his crew is top-notch and he has some sharp women on his side, like Elle "Sister Mary Joseph" Kruger, Weather Karkinnen, and a newcomer known only as "Ice." The violence is not for the faint of heart or stomach and the language is frequently harsh (we do learn the difference, however, between profanity, obscenity and vulgarity, so the book is at least educational in that respect). In the context of the story it all makes sense and doesn't sink into exploitation, but if it's not your cup of tea (or martini glass of, well, martini) it will likely detract from the story too much for you to enjoy it. Sandford's imagery draws you into the story and keeps you there. The only times the book begins to drag are during long paragraphs of scene description (the train yard especially gets bogged down...and just when the race against time is at its peak). Thankfully this is kept to a minimum and - once we know where we are - the pace picks right back up again. A fast-paced thriller that is sure to please Sandford's fans, and earn him some new ones, even as it raises the question: "Why do the psychos like the Cities so much?"
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Summary: the best
Review: I would rate Mind Prey as on par with Winter Prey as being the best in the series. In this installment, brilliant psychopath John Mail kidnaps his former psychiatrist and her two young daughters as vengeance for her part in having him committed to a mental hospital years before. Lucas Davenport is back and hot on Mail's trail. Mail, a gamer who knows of Lucas' history designing computer games, starts toying with his pursuer by leaving obscure clues as to his location. With the most original plot of all the "Prey" novels (as well as the most frightening and unpredictable villain), if you are new to the Prey series and you don't care about going in order, read this one before you even think about the others. The only thing I didn't like about this book was that sometimes Sandford would create completely unnecessary characters and make it seem like their purpose in the story was meaningful, but then you'd find out that it wasn't (like Ice, one of the programmers at Davenport Simulations).
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Summary: Prey series by John Sandford
Review: Mind Prey one of many of the "Prey" series is a outstanding book. I have read every one of the series. The lead Lt. Lucas Davenport has a cool way about him Very likeable character..Any of the books are hard to put down. Rules of prey the first of the series starts you on a rollorcoaster of psychological drama and edge of your seat reading!! Good luck putting it down. Hey John when is the next one coming out?? Your due.
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Summary: If you haven't read this series you have missed a treat!
Review: Mind Prey was the very first "Prey" book I ever read. I picked it up in an airport and was instantly hooked. John Sandford has the rare ability to build "real" characters that are flawed but real - cruel but interesting - attractive but not cheesy.
For those of us with kids - this particular book is savage! It starts with a guy fishing on a lake... and right then your nerves will start to fray - you know that something BAD is going to happen. Step in Lucas Davenport - Part detective, part game designer, part animal. This guy is about the best detective I have seen portrayed. He isn't Sherlock Holmes and He isn't Mike Hammer, but he is definitely a bit of both. One last thing - if you read one - be prepared to buy the rest!
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Summary: If you haven't read this series you have missed a treat!
Review: Mind Prey was the very first "Prey" book I ever read. I picked it up in an airport and was instantly hooked. John Sandford has the rare ability to build "real" characters that are flawed but real - cruel but interesting - attractive but not cheesy.
For those of us with kids - this particular book is savage! It starts with a guy fishing on a lake... and right then your nerves will start to fray - you know that something BAD is going to happen. Step in Lucas Davenport - Part detective, part game designer, part animal. This guy is about the best detective I have seen portrayed. He isn't Sherlock Holmes and He isn't Mike Hammer, but he is definitely a bit of both. One last thing - if you read one - be prepared to buy the rest!
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Summary: Great Stuff
Review: More of the same. Great Stuff. Sandford has just the right knack for adding little details that make the story believable and fun. That is so great to find. Love the dialog. The characters are consistently developed. I'm so glad Sandford takes the time to get us in to the characters. And he seems to always pick a very small theme to follow through the book that just adds to the fun and adds believablity. The perpetrator line and the engagement ring in this one.
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