Mind Prey

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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: Excellent psychological thriller
Review: An excellent psychological thriller. Sort of a stalking of a Hanibal Lecter type. Rivetting

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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: Watch Out for Parked Vans
Review: Dr. Andi Manette and her two children are kidnapped from near the kid's school. Witnesses tell the police that they saw blood on the victims as they were being taken away in an unusual looking van. The general public is alarmed. The story moves rapidly from there. We share the inside story of the kidnapped family's experience, we learn of the mind that has led to their being victimized. We follow Minneapolis Inspector Lucas Davenport as he weaves together a complicated set of clues that he hopes will find the Manette's. A tense and gripping story that is thoroughly engaging.

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Summary: Once begun, I couldn't stop
Review: I 'discovered' John Sanford and his Prey series of books by reading MIND PREY. It was so good that I ended up reading all the Lucas Davenport books in the sequence in which they were written. Every one was a thriller that I couldn't put down until it was finished. I was actually sad when I finished each one because I wanted it to last longer. Am really hoping that he writes another Lucas Davenport book. I don't think THE NIGHT CREW was in the same league.

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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: 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: All the Prey books
Review: I can't say enough good things about John Sandford's writing ability, and Lucas Davenport as his protagonist. Suspense like you wouldn't believe, stay-up-all-night reading, sexy as heck leading man...mmm mmmmm mmmmm. I've enjoyed every one of the Prey books, and I get goosebumps when I hear that a new one has been released. I promise you, if you like a tingly mystery, you won't be disappointed with any of the series.

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Summary: WONDERFUL!!
Review: I couldn't stop reading until finished, as with all of the Prey series books. Lucas is a wonderful character.

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Summary: LUCUS COMES THROUGH AGAIN!!!!!
Review: I have read several Prey books. My favorite until now was Winter Prey, but Mind Prey may be the best one yet. They are pretty close. In Mind Prey, John Mail kidnapes a women and her two daughters. She is a Dr. who has treated John before for mental depresion. Really a nut. He carrries them to a old farm house. There he begins to rape the mother. The youngest daughter is carried away. The mother is told he carried her to a Wal-Mart and let her go, but did he???? Lucus it called in to try and find Mail and the woman and girls. The action is great. The mind games Mail and Lucus play with each other is very good. I loved the ending. Goody, goody. Through out the book Lucus is also trying to find a way to ask Weather to marry him. Does he ever do it???? A very good read if you like scary stories.