![]() ![]() Inevitably, the infighting will get serious-and deadly. The jockeying begins even before the body is cold and Lucas and his team must sort through a veritable chess match of moves and counter moves by those left in the wake of the banker's demise, all of whom are maneuvering for position. The merger will affect a lot of other lives, perhaps derailing the careers of some while offering opportunities for a handful of others. ![]() The investigation focuses initially on the merger that the banker was bringing to fruition. Even the thrill of a particularly interesting and dangerous chase is not enough to pull him out of it his dark mood. His love life is in a shambles and he's slipping back into the depression that had nearly crippled him some time earlier. But there's precious little evidence to point the finger at anyone.ĭavenport begins the investigation in the midst of a personal crisis. There are any number of people who might have wanted him dead, including the three colleagues who are hunting with him, all of whom had the means, motive and opportunity to commit the crime. This is one of the best books in John Sandford's Prey series, featuring Minneapolis police detective Lucas Davenport, with a complex, intelligent plot and a clever, unique villain who pushes Davenport to the limit.Īs the book opens, a wealthy banker, who is about to become even wealthier due to the bank merger he has engineered, is shot out of a deer stand in the Minnesota woods. MrsLeif's Two Fangs About It | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram His closest friends humanize him, making the stories believable and entertaining. It’s quite weird but I have learned to like Lucas and I enjoy his humor and sarcasm. He knows work can keep his mind going without spiraling down. ![]() She is still traumatized after what happened in the last book and being in the same room with Lucas makes her ill.įor his part, Lucas doesn’t want to go into another depression. His girlfriend Weather doesn’t want to be with him anymore. Anything to make him forget his own personal issues. It will be up to Lucas to find out what really happened and who is behind the murder. The dead man was the bank chairman and any of them could take his place at the table if they had enough votes going for them. Four individuals benefit from the man’s death. The question is Was this an accident or was the man the target? The book begins with the death of a man during a hunting trip. ![]() It’s always great to see someone challenging Lucas’s brain. His wife, Susan, died of metastasized breast cancer in May, 2007, and is greatly missed. He has two children, Roswell and Emily, and one grandson, Benjamin. He is the principal financial backer of a major archeological project in the Jordan Valley of Israel, with a website at In addition to archaeology, he is deeply interested in art (painting) and photography. He's also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art. From 1990 to the present he has written thriller novels. Paul Pioneer-Press from 1978-1990 in 1980, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he won the Pulitzer in 1986 for a series of stories about a midwestern farm crisis. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ![]()
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