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Night Prey

A Lucas Davenport Novel

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Night Prey

By: John Sandford
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
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John Sandford's best-selling Lucas Davenport series continues with the fast-paced, compelling thriller, Night Prey. A series of deaths leads to the possibility of a brutal serial killer of unusual skill and savagery. And if Lucas is right, the killer is just getting warmed up....

Prey tell: listen to another Lucas Davenport thriller.©2006 John Sandford (P)2011 Simon & Schuster Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Scary
Gripping Suspense • Clever Twists • Excellent Narration • Engaging Storyline • Intense Action • Superb Vocal Performance
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First off, Richard Ferrone owns the Davenport series. But I have to disagree with Sandford and his male fans. As clever as the crimes and their solving are, what really makes the writing work in my ear is the personalities, the humorous banter, the profanity – and Davenport's relationship to women. When it comes to women, Davenport is all in, and so this reader doesn't take kindly to sidelining of the women with whom he gets involved. The absolute best books of the series, in this listener's opinion, are the two early 1990s titles that feature the New York detective Lily Rothenburg ("Shadow Prey" and "Silent Prey"). BUT mine is a minority view. In interviews more than a decade later Sandford said he'd settled on a formula that yields books guaranteed sell at the second tier of popular crime writers, and this formula requires that he leave some established characters behind to make room for new ones. You get the idea that Sandford would NEVER disappoint his publishers by turning in a slightly quirkier book once in a while, even though by now he must be richer than all get-out. I can only imagine a book in which Sandford gives as much time to the web of relationships among his law enforcement cast as to the ins and outs of the bad guys' wiles and depravities. The first several books in the series had a slightly better balance, which made them exceptionally compelling entertainment. Maybe the older this talented storyteller has gotten, the less of an interest he has in libidinous men and women in the prime of life.

From a Woman's Perspective

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This was another of the Sandford winners. Golly, I'm so glad there are plenty more to read by this amazing "story" man!

You have to love him!

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Great book as usual, and I love the chapter development of Lucas. Can’t wait to listen to the next book in this series.

Love the ending

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Fantastic story start to finish…this series is always keeping me on the edge of the seat.

Attention to detail and knowing Davenport is always going to take one for the team.

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I have listened to 23 of 31 titles in the Prey series (second time for this one) and Night Prey fits the mold. A villain that is too terrible to imagine. A hero (Lucas) and cast of supporting heroes doing their best to bring the villain to justice. Character development in this one is good (Megan Connell) and the deductive reasoning is predictably over the top but it's also what we've come to expect from the good guys. Average listen for this series. Narrator Ferrone is once again extraordinary. If you are a Lucas Davenport fan, you will like this listen.

Standard Prey Fare

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Lucas is recovering from the gunshot to his throat. He and Weather, the doctor that saved his life, are living together. A serial killer is stalking and killing women - most of whom he picks up at bookstores. He is also a thief that breaks into apartments in the night. During one of his break ins the killer, named Coop, becomes fixated on a beautiful sleeping woman, Sarah Jennings. She is all he can think about. A female detective, Meghan, is fixated on catching the serial killer. She has been tracking him for two years and was the first person to connect the dots. Now her time is running out. I enjoyed the descriptions of the police techniques in tracking down the identity of the criminals, and particularly was fascinated in the techniques Lucas, Del. Meghan, Sloan et al, used to follow Coop. I felt as if I were with them as they followed him around skywalks and buildings. Coop is a tough opponent - strong and wiley - but he has now gone quite mad. Sarah Jennings is also tough. She is smart and she wants to help bring Coop down. Good story.

The narrator of this series is fantastic and he does his usual great job with Night Prey and all the characters featured in this book.

Crazy Killer Thief

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The book was constantly moving forward with more details. The story had many twists and turns throughout. This was a great book to listen too. I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Intriguing to the End!

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Sanderson writes like no other author. he uses strong engaging characters into an engaging page turning story. the narration is exceptional

great story

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This was a good book but the long pauses in the narration was almost torturous. The editors could have spliced it together better and it would have saved a couple hours in run time.

Good story but...

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So happy early books were re-recorded with Richard Ferrone. He is Lucas Davenport and makes tyhe books so much better. Story builds with intensity throughout the book until the eventual ending. Good book I enjoyed it very much.

Tense and builds steam

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