- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (28 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743240073
- ISBN-13: 978-0743240079
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,316,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When 12-year-old muskrat trapper Letty West stumbles on the naked bodies of Jane Warr and Deon Cash, deep in the snowy woods of northern Minnesota, it's more than another bizarre episode in her already unusual life, as Lucas Davenport discovers in this new outing in Sandford's popular series featuring the midwestern lawman who moonlights as a computer game designer.
Lucas has a new wife, a new baby, and a new job as a political troubleshooter for his old boss Rose Marie Roux, but the blunt-spoken Davenport's instructions to hush the racially charged implications of what looks suspiciously like a lynching won't deter him from whoever left Warr and Cash twisting in the wind.
The well-peopled plot, involving a hot car ring, an ex-nun who smuggles cancer drugs over the Canadian border, and the usual internecine wranglings between the FBI, the local cops, and Davenport, races to a satisfying denouement, but this time it's a little girl with a difficult past and an uncertain future who lingers in the reader's mind. Fortunately, Sandford comes up with an ending that makes it all but certain that his fans will meet her again. Meanwhile, all the author's usual trademarks are on display--excellent writing, an interesting scenario, and terrific pacing. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Gripping new fiction from a prolific author who regularly tops the bestseller lists in the US. In the woods of northern Minnesota the bodies of a naked black man and a white woman are found hanging from a tree, apparently lynched. Lucas Davenport investigates; now married, a new father and lately relocated due to the promotion of his boss, Rose Marie Roux. This is, to put it mildly, a sensitive case, with issues of race and local history lurking in the background, yet these murders are not what they at first sight seem to be. Sandford builds up the tension and suspense from the outset, leaving the reader in the grip of another highly effective thriller. Not yet as well known here as he is in the US, but the reputation is growing.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sadly, when reading John Sandford - particularly the Prey series you become accustomed to excellence adn I felt this one fell a little short of his usual mark.
When two people are found hanging out in the wilds - a black manand a white woman - the media frenzie and shouts of 'lynching' send the politicians into a frenzy. Thats when Lucas and Del are sent in as 'troubleshooters' to sort it out. A very busy book, lots of snapshots of several characters - the majority of whom were not well filled out, even if they were involved up to their neck in everything! Inspite of this the book didn't move at the same pace as his work usually does and didn't have the same 'edge' (perhaps it's coz Lucas is getting on a bit!). the introduction of Lettie, was however, a master stroke. She's a superb character and hopefully we will hear much more about her in the future.
It was worth reading - but I can't help thinking that was as much out of loyalty and character knowlege as anything else. If you haven't read John Sandforb before, start with his earlier stuff, this will not give you the full impact of his usual work.
When two people are found hanging out in the wilds - a black manand a white woman - the media frenzie and shouts of 'lynching' send the politicians into a frenzy. Thats when Lucas and Del are sent in as 'troubleshooters' to sort it out. A very busy book, lots of snapshots of several characters - the majority of whom were not well filled out, even if they were involved up to their neck in everything! Inspite of this the book didn't move at the same pace as his work usually does and didn't have the same 'edge' (perhaps it's coz Lucas is getting on a bit!). the introduction of Lettie, was however, a master stroke. She's a superb character and hopefully we will hear much more about her in the future.
It was worth reading - but I can't help thinking that was as much out of loyalty and character knowlege as anything else. If you haven't read John Sandforb before, start with his earlier stuff, this will not give you the full impact of his usual work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A real return to form from Sandford, indeed this ranks alongside the best of his 'Prey' novels. The plotting is as sure-footed as ever, but it is the characterisation and mood of the book that sets it apart from the run-of-the-mill crime novels.
Lean, thrilling, and furiously readable - few writers can match Sandford and his 'Prey' novels.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The strengths of the previous Prey novels - a great villain, interesting interaction betweeen the main characters, a strong suspenceful plot, sexual interest - are almost entirely missing here. As a result, I was hugely disappointed with this book - I finished it but only just. If you are new to John Sandford, don't start with this one.
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