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by John Sandford (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; First Edition edition (3 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743206711
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743206716
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 729,719 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport returns in this brilliant new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of CHOSEN PREY Clara Rinker is a pleasant, soft-spoken, low-key Southerner. She's also the best hitwoman in the business. Lucas Davenport should know - she almost killed him. That was then and this is now. Clara is retired and living in Mexico with her boyfriend, the son of a local drug lord. But her new life is shattered when a sniper's bullet narrowly misses her and kills her boyfriend. The boy's father vows vengeance, but Rinker knows something he doesn't: the boy wasn't the target - she was. Now she is going to have to disappear to find the killer herself. The FBI and DEA draft Lucas Davenport to help track down the missing assassin, and with his fiance deep in wedding preparations, he's really just as happy to go - but he has no idea what he's getting into. For Rinker is as unpredictable as ever, and between her, her old bosses in the St. Louis mob, the Mexican druglord, and the combined, sometimes warring, arms of U.S. law enforcement, this is one case that will get more dangerous as it goes along. And when the shooting starts, anyone standing in the middle won't stand a chance...

About the Author
John Sandford is the pseudonym of Pulitzer-prize winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of thirteen PREY novels, and three KIDD novels. He lives in Minnesota.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A solid Prey novel, 25 Mar 2006
By Mr. G. Battle (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews
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Although this book's central protagonist has been the star of all the Prey novels, each novel so far has been a standalone story. In Mortal Prey we see the return of a killer from a previous book, and Clara Rinker was such a great character existing readers will welcome her return. You needn't read the previous one as this is still a self-contained story. Clara Rinker is an anti-hero, a perfect mirror image of Lucas Davenport, our hardened hero. It's that relationship between killer and cop that make Mortal Prey a pleasure to read. In fact, it seems that Clara is the central character in Mortal Prey rather than Davenport. The plot takes the chracters outside of the usual parameters of a Prey novel, which keeps it from becoming mundane, with a pace that keeps up for most of the book. The ending, however, is somewhat predictable, with a lack of impact and flair usually found in Sandford's work. A worthy addition to the series, but flawed none-the-less.
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3.0 out of 5 stars PREY FOR SOMETHING BETTER!, 12 Jan 2004
I have read every Prey novel and am sorry to say I have not been impressed with the last few in the series. Davenport's character is becoming more and more boring and the storylines aren't that good either. Even the fact that Clara Rinker is back in Mortal Prey did not improve things. The plot is slow and the characters unbelievable. I also must say how disappointed I was with the ending. If you are going to take a character into a second book, surely the ending should be a bit better thought out. Sorry John, but this was highly disappointing. The only reason I will be reading Naked Prey is because I have already bought it. If things don't look up in that one, I will not be bothering to buy the rest!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Needs a bit more oomph (from other than the Porsche)..., 17 April 2003
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I think I can safely say that I have read all the books in Sandford's "prey" series. Initially, the draw of such a wonderful character in Davenport overcame the extremely graphic violence. Gradually, the violence has been toned down; but so has the "off-the-page" and "in-your-face" character that is Lucas Davenport. His life has moved on, but not without baggage. He has a child by a journalist ex. About three quarters of the way through this book, the daughter got a mention in passing. Not sure she was even acknowledged in the previous book. I would have expected at least some ongoing interaction, but there is none. About three books ago I started to wonder if I was reading about the same character - that's how much Davenport has changed - and it's not necessarily for the better. Let's have more of the ambitious and go-getting man, once again please.

He's still a renegade copper though. Clara Rinker, hit woman and previous foe with whom he once danced, is on the prowl. She had disappeared and settled into a new life. Then a hit man kills her partner and the child she is carrying. Now, she's out for revenge, pure and simple. The FBI calls in Davenport for assistance and he leaves behind his pregnant fiancé, and the wedding arrangements, and the house re-build (for which she and the builders are grateful), and he Porsche's it into town, to link up with some retired coppers. Between them, and unofficially, they make more headway in 48 hours than the FBI!

Rinker our foe, is well drawn as a character. She has an awful and limiting background and upbringing, family members who have suffered too, and a friend whose ultimate outcome is firmly lost - we are left in the dark. But, all in all, killer she may be - you still have sympathy. And that is the work of a good writer.

Sandford's pace of the chase is really good until about two thirds of the way through the book. Then I could have left it, had I not read the book in just three sittings and pushed on for the denouement.

Sandford reminds us of Davenport's idiosyncrasies but doesn't display/show them in his behaviour and actions so much these days. That's where the book loses the colour and gloss and pace of his previous outings with Davenport. It's a good read, but it could have been much more. Getting older and settling down doesn't mean getting less and becoming bland. Mr Sandford, please give us more of the colour that used to grace the life of the scarred and courageous Davenport next time around. And more of the life of his old colleagues that have supported him so well up until now - they merely had a feature mention in this story.

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