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Invisible Prey (Lucas Davenport #17)

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In the richest neighborhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms tossed, only small items stolen. It is clearly the random work of someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as Davenport looks more closely, he begins to wonder whether the items are actually so small and the victims so random-if there might not be some...more

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Jan 31, 2008 Christy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Lucas Davenport, special agent for Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is trying to deal with the sensitive investigation of a local politician who has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a minor when his boss calls him in on another case that occurred in one of St. Paul’s richest neighborhoods. Two elderly women have been found bludgeoned to death in a home filled with antiques. Although robbery is the suspected motive, not much has been taken, so Lucas asks his intern, S...more

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Jun 14, 2009 Wendell rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I probably wouldn’t read another Lucas Davenport novel, but this one was certainly acceptable for whiling away 1) a long layover in the airport and 2) an afternoon at the beach. The writing is the usual pedestrian stuff; still, given the current quality of genre literature (and the fact that editors are MIA) it’s better than many. That said, the prose is marred by some really glaring boo-boos in punctuation and grammar, including a use of semicolons that someone perhaps thought was idiosyncratic...more

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Feb 28, 2010 Matt Barker rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another good book by John Sandford. Ginger thinks he's written better and would only give this a 6.5/10, but I liked it a lot. I think it was the art/antique stuff that she just couldn't get into.

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In the richest neighborhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms tossed, only small items stolen. It is clearly the random work of someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as Davenport looks more closely, he begins to wonder wh...more

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Mar 22, 2013 Stacy rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Prey series never disappoints. It is edge of your seat action with a gritty detective at its heart. This is the 17th installment and Lucas is as entertaining as ever. You don’t need to read the series in order, but if you are like me you prefer it. John Sandford’s website, www.johnsandford.org, lists all the books in order.

A rich widow and her maid are bludgeoned to death in one of the most impressive mansions in Minneapolis and a politician is caught with his pants down with a 16 year old g...more

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Feb 11, 2011 Rudy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-crime, suspense-thriller, kindle

Another Great Book by a Super Author.

I will give Mr. Sandford credit for keeping his creative writing skills hone. In my opinion, he did allow himself to fall into the trap of a number of these mass market mystery/thriller authors by just keep cranking out these second rate stories every 2 months.

In the Invisible Prey, I was impressed with Sandford's ability to bring out the world of art and antiques into the story while weaving in various murders that happened over a number of years. The read...more

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Jan 30, 2011 Jeanette rated it 2 of 5 stars

Book Title: Invisible Prey
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons / Penguin Group
Publication date: 2007
Review date: January 2011
Stars: 1.5
(1-didn’t like it; 2-it was ok; 3-liked it; 4-really liked it; 5-it was amazing)

Lucas Davenport returns as an agent from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to pursue the killers responsible for the deaths of two elderly women: Constance Bucher, a wealthy socialite, and her maid, Sugar Peebles. Simultaneously, Lucas handles a crime that invol...more Book Title: Invisible Prey
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons / Penguin Group
Publication date: 2007
Review date: January 2011
Stars: 1.5
(1-didn’t like it; 2-it was ok; 3-liked it; 4-really liked it; 5-it was amazing)

Lucas Davenport returns as an agent from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to pursue the killers responsible for the deaths of two elderly women: Constance Bucher, a wealthy socialite, and her maid, Sugar Peebles. Simultaneously, Lucas handles a crime that involves a politician and pressure from the governor. Constantly on the run between the two cases, he is pulled further and further into the world of antique collecting as well as into the political world of the governor. The killers continue to evade discovery as they watch Lucas’s progress toward solving their crime. As he gets closer to learning the truth, they take more and more drastic actions, leaving a trail of violence and evidence of greed in their wake.

The story opens with the killers staking out the house of Constance Bucher. They have obviously done their homework as they know the name of the maid that opens the door—Peebles. They kill her and Bucher and then steal some items after moving the bodies to where they can’t be seen from outside. The narrative switches in the next chapter to Lucas with the primary point of view. He is consulting with a colleague on the political situation that he finds himself in due to an alleged crime committed by a well-known politician. Another agent arrives on the scene to update Lucas on the murders, and so the chase begins. Lucas is a veteran of detective work and has a deep and wide network of people and other resources to draw on in order to accomplish his job. As the narration switches between Lucas, the killers, and other characters, the details of the crimes begin to unfold, and Lucas is able to make more and more connections. He learns about other cases that might be connected to the Bucher murder case while discreetly arranging things so that the governor’s wishes in handling the politician’s crime can be met, within the law of course. The killers keep an eye on Lucas’s progress and take drastic measures to keep their identities secret.

Lucas Davenport is an agent for the BCA, but his real boss is Rose Marie Roux, the director of the Department of Public Safety. Lucas is apparently the star of all the Prey novels by John Sandford. He is a “man’s man,” married to a plastic surgeon (who seems to play the role of his conscience), and father to a son and a teenage ward. Lucas is almost three-dimensional. He seems to care about his work, although he is a gruff man with a foul mouth. In fact, almost all of the characters regularly swear. Only a few characters are shown to have higher language standards, one of them being a teenager named Ronnie Lash. Ronnie is a good student, well-liked, a devout Christian, and well portrayed. He struck me as a kid with a soul. Unfortunately, despite the many characters in this story, very few have any depth. As mentioned already, most have foul language. These characters portray a world where crass behavior, foul language, and dirty innuendo are the norm. This really detracted from the story for me as I thought the plot was well thought out and the story promising.

Sandford has a very direct method of narration. For the most part, he gives just enough detail for the reader to envision the surroundings and the characters; however, he then gives almost an obsessive amount of detail on streets and directions of turns when Lucas or the other agents are driving. The use of foul language and the level of nastiness (sexually and in brutality) of the crimes leads me to believe that this series may be popular for its titillating elements. I have not, however, read any other books by Sandford, so I cannot draw any authoritative conclusions. Early in the story, a fleeting character named “Capslock” is introduced. I felt indignant at this choice of name for a character. It seems almost as though Sandford had put in a placeholder name (from the keyboard he was typing on) and forgot to put in an actual name for the character. Did the editors not question this choice of name? Overall, I might have appreciated Sandford’s writing more if not for the above-mentioned shortcomings.

Ronnie Lash’s character serves as a great ideal to look up to and model. However, the reader must wade through a lot of filth and violence to reap this one small reward. That particular reward also comes early in the story, and no further spiritual markers or moral awakenings are made. All of the characters seem to end in the same spiritual place they began.

Overall, I think the plot had a lot of promise and could have turned into a really solid story with strong, deep characters and emotional or spiritual changes, whether for better or for worse. I am disappointed that this book did not impress me because I had been excited to pick it up and read it, hoping for a great story. Instead I did a lot of cringing as I learned to desensitize myself to the foul language and sexual innuendos.

I do not really recommend this to anyone. If you don’t mind the use of foul language and titillating imagery and want an easy diversion, this book might suit you. However, it will not uplift you or improve you in any way that I can foresee. If you’re going to spend time with fictional characters, you might as well read something more fulfilling—with deeper characters and some inner conflict. This book earned 1.5 stars only because of the plot.
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Jun 03, 2012 Monnie rated it 5 of 5 stars

No. 17 in the series down; I'm closing in fast with five more to go! I admit I'm always a bit skeptical of writers who churn out this many books; it's not uncommon to see the quality drop off - sometimes considerably - as they seem to be writing almost by rote (James Patterson comes to mind). But so far, Sanford hasn't fallen into that trap. Although I've enjoyed some better than others, not a single one has been disappointing.

This one, I think, is among his best so far. It centers on the murder...more No. 17 in the series down; I'm closing in fast with five more to go! I admit I'm always a bit skeptical of writers who churn out this many books; it's not uncommon to see the quality drop off - sometimes considerably - as they seem to be writing almost by rote (James Patterson comes to mind). But so far, Sanford hasn't fallen into that trap. Although I've enjoyed some better than others, not a single one has been disappointing.

This one, I think, is among his best so far. It centers on the murder of a couple of elderly women and the theft of seemingly small items from their home. Lead character, Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport, then discovers similar crimes in other places, all involving expensive art and antique quilts that are said to be cursed. Similtaneously, he's working on a case in which a top political figure is suspected of having an illicit (and illegal) affair with an under-age girl. Never the twain shall meet? Maybe, and maybe not. As is his custom, readers are let in on who did the dirty deeds before Davenport does; watching how he figures it out then becomes half the fun.

Interestingly, a familiar name -- Virgil Flowers -- is working that second case and interacts here and there with Davenport; I'm pretty sure this is Flowers' first appearance in a Davenport book before he gets a series all his own (Dark of the Moon, Heat Lightning, Rough Country and Bad Blood). Most of the time he's referred to as "that f***in' Flowers -- establishing a persona that's carried over to "his" books (which, by the way, I've enjoyed even more than the Davenport series, if that's possible).

And speaking of characterizations, Sanford is a pro when it comes to providing a detailed description of each character, particularly as he or she makes an appearance: "She couldn't frown, exactly, because of the Botox injections, but she made a frowning look..." Not that I'd want to because they're interesting and often humorous, but I never skip over these details. That's because it's a sure bet references to some of them will turn up in future mentions of that character (that Botox thing, for instance, takes on more significance several chapters down the road when that character is interviewed by police. How on earth can they determine whether or not she's lying when much of her face is expressionless?

What a concept, I thought - if I were a Texas Holdem player, I'd head straight for a Botox doctor! I'm not, though, so instead I'll head straight for Sanford's next Davenport book.
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Mar 10, 2013 Kristin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio-books, mystery

A book that blended the excitement of a thriller with some very dry, witty humor that I absolutely loved. This book involved blending of two separate cases that Davenport was working on, and how an off-hand comment from his wife gives him the link the between the two. An interesting way to approach a murder-mystery.

While it was refreshing that these murders that revolved around objects - as in antiques and quilts - rather than just random, pointless, killings, it was disappointing that our anta...more

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Aug 03, 2010 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: appeal-element-plot, mystery, appeal-element-setting-place

One of Sandford's many Lucas Davenport titles, this book features more of a when-the-hell-will-the-investigators-notice-whodunnit than a simple mystery. The killers are revealed almost right away, and the rest of the book follows Davenport as he and other investigators try to piece the complicated crime (involving murder, antiques, quilts, inheritance, fraud, theft, and many, many more different aspects). After reading reviews of his other books in the series, it seems that this one is a bit of...more

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Sep 22, 2011 J.T. Lewis rated it 4 of 5 stars

John Sanford’s ‘Invisible Prey’ is the 17th installment of his Lucas Davenport series…17th!

Wow, I can’t imagine, I’m only on my second book of my 1st series.

Wow!

Anyway, you can’t write 17 books about the same character without doing something right. Mr. Sanford has again shown that he has the skills to get this accomplished. The synopsis of the story:

In the richest neighborhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms tossed, only small items s...more John Sanford’s ‘Invisible Prey’ is the 17th installment of his Lucas Davenport series…17th!

Wow, I can’t imagine, I’m only on my second book of my 1st series.

Wow!

Anyway, you can’t write 17 books about the same character without doing something right. Mr. Sanford has again shown that he has the skills to get this accomplished. The synopsis of the story:

In the richest neighborhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms tossed, only small items stolen. It is clearly the random work of someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as Davenport looks more closely, he begins to wonder whether the items are actually so small and the victims so random-if there might not be some invisible agenda at work here. Gradually, a pattern begins to emerge, and it leads him to . . . certainly nothing he ever expected. Which is too bad, because the killers-and, yes, there is more than one of them-the killers are expecting him. Brilliantly suspenseful, filled with rich characterization and exciting drama, Invisible Prey is further proof that Sanford is in a class of his own

As far as I can remember, this is my first reading in the Lucas Davenport series, but it will not be the last. The story of the series of murders that now plague the Twin Cities is well thought out and complete. The characters are believable, with what I think are just the right amount of deviant personality traits within Davenport’s own investigators to make it personable and enjoyable.

I of course wish I had started earlier in the series. Even though the main characters were introduced to the reader when they appeared, I would get lost with some of them as I read through, a common problem when one starts in the middle or the end of a series.

There are parts of every investigation, both fictional as well as real, that I like to call ‘The Long Boring Parts Between the Action’ when I am writing. These are the parts of an investigation when the investigator is reading through files or making notes while trying to find a hidden clue or a thread between different crimes. In Invisible Prey, these scenes were laid out efficiently and interestingly, and were not the “anchor around the neck” that some readers find them in other books. To me, this is a very good indication to me of successful writing in this genre, and not an easy piece of writing to pull off, believe me.

The action of the crimes and the subsequent investigation were well laid out, easily keeping your interest with the deviousness of the criminals and the tenacity of Lucas. Add in the sometimes almost slapstick antics and down-home outlook of the investigators and you end up with a real and thought provoking story.

As a new writer in this genre, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to anyone who loves crime/mystery novels.

JT Lewis

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Apr 05, 2012 Zarina rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am picking this up as my next book to read (it was a difficult choice even though I love John Sandford but I wanted to mix up my reading genre. Looks that I don't have much outside the crime/thriller genre nor do I have the time to read books that will not hold my interest. Life is too short).

I love this book. Especially how Gabriella Coombs was 'fucking' Lucas in his Porsche. Love the dialogue. And the introduction of that fuckin' (Virgil) Flowers. Got to find his books too. Apologizes for th...more

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Aug 27, 2011 Barbara rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, thriller

This is my first foray into Sandford's Lucas Davenport series, and I found the book immensely readable and enjoyable. A wealthy Minneapolis neighborhood turns into a gruesome crime scene when two elderly women are bludgeoned to death in the book's opening chapter. A novice would see drug-seeking behavior, as priceless antiques are left behind but smaller items are taken. Davenport, however, ponders a connection between these murders and other seemingly random killings. The mystery is complex, bu...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Jim rated it 5 of 5 stars

Lucas Davenport finds himself working two difficult cases at one time. One involving a high ranking politician, which he takes care of, and the second a case that indicates serial killings. Both cases are written in that great John Sandford manner where you see both sides of the action but never know how it can be solved. Eventually it is brought to a conclusion that just won't let you put the book down until it is fully read. I read this one twice because it was so involved I kept asking myself...more

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Jun 20, 2012 John rated it 4 of 5 stars

BROKEN PREY opens with pervert (and possible murderer) Charlie Pope smelling rancid and miserably scratching out an existence as a garbageman, the only job that he could get since being released on parole from St. John's Security Hospital. Every time Charlie sees a good-looking woman he is reminded of the fact that he is tethered to an electronic ankle bracelet and constantly branded in the press as a danger to the community; after over eight years of incarceration Charlie is desperate enough to...more

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Jul 23, 2011 Bruce Snell rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the 17th book in John Sandford's Prey series with Lucas Davenport. This time around art thieves are committing murders to cover up the thefts and (as always happens) things escalate until several people are dead, and Davenport is fully engaged in solving the crimes. Despite the number of murders, this book seems to have a bit lighter feel than previous books in the Prey series, and that makes it a better read. This is also the book that introduces us to Virgil Flowers who later becomes t...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Dotti Elrick rated it 4 of 5 stars

After 17 books in the Prey series, reading about the same characters in each book, one would think you'd get bored. But the opposite is true with Mr. Sandfords Prey books. I think they are getting better, and I look forward to the next one to see what my favorite characters will be up to.
In Invisible Prey, State Investigator Lucas Davenport, is trying to clean up a mess for the governors office. A state representative, has allegedly had an affair with an underage girl, (and possibly with her mo...more

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Jul 28, 2012 Chuck Barksdale rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was another enjoyable book in John Sandford's Lucas Davenport series. Lucas helps investigate several murders of older women that may be tied to missing antiques. He also is involved with the investigation of a politician who is accused of a sexual relationship with a sixteen-year old that also includes Sandford's other main character, Virgil Flowers.

As typical of most books in this series, Sandford provides the reader with more information about the killers and gets to read how Lucas Daven...more

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Feb 13, 2012 Diane rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This isn't the best of the Prey series (21 books as of 2011) but it is really good, with an intricate plot that combines two crimes. There's a solid appearance by Virgil Flowers (who has his own series) as well as a brief glimpse of Sloan (the former colleague of Lucas Davenport), who now runs a bar but is available for interrogation as a consultant. The "invisible" of the title refers to a murder whose motive is hidden, but, like invisible ink, it can be detected. There's a lot more detection i...more

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Jul 02, 2008 Karen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sandford's "PREY" series has been around for a long time - INVISIBLE PREY is the 17th book in the Lucas Davenport based books. In case you've never read any of the earlier ones - Lucas Davenport is a cop (and part-time software entrepreneur), a wealthy man in his own right, married to a eminent Plastic Surgeon now - working as a cop because it scratches an itch for him (or so it would seem).

INVISIBLE PREY starts out with robbery related bashing murder of two elderly women - one very wealthy matr...more Sandford's "PREY" series has been around for a long time - INVISIBLE PREY is the 17th book in the Lucas Davenport based books. In case you've never read any of the earlier ones - Lucas Davenport is a cop (and part-time software entrepreneur), a wealthy man in his own right, married to a eminent Plastic Surgeon now - working as a cop because it scratches an itch for him (or so it would seem).

INVISIBLE PREY starts out with robbery related bashing murder of two elderly women - one very wealthy matriarch of the city and the other her long-time housekeeper - for what initially seems to be a robbery for very small takings. It's not until Davenport digs a bit further that there seems there's a slight possibility that other - more valuable - less well known - items are missing from the house. Connections start to be drawn between this double murder and other killings of elderly victims, in their homes, in the surrounding areas. The connection seems to be part very valuable antiques, part something to do with a famous set of quilts.

Very early on in this book the reader knows who the murderers are, the book being more about Davenport's pursuit of these two and their attempts to stop him from getting too close. Alongside the main story there is also an ongoing investigation of a local Senator accused of child sex abuse, although the Senator claims he was really sleeping with the young girl's mother. Sound odd? Well it was.

Firstly the secondary thread - goodness knows really why it was there, except that to this reader at least, it seemed to be providing a bit of light relief or "amusement" as the investigating team tried to find a politically "comfortable" solution to the problem of the Senator. All in all - the tackiness of the way that everyone in that sub-story behaved hung, perched on the edge of the book, like an elephant in the corner of the room. Then there were the two murderers. Personally I think there's something profoundly more sinister about the seemingly normal gone bad and the murderers in INVISIBLE PREY are weird, creepy, obsessed with each other, obsessed with their bizarre sex lives, self-congratulatory, sinisterly cartoonish. It smacked of if you're going to be a serial killer than you just have to be weirder than weird about every other part of your life. Ultimately the caricature was too heavy handed and most of the potential tension was lost as a result. Oh and Davenport is really really wealthy - he drives a Porsche. The "Porsche" almost achieves character status in its own right.

All in all there was a heap of things that just didn't work in INVISIBLE PREY. Too many corners cut, too much opportunistic story telling, too many simplistic characterisations. It just fell flatter than a Porsche that the elephant finally sat on.(less)

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May 31, 2008 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: mystery lovers

I’ve probably read all of the “Prey” books that Sanford wrote. There are a lot of them. But I’ve found Sandford to be an uneven writer. Sometimes his stuff is close to brilliant. Sometimes, well, you get the impression that deadlines were looming and he just had to bash the thing together and get it out the door. Also, he has a habit of writing in really brief chunks -- kind of like “mini chapters” -- and although there’s nothing inherently wrong with that technique, I find it annoys me from tim...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-read

Ught oh! I need to add a whole lot of wanna read books to my list. I really enjoyed this crime drama and about 1/3 the way through I found out it was book 17 in a series! It was great that you had no idea that it was part of a series because they didn't go back in history at all! I hate when a book in a series is 1/2 full of the previous book.

Anyway I really enjoyed a lot of things about this book - the characters, the writing the style and originality of the plot. Definitely will be looking for...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Ginny rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense, own, series

Liked this better than the last 2 Sanford's I read. Gave me my faith back to continue reading his stuff.

Starts with 2 investigations that Lucas is working on, a robbery/homocide where nothing much of value seems to have been taken and a case of a teenage girl accussing a politician of having sex with her. As both lines of investigation seem to go nowhere fast, suddenly out of the blue the clues seem to jump from one investigation to another and more people are dying or disappearing. Trouble is...more

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Mar 07, 2009 Luann rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, local-author, mystery

Another great book by John Sandford. I really enjoyed this book even though you learn early on who the killer is. This one was not nearly as gory or graphic as some of his past novels, which was nice but the action was still there and kept me involved from start to finish. I like that he stepped out of his "comfort" zone and took on a subject that may not have been one he knew a lot about when he started - but his writing and the story don't reflect that.

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Jan 08, 2012 Ed rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tracey and I listened to this audiobook together while driving to Tucson and back and finished it tonight. This is another great Lucas Davenport Prey series book. The plot is complex, there are lots of characters, but it was all managed so well that it was a great book.

note: now that I am done with Invisible Prey, if any of my Goodread friends want me to media mail this audio book to them I can do that, or we can trade an audiobook.

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Jun 11, 2011 Linda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well, hello Virgil Flowers. As I do not usually read serial killer books, I missed the Flowers intro. It was fun to see him in the background.

This is a decent plot but, as it is a Sandford, it used a lot of devices I don't enjoy such as alternating points of view and telling the reader who the killers are right off the bat. It spoils the rest of the book for me. And I don't like serial killers. Pun intended - they tend to be repetive.

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May 24, 2012 Claudia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Solid, workman-like police story. Now I need to go and read the rest of these, which is in many ways the best compliment I can offer.

Normally I don't like starting series in the middle, but when a book is a gift from one's kind father-in-law (and you're told the stories are independent) I'll make an exception.

Now, if only I could figure out why Barnes & Noble shelves these in the straight fiction section, rather than mystery, I'll be all set.

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Oct 31, 2010 Robert Colquhoun rated it 2 of 5 stars

I have read a few of the Prey books and liked them all. This one was not nearly as entertaining as those previously read. The two side-characters I was interested in most were put on the back burner...not to be heard from again. Sandford wrapped this one up far too quickly with not much of a climax (I'm sure a lot of women out there can testify to how annoying this can be). All in all, a disappointment as far as I'm concerned.

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Jun 30, 2010 Karalee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-suspense

This is an excellent installment in the Prey series involving Lucas Davenport. The book begins with the murder of an eldery woman and her maid, ostensibly a robbery. As Lucas investigates, things become more complicated and even includes some intersection with a second case he is working involving a politician and underage sex. The plot moves quickly and has satisfying twists and turns. A great read if you like this series.

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Jul 03, 2009 Darcy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

Lucas is back and with a couple of crazy cases. We get to see the start of Virgil Flowers, a character that is spun off in a different series. Watching the 2 men work the cases back and forth was great fun, especially as they realized that while the 2 cases shouldn't have anything in common, ulimately they do. We get to see alot of the background characters in this book which is always great fun. Another great book in the series.

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Apr 05, 2013 Ed Callahan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Invisible Prey is the 17th novel in my favorite detective genre series. John Sanford captures the dialogue and behavior of big policeman perfectly. My Dad was a NYC detective so maybe that explains my affinity? In any event, Lucas Davenport is a perfect blend of Special Agent for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and husband, father and human being. I never fail to chuckle out loud several times while reading about Lucas, Dell, and that "F*****g (Virgil) Flowers.

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Invisible Prey (Lucas Davenport #17)

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