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Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #1)

John Sandford

Start date: January 1, 2024

Finish date: January 31, 2024

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What Members Thought

Apr 12, 2014 Judy Hall rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-book-club, books-read-in-2014

A predator is stalking the city, leaving a unique signature – his rules of killing. Lucas Davenport is put on the task force to find the killer before the body count gets too high.

This story has enough twists to make it difficult to offer more than that without getting into spoilers. Although they may not be twists. There’s a lot of the same type of thing happening to, “Oh Surprise”, help the killer escape police clutches. Plot-wise, the story felt a little weak because of that.

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Jan 21, 2024 Sharon Kallenberger Marzola rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, mystery, audio-whispersync, review-needed, buddy-read, challenge-read

I liked it. Lucas Davenport is a "Dirty Harry" type cop who often breaks the rules. At the end of the audio, Sanford admits that a police officer couldn't do what Lucas does in real life, or "he would lose his job or worse." Was this statement included in earlier editions, or was that added later? I wonder. He also talked about his time as a reporter and the burnout they experienced. He has personal experience with the portrayal of these characters.

Rules of Prey was a good mystery. I enjoyed exp ...more

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