Wicked Prey

Wicked Prey

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the #1 New York Times’ bestselling author. For twenty years, John Sandford’s novels have been beloved for their “ingenious plots, vivid characters, crisp dialogue and endless surprises” (The Washington Post), and nowhere are those more in evidence than in the sudden twists and shocks of Wicked Prey. The Republicans are coming to St. Paul for their convention. Throwing a big party is supposed to be fun, but crashing the party are a few hard cases the police would rather stayed away. Chief among them is a crew of professional stickup men who’ve spotted several lucrative opportunities, ranging from political moneymen with briefcases full of cash to that armored-car warehouse with the weakness in its security system. All that’s headache enough for Lucas Davenport – but what’s about to hit him is even worse. A while back, a stray bullet put a pimp and petty thief named Randy Whitcomb in a wheelchair, and, ever since, the man has been nursing his grudge into a full head of psychotic steam. He blames Davenport for the bullet, but it’s no fun just shooting him. That wouldn’t be painful enough. Not when Davenport has a pretty fourteen-year-old adopted daughter that Whitcomb can target instead. . . .And then there’s the young man with the .50 caliber sniper rifle and the right-wing-crazy background, roaming through a city filled with the most powerful politicians on earth. . . . Rich with his brilliant trademark suspense and some of the best characters in suspense fiction, Wicked Prey is further proof that “Sandford is one of the most consistently entertaining crime writers working today.” (Booklist).

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Wicked Prey
I don’t care about the Kindle price at all. What irks me about this book is the author’s inability to keep his political opinions to himself. This has become a pattern with Mr. Sandford and I complained about it directly to his web site regarding a previous book. His webmaster told me thar t it was Mr. Sandford’s book and he could put what he wants in it. Well, after I pay sixteen dollars for the book it becomes mine and I don’t want to read the author’s political opinions. I can get plenty of political rhetoric on FOX and CNN included with the price of my cable service without paying for it in a novel. I like Mr. Sandford’s writing and I would like to be able to enjoy the books without being reminded of the reality of our crappy politicians.

1 Star This is a new frontier and we must act…
If, years and years ago, record companies had had an online review venue where people could have directly endangered the sales of overpriced CDs by complaining about their cost as relative to other formats, then the record business might not be in a shambles right now. They might have adapted and understood that format changes can be game changers. Digital delivery is the biggest game-changer yet.

This is our chance to explain to Amazon and to authors and distributors that charging $1 less for an electronic version of a book is not acceptable. Either you lower the electronic price or you raise the paper price, no alternative. One star till then.

5 Stars Another Blockbuster!!
I read this book on my Kindle and LOVED it! It was well worth the price. I’ve read all the books in this series and will anxiously await the next one. Keep them coming Mr Sandford!!

1 Star mudda stevensville mi
i would like to read something written by this author but am not willing to pay the inflated price of amazon. who loses the author

5 Stars A great addition to the series
Sandford is one of the few authors that can sustain a series with quality books even when he is at #18 or #19! Lucas Davenport confronts danger both on the home front from a pimp and thief who feels Davenport put him in a wheelchair and also faces danger during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

The book contains Sandford’s usual complex, tightly woven plot. Lucas Davenport just gets better and better with age!

It is well worth reading. And by the way, all of the one star reviews are ignorant Kindle owners who HAVE NOT read the book, but are protesting the price! Instead of reviewing the book, they have chosen to punish the author for the price.

IGNORE THEM. READ THE BOOK–you won’t be disappointed!

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