Was a tall man, hard-faced, broad-shouldered, showing the remnants of a summer tan. I don’t think so.’ ‘‘What about the moral equation- would it be…’ ‘‘Oh, it wouldn’t be a moral problem for him. He’d start imagining all the things that could go wrong, and, you know, being thrown in prison with a bunch of sodomites. But as for pulling off a calculated killing… I don’t think so. He’s got a violent streak, and he can be sneaky about it. If he was drunk and angry, he might strike out. ‘‘I can see him killing somebody, but it’d be in hot blood, not cold blood. You’re barking up the wrong tree with Susan.’ ‘‘Wilson McDonald.’ Jones frowned. I’m not even sure she could do it in self-defense, to be honest with you. I really don’t think she could kill anyone. ‘‘ People from out there, out on the prairie, farmers, have a whole different attitude toward the life and death of animals than they do the life and death of people. ‘‘You mean the hunting? That’s cultural,’’ Jones said. She’s crusty and calculating and all that, but she’s got a soft interior.’ ‘‘ I’ve seen a deer that would disagree with you,’’ Lucas said. I really don’t.’ ‘‘Susan O’Dell?’ ‘‘Susan couldn’t do it. But it would have to be deadly serious, and it would have to be deadly personal.’ ‘‘What about Terrance Robles?’ ‘‘I don’t know him well enough to answer. That’s the only way I see Bone deliberately killing somebody. There are only a few missteps but nothing is at the heart of the mystery.That would do it. At the time of writing, he has apparently become comfortable enough to make jokes about other writers like Carl Hiaasen. I found out about Lucas Davenport and this book, while not Sandford’s best, is still a great read. This well-thought-out plot moves at a steady pace, well worth your time. The characters are, as usual, so well developed that essentially pull the reader into the story. Lucas himself also experienced a slight change in his personal life a change, I’m sure, many people will like. There are many twists and turns when a suspect evades justice that can happen. The story and procedure are very well thought out and interesting. ![]() The second half is devoted to the excellent cat-and-mouse game trying to gather enough evidence to apprehend the sly suspect. The real killer is known to the reader halfway through the book. This leads the reader to the first of several murders and terrors of wounded victims. The story revolves around the world of bankers who survived a possible merger. John Sandford has written phenomenal thrillers before, but nothing beats the incredible twists and unrelenting suspense of Secret Prey.Ī combination of a suspense thriller and a police procedural. He could have stopped it, or else there would have been another death, and then another, and Davenport couldn’t help but wonder if perhaps this time the final death might not be his own. He’d felt this way not too long ago, felt the swirl of an unidentifiable evil, and it not only nearly killed him but also cost him his fiancée, who had never been can recover from the violence of the encounter. small.Ĭurrents run through this group, hints and whispers of something much bigger than the murder of a single man. Lucas Davenport thought, if he read it in a book, it would be like one of those classic murder mysteries, the kind where the detective gathers everyone together at the end and solves the case with a speech. Surrounding him are the four executives he has hunted down, each with their own complicated agenda, each with their own reasons not to grieve over the man’s death. The company president lay on the cold forest floor, his eyes lifeless, his orange hunting jacket pierced by a rifle bullet at close range. ![]() Secret Prey is the ninth literary fiction book in the Lucas Davenport series by author John Sandford.
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