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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 266
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0399155007
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155000
ASIN: 0399155007
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author.
John Sandfords most recent Davenport novel, Invisible Prey, was hailed as one of his best books in recent memory (The Washington Post); as fresh and entertaining as ever (Chicago Sun-Times); and rivetingly readable (Richmond Times-Dispatch). But this time, hes got something quite special in store.
A widow comes home to her large house in a wealthy, exclusive suburb to find blood everywhere, no bodyand her collegeaged daughter missing. Shes always known that her daughter ran with a bad bunch. What did she call themGoths? Freaks is more like it, running around with all that makeup and black clothing, listening to that awful music, so attracted to death. And now this.
But the police cant find the girl, alive or dead, and when a second Goth is found slashed to death in Minneapolis, the widow truly panics. Theres someone she knows, a surgeon named Weather Davenport, whose husband is a big deal with the police, and she implores Weather to get him directly involved. Lucas begins to investigate only reluctantlybut then when a third Goth is slashed in what is now looking like a Jackthe- Ripper series of killings, he starts working it hard. The clues dont seem to add up, though. And then theres the young Goth who keeps appearing and disappearing: Who is she? Where does she come from and, more important, where does she vanish to? And why does Lucas keep getting the sneaking suspicion that there is something else going on here . . . something very, very bad indeed?
Filled with his brilliant trademark suspense and some of the most interesting characters in thriller fiction, Phantom Prey is further proof that Sandford is in a class of his own (The Orlando Sentinel).
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 awful storyline July 17, 2008
Having read all of this series, I can honestly say this was by far the worst. Oh, it is readable as Sandford's prose flows, but the storyline, particularly the lame outcome, leaves you with the feeling (actually about half way through!!) the author was just going through the motions to get it over with to fufill the one-a- year contract. Plot line is adequately presented in the reviews of others so I won't comment. If you havent read earlier books in the series, save your money from this one and get one of the others.
 One of the Best Prey books yet July 16, 2008
No need to go into the plot....that's been done in many reviews. Surfice to say that I've read every book in the "Prey" series and most of Sandford's other books. This was one of the best yet. Lucas Davenport gave us everything we've come to expect and more. Fabulous! John Sandford hasn't lost a step. I don't understand any of the negative reviews...did they read the same book?
 SPOILER!!!! Don't read unless you've read the book July 16, 2008
OK, I have read the entire series. I like Sandford's writing, and this book does not disappoint in this area. But the plot. . . .
Spoiler Alert
The split personality thing is the laziest form of deception in mysteries. It's been done to death, and never convincingly. It's just an easy way for an author to misdirect the reader, and its not very interesting or realistic. C'mon create a real plot. For the split personality thing, you really have to CARE about the person, and no effort is put into that here. See, Three, in which the author invested you heavily in the character that turned out to be fractured. Still not a great book, but the concept is better than this.
 Stop Me if You've Read the One About the Dual Personalities July 15, 2008
Phantom Prey is a disappointment for many reasons, but the main one is that you've seen this story on so many 'soap operas' that it's past being stale. It still has the good flavor of a Sandford novel but the plotting and the karmic/fantasy stuff is just not his speed. The genre seems to be somewhere between Stephen King and James Lee Burke, with a little Robert Parker thrown in.
The book starts with a murder and ends with a killing. In between people are killed to help other to 'the other side' by psychotic personalities. There is also a 'presence' that "has" sex with the protagonist but she complains that he's cold. Ok, so we've all read stories where the shooter is totally off the wall (think of the 'Niki Sanders' from 'Heroes') but one of the personalities is a cold blooded killer.
There is also a secondary story, which only ties into the first plot as some place for Lucas and Del to meet and tell dirty jokes and watch a pregnant woman get undressed. All through this side-plot they talk about the woman's pregnancy. Del keeps complaining to Lucas that his wife Cheryl has some 'stomach bug' and spends half the morning throwing up. His wife is a nurse, and Davenport's wife is a doctor. Uh, gee you think she ate some bad fish? Give me a break. Is every guy in America so dumb that he can't guess that his wife might be pregnant? Secondary plot was totally unnecessary.
The ending was telegraphed so early in the book that I was amazed that Sandford was able to keep it interesting until it happened ten pages from the end. That's why the third star, if not it would have been two stars.
Zeb Kantrowitz
Phantom Prey July 14, 2008
John Sandford does it again. Lucas Davenport is fabulous---again.
John, write more Lucas Davenport soon.
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