At this stage of the Lucas Davenport "Prey" series, author John Sandford seems to have slipped into a slump. The characters are sketchy, the plots make little sense, the humor is limited and the violence over-the-top. I really like Sandford, both here and in the Virgil Flowers series, so I am hoping that his next books show him back on form. ( )

This was definitely not my first read of John Sandford's "Broken Prey" and I had forgotten just how good a book this was. I was distracted by the rock-n-roll list. I was distracted by the love-making couple. I thought the Serb was the killer. Where did he fit in? But what about the accent? How could Pope be the killer? The book dragged a bit in the first third, but then it was unstoppable. ( )

I would remove the below songs off of his end-of-the-book 'Lucas Davenport Best Songs of the Rock Era'

11. The Doors .......... Roadhouse Blues
13. Aerosmith .......... Sweet Emotion
14. Aerosmith .......... Dude
19. Tom Waits .......... Heart of Saturday Night
20. Van Halen .......... Hot for Teacher
22. Gypsy Kings ........ Hotel California
27. Dire Straits ....... Skateaway
28. Tom Petty and
the Heartbreakers ...... Mary Jane's Last Dance
47. Sex Pistols ........ Anarchy in the UK
71. Guns N' Roses ...... Sweet Child of Mine
72. Guns N' Roses ...... Paradise City
80. John Lee Hooker,
Bonny Raitt ............ I'm in the Mood

12.6.2012
Working on some alternates.

11a. Dion and the
Belmonts ............... The Wanderer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6lymJy57E&feature=colike

13a. The Beach Boys .... Good Vibrations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8rd53WuojE&feature=colike

14a. Alice Cooper ...... School's Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbNEOJMGFAo&feature=colike

19a. Diana Krall ....... Heart of Saturday Night

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This book really should have been called 'The Three Gods down the hall'.

This book really should have been called 'The Three Gods down the hall'.