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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Interesting premise and twist, but the story was bland afterward and the character interaction was so-so. (  ) Vessel | Sep 2, 2009 |  Disappointing. The author has chosen to use a cheap plot gimmick: "multiple personality disorder." The author's writing is good ... pace is quick. (  ) howzzit | Aug 13, 2009 | Began May 23, 2009. (  ) jooly2 | May 31, 2009 | It all starts when a young girl mysteriously disappears from her mother's home, leaving only a smear of blood. The investigation into her disappearence stalls until the mother begs Lucas Davenport to intervene. He starts his investigation and only a few days in, gets shot at and wounded in the leg. This only makes him want to find out more about what happened to the girl. Missing money, Goth people who close ranks against him and people getting murdered left and right by a mysterious Goth girl known only as "Fairy" make this a read that's hard to put down. So many twists and turns and you'll never believe who the "Fairy" turns out to be. Awesome book for anyone who loves John Sandford. (  ) apsing01 | Apr 24, 2009 | Another Prey novel featuring Lucas Davenport and his cohorts in the Twin Cities. Each Prey novel is a standalone book, with character building strands that flow between them. Phantom Prey tweaks these themes to offer a slightly different approach, presumably to prevent the series from being repetitive. As expected the central storyline revolves around a killer, with Davenport ushered in to support. However, there are other plots weaved through the book, some without closure, which may be building for use in a later book - new territory for Sandford. The most important plot element is interesting and offers plenty of opportunities for the wit, irony and reality checks that make Sandford's books so enjoyable and easy to read. Phantom Prey isn't the strongest in the series, however is a page-turner with great characters. ( ) SonicQuack | Apr 12, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0399155007, Hardcover)Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before— but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.John Sandford’s 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, he’s got something quite special in store. A widow comes home to her large house in a wealthy, exclusive suburb to find blood everywhere, no body—and her collegeaged daughter missing. She’s always known that her daughter ran with a bad bunch. What did she call them—Goths? 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 can’t find the girl, alive or dead, and when a second Goth is found slashed to death in Minneapolis, the widow truly panics. There’s 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 reluctantly—but 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 don’t seem to add up, though. And then there’s 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). (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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