Title: Buried Prey
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Putnam
Publication Date: May 10, 2011
Hardcover: 400 pages
ISBN: 978-0399157387
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis-the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they’ve been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long.
In 1985, Davenport was a young cop with a reputation for recklessness, and the girls’ disappearance was a big deal. His bosses ultimately declared the case closed, but he never agreed with that. Now that he has a chance to investigate it all over again, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: It wasn’t just the bodies that were buried. It was the truth.
My Review:
Buried Prey by John Sandford marks his 21st Prey series book and it is as thrilling as, if not more so than, the first in Sandford’s series. Buried Prey will take the reader back to Lucas Davenport’s first case as a detective, 25 years ago and will keep Davenport and the readers wondering if the wrong man was sent to prison for the murder of the Jones girls in 1985. The book alternates between present day and 1985 without a hitch, the plot flows smoothly, and with Sandford’s exceptional descriptions, details, and characters down to the slightest nuance, I have often puzzled whether this is a direct result of the writer’s real life experiences as a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer-Press prior to his first novel. Sandford still has what it takes to keep readers up until the wee hours of the morning trying to get one step ahead of Davenport. For those who enjoy an extremely well written, intense suspense novel, filled with exceptional characters, look no further than John Sandford’s series. I highly recommend Buried Prey and eagerly await his next book.
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I received a complimentary ARC of Buried Prey by John Sandford from G.P. Putnam’s and Sons to offer my honest review of the book. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned book.
Ooh, I can’t wait to read this – I love Lucas!
I do as well Kathy. I have been reading John Sandford’s works long before he was writing books and Lucas is one character I never tire reading about. Sandford has such a way with his books, to have written 21 in a series and for the series to still be so tightly written and exciting as the first ones says a lot about what an exceptional writer he is.
You say it was as thrilling as his first??? Then I’m back to being excited about reading the next in his Prey series. I’ve read these from the very beginning but lately have started to feel that he’s getting burned out.
Staci, I could not set it down. I enjoyed flashing back to Lucas’ Davenport’s earlier days.
Do I NEED to read his other “Prey” books to fully enjoy Buried Prey? I have never read Sandford Books before.
Help me soon as I a m picking a book now.
Many, Many, Thanks
You do not need Sandford’s previous books in his Prey series, but you may want to read them after Buried Prey.