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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 961
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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Condition: Brand New bce
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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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 Excellent condition August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book I ordered arrived in excellent condition and in a very timely manner. Everything was great!
 It's OK August 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's not his greatest, but if you are a fan of the series, you almost have to read it.
 Better than the last, Lucas a stud August 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is definitely better than the last. The story moves more, quicker pace and more difficult to predict. Lucas is a great character and Sandford does a nice job speaking to his other characters, Kidd and that F-ing Flowers. I will always read Sandford and being a Minneapolis resident I'm even more inclined. He does a great job building MN as a character and giving those not familiar with MN a little looksie into our blessing.
The Weirdest Davenport Novel Yet August 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
John Sandford does a better job of hooking me on his stories than anyone else writing today. I have read all the books written under the Sandford name and thought they all provided excellent entertainment except for the one clunker, "Dead Watch."
The Lucas Davenport novel, "Phantom Prey," is also quite entertaining. The book opens with a mother discovering that her daughter, Frances, has been abducted and that Frances lost a great deal of blood during the process. Authorities suspect that the daughter is probably dead.
The daughter has wealth from her deceased father's estate so money may be a motive. Frances has also been a part of the Twin Cities goth scene. Another person associated with the goth crowd is found dead after Frances' disappearance. There is a rumor that the latest deceased person was seen with a very attractive "fairy" shortly before his death. This dark-clad fairy and her diabolical partner make this the weirdest Davenport novel to date.
Lucas Davenport takes the reader along for the hunt as he begins to sort through the daughter's goth friends, and make connections between the latest murder and Frances' disappearance. "Phantom Prey" is another great Davenport novel.
 Getting redundant? July 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I usually love the John Sandford books, but found this one redundant and boring. It felt like Sandford just had to keep the story line going for 373 pages no matter what. Was not as thrilling and exciting as many of the other books and not very original. Did not enjoy this at all.
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