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GATHERING PREY by John Sandford

"A chilling thriller that almost feels too real!"

By: John Sandford

Genres: Thriller Police Procedural | Mystery Police Procedural | Mystery

Posted: April 13, 2015

Lucas Davenport, of Minnesota's BCA, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is more or less dragged into an investigation by his adopted daughter, Letty, who is home from Stanford University. Letty had met some buskers, more specifically Henry and Skye, in San Francisco who told her an unsettling story. It is rumoured that there is some sort of cult whose members are killing homeless people. Skye had told Letty that the group's leader is suspected of having disciples who steal for him, he has the women prostitute themselves, and most likely there is drug dealing involved. Letty had given her cell phone number to Skye, who not long after phones Letty to tell her that Skye's friend Henry has disappeared, and Skye fears the worst. Letty convinces her father to look into it, and when Henry is found dead, killed in a most gruesome manner, Lucas has a nagging feeling that the busker's death may be linked to a recent murder case.

GATHERING PREY is the latest in the very long-running Lucas Davenport series, and readers new to the series can dive ahead safely: Mr. Sandford provides solid yet concise background on Lucas and his family so that it all seems familiar right from the start. Lucas Davenport is a no- nonsense cop, he's middle-aged, has a family; he's a bit of throwback to an age of more realistic policemen, and the daily grind of police work.

GATHERING PREY is fast-paced, very straightforward; there are no superfluous embellishments: Lucas is on the hunt for a ruthless killer who, it turns out, is awfully clever at not being found. GATHERING PREY leads Lucas on a cross-country chase as the bodies pile up; we are also privy to the dastardly villain's machinations. GATHERING PREY is a chilling read because some things almost feel too real for comfort.

Book Summary

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winner John Sandford.

They call them Travelers. They move from city to city, panhandling, committing no crimes—they just like to stay on the move. And now somebody is killing them.

Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman Traveler she’d befriended in San Francisco. The woman thinks somebody’s killing her friends, she’s afraid she knows who it is, and now her male companion has gone missing. She’s hiding out in North Dakota, and she doesn’t know what to do.

Letty tells Lucas she’s going to get her, and, though he suspects Letty’s getting played, he volunteers to go with her. When he hears the woman’s story, though, he begins to think there’s something in it. Little does he know. In the days to come, he will embark upon an odyssey through a subculture unlike any he has ever seen, a trip that will not only put the two of them in danger—but just may change the course of his life.

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Gathering Prey by John Sandford

Gathering Prey

by: John Sandford

Lucas Davenport #25

Putnam
May 1, 2015
On Sale: April 28, 2015
Featuring: Letty Davenport; Lucas Davenport
416 pages
ISBN: 0399168796
EAN: 9780399168796
Kindle: B00O2BKKUS
Hardcover / e-Book

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