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Lucas Davenport #4
Silent Prey
In his fourth Lucas Davenport novel, Sandford continues the story of the brilliant, insane pathologist of Eyes of Prey. Doctor Death continues his experiments, searching the eyes of his dying victims for what they can reveal.
"For three books, critics and readers have hailed John Sandford as a born storyteller." --The San Diego Union.
"For three books, critics and readers have hailed John Sandford as a born storyteller." --The San Diego Union.
320 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1992
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John Sandford
234 books9,626 followersJohn Sandford is the pen name of John Roswell Camp, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author known for his gripping thrillers and popular crime series. After earning degrees in history, literature, and journalism from the University of Iowa, Camp began his writing career as a reporter, first at The Miami Herald and later at The Saint Paul Pioneer Press, where he earned critical acclaim for in-depth series on Native American communities and American farm life. His work won him the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1986.
In 1989, Camp transitioned into fiction, publishing two novels: The Fool's Run under his real name and Rules of Prey under the pseudonym John Sandford. The latter launched the long-running “Prey” series, starring Lucas Davenport, a sharp, fearless investigator navigating politically sensitive crimes across Minnesota and beyond. The series grew to include spin-offs and crossovers, notably featuring characters like Virgil Flowers, a laid-back BCA agent with a sharp wit, and Letty Davenport, Lucas's equally determined daughter, who stars in her own series starting in 2022.
Sandford’s books have consistently appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, with over two dozen debuting at number one. Known for his dynamic storytelling, fast pacing, and keen attention to detail, Sandford combines his journalistic roots with a gift for character-driven narratives. He remains an avid reader and outdoorsman, and continues to write compelling fiction that resonates with readers who enjoy intelligent thrillers grounded in realism and driven by memorable protagonists.
In 1989, Camp transitioned into fiction, publishing two novels: The Fool's Run under his real name and Rules of Prey under the pseudonym John Sandford. The latter launched the long-running “Prey” series, starring Lucas Davenport, a sharp, fearless investigator navigating politically sensitive crimes across Minnesota and beyond. The series grew to include spin-offs and crossovers, notably featuring characters like Virgil Flowers, a laid-back BCA agent with a sharp wit, and Letty Davenport, Lucas's equally determined daughter, who stars in her own series starting in 2022.
Sandford’s books have consistently appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, with over two dozen debuting at number one. Known for his dynamic storytelling, fast pacing, and keen attention to detail, Sandford combines his journalistic roots with a gift for character-driven narratives. He remains an avid reader and outdoorsman, and continues to write compelling fiction that resonates with readers who enjoy intelligent thrillers grounded in realism and driven by memorable protagonists.
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July 12, 2022
Michael Bekker is back in this one, in all his insane, drug fuelled madness. And Lucas Davenport is dragged back to assist the police to capture him again.
Silent Prey is absolutely loaded with suspicion and doubt, and Lucas is not able to trust anyone, even people he knows really well. Why is he really there? Is it to track down Bekker or is it to expose the real people behind the vigilante killings? And are they dirty cops? He holds it all together remarkably well and of course he also solves the whole issue practically unaided.
The best part of this book and the bit I keep thinking about is the remarkable twist half way through involving Bekker. I loved it! I nearly started to read the book again knowing what I now knew to see how many hints I had overlooked!
It was great. Hard to put down, cleverly written and with a very smart MC. My idea of a good crime book.
Silent Prey is absolutely loaded with suspicion and doubt, and Lucas is not able to trust anyone, even people he knows really well. Why is he really there? Is it to track down Bekker or is it to expose the real people behind the vigilante killings? And are they dirty cops? He holds it all together remarkably well and of course he also solves the whole issue practically unaided.
The best part of this book and the bit I keep thinking about is the remarkable twist half way through involving Bekker. I loved it! I nearly started to read the book again knowing what I now knew to see how many hints I had overlooked!
It was great. Hard to put down, cleverly written and with a very smart MC. My idea of a good crime book.
June 1, 2021
Wah!! I was really looking forward to Silent Prey, hoping for a satisfying follow-up from the previous book, Eyes of Prey where the identity of "Loverboy" was revealed at the end. Mild spoiler....
Nothing, NOTHING, about Loverboy is mentioned until page 242. Then there he is, Loverboy!! I was excited again until...NOTHING came of it. 🤬🤬🤬
I get it that these individual books can be read by itself without following the whole series in order, but the other bad guy storyline continues in this one. There are also too many (good and bad) cop names to remember. Overall, the writing is good, but the story is just okay (no Loverboy).
Nothing, NOTHING, about Loverboy is mentioned until page 242. Then there he is, Loverboy!! I was excited again until...NOTHING came of it. 🤬🤬🤬
I get it that these individual books can be read by itself without following the whole series in order, but the other bad guy storyline continues in this one. There are also too many (good and bad) cop names to remember. Overall, the writing is good, but the story is just okay (no Loverboy).
April 8, 2024
This is, to my mind, probably the least successful of John Sandford's Prey series. That's not to say that I didn't like it, but inevitably in any long-running series, I suppose, one book has to be the best and another has to be the worst, even if they are all quite good.
At the end of the book that preceded this one, Sandford's protagonist, Lucas Davenport, was forced to leave the Minneapolis police force. As this book opens, he's at loose ends and his other activities are not filling the empty spaces or giving him the rush that he got out of being a cop. Then Dr. Michael Bekker, a particularly sadistic killer that Davenport had previously arrested, escapes from custody and begins a new killing spree in New York.
The NYPD brings Davenport in as a consultant to help catch the guy and give the PD some media cover. But the New York cops have a deeper agenda as well. A group of vigilantes has been taking bad guys off the street and may have claimed as many as forty victims. Thus far, only a handful of top cops have realized that the deaths may be the work of a single killer or group of killers. Almost certainly, the vigilantes have inroads deep into police intelligence and may be cops themselves. Under the cover of consulting on the Bekker case, the NY brass want Davenport to track down the vigilantes who have been given the name the Robin Hoods. Davenport is eager for the challenge which brings him back into the orbit of an old lover, Lily Rothenberg and a potential new one in the female detective with whom he is paired.
Davenport is as tough and as witty as usual, but he's also something of a fish out of water in the big city, and this book is missing the usual cast of characters that surrounds Lucas. As a result, this book has a much different feel than most of the others in the series and doesn't feel quite "right."
Compounding matters is the fact that Sandford had already written one book with Bekker as the creepy villain, and unfortunately, Bekker is not one of Sandford's better bad guys. One book with him was more than enough; two was at least one too many. Later in the series, Sandford would carry another villain over from one book to another very successfully, but it doesn't really work here.
Still, this is a good read--several notches above a lot of the other books in this genre. As always, it's fun to watch Lucas in action, even if in New York. But it's even nicer to see him get back to the Twin Cities where he belongs in the next book.
At the end of the book that preceded this one, Sandford's protagonist, Lucas Davenport, was forced to leave the Minneapolis police force. As this book opens, he's at loose ends and his other activities are not filling the empty spaces or giving him the rush that he got out of being a cop. Then Dr. Michael Bekker, a particularly sadistic killer that Davenport had previously arrested, escapes from custody and begins a new killing spree in New York.
The NYPD brings Davenport in as a consultant to help catch the guy and give the PD some media cover. But the New York cops have a deeper agenda as well. A group of vigilantes has been taking bad guys off the street and may have claimed as many as forty victims. Thus far, only a handful of top cops have realized that the deaths may be the work of a single killer or group of killers. Almost certainly, the vigilantes have inroads deep into police intelligence and may be cops themselves. Under the cover of consulting on the Bekker case, the NY brass want Davenport to track down the vigilantes who have been given the name the Robin Hoods. Davenport is eager for the challenge which brings him back into the orbit of an old lover, Lily Rothenberg and a potential new one in the female detective with whom he is paired.
Davenport is as tough and as witty as usual, but he's also something of a fish out of water in the big city, and this book is missing the usual cast of characters that surrounds Lucas. As a result, this book has a much different feel than most of the others in the series and doesn't feel quite "right."
Compounding matters is the fact that Sandford had already written one book with Bekker as the creepy villain, and unfortunately, Bekker is not one of Sandford's better bad guys. One book with him was more than enough; two was at least one too many. Later in the series, Sandford would carry another villain over from one book to another very successfully, but it doesn't really work here.
Still, this is a good read--several notches above a lot of the other books in this genre. As always, it's fun to watch Lucas in action, even if in New York. But it's even nicer to see him get back to the Twin Cities where he belongs in the next book.
September 2, 2019
Silent Prey follows Lucas as a consultant this time for the NYPD.
Lily Rothenburg comes to Minnesota to ask Lucas to come to her city to catch Bekker, the deranged criminal from Eyes of Prey who escaped during his trial to NYC. Dekker is not only killing his victims but he's also publishing articles about his "medical findings".
For her part, Lily wants Lucas to help her with her own investigation into a group of possible rogue cops nicknamed, Robin Hood who are murdering people who they consider dangerous. When one of Lily's cop friends, Walter Petty, who's investigating Robin Hood gets murdered, it makes it personal for her.
Silent Prey was easy to enjoy. Even though I haven't liked Lucas because of his philandering ways, he's starting to change or at least he's trying. He's still an arse but not a complete one. He does make me laugh and he's a true detective. I like how he pieces things together and he always gets to surprise me with something.
I wasn't a fan of Bekker and in this one, he was even weirder. I have no clue how a psychopath like him who was always high on so many things could even move, let alone plan and abduct anyone.
The Robin Hood storyline was much more interesting to me than the Bekker one. Sandford made no one safe and that kept my interest going.
I've decided to stick with this series and hope for the best.
Cliffhanger: No
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August 5, 2014
The final two disks of this 10 disk story are well worth the listen. Its too bad the previous 8 are mostly about dirty cops, New York and an untouchable maniac killer. Davenport plays mostly a second banana hick in the big Apple. Apparently, Sanford saves his best Davenport stories for Minnesota and Wisconsin locales. 4 of 10 stars
January 5, 2015
A bored Lucas Davenport is a dangerous Lucas Davenport, and now that he’s no longer a cop, Lucas is very bored. While his gaming and police simulation software company is making him oodles of money, Lucas misses the action of his old job and is trying to spice things up by picking bar fights and seeing if he can break the sound barrier in his Porsche.
Relief from the tedium comes when a serial killing psycho that Lucas had caught escapes from jail during his trial and heads to New York where he embarks on a splashy murder spree. Davenport’s old flame, NYPD detective Lily Rothenburg, recruits Lucas to consult with them on the manhunt, but that’s only part of the reason that she wants him to come to Manhattan. Lily has been investigating the possibility that a group of NYPD officers have been killing career criminals, and another cop was murdered when he started closing in on identifying some of them. Under the guise of hunting the serial killer, Lily wants to put Lucas with some of the cops suspected of being part of the group to see what he can shake loose. Davenport may have been craving some excitement but hunting a madman and a group of rogue cops may be a little more than he was hoping for.
So this one has two parallel stories, and Sandford used a fairly big coincidence to get them to intersect. Davenport trying to sniff out a group of vigilantes hiding in the NYPD is the more interesting of the two. There’s a lot of stuff about using these new fangled computers to identify patterns that should seem dated as hell, but Sandford has always had a knack for incorporating technology of the day without dwelling on it so that it doesn’t drag down the core story.
There’s also a point made that killing off some of New York’s worst repeat criminals to make a difference seems terrifyingly practical on some level. When one of the bad guy explains himself late in the book, he notes that by killing off a relative handful of scumbags, they can eliminate thousands of crimes that impact innocent people. Seeing Lucas, who has his own habit of sometimes taking the law into his own hands, dealing with the fall-out of this was particularly interesting.
Unfortunately it’s the serial killer stuff that takes up a larger part of the book. This villain is not one of my favorite bad guys in the Prey series, and spending so much time in his head isn’t a lot of fun. Sandford tried to make him completely insane and yet rational enough to evade a full-scale manhunt for him, and the two tones just don’t mix well. Plus, the better Davenport villains usually have some kind of self-interested motive rather than just being crazy town banana pants so I find a guy killing for the sake of killing lacking when compared to some of the other baddies in the series.
I’d recommend reading Eyes of Prey before this since it functions as a direct sequel to that one.
Next: Lucas has to bundle up in Winter Prey.
Relief from the tedium comes when a serial killing psycho that Lucas had caught escapes from jail during his trial and heads to New York where he embarks on a splashy murder spree. Davenport’s old flame, NYPD detective Lily Rothenburg, recruits Lucas to consult with them on the manhunt, but that’s only part of the reason that she wants him to come to Manhattan. Lily has been investigating the possibility that a group of NYPD officers have been killing career criminals, and another cop was murdered when he started closing in on identifying some of them. Under the guise of hunting the serial killer, Lily wants to put Lucas with some of the cops suspected of being part of the group to see what he can shake loose. Davenport may have been craving some excitement but hunting a madman and a group of rogue cops may be a little more than he was hoping for.
So this one has two parallel stories, and Sandford used a fairly big coincidence to get them to intersect. Davenport trying to sniff out a group of vigilantes hiding in the NYPD is the more interesting of the two. There’s a lot of stuff about using these new fangled computers to identify patterns that should seem dated as hell, but Sandford has always had a knack for incorporating technology of the day without dwelling on it so that it doesn’t drag down the core story.
There’s also a point made that killing off some of New York’s worst repeat criminals to make a difference seems terrifyingly practical on some level. When one of the bad guy explains himself late in the book, he notes that by killing off a relative handful of scumbags, they can eliminate thousands of crimes that impact innocent people. Seeing Lucas, who has his own habit of sometimes taking the law into his own hands, dealing with the fall-out of this was particularly interesting.
Unfortunately it’s the serial killer stuff that takes up a larger part of the book. This villain is not one of my favorite bad guys in the Prey series, and spending so much time in his head isn’t a lot of fun. Sandford tried to make him completely insane and yet rational enough to evade a full-scale manhunt for him, and the two tones just don’t mix well. Plus, the better Davenport villains usually have some kind of self-interested motive rather than just being crazy town banana pants so I find a guy killing for the sake of killing lacking when compared to some of the other baddies in the series.
I’d recommend reading Eyes of Prey before this since it functions as a direct sequel to that one.
Next: Lucas has to bundle up in Winter Prey.
October 18, 2020
3.5
I don’t know why I’m slightly disappointed with this one as compared to the rest.
Davenport’s in New York lending help to the NYPD’s search for a familiar twisted (so twisted) bad guy but complications and politics intervene.
There are all sorts of traps here as well as some twists and turns but it doesn’t have the same suspense level as I was expecting. But I do love me some NYC so the locale was a plus.
Like Michael Connolly, John Sandford is a solid writer so I’m looking forward to what he has in store for his MN detective!
I don’t know why I’m slightly disappointed with this one as compared to the rest.
Davenport’s in New York lending help to the NYPD’s search for a familiar twisted (so twisted) bad guy but complications and politics intervene.
There are all sorts of traps here as well as some twists and turns but it doesn’t have the same suspense level as I was expecting. But I do love me some NYC so the locale was a plus.
Like Michael Connolly, John Sandford is a solid writer so I’m looking forward to what he has in store for his MN detective!
June 21, 2024
the setup…
The careful investigating and planning for the capture of Michael Bekker, the insane pathologist who slowly killed his victims and then removed their eyes, was the successful end to Detective Lucas Davenport’s career in the last story. Even though he lost his job in the process, he was satisfied that he brought this evil man down. But then as Bekker is waiting for his sentencing, he escapes his jailers and is tracked to New York where he wreaks havoc upon that city. Lucas is asked to assist the NYPD as a consultant to finally end this man.
the heart of the story…
It’s not all Bekker thought most of it is. Lucas is reunited with Lily Rothenburg who now works for the Deputy Commissioner and is in another relationship. They have another issue to contend with as a vigilante group is out there and believed to be connected to cops. Lucas is out of his element as he doesn’t have relationships with anyone, even Lily, and it always felt like he was some kind of pawn but to what purpose. The moments in Bekker’s drugged brain were again awful and the investigations were just convoluted.
the narration…
Ferrone brings his best to a difficult story and he saved it for me.
the bottom line…
I was hoping for a more interesting angle to the recapture of Bekker but it was bogged down by the second case and Lucas was out of his comfort zone. He still brought his unique skills and keen insights into people but it often felt like he was just one in a sea of political blue. Even though there were a couple of surprising twists near the end, it wasn’t enough to balance what came before. It did, however, bring me closure about Lily. I’m looking forward to returning to Minnesota. 3.5 stars
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The careful investigating and planning for the capture of Michael Bekker, the insane pathologist who slowly killed his victims and then removed their eyes, was the successful end to Detective Lucas Davenport’s career in the last story. Even though he lost his job in the process, he was satisfied that he brought this evil man down. But then as Bekker is waiting for his sentencing, he escapes his jailers and is tracked to New York where he wreaks havoc upon that city. Lucas is asked to assist the NYPD as a consultant to finally end this man.
the heart of the story…
It’s not all Bekker thought most of it is. Lucas is reunited with Lily Rothenburg who now works for the Deputy Commissioner and is in another relationship. They have another issue to contend with as a vigilante group is out there and believed to be connected to cops. Lucas is out of his element as he doesn’t have relationships with anyone, even Lily, and it always felt like he was some kind of pawn but to what purpose. The moments in Bekker’s drugged brain were again awful and the investigations were just convoluted.
the narration…
Ferrone brings his best to a difficult story and he saved it for me.
the bottom line…
I was hoping for a more interesting angle to the recapture of Bekker but it was bogged down by the second case and Lucas was out of his comfort zone. He still brought his unique skills and keen insights into people but it often felt like he was just one in a sea of political blue. Even though there were a couple of surprising twists near the end, it wasn’t enough to balance what came before. It did, however, bring me closure about Lily. I’m looking forward to returning to Minnesota. 3.5 stars
Posted on Blue Mood Café
July 18, 2025
Bekker is back, and Lucas Davenport finally has a job to do.
John Sandford’s “Silent Prey” (the fourth book in the Davenport series) is a direct sequel to “Eyes of Prey”, which featured the vicious and psychotic serial killer, Bekker. In that book, Davenport caught Bekker, but only after Bekker had gruesomely murdered the woman Davenport was dating.
“Silent Prey” opens during the highly-publicized trial. Bekker manages to escape after killing his defense attorney. The city is in an uproar.
Davenport, taking what seems to be a long vacation in a cabin in the woods, is called in as a consultant on the manhunt. When he arrives downtown, however, he is told that hunting Bekker is only one of his assignments. His other assignment is hunting bad cops.
It’s ironic that Davenport is assigned to do an Internal Affairs-type job, as he himself was, in the past, the subject of many an IA investigation for police brutality and on-the-job behavioral misdeeds. He figures that’s why he was chosen: he knows what to look for.
Walter Petty, a pencil-pushing whiz-kid cop was violently gunned down outside of a restaurant. Petty had been investigating a number of unsolved murders that he was sure had all been committed by a group of vigilante cops. He was positive on a handful, although he suspected that these vigilante cops were responsible for forty or more murders within the past five years. IA was dubbing these unknown vigilante cops “Robin Hoods”. Up until Petty, their targets were scum, and their deaths were actually reducing crime. Killing a fellow cop, though, was unforgivable.
Now Davenport has his plate full with two investigations. The clock is ticking. And he loves it.
Sandford is a brilliant crime writer, and “Silent Prey” is a damn good crime novel.
At one point, I almost stopped reading Sandford, mainly because I didn’t like the character of Lucas Davenport. He’s an arrogant, reckless asshole who treats women like shit and doesn’t seem to care about anyone but himself.
Thankfully, I kept reading, mainly because Davenport is an arrogant, reckless asshole who treats women like shit and doesn’t seem to care about anyone but himself, BUT he knows it. And he’s doing something about it.
Unlike some series detectives, Davenport is starting to realize that he has issues, and his issues are jeopardizing not only his job and quality of life but the people in his life he actually cares about. Davenport is a series detective that has actually grown and matured throughout the series, and it has made the series better.
“Silent Prey” is the best of Davenport series that I have read so far.
John Sandford’s “Silent Prey” (the fourth book in the Davenport series) is a direct sequel to “Eyes of Prey”, which featured the vicious and psychotic serial killer, Bekker. In that book, Davenport caught Bekker, but only after Bekker had gruesomely murdered the woman Davenport was dating.
“Silent Prey” opens during the highly-publicized trial. Bekker manages to escape after killing his defense attorney. The city is in an uproar.
Davenport, taking what seems to be a long vacation in a cabin in the woods, is called in as a consultant on the manhunt. When he arrives downtown, however, he is told that hunting Bekker is only one of his assignments. His other assignment is hunting bad cops.
It’s ironic that Davenport is assigned to do an Internal Affairs-type job, as he himself was, in the past, the subject of many an IA investigation for police brutality and on-the-job behavioral misdeeds. He figures that’s why he was chosen: he knows what to look for.
Walter Petty, a pencil-pushing whiz-kid cop was violently gunned down outside of a restaurant. Petty had been investigating a number of unsolved murders that he was sure had all been committed by a group of vigilante cops. He was positive on a handful, although he suspected that these vigilante cops were responsible for forty or more murders within the past five years. IA was dubbing these unknown vigilante cops “Robin Hoods”. Up until Petty, their targets were scum, and their deaths were actually reducing crime. Killing a fellow cop, though, was unforgivable.
Now Davenport has his plate full with two investigations. The clock is ticking. And he loves it.
Sandford is a brilliant crime writer, and “Silent Prey” is a damn good crime novel.
At one point, I almost stopped reading Sandford, mainly because I didn’t like the character of Lucas Davenport. He’s an arrogant, reckless asshole who treats women like shit and doesn’t seem to care about anyone but himself.
Thankfully, I kept reading, mainly because Davenport is an arrogant, reckless asshole who treats women like shit and doesn’t seem to care about anyone but himself, BUT he knows it. And he’s doing something about it.
Unlike some series detectives, Davenport is starting to realize that he has issues, and his issues are jeopardizing not only his job and quality of life but the people in his life he actually cares about. Davenport is a series detective that has actually grown and matured throughout the series, and it has made the series better.
“Silent Prey” is the best of Davenport series that I have read so far.
April 12, 2018
This book takes place pretty quickly after Book 3 Eyes of Prey. I admit I was dreading this book because it was two of my least favorite characters back. Lily and the villain Bekker. I never bought Lily as a serious love interest for Davenport and Bekker was not a great villain. He was evil and gruesome but just didn’t seem worthy of two books. I found the sections from Bekker’s point of view to be completely uninteresting and just wasn’t into those parts of the story. Bekker just seemed to be a quick reactive thinker and not an actual criminal mastermind worthy of Lucas’ talent. These were the times I was just hoping the book would hurry up and get through. I feel like the author knew this as well and threw in the “Robin Hood” to drive up the intensity.
The “Robin Hood” storyline seemed to be a last minute add like the author didn’t make his page count and needed something to add some more time/pages to the story. The author introduced this storyline fairly quickly but then it was only discussed a few more times until the climatic ending. I guess after reading the other books I was expecting more.
I still love the Davenport character though and wasn’t disappointed in the switch to New York as other reviewers were. This switch up allowed John Sanford to showcase Lucas as a true detective not just some hick from a small town. Lucas’ instincts are on point and you could see him work through things in his mind.
The “Robin Hood” storyline seemed to be a last minute add like the author didn’t make his page count and needed something to add some more time/pages to the story. The author introduced this storyline fairly quickly but then it was only discussed a few more times until the climatic ending. I guess after reading the other books I was expecting more.
I still love the Davenport character though and wasn’t disappointed in the switch to New York as other reviewers were. This switch up allowed John Sanford to showcase Lucas as a true detective not just some hick from a small town. Lucas’ instincts are on point and you could see him work through things in his mind.
April 23, 2017
6.5/10
A slightly weaker entry into the series, whether that is down to the regurgitation of the main villain or the fish out of water aspect I'm not sure. It still had its good parts and Davenport is a fun character to read but overall it was my least favourite in be series.
Bekker escapes from prison and is hiding out in New York. Rather than what a sane person would do he decides to keep doing some research through his less than standard methods. Add into that there are some vigilantes ridding the streets of criminals which Davenport has been asked to look into then it leads to a pretty hectic time.
Some reoccurring characters are littered throughout this one and the story doesn't feel all that fresh. To me the whole Bekker angle wasn't necessary and the vigilante angle would have been more interesting especially in a different location.
The audio narration is top notch and Richard Ferrone really suits this series. I'm tempted to try a couple of the books just to see what they're like but audiobook is a good option for this series.
Good series but not the best and not a good one to jump into in the series
A slightly weaker entry into the series, whether that is down to the regurgitation of the main villain or the fish out of water aspect I'm not sure. It still had its good parts and Davenport is a fun character to read but overall it was my least favourite in be series.
Bekker escapes from prison and is hiding out in New York. Rather than what a sane person would do he decides to keep doing some research through his less than standard methods. Add into that there are some vigilantes ridding the streets of criminals which Davenport has been asked to look into then it leads to a pretty hectic time.
Some reoccurring characters are littered throughout this one and the story doesn't feel all that fresh. To me the whole Bekker angle wasn't necessary and the vigilante angle would have been more interesting especially in a different location.
The audio narration is top notch and Richard Ferrone really suits this series. I'm tempted to try a couple of the books just to see what they're like but audiobook is a good option for this series.
Good series but not the best and not a good one to jump into in the series
May 25, 2018
Two Bekker books in a row? Do I have to?
Luckily, Sandford is compelling enough that this was still a good read, no matter how much I resented having to spend another book in the company of Michael Bekker, the eye-obsessed serial killer from the preceding book. With his pill-popping, overly-elaborate murders, superstitions, clever disguises, and victims' eyelids strung from the ceiling, Bekker frankly just feels done to death at this point. He's not so much a believable serial killer as he is a believable string of creepy things that you'd hate to have happen to you, Hannibal Lecter minus the charisma, a stew of thriller-horror cliches. I just don't like the guy.
That said, Bekker's continued presence is maybe worth it just for this line:
"How 'bout that Bekker, though?" Sloan said enthusiastically. "He's a fuckin' star, and we knew him back when."
Dammit, John Sandford. I can't even wholeheartedly dislike this one aspect of the novel because you have to throw in that good of a joke? Unfair.
Anyway. Bekker serves as a device to get Lucas to New York for a book, or at least, to excuse his presence in New York, since the real reason for his presence there is much more complicated. There's a team of well-organized vigilantes, almost certainly cops, killing off repeat offenders; as the novel starts, they've just attracted much more attention and ire by killing a data-driven officer who might have been onto them. New York cop Lily--who had a passionate affair with Lucas back in Shadow Prey--vouches for Lucas as an outsider to come look into the "Robin Hood" case, an investigation that's supposed to be hidden under the story of him officially being there as a media-friendly consultant on Bekker. It's interesting to see the astute, savvy Lucas tossed into a situation where he knows almost no one and has to constantly debate who is attempting to use him as a pawn and why, and his interactions with the New York team, especially the sardonic Barbara Fell and the endlessly charismatic and already-dying cop Dick Kennett, are funny, tense, and involving. It's all a little too complicated for its own good, but it's still enjoyable and helps the second Bekker novel stand a little taller than the first. I like the ambition of combining these two plots even if I don't think it entirely works.
Character beats for Lucas that I especially liked: his slight bafflement over the sheer size of New York and what that means for policing it, his geeky anticipation of possibly seeing a Civil War battlefield, and the fact that he both falls for Kennett's joke about Gauguin and then goes and researches it later like the fucking badass that he is.
Luckily, Sandford is compelling enough that this was still a good read, no matter how much I resented having to spend another book in the company of Michael Bekker, the eye-obsessed serial killer from the preceding book. With his pill-popping, overly-elaborate murders, superstitions, clever disguises, and victims' eyelids strung from the ceiling, Bekker frankly just feels done to death at this point. He's not so much a believable serial killer as he is a believable string of creepy things that you'd hate to have happen to you, Hannibal Lecter minus the charisma, a stew of thriller-horror cliches. I just don't like the guy.
That said, Bekker's continued presence is maybe worth it just for this line:
"How 'bout that Bekker, though?" Sloan said enthusiastically. "He's a fuckin' star, and we knew him back when."
Dammit, John Sandford. I can't even wholeheartedly dislike this one aspect of the novel because you have to throw in that good of a joke? Unfair.
Anyway. Bekker serves as a device to get Lucas to New York for a book, or at least, to excuse his presence in New York, since the real reason for his presence there is much more complicated. There's a team of well-organized vigilantes, almost certainly cops, killing off repeat offenders; as the novel starts, they've just attracted much more attention and ire by killing a data-driven officer who might have been onto them. New York cop Lily--who had a passionate affair with Lucas back in Shadow Prey--vouches for Lucas as an outsider to come look into the "Robin Hood" case, an investigation that's supposed to be hidden under the story of him officially being there as a media-friendly consultant on Bekker. It's interesting to see the astute, savvy Lucas tossed into a situation where he knows almost no one and has to constantly debate who is attempting to use him as a pawn and why, and his interactions with the New York team, especially the sardonic Barbara Fell and the endlessly charismatic and already-dying cop Dick Kennett, are funny, tense, and involving. It's all a little too complicated for its own good, but it's still enjoyable and helps the second Bekker novel stand a little taller than the first. I like the ambition of combining these two plots even if I don't think it entirely works.
Character beats for Lucas that I especially liked: his slight bafflement over the sheer size of New York and what that means for policing it, his geeky anticipation of possibly seeing a Civil War battlefield, and the fact that he both falls for Kennett's joke about Gauguin and then goes and researches it later like the fucking badass that he is.
March 10, 2022
5 Stars. Disturbing. Having read many Lucas Davenport thrillers, not all as yet, I can say that this one might be the darkest and most controversial. Almost a horror story. Number four in the series takes place in New York; its origins can be traced to two earlier volumes. The female lead is the alluring NYPD detective Lily Rothenburg who, in #2 "Shadow Prey," ventured out to Minnesota to work with and fall for Davenport while they pursued a group of Native Americans trying to right the wrongs of history one throat slashing at a time. The primary antagonist, he first appeared in #3 "Eyes of Prey," is the brilliant but deranged murderer, Michael Bekker. A pathologist of renown, he has escaped and fled to the Big Apple to blend in with its druggies, thieves, and their ilk. Rothenburg persuades Davenport, having caught Bekker once, to front NYPD's public relations effort to comfort the public. Lucas is teamed with the lovely and ambitious Barbara Fell. Here we open a second front, police corruption. Is there a vigilante sub-group on the force? If so, there's another antagonist in the mix. Can this unknown leader be found? I couldn't put it down. (October 2021)
August 16, 2023
The mysteries were good, but I just didn't like this one. I would've rather had Bekker's reboot or the Robin Hood storyline, but not both. I only had mental bandwidth for one or the other, and this time my rating has fallen victim to my mood.
In this one, Dr. Michael Bekker, the evil dude from Eyes of Prey, is on trial for multiple murders after Lt. Lucas Davenport went to town on his formerly handsome face with a blade during the takedown (not a very cop-ish thing to do). He escapes custody by lulling a courtroom bailiff into complacency - at the cost of his life. After several days in the wind and a bunch of new bodies piling up, NYPD calls Davenport back over from Minneapolis PD to help them recapture the little maniac.
Meanwhile, criminal elements all over Brooklyn are being taken off the board in a series of sniper-style murders by someone the press has dubbed Robin Hood. Everybody in the city - even the police - might have been secretly cheering him on... until a cop is shot and killed. With both a known psycho on the loose AND a vigilante taking out bad guys (presumably?) on his own terms, the police have their hands full in this one.
Next up is #5, Winter Prey.
In this one, Dr. Michael Bekker, the evil dude from Eyes of Prey, is on trial for multiple murders after Lt. Lucas Davenport went to town on his formerly handsome face with a blade during the takedown (not a very cop-ish thing to do). He escapes custody by lulling a courtroom bailiff into complacency - at the cost of his life. After several days in the wind and a bunch of new bodies piling up, NYPD calls Davenport back over from Minneapolis PD to help them recapture the little maniac.
Meanwhile, criminal elements all over Brooklyn are being taken off the board in a series of sniper-style murders by someone the press has dubbed Robin Hood. Everybody in the city - even the police - might have been secretly cheering him on... until a cop is shot and killed. With both a known psycho on the loose AND a vigilante taking out bad guys (presumably?) on his own terms, the police have their hands full in this one.
Next up is #5, Winter Prey.
April 29, 2020
This novel we find Lucas in New York hunting for a serial killer and a vegilently killer. The terribly flawed Lucas is a one of a kind character and just when you think you have him pegged he surprise you.
These books are dark and twisted and I love them.
These books are dark and twisted and I love them.
August 14, 2018
I was concerned about this book from the lukewarm reviews, but I liked it a lot. Yes, he recycled the villain from the last book, but the other underlying thread of police vigilantes made up for it. While the Becker thread was always in the fore & it was the weaker of the two. It was a bit predictable, especially at first, but a reveal in the middle picked it up. The politics & suspicions of the vigilante issue popped up just often enough to add an edge & then made for a great ending. Again, I didn't see one of the reveals coming at all. I really appreciated that.
Davenport continues to evolve as a person. His fear of & recovery from flying was a bit over the top, but that was OK. His lack of direction & the way he viewed NYC were great.
I finished this while working on the kids' portable rabbit run & started the next since I didn't want to take the time to figure out a different book or direction. Just the roof left for the rabbit run now. I'd hoped to finish it tonight, but Chip looks fairly sound & I haven't ridden him in over a month. Navicular is doing him in, but his new trim & set of shoes seems to be helping a lot.
Davenport continues to evolve as a person. His fear of & recovery from flying was a bit over the top, but that was OK. His lack of direction & the way he viewed NYC were great.
I finished this while working on the kids' portable rabbit run & started the next since I didn't want to take the time to figure out a different book or direction. Just the roof left for the rabbit run now. I'd hoped to finish it tonight, but Chip looks fairly sound & I haven't ridden him in over a month. Navicular is doing him in, but his new trim & set of shoes seems to be helping a lot.
July 18, 2016
Usually back cover book descriptions give away too much. Here it didn’t tell me enough. Billed as the revenge story of the previous novel's villain, I had no particular interest; Bekker was a character, I felt, not deserving of a return appearance. (As an aside, the author states that at book signings he is one of the two villains mentioned most; shows what I know.) Silent Prey involves so much more. Bekker’s escape to New York allows an old colleague and love interest the opportunity to enlist Lucas Davenport’s help on two fronts: outwardly to recapture Bekker; and secretly to help uncover a deeper problem. Over the past five years strategically-targeted, low-level bad guys have been professionally murdered, and it’s beginning to look like a small band of rogue cops are responsible. Lucas has a very public reason to be put in the suspected cops’ midst without suspicion. The concurrent investigations keep Lucas busy and the reader engrossed. Also, this is early Sandford so not everything is revealed to the reader until the end. I greatly regret having initially skipped it.
October 3, 2016
From chapter 1, you can smell the author's apparent addiction to ugliness. No thanks
August 15, 2021
Silent Prey is a sequel of sorts to Eyes of Prey. Bekker escapes and is running rampant in NYC.
I am a bit ambivalent about Silent Prey. On the one hand, the portions of the book with Bekker are great. As is the police/detective work, especially Lucas Davenport's. Lucas is also more fragile and human i.e. his 'alpha' is no longer over the top. But, the author choses to weave another plot involving vigilante cops, with equal priority into the story. I think each of these plot lines would have been better served as an individual book instead of splitting them into two.
Otherwise, this book has the things that we have come to expect from this series.
I am a bit ambivalent about Silent Prey. On the one hand, the portions of the book with Bekker are great. As is the police/detective work, especially Lucas Davenport's. Lucas is also more fragile and human i.e. his 'alpha' is no longer over the top. But, the author choses to weave another plot involving vigilante cops, with equal priority into the story. I think each of these plot lines would have been better served as an individual book instead of splitting them into two.
Otherwise, this book has the things that we have come to expect from this series.
July 26, 2023
The story was good. However, the book was a direct follow-up, and it did feel like that the whole time. There were two stories going on, and one got left alone. The ending was not as exciting as the other Prey books. It's not a terrible read, but it does feel like it was a follow-up and wasn't fully necessary. I will say Bekker absolutely is a sick maniac.
October 17, 2016
Lucas Davenport no longer works for the police department in Minneapolis but has been requested by the NYPD pertaining to a previous case of his; Michael Bekker. He's now in New York and continuing his killing spree. The only person that was able to capture him before was Lucas.
There are other reasons he's wanted in New York. Someone has taken to cleaning the streets as their sole responsibility and murdering the bad seeds of New York. They've labeled him or her as Robin Hood. Robin Hood is believed to be an NYPD cop.
They take Lucas to be an country cop and underestimates his skills until it's too late and he's got them in his crosshairs.
John Sanford has a way of describing a story, adding the intricate details at the right time and telling it from both sides; the police and the killer.
There are other reasons he's wanted in New York. Someone has taken to cleaning the streets as their sole responsibility and murdering the bad seeds of New York. They've labeled him or her as Robin Hood. Robin Hood is believed to be an NYPD cop.
They take Lucas to be an country cop and underestimates his skills until it's too late and he's got them in his crosshairs.
John Sanford has a way of describing a story, adding the intricate details at the right time and telling it from both sides; the police and the killer.
December 31, 2013
-Producto de consumo rápido adaptado a los requerimientos del consumidor general en su tiempo.-
Género. Novela.
Lo que nos cuenta. El perturbado Mike Dekker protagoniza una fuga durante su juicio y desaparece del rastro de las fuerzas del orden. El policía que le capturó, Lucas Davenport, ya no está en el cuerpo y ahora es empresario pero sus ex compañeros saben que hay que protegerle porque está en la lista de Dekker, que se ha trasladado a Nueva York para continuar allí con sus sádicos entretenimientos/experimentos. Cuarto libro de la serie de Lucas Davenport.
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Género. Novela.
Lo que nos cuenta. El perturbado Mike Dekker protagoniza una fuga durante su juicio y desaparece del rastro de las fuerzas del orden. El policía que le capturó, Lucas Davenport, ya no está en el cuerpo y ahora es empresario pero sus ex compañeros saben que hay que protegerle porque está en la lista de Dekker, que se ha trasladado a Nueva York para continuar allí con sus sádicos entretenimientos/experimentos. Cuarto libro de la serie de Lucas Davenport.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
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December 24, 2019
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, given the reviews. It's been a good few months since I read the previous book, so it (and Bekker) maybe weren't as fresh in my mind. Looking forward to Winter Prey - I won't leave it as long next time!
January 7, 2013
There are twists and turns and amazing reveals; however, there was too much plotting and coincidences and not enough valid emotional tone. Still, I enjoyed reading it.
'Silent Prey' is the sequel to 'Eyes of Prey', although 'Eyes...' can stand alone. 'Silent Prey' continues with the serial killer Bekker who has escaped custody while on trial for his crimes, and I think it is a better read if you read 'Eyes..' first.
Bekker begins again with his quest to scientifically catch the last vision seen by dying people by exsanguinating his victims, also again in New York City, but without the distractions of maintaining any kind of normalcy as he had in Minneapolis. Soon, Lucas Davenport is called in by the NYPD as a consultant on the case, since he caught Bekker before. At least, that's what the Media and most of the police are told as corpses without eyes are found. The real reason Davenport is in town is NYPD has become aware of vigilante killings by members of the police and there is no one in the City's police dapartment that can be trusted to solve these crimes. Since he has resigned his position with the Minneapolis police department and he is free to work anywhere, he welcomes the work. Despite feeling like a fish out of water because of the complexity of NYC, and dealing with lingering issues with reoccurring characters from the previous book, he begins to sort through the personalities and clues with the usual mix of action, violence and angst.
Bekker is satisfyingly completely bonkers. Whenever his third-person narrated chapters are in view, the shocks keep coming. He is SO out of his mind! I promise you will love him, if you love utterly insane fictional madmen whose activities are fortunately briefly described. Personally, I am distressed by explicit mayhem, but John Sandford thankfully keeps the detail down to titulating minimum.
Unfortunately, I did not find the vigilante cops as charming, and while Davenport wraps up everything neatly, it wasn't to my gothic standard. I think Sandford did not develop that part of the book into sufficient froth and doom.
'Silent Prey' is the sequel to 'Eyes of Prey', although 'Eyes...' can stand alone. 'Silent Prey' continues with the serial killer Bekker who has escaped custody while on trial for his crimes, and I think it is a better read if you read 'Eyes..' first.
Bekker begins again with his quest to scientifically catch the last vision seen by dying people by exsanguinating his victims, also again in New York City, but without the distractions of maintaining any kind of normalcy as he had in Minneapolis. Soon, Lucas Davenport is called in by the NYPD as a consultant on the case, since he caught Bekker before. At least, that's what the Media and most of the police are told as corpses without eyes are found. The real reason Davenport is in town is NYPD has become aware of vigilante killings by members of the police and there is no one in the City's police dapartment that can be trusted to solve these crimes. Since he has resigned his position with the Minneapolis police department and he is free to work anywhere, he welcomes the work. Despite feeling like a fish out of water because of the complexity of NYC, and dealing with lingering issues with reoccurring characters from the previous book, he begins to sort through the personalities and clues with the usual mix of action, violence and angst.
Bekker is satisfyingly completely bonkers. Whenever his third-person narrated chapters are in view, the shocks keep coming. He is SO out of his mind! I promise you will love him, if you love utterly insane fictional madmen whose activities are fortunately briefly described. Personally, I am distressed by explicit mayhem, but John Sandford thankfully keeps the detail down to titulating minimum.
Unfortunately, I did not find the vigilante cops as charming, and while Davenport wraps up everything neatly, it wasn't to my gothic standard. I think Sandford did not develop that part of the book into sufficient froth and doom.
December 26, 2018
A friend promised me that the Prey series gets better after the fourth book. Moonlight and I read the first three books two years ago and threw in the towel since Davenport sucked beyond the telling in our reviews. I hate to admit this though, my friend is right. The series gets better after the fourth book. It's like Sandford realized he was writing Davenport like a psychopath and people were not rooting for him. The female characters also are better developed thank goodness. So I just sped through a ton of the books in this series (thanks to the library) and finally at 1 am last night finally went to sleep after a lackluster book #11 that just brought back old Davenport (who I hated).
"Silent Prey" takes Lucas out of Minnesota to New York to help catch a serial killer (Michael Bekker) he captured in the previous books. He goes to New York to help out former lover Lily Rothenburg with not only capturing Bekker but also with helping her out with capturing what appears to be a vigilante that killed a friend of hers.
Lucas still sucks in this one. He has left the police force, and though he mentions his daughter, he is pretty much solo and wishing for a woman. Because without sex, who would Lucas be? Sorry for the sarcasm, but honestly I wanted to brain Lucas in this one. And Lily. She had an affair with Lucas and even though she's seeing someone still feels a magnetic pull to Lucas. It got old as hell. And Lucas having pangs made me roll my eyes too. There is mention of Lucas's money and his gaming company which still makes me laugh.
There is not much there there in this book. The two plots don't work very well and we go from Lucas hunting Bekker and investigating a possible cop who is behind the vigilante killings to Bekker's third person point of view. I just found myself bored throughout this book and was so happy when it was over.
The setting moves from Minnesota to New York, but you don't get any sense of New York besides people talking about how hot it is.
The ending was a joke and a half. I just read it and shook my head.
"Silent Prey" takes Lucas out of Minnesota to New York to help catch a serial killer (Michael Bekker) he captured in the previous books. He goes to New York to help out former lover Lily Rothenburg with not only capturing Bekker but also with helping her out with capturing what appears to be a vigilante that killed a friend of hers.
Lucas still sucks in this one. He has left the police force, and though he mentions his daughter, he is pretty much solo and wishing for a woman. Because without sex, who would Lucas be? Sorry for the sarcasm, but honestly I wanted to brain Lucas in this one. And Lily. She had an affair with Lucas and even though she's seeing someone still feels a magnetic pull to Lucas. It got old as hell. And Lucas having pangs made me roll my eyes too. There is mention of Lucas's money and his gaming company which still makes me laugh.
There is not much there there in this book. The two plots don't work very well and we go from Lucas hunting Bekker and investigating a possible cop who is behind the vigilante killings to Bekker's third person point of view. I just found myself bored throughout this book and was so happy when it was over.
The setting moves from Minnesota to New York, but you don't get any sense of New York besides people talking about how hot it is.
The ending was a joke and a half. I just read it and shook my head.
August 19, 2023
I believe this is the 3rd book I've read in this series, and I'm starting to like it more with each one. I wasn't too crazy about the first one, and I skipped the 2nd. This one took me a while to decide that I liked it, mainly because the villain, Bekker, seemed to be totally insane, aside from being a mad psychopath. He was also strung out on various pharmaceuticals, and couldn't function without them.
Turns out he pretty much was crazy, but still smart. Smart enough to kill lots of people and get away with it; smart enough to escape from custody while awaiting his guilty verdict at the courthouse.
But the more interesting story was happening simultaneously, and was the real reason that Davenport was called in. There seemed to be one or more vigilante killers loose, killing mostly bad people. And it was suspected that they were members of the police dept. So Davenport was a perfect "mole" to figure out who was responsible. He was no longer a detective, having left to work on his gaming software. But he was the one who caught Bekker in the last book, and although he was a hero for doing this, he went a bit overboard and beat Bekker a bit too much, causing much damage to his face with his pistol. So he was canned, I believe (don't remember the details), but Bekker was scared of him. And Davenport knew Bekker best, so that was his cover. Also, he was good with the press, part of his cover.
Throughout the story, we're never sure which cops are dirty, and to be honest, I wasn't totally sure even after finishing the book. But we do find out the main ones, and it gets taken care of.
I got to know Davenport a bit better in this book. I like the character, but not nearly as much as Virgil Flowers, Sandford's other series. But I've read all the Virgil Flowers' books, so now I'll see if I like the prey series as much.
Turns out he pretty much was crazy, but still smart. Smart enough to kill lots of people and get away with it; smart enough to escape from custody while awaiting his guilty verdict at the courthouse.
But the more interesting story was happening simultaneously, and was the real reason that Davenport was called in. There seemed to be one or more vigilante killers loose, killing mostly bad people. And it was suspected that they were members of the police dept. So Davenport was a perfect "mole" to figure out who was responsible. He was no longer a detective, having left to work on his gaming software. But he was the one who caught Bekker in the last book, and although he was a hero for doing this, he went a bit overboard and beat Bekker a bit too much, causing much damage to his face with his pistol. So he was canned, I believe (don't remember the details), but Bekker was scared of him. And Davenport knew Bekker best, so that was his cover. Also, he was good with the press, part of his cover.
Throughout the story, we're never sure which cops are dirty, and to be honest, I wasn't totally sure even after finishing the book. But we do find out the main ones, and it gets taken care of.
I got to know Davenport a bit better in this book. I like the character, but not nearly as much as Virgil Flowers, Sandford's other series. But I've read all the Virgil Flowers' books, so now I'll see if I like the prey series as much.
March 22, 2022
3rd reading - Michael Bekker, the MadDog from the previous entry, has escaped custody during his trial. He heads for NYC, to become invisible, but can't control his impulses - he kills folks, hoping to photograph "something" as they pass into the next life, which is facilitated by him cutting off their eyelids. Creepy guy. Davenport, out of work after his violence with a pimp and scarring Bekker, is approached by NY detectives to help locate MadDog.
The police's other motive - at least 13 other vigilante-type killings have been done, and Lucas can sniff around cop suspects while helping with Bekker. Talk about not being able to trust ANYONE you're working with. Great tension, although Bekker seems tame this time around.
At least my 2nd time through Lucas' adventures. This time, the former Minnesota investigator is asked by NYC police to help locate Mad Dog Bekker after he escaped from court.
Gruesome corpses start piling up, and Lucas knows he's really supposed to look for a vigilante cop group taking out bad guys, who also have their sights set on serial killer Bekker. Davenport juggles former flame Lilly, a current NY love interest, and tons of in-house police double-dealing, politics and intrigue.
The police's other motive - at least 13 other vigilante-type killings have been done, and Lucas can sniff around cop suspects while helping with Bekker. Talk about not being able to trust ANYONE you're working with. Great tension, although Bekker seems tame this time around.
At least my 2nd time through Lucas' adventures. This time, the former Minnesota investigator is asked by NYC police to help locate Mad Dog Bekker after he escaped from court.
Gruesome corpses start piling up, and Lucas knows he's really supposed to look for a vigilante cop group taking out bad guys, who also have their sights set on serial killer Bekker. Davenport juggles former flame Lilly, a current NY love interest, and tons of in-house police double-dealing, politics and intrigue.
December 16, 2013
The story of Mike Bekker, a psychotic killer who kills with the purpose of watching the eyes during the death of the person. Bekker escapes during his trial by tricking his older police officer and in the process killing him, he escapes the court house and disappears. Lucas Davenport gets a call and request from the NY Police Department to help them, Bekker has moved to New York and has begun killing once again. At the same time there are persons killing mostly bad people, and a few good ones who get in the way, that the police want caught. Lucas is put into harms way by the police in hopes of catching the team of killers under the guise of searching for Bekker.
This is another of Sandford's great Prey books, his plots and pursuits are great.
This is another of Sandford's great Prey books, his plots and pursuits are great.
July 26, 2018
Good thing I have read several of the Davenport series later books. This one would almost make me quit reading them. This was the worst of all the Sandford books I have read. I really dislike Bekker as it was bad enough to read one book him about let alone two. Lucas' personality was totally missing and appeared to have been given to Kennett for the duration of this book. Lily is a cool person and was left floundering. I guess I was disappointed with this book is all.
November 16, 2012
Silent pray begins where the 3rd novel ends. Lucas is looking to do something as he has a lot of time on his hands. The serial killer escapes and of course Lucas has to help capture him. Of course it's easier said than done. Truly thrilling ride as we navigate what happens next. If you love thrillers, this is a must read.
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