The latest in Sanford‘s Prey series, it continues Lucas Davenport‘s experiences with the St. Paul political and murder scenes.
Mr. Sanford skillfully catches us up on Lucas‘ marriage to Weather and his family life which includes a new son. All the while he’s drawing us in to yet another Davenport mystery. This time it involves murders of antiques collectors who also happen to be wealthy and old. The murderers are ruthless, violent, cruel and very, very clever.
It almost seems as if Mr. Sanford is bored with Lucas and his seemingly endless captures of serial killers. He’s thrown in a politically sensitive issue for Lucas to juggle on one hand while simultaneously solving the murder mystery, but it’s done without some of the more intricate plot twists of Sanford’s earlier Prey novels.
That doesn’t mean that it’s not a good read because it is still a good, solid, well-written book. It just lacks that keep-you-turning-pages-until-the-wee-hours edge to it that many of Sanford’s other novels have. It was also lacking in some of the dry wit that I’ve come to expect out of Lucas.
