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Extreme Prey

By: John Sandford
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
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Publisher's summary

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from number-one New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford.

After the events in Gathering Prey, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation - no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend, the governor, is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff. "Should be fun!" he says, and it kind of is - until they find they have a shadow: an armed man intent on killing the governor...and anyone who gets in the way.

©2016 John Sandford (P)2016 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"The latest Prey novel is exciting, politically astute, and ultimately terrifying. Sandford and Davenport are in top form.” (Booklist, starred review)

“Add a hammock under a shady tree, and you've got a quintessential summer read.” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

“Sandford, as always, sets a heart-pounding pace. He permeates his work with wit, an engaging hero readers have come to cherish and a cat-and-rat match that in this case draws on the streak of violence that for years has left a bloody stain on the nation. Timely and troubling, it’s a must-read for thriller devotees and political junkies.” (Richmond Times Dispatch)

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Lucas Davenport in Iowa during political campaign

John Sandford has been writing novels for almost 30 years and he has a huge following of readers who will rate anything he writes 5 stars. From my perspective his novels are highly variable between 3 and 5 stars. Although there are 20 John Sandford novels, 14 from the Lucas Davenport series and 6 from the Virgil Flowers series, in my Audible library, I have only written reviews of only two.

In Extreme Prey, Book 26 in the thriller series, Davenport has left the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, his long time employer over a disagreement with his boss (Davenport is very wealthy from software sales and does not need to work). He is enticed to help protect a presidential candidate during the campaign for the Iowa caucuses. There is an Iowa group of farmers who believe the Democrat candidates are are not liberal/progressive enough, so they plan to kill the top candidate during a parade at the Iowa state fair.

The first Lucas Davenport novel was published 27 years ago. In the first 4 novels in the series he is a bachelor who lives a rather wild private life. The series improves in Book 5 when he meets his future wife and surgeon Weather and begins to change his roguish ways. The series improves further when they adopt Letty and their first child is born. The very best novels in the series are those where Weather and/or Letty play a major part. Books 7, 9 10, 17, 20, 23, and 25 are solid 5 star thrillers. Extreme Prey, Book 26, is a solid three star thriller although it may deserve 3.5 stars.

Richard Ferrone has narrated all 26 audiobooks in the Lucas Davenport series. He is an excellent narrator, but is not among the top tier.

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killed bunny with a crescent wrench

I have read all of the Lucas Davenport books but in the first minute of this one a woman kills a bunny with a rusty crescent wrench. Thats as far as i got.....

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Not Up To Sandford Style

I was disappointed in this book. I have read or listened to every other Prey book but found this one tedious and very, very slow going. I stayed with it because I just knew it would get better. But, alas, it didn't get much better. The whole premise that he was there to help out the governor who wanted to show support by walking the Iowa Fair. There was a group of activists who it was rumored were going to shoot her. Lucas was hired to find the people and stop the effort. The entire book was spent pretty much in his Mercedes SUV driving the roads between Iowa City and small towns in the area where he looked for these people, interviewed many, then was too dumb to figure out who they were until the last chapter. It was just not what I expect of John Sandford. Perhaps Lucas should go back to work for the BCA where he had some excitement with his helpers, Flowers and Del. Too bad that this would happen but after 26 episodes I guess we had to know we were living on borrowed time.

I didn't think the narrator was as good as in the past.

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Sandford does it again!

Everything you expect from John Sandford and Alex Delaware. Narration was perfect (as always) and story was good. when I started it I thought it was too simple and was going to be a very disappointing read. I was wrong. I liked this one as much as any of his others.

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great book!

the story line was very good. lots of twists and turns. narrator was great as usual

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Top Notch Sandford - I don't understand the negative reviews!

Sandford has long been one of my favorite authors, and this latest installment is just as good if not better than any other Davenport story. Having been left sorely disappointed in the past by certain other authors around books 15 - 20, I hesitated in purchasing Extreme Prey based on some of the reviews. Almost from the start of listening to this book, I could not figure out what people were complaining about. This is classic Davenport, in yet another evolution. The book is smart, perfectly paced, and interestingly set in the context of a presidential campaign. Sandford doesn't pull any punches. Terrific book from start to finish, and as always great narration. Sandford continues to deliver; no let down here.

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I'll ask for credit back on this audio

Weak story line, no thrills, extremely disappointed. Read all his books, I'm a fan that was expecting better.

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Excellent

John Sandford never disappoints. Suspenseful, well written and engaging characters that offer a hard to put down book!

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Wonderful series

I listened to ever book in this series and everyone was good but most were spectacular. I just hope I can find books that are at this level. I loved listening getting to know all the characters.

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Great entertainment

Kept me interested from beginning to end. I love Richard Ferrone's narration. He's excellent. I've read pretty much all Sandford's novels. He's a great suspense writer.

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