Wicked Prey

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the number-one New York Times best-selling author. For 20 years, John Sandford's novels have been beloved for their "ingenious plots, vivid characters, crisp dialogue and endless surprises" ( The Washington Post), and nowhere are those more in evidence than in the sudden twists and shocks of Wicked Prey.

The Republicans are coming to St. Paul for their convention. Throwing a big party is supposed to be fun, but crashing the party are a few hard cases the police would rather have stayed away. Chief among them is a crew of professional stick-up men who've spotted several lucrative opportunities, ranging from political moneymen with briefcases full of cash to that armored-car warehouse with the weakness in its security system.

All that is headache enough for Lucas Davenport - but what's about to hit him is even worse. A while back, a stray bullet put a pimp and petty thief named Randy Whitcomb in a wheelchair, and ever since, the man has been nursing his grudge into a full head of psychotic steam. He blames Davenport for the bullet, but it's no fun just shooting him. That wouldn't be painful enough. Not when Davenport has a pretty 14-year-old adopted daughter that Whitcomb can target instead.

And then there's the young man with the .50 caliber sniper rifle and the right-wing-crazy background, roaming through a city filled with the most powerful politicians on earth....

Solve another case with Lucas Davenport.

©2009 John Sanford (P)2009 Pengin Audiobooks

I love these books

As always a great book. I am really liking the story about the daughter. I hope there will be more. I think she is an interesting character

Love Lucas

We love the Prey series for windshield time. Another winner! Thanks John! Being from the Twin Cities, we love the familiarity

Wicked Prey is Wicked Awesome

A great book in John Sandford tradition! Richard Ferrone is my favorite narrator and he really brings the Lucas Davenport books to life.

Wicked Prey

If you like John Sandford you will love this book. If you have never read Sandford you will be caught in his books and read alot of them. He is a neat author and I love his book!!Never a boring minute.

two of a kind

I love the chemistry in this story between Petty and Lucas. There were several laugh out loud parts that were noteworthy. looking forward to the next book.

Another Great Read

I enjoyed this book , it was brilliantly written, I read some reviews that talked about fillers all stories have fillers that’s what helps us relate to the characters

Best Davenport book so far!!!!

John Sandford just keeps getting better with each book. The character development is masterful. I love the way he has three different plots going and keeps them intertwined. Can’t wait to start the next book.

Another winner for Davenport fans

I have listened to many of the Davenport novels from Audible as well as Sandford's companion Flowers series. From reading prior reviews I expected to be a satisfied Sandford returning customer and I was not disappointed. This story moves along quickly and is not difficult to stay with as long as you don't try to remember all the details of each character (of which there are many, as other reviewers have pointed out). There are two weaknesses that I saw here, which I agree on with other negative reviewers. There is a lot of profanity and violence; for sure this is characteristic of the Davenport/Flowers novels and if you don't like that then you won't like this book. Second, and more importantly, the plot is a little thin ... this book is tied in very closely with the last Davenport and Flowers novels in the series and it almost feels like Sandford was trying to crank out as much as possible in as short a time as he could. I would have liked to seen a little more intricacy in the plot line. That said, though, I liked the book and would recommend it and purchase it again.
No review of this book or the other Prey novels would be complete without mention of Richard Ferrone's narration. Ferrone's voice is perfect for these stories. He can portray the bad guys really eerily and gets the tough good guys nailed. His voice sounds like he's been gargling with gunpowder and it's perfect for these books. With this novel I found that I was looking forward to more Richard Ferrone as much as I was to more John Sandford and Lucas Davenport.
Overall a great combination. In spite of some weaknesses, five stars.

A bit explicit, but I enjoyed this story

If your not offended by explicit language, this is a very enjoyable story. Worth the money.

His best yet

I really enjoyed this book. I finished it in two days. If you've read and liked the other Prey books, you'll love this one!