Broken Prey

De: John Sandford

Narrado por: Richard Ferrone

The "Big Three" are a trio of inmates locked up in the Minnesota Security Hospital over the years, each a particularly vicious serial killer, each with his own distinct style and propensities. Everybody feels much safer knowing that they're behind bars. Except...there's a new killer on the loose. And his handiwork bears a disturbing resemblance to some of the finer points practiced by the Big Three, details that never even made the papers.

Lucas Davenport and his team quickly hone in on a possible suspect, a man named Charlie Pope, who was released from the same hospital prison a few weeks earlier, and who now seems to have cut himself free from his court-imposed ankle bracelet and disappeared. But is he really the one? And why do the Big Three look so agitated?

Brilliantly suspenseful, consistently surprising, once again, Sandford has outdone himself.

©2005 John Sandford (P)2005 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"John Sandford delivers yet another blistering tale from the life of Lucas Davenport, surely one of the most attractive cops on the crime-fiction beat today.... The plot is complex and full of red herrings." (The Associated Press)

"Sandford ratchets up the tension and suspense in tough, spare prose that shows us rather than tells us what is going on.... Broken Prey more than lives up to its predecessors in what has become a bestselling franchise in the mystery/thriller genre." (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

"Nonstop tension." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

Great Twists

One of, if not the best, Davenport novels I've read to date. This story had me hooked as well as fooled on occasion, which is not easy to do.

Had be hooked from the first chapter

It had me guessing till almost the end. I would have liked to know more about the villain childhood back story.

Not as usual.

I’ve read 16 books prior to this one a little disappointed. A lot of the banter between the police I found was unnecessary unnecessarily salty. I spent 11 years in the Navy and I am not shocked by salty language. In this case, I just thought it was unnecessary..

Wonderful Thriller!

I love the Prey series and I've read or/and listened to most of them. This book is just as good as the previous ones. It can be a bit graphic in parts, but so can real police work (I would think). Anyway, there's plenty of action, mystery and suspense to keep you listening until the end. I love all of the characters, and the author does a wonderful job of making them seem so real. I thought that the reader was fantastic, too!

love this series

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

yes the plot did keep me on the edge of my seat

Have you listened to any of Richard Ferrone’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

i have listened to all of them so far and i just enjoy him

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

Yes!

What can I say, I'm a sucker for every one of these. Love them all. Lucas and his band of merry men have broken up but it's still a great series.

Richard Ferrone does such an amazing job I'd feel cheated if I had to read one of these instead of listening to him narrate.

Another John Sandford home run !

Richard Ferrone, man you are great . John Sandford , you kept me guessing . A lot of twists and turns , the young woman and her boyfriend . I couldn't figure how they were going to , oh you know (fit in).
And Richard , the young man's accent was pretty good.

Last chapter

Love the song list at the end! I want to make my own list now.

The usual group of psychopaths

If you've read through most of these customer reviews, you'll understand that very few readers are neutral on Sandford's Prey series and narrator Ferrone. If this was the first Sandford book you've listened to, then it's understandable that you would not like it if you're adverse to graphic descriptions of violence. It is trademark of the Prey series, along with one or more psychopaths who redefine evil. Broken Prey had several who fit into this category and were collectively about as horrid as you could get. This book differs from the other Prey books I've listened to because this one kept you guessing as to who the primary villian was. I don't think this book was the best in the Prey series, but it was entertaining given the genre. And Farrone is perfect for the Prey series and was excellent with the narration of this book. If you like the Prey series, you'll like Broken Prey.

All Hail Richard Ferrone!

Any of Sandford's "Prey" fiction is better with Ferrone as narrator. He's an award winner for all the reasons cited on the AudioPhile website. By the time you get this far in the "Prey" series, you will know whether Sandford, Lucas Davenport & friends work for you. This isn't one of Sandford's absolute best, for my tastes, but it's got to be hard to keep a great series going at the same level of inventiveness, humor and character development.