THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLucas Davenport’s first case as a U.S. Marshal sends him into uncharted territory in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.The man was smart and he didn’t mind killing people. Welcome to the big leagues, Davenport. Thanks to some very influential people whose lives he saved, Lucas is no longer working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal … saved, Lucas is no longer working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, but for the U.S. Marshals Service, and with unusual scope. He gets to pick his own cases, whatever they are, wherever they lead him.
And where they’ve led him this time is into real trouble. A Biloxi, Mississippi, drug-cartel counting house gets robbed, and suitcases full of cash disappear, leaving behind five bodies, including that of a six-year-old girl. Davenport takes the case, which quickly spirals out of control, as cartel assassins, including a torturer known as the “Queen of home-improvement tools” compete with Davenport to find the Dixie Hicks shooters who knocked over the counting house. Things get ugly real fast, and neither the cartel killers nor the holdup men give a damn about whose lives Davenport might have saved; to them, he’s just another large target.
Filled with his trademark razor-sharp plotting and some of the best characters in suspense fiction, Golden Prey is further reason why “Sandford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers” (The Huffington Post).
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Lucas Davenport is back and this time as a US Marshall. I’ve followed this series since the beginning, and Lucas has made a number of changes over the years with the one constant being his quick wit and love of the hunt. Those things haven’t changed, but this time he doesn’t have his usual group to depend on and he has to figure out how to navigate away from his home turf. While I certainly missed the usual crowd – Del, Jenkins, Shrake, etc – we get a couple of new additions to help with the hunt. Bob and Rae are a good fit for Lucas and it looks like we’ll be seeing more of them in the series. Sandford has taken us inside the minds of his bad guys before, but we get a bit more of that here and this one does get violent and even gruesome as our bad guy has some even worse guys looking for him. In the end, this wasn’t my favorite Davenport book, but it is good and Richard Ferrone narrated it wonderfully. I’ll be interested to see what’s next for this series and where this new direction leads.
As a storyteller, John Sandford has no equal in modern fiction, and this episode in the Prey Series is a prime example of his best work.
Lucas Davenport, now a Deputy U.S. Marshall, has decided to track down Garvin Poole, a remorseless holdup man, who has evaded apprehension for more than ten years. Complicating matters are two torturers sent by a Honduran drug cartel to get the millions Poole and company stole from a drug counting house. During that particular heist, Poole killed five people, including a six-year-old girl. The story races across Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas while bodies pile up and tension mounts.
“Golden Prey” is bloody, grisly, often humorous, but most of all it is immensely entertaining. This novel is a must read for all the author’s millions of fans and an appropriate intro to the series for anyone who has not read Sandford’s work before. Don’t miss it!
Love Lucas. Wasn’t sure how he would do with the U.S. Marshals, but he seems to be not fitting in.
Lucas is bored. His new job gives him lots of freedom to pick his own cases. He hears about a good ol’ boy thief and killer who was on the Marshals’ top ten list a few years ago and has since fallen into the void. He decides this might be something to interest him.
Recently, someone hit a drug cartel counting house in Biloxi, killing five people, including a six year old girl. Lucas thinks this might be his man, Garland Poole. He starts digging and hits a nerve, just as people associated with Poole start to die from torture and dismemberment. Guess the cartel want their money back.
Sandford introduces two other Marshals, who are assigned to help Lucas.
Lots of shooting, car chases, escapes, and general mayhem. I love it.
Good story, with someone who seems, to me, to be an old friend. This is a stand alone book. If you hadn’t read any other books about Lucas, you still wouldn’t be lost, which I appreciate. I miss Virgil, Schrake, and the rest of the gang, but I guess they will be in the Virgil books. Like the new Marshals and hope they are in the next book about Lucas.
Definitely worth the time and effort.
There’s a certain sense of “just go with it” in Golden Prey I absolutely love. Though the circumstances in which the terrific Lucas Davenport finds himself a Marshal are played loose, it’s to the betterment of the series. Picking Davenport up and puling him out of his element has always led to some of Sandford’s best work and this is a sterling example of that. The plot is fun, the villains big and brash and some of his best to date, and I can’t get over what the change in scenery to Texas does for breathing life into the main character. It’s a great novel, and stands among the best in the Prey series.
John Sandford does not disappoint. Lucas is a US Marshal who can pretty much do whatever he wants. As he hunts down a man who stole money from a drug cartel, we’re introduced to a wonderful ensemble of original characters. Very entertaining read.
John Sandford never disappoints, and Golden Prey is no exception.
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john sandford is simply one of the best.
Sandford is a great writer and the Lucas Davenport series is a joy to read. If you enjoy compelling characters and fun, action-packed mysteries, this is the series for you. Keep them coming!
Sandford is terrific. You’ve got to read the books in order to watch Lucas grow and develop.
Lucas Davenport has everything. Money, family, a cushy job with the U. S. Marshalls service, but he still likes the action and doesn’t mind getting shot at. In this story, Lucas winds up in Texas chasing Gar Poole, a cold-blooded killer that’s been on the run for years. What Lucas doesn’t know is that the guy he’s after is being hunted by others that are even more ruthless than Poole. Sandford’s humor and twisted plots always entertain, and this one was no exception.
This is a fairly typical Sandford Davenport series book. Gets right into the action, good plotting and characterization, great dialogue. This is a great series, but each installment is different enough to hold the reader’s interest, and Davenport morphs a little bit with each book.
Love all the Prey books. Sandford has created and matured a great character in Lucas Davenport
Another great addition to the Lucas Davenport-Prey series of books by John Sandford. Davenport is now working for the U S Marshall’s service, and you meet a couple of new characters (hopefully, ongoing in future novels) of additional Marshalls who Lucas works with on this case. Lucas Davenport and Jack Reacher are two of my favorite characters in fiction, because they never disappoint.
Great series!
The Prey series is one you don’t want to pass up
Just finished this one. Having read most of the Prey series I found this one to be refreshing as the location is in the South and Lucas has a new job as a US Marshal. With this job change Sanford has opened up a whole new opportunity for future stories. He needs to get Virgil Flowers involved with the Us Marshall’s as well.
Lucas Davenport has just joint the US Marshall Service with an nationwide jurisdiction. Lucas finds an interesting case in trying to locate and capture a deadly fugitive that had just robbed a cartel counting house killing cartel members and a 6-year old girl. Lucas and his new team follow the clues to the fugitive barely keeping ahead of cartel assasins. Shootouts realistically portray the risks to law enforcement when facing armed killers.
We find Lucas Davenport in his new role as a federal agent involved with an old foe. He works the case in new ways & old as well as in new places and old. All in all it’s Lucas working on his case in his own inimitable way. Fans new & old of Lucas will enjoy this book.
You can’t lose with a John Sandford book. His Prey series are hard to put down. Golden Prey is no exception. Lucas Davenport is a well developed character with a dry sense of humor. The story develops quite a collection of interesting characters. The story is full of twists and turns. Great Davenport book.