Golden Prey
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4.6 • 2K Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Lucas 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 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).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Near the start of Thriller Award winner Sandford's solid 27th Lucas Davenport novel (after 2016's Extreme Prey), holdup man Garvin Poole and his gang hit a dope counting-house in Biloxi, Miss. During the robbery, Poole fatally shoots four drug dealers and one of their granddaughters, a six-year-old girl. Davenport, a former Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension official who's now a U.S. marshal with the freedom to take on any case he wants anywhere in the country, decides to go after Poole. Davenport assembles all available information on Poole, his family, his associates, and his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Luis Soto, "a bad man liked being a bad man," and torture specialist Charlene Kort are working on behalf of the robbed drug boss; Davenport gets a sample of Soto and Kort's handiwork when he finds Poole's parents brutally slain at their home in La Vergne, Tenn. Sandford's trademark blend of rough humor and deadly action keeps the pages turning until the smile-inducing wrap-up, which reveals the fates of a number of his quirky, memorable characters.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely enjoyable!
Mr. Sanford has again proven that he’s a wonderful story teller. I was hooked when I read Rules of Prey so many years ago and I will continue to be a fan.
Thoroughly satisfied my bloodlust!
Liked the entertaining narrative throughout. For me, it’s a steep challenge to keep the characters’ names straight. First names pop up after using last names for SEVERAL pages, then nicknames get inserted so as to keep me on the toes! But really enjoyed the story. And appreciate the authors effort to keep somewhat neutral on politics. Always gets my antenna “up” when I get clues about the heroes’ character. Don’t wanna root for some clueless lackey who’s defending the wrong kinda people😂
Another Lucas Davenport hit!
Exciting and entertaining. The perfect book to take on a vacation.