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I wouldn't consider this one of the best in the series, but it was still an entertaining read. I liked that it took us back to when Lucas was first starting out as a detective. Without giving too much away, about half of the book was sub titled "Then" and the other half "Now". I have read most of the early "Prey" books, but this is the first one in several years. If I continue, I would probably pick up from here and not go back to all of the ones that I missed. Sandford seems to do about one per year. Even though most of the series are several years old, I feel that the Kindle price of $9.99 is too high.


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Buried Prey Lucas Davenport Book 21 John Sandford Books Reviews

Buried Prey kept me glued to the pages. Sandford just gets better and better.
Buried Prey is unique in the Prey series as Sandford gives us the backstory of Davenport as a rookie detective just before he joined the Detective branch when he hunted his first murderer. Davenport finds himself some thirty years later searching for the same murderer, again. This murder is personal. His pals Del, Jenkins and Shrake are worried he will murder the guy if he reaches him first.
Highly recommended. Especially good as an audio book on a car trip.
Yet another great read by "John Sandford", with an unusual – though a bit disconcerting at first – flashback-type backstory to create and substantiate additional nuances to Lucas Davenport's behavior and personality.

Both the backstory and the investigation were typical of the novels that Sandford writes, whether Prey novels, Kidd novels, or any others.  An excellent read!

Oh, I found an awkward, "hopscotch" paragraph on page 397 (of the e-book), and I'm beside myself. See if you agree that it should have been, "While Del and Shrake …"

"Lucas went out back, while Del and Shrake tried to calm things down, and called the head of the BCA’s DNA lab, told him about the file at Wetland."
The novel revolves around the cold case of two murdered little girls, falsely claimed to be solved decades before until their bodies turn up in a demolished home. Lucas Davenport makes for an attractive hero, appealing to male and female readers alike. The flashback sequence was particularly well written and tells the story of how rookie patrolman Davenport fast-tracked his way to detective's rank. Where the story lagged (and the review dropped a star) was in the time it took to wrap the story up once the identity of the bad guy was known. Recommended for hard core Davenport fans, but there are better books in this series.
I began reading the "Prey" books many years ago and began with the ones written in the late 90's and early 2000's. Back then, I frequented the used book stores and grabbed up every one I could get my hands on. This one takes place long after the ones I'd already read, but has and lengthy flash back that fills the readers in on Lucas Davenport's rookie years, giving them a good sense of what brought him to be the detective he became. It was a quick read for me, I started it one day and finished it the next. I love high drama, great action books and will probably go back and catch up on the older books I missed. I highly recommend any of John Sanford's PREY books.
After reading several books (Zero Day &One Shot respectively by David Baldacci & Lee Child) that were burdened with implausibilities, it was refreshing to get back to story telling that was more real than sensational. John Sandford made me feel as if I were reading the accounts of a real detective working on a real police investigation in Buried Prey.

Buried Prey is an episode in a string of Sandford novels going all the way back to 1989 that follow criminal investigations by a detective named Lucas Davenport. I'm not sure at this point how many Davenport novels Sanford is up to, but it's probably close to or even more than 20. I will never forget the first Davenport story called Rules of Prey; that book led me to anticipate Sandford's next few novels for years to follow, and I became a Lucas Davenport junkie for a while. I don't know when I fell off the Sandford/Davenport train, but what a great return to the Davenport series Buried Prey was.

Making the return even easier for a guy like me who hadn't read any Sandford for many years was the fact that Buried Prey for the first half of the book takes the reader back in time to the mid-80s to Davenport's first case as a detective. Two young girls go missing, and the hunt is on for the abductor with Davenport leading the charge as a rookie. The second half of the book brings you back to the present day when the investigation is re-opened after the bodies of the girls are found and suggest that there could have been some errors during the initial investigation.

The dialogue and scenarios that are played out in Buried Prey are truly believable, and you feel like a ghost in the room as you follow along with Davenport's life and the investigation. Sandford really knows how to capture and present the essence of police work, and he does so in a way that makes the law enforcement side credible and the villain side realistic and diabolically despicable.

I would highly recommend this to any crime drama fan...4 ½ stars. And if you've not read Sandford's Rules of Prey, do so!
Pedophilia, child murders

Compelling and depressing
John Sandford is a must buy, must read author. This stand-alone is easy to follow and difficult to put down. This ebook version has editing errors. The violence is not gratuitous. No drag-you-down drama.

The storyline is intriguing with several twists throughout. Realistic procedures, actions and reactions. Believable characters with distinct personalities. Thought-provoking, memorable and snarky dialogue.

I will re-read this story and always look forward to, pre-order when possible, new works by this author.
I wouldn't consider this one of the best in the series, but it was still an entertaining read. I liked that it took us back to when Lucas was first starting out as a detective. Without giving too much away, about half of the book was sub titled "Then" and the other half "Now". I have read most of the early "Prey" books, but this is the first one in several years. If I continue, I would probably pick up from here and not go back to all of the ones that I missed. Sandford seems to do about one per year. Even though most of the series are several years old, I feel that the price of $9.99 is too high.