Mr. Sandford is very good with scenes involving the criminals conspiring amongst themselves, as well as scenes involving the horrible winter weather in Minnesota impeding the capturing of said criminals. Both types of scenes are in abundance here, and both are done well. Lucas Davenport, even with all his hard core right wing traits, is hard not to like, as even his more left wing and moderate friends continually discover (though Lucas' nun friend Elle sits this book out). Probably among the one or two best entries of the series thus far (I'm reading them all in order) "Sudden Prey" is an intelligent page turner: it has constant, exciting, "gotta see what happens next" developments, but those developments are done credibly and believeably. Like all the entries in this series thus far, this book is highly recommended for fans of thriller and cop fiction. And for those who care, "Sudden Prey" reads very well on the Amazon Kindle, too.

This is only the second novel by Mr. Sanford that I have read and I give it four stars as it was well written and certainly kept my interest. LaChaise goes into a psychopathic rage when he is released from prison; he gathers friends to help him waste the police that killed his wife and sister during their attempted robbery of a credit union. He vows to not only kill the four policemen that he holds responsible but all their families. With information from a policeman that he is blackmailing, LaChaise is always a step ahead of Police Captain Davenport.

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The police kill two bank robbers... women.
The husband and brother of the two women,Dick LaChaise,
together with two buddies forms a gang to revenge their deaths.
The result is a bloody crime spree that includes hits of the police officer's relatives. Although well written and having no real sexual content, this for me is a very unpleasant book.
It seems to dwell on the worst elements of crimes.

Do not expect to enjoy reading this book. It almost seems to be an expansion of the most chilling crime headlines in a large city paper.The unrelenting climate of the north-central states serves as background to this bleak story of sudden sociopathic rage. Characters suffering from weak personalities and poverty are sucked into a tornado of violence which spreads outward to encompass the innocent bystanders at scenes of crime and police families who are targets of revenge by criminals who blame specific police officers for the deaths of friends and relatives caught in sting operations. Behind it all is a primitive sense of justicereminiscent of the "kicked dog" which remembers the black boot and consequently bites any boot wearer who is unlucky enough to stumble into sight.Of course all is evntually resolved, but the picture of corruption, threats, and fear is chilling. Sandford has dealt with a number of tricky issues in this series, for example means and ends, but this terror defies logic. Can we ever logically understand madness?

This is another page turning installment in John Sandford's Prey Series. In the beginning, the "prey" seems to be a pair of female bank robbers. Suddenly, the "hunters" become the prey and are hunted in a cruel, quick and shocking fashion. The family of the bank robbers hunt down the police responsible for their demise. Add into the mix a "bad" cop, and nobody is safe. The ending has a major impact on the next book in the series. If you are a fan of action and suspense, you won't be disappointed.

I've read several of the later books in the Prey series, and am going back and reading the ones I've missed. I only wish I had started in the beginning. It's a great series.