His wife, Susan, died of metastasized breast cancer in May, 2007, and is greatly missed. He has two children, Roswell and Emily, and one grandson, Benjamin. He is the principal financial backer of a major archeological project in the Jordan Valley of Israel, with a website at In addition to archaeology, he is deeply interested in art (painting) and photography. He's also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art. From 1990 to the present he has written thriller novels. Paul Pioneer-Press from 1978-1990 in 1980, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he won the Pulitzer in 1986 for a series of stories about a midwestern farm crisis. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. There are only a few missteps but nothing is at the heart of the mystery.John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At the time of writing, he has apparently become comfortable enough to make jokes about other writers like Carl Hiaasen. I found out about Lucas Davenport and this book, while not Sandford’s best, is still a great read. This well-thought-out plot moves at a steady pace, well worth your time. The characters are, as usual, so well developed that essentially pull the reader into the story. Lucas himself also experienced a slight change in his personal life a change, I’m sure, many people will like. Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport Series 9) by John Sandford 4.0 (80) Paperback (Tall Rack Paperback) 9.99 Paperback 9.99 eBook 9.99 Audiobook 0. There are many twists and turns when a suspect evades justice that can happen. The story and procedure are very well thought out and interesting. The second half is devoted to the excellent cat-and-mouse game trying to gather enough evidence to apprehend the sly suspect. The real killer is known to the reader halfway through the book. This leads the reader to the first of several murders and terrors of wounded victims. The story revolves around the world of bankers who survived a possible merger. John Sandford has written phenomenal thrillers before, but nothing beats the incredible twists and unrelenting suspense of Secret Prey.Ī combination of a suspense thriller and a police procedural. He could have stopped it, or else there would have been another death, and then another, and Davenport couldn’t help but wonder if perhaps this time the final death might not be his own. He’d felt this way not too long ago, felt the swirl of an unidentifiable evil, and it not only nearly killed him but also cost him his fiancée, who had never been can recover from the violence of the encounter. small.Ĭurrents run through this group, hints and whispers of something much bigger than the murder of a single man. Lucas Davenport thought, if he read it in a book, it would be like one of those classic murder mysteries, the kind where the detective gathers everyone together at the end and solves the case with a speech. Surrounding him are the four executives he has hunted down, each with their own complicated agenda, each with their own reasons not to grieve over the man’s death. The company president lay on the cold forest floor, his eyes lifeless, his orange hunting jacket pierced by a rifle bullet at close range. Secret Prey is the ninth literary fiction book in the Lucas Davenport series by author John Sandford.
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