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    Stolen Prey

    Written by John Sandford

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

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    Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed-husband, wife, two daughters, dogs.

    There's something about the scene that pokes at Lucas's cop instincts-it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he's seen in drug killings sometimes. But this is a seriously upscale town, and the husband was an executive vice president at a big bank. It just doesn't seem to fit.

    Until it does. And where it leads Lucas will take him into the darkest nightmare of his life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 15, 2012
    ISBN9781101564172
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    Stolen Prey
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    John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of thirty-three Prey novels, two Letty Davenport novels, four Kidd novels, twelve Virgil Flowers novels, three YA novels co-authored with his wife, Michele Cook, and five stand-alone books.

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    • 3/5
      A pretty good crime novel, with some good twists and side-plot. Good enough that I would consider reading more of the series. Good characters. I did find it hard to keep track of what was going on in some places though, and the quality of writing was at times a little poor, as though written in a hurry.
    • 5/5
      Typical Virgil Davenport novel, meaning a wonderfully engrossing read
    • 3/5
      Loved the Minnesota setting.They mystery was very complicated.
    • 4/5
      I just never get tired of Lucas Davenport and this audiobook is no exception. It was a little familiar so I probably read it when it first came out but the audiobook is wonderful. I love listening to his books as I run around. This starts out with a horrific murder of a family and the disappearance of $22 million dollars. Lots of action and characters with a great ending. Recommended, if you like thrillers.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed seeing more of Virgil Flowers in this book. Having 3 cases ongoing made for even more fun! Definitely a horrific crime involved with an interesting twist.
    • 4/5
      Fairly solid outing in this newest outing in the Prey series, with minimal cop talk (not good) and a small appearance by that fuckin' Flowers (good). The ending was quite exciting, but getting there was just a bit dull. There was not as much action as I"m used to seeing in Sandford's works...but they all can't be perfect.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyed immmensely. Loved Letties coming of age moment. I wish John would go back and develope the Kidd series some more though.
    • 4/5
      One of Sandford's better Lucas Davenport novels. I sometimes wonder though if the reader makes the book. Richard Ferrone has always been one of favorite readers and perhaps his subtle emotional tone shifts add to my enjoyment. Who knows (and who cares?)

      No point in a retelling of the plot, what I especially liked about this one was the total lack of drivel with external characters like Weather and Lucas's friend the nun psychologist whose name escapes me. (Robert Parker's books also have ambivalent relationships with women.) They always seemed so unnecessary and a distraction from the basic storyline. I liked the elements of humor and especially the insertion of comments about current detective stories, etc. It keeps things light.

      Virgil Flowers, one of Sandford's spinoffs (and a good series) plays a minor role in Davenport's search for two guys who mugged him at an ATM.

      The only puzzling aspect of the book was the three Mexican characters, or should I say caricatures, Unos, Dos, and Tres. They seemed to be a mixture of ridicule and cartoon and seemed slightly off-kilter from the rest of the book. I did enjoy the hints of humor that seemed more prevalent in this book than some of the others in the series.

      I like all of the Sandford series although the Kidd books, with their emphasis on computer technology, are horribly dated. But take all the Sandford works for what they are worth, just fun reads and a good way to pass the time while mowing the lawn or getting teeth drilled.
    • 4/5
      The best thing about Sanford's books are his strong characters and the humor. Good story, violent and engaging. Hearing it stories told by Richard Ferrone brings it to another level of entertainment.
    • 3/5
      Quick read...typical John Sanford with lots of twists and turns. Clever theft plot.
    • 3/5
      Solid book. Nothing great, but entertaining.
    • 4/5


      Excellent, as always. Lots of suspense and action.
    • 4/5
      In the beginning of the novel Lucas is robbed of $500 at an ATM machine by drug addicts. After the altercation Lucas suffers a bad wrist sprain. Lucas is determined to discover who the muggers are and make them pay for stealing his money and injuring him. It was just their bad luck to mug an agent for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.Stolen prey has the major plot of an entire family being tortured and killed and the reason for the heinous crime. The father, mother, two daughters, and both dogs are brutally cut to pieces. It’s a very gruesome murder scene. On the wall, in blood they wrote, “Were coming.” The scene reminds Lucas of the kind of scorched-earth retribution he’s seen from Mexican drug gangs. The investigators cannot understand how a father who ran a small software company and a wife who deals with small time politics can be involved with Mexican drug gangs. Lucas and his team tie the murders to a money-laundering operation that crosses the border from Mexico. The Mexican government sends Inspector David Rivera and Sgt. Ana Martínez north as observers. They become anything but observers behind the scenes. Read the book and discover how deep one of these observers is connected with the Mexican drug cartel. I really enjoyed reading the book. I was surprised to discover who the real culprits were.
    • 4/5
      A vicious, brutal, bloody murder of a wealthy Minneapolis family - including the family pets - sends shockwaves through the city. The FBI suspects a Mexican drug connection. Two federales are sent north of the border to observe. And the body count keeps rising...Good ending, with an enjoyable sub-plot and a eff'n Flowers cameo - fun read.
    • 4/5
      Lucas Davenport investigates a family murder and starts on a trail of Bank computer embezzlement, Mexican Gangs, and threats to his family. Engrossing with lots of good twists and turns.
    • 3/5
      Decent, but the criminals in this book were stupider than usual. Didn't grab me as much as the previous books in the series.
    • 3/5
      A fine weekend read. This one is far into the series, so I have missed a bunch of back story. It's a bit sterile from time to time (He went here. He met up with her and they took the Lexus to the pizza joint. They ate two pizzas...), but that's typical for this kind of pulp.
    • 4/5
      I have read most of the Prey novels and John Sandford's latest doesn't disappoint. With plenty of action the plot is well paced and Sandford does an excellent job in Characterization as always.
    • 5/5
      What's amazing is after 21 Davenport novels, Lucas is still one of the coolest detectives around. Working in the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, he gets called to check out a grisly crime scene where a family of four were tortured and murdered, including the dog. Located in a high scale neighborhood, the father a banker, the circumstances don't fit in Lucas's mind with that of revenge killing and drugs. To further complicate matters, Lucas becomes the victim of a mugging, suffers a broken wrist, and assigns the task of apprehending said muggers to Virgil Flowers. I enjoy the interaction between these two characters, Lucas knowing Virgil's strengths and the need to keep him focused, employs the perfect hound dog when setting Virgil on the trail. Virgil, always thorough, finds more than either man bargained for.The books rely on a heavy dose of police procedure, the methodology of piecing a crime together, and the part that makes these books work so well, is the reader gets both sides of the story simultaneously, knowing what the criminals actions are, while the authorities slowly tighten the web around them. Sandford hasn't lost any of his ability to tell a decent story using a multitude of characters, and allowing the reader to view both sides of the playing field. It's his ability to cover the grey areas, those places where things aren't quite as clear as they should be, and yet allow his characters to react naturally to them that keep me coming back for more. The best example of this is the talk Lucas has with his adopted daughter Letty near the end of the book. Still a highly recommended series
    • 4/5
      After hearing a lot of good things about Sanford's books from my mom, I was very happy to be granted this book from the Early Reviewers program. It's my first Sanford and it won't be my last! Lucas DavenportI will finish this review....
    • 3/5
      There was a time when every May I waited with baited breath for the arrival of the new Prey book and Lucas Davenport was perhaps my favorite fictional character. Alas those days are no more. Lucas has become...well...dull. I don't know if it's just that Sanford doesn't know where to go with him or if he just finds Virgil Flowers a more interesting protagonist. Whatever the case, he just seems to have lost a hold on the character. I won't bore you with plot details, because let's face it, they are immaterial. Suffice it to say, it involves a clever scheme, Mexican cartels, and multiple murders. There is one redeeming moment. A conversation between Lucas and his adopted daughter Letty that reminds you how good this series can be. Other then that...pshaw.
    • 4/5
      Stolen Prey has everything, meth addict muggers, horse manure thieves, a money laundering Spanish language software company, gold smuggling, machine guns, and a gang of Mexican narcos who arrive in the north country to find out where there dang money went and go about killing and torturing in order to get what they need. The action is driven by a motley group of computer hackers who have figured out how to hijack the money laundering activities for their own gain. John Sandford ties all this together in this novel. This book has lots of irony, I love irony, a complicated, but not too complicated, plot and lots of crossing and double crossing.I give this book four stars out of five. It is a very satisfying read. I got mine at the library.
    • 4/5
      I picked this up not realizing that it was number 22! in a series. I don't know how I missed hearing about #1-21. I just thought that Stolen Prey sounded interesting after reading a blurb about in amazon. Normally I will not jump into a series in the middle without having read any of the previous books but it did not seem that you had to know the characters from before to understand the story as it was presented in this novel. Lucas Davenport is a police officer married to the really cool named Weather. He is assaulted at an ATM so we have that plot running throughout as well as the plot of a horribly murdered family. I thought the book was going to be more about the family but it turns out they were just wrong place, wrong time. The story is more about Mexican drug people which is not really my thing. If bad things happen to criminals I don't fell a whole lot of sympathy. As for the twists that I think were meant to be shocking I have to say that after watching all the seasons of 24, back stabbing doesn't really surprise me. It is more than expected that someone will be working both sides. Lucas Davenport and family were likeable enough characters. The whole drug fueled plot line was not really my cup of tea though. I think I prefer more psychologically driven thrillers (see my review for Gone Girl). I can see this appealing more to the guys. In any case I think the series has probably held up pretty well considering it is in it's 20th novel. That's quite an accomplishment.
    • 4/5
      I have been a longtime fan on John Sandford's "Prey" series and his 22nd book in the series, Stolen Prey, does not disappoint. I have read many series in various genres and Sandford has managed to avoid the pitfalls of writing a popular and long series. Each book is fresh, intriguing, and keeps the reader coming back for more. Stolen Prey is well done, which is exactly what I have come to expect from Sandford and I heartily recommend Stolen Prey to long-time fans as well as those new to Sandford's books.
    • 4/5
      Although as always Sandford cannot write a bad book, Davenport and Flowers are just to good as characters, the subject matter of this one is not one of my favorites. DEA and Mexican Drug cartels, just seem like I have read too many books with this as a plot line lately. Also there are a few repetitions in this book almost as if Sandford does not quite trust his readers memory. Still love the series and admire they way, even after so many novels, he doesn't just try to coast with his writing.
    • 4/5
      With the Lucas Davenport series by John Sanford you know what you are getting and it is always worth your time.STOLEN PREY takes Davenport and his fine team into the nasty world of drugs, Mexican cartels, money laundering,cyber crime, betrayals and good old shoot 'em outs. In this latest foray, Davenport is called in to access a particularly gruesome crime scene. It is the handiwork of young Mexican psychos hired by a Mexican cartel to find stolen drug money. The psychos do not find answers at their first killing and promise to continue until the money is located, returned to the cartel, and those responsible for cheating the cartel are taught a lesson. Fortunately, these psychos are not deep thinkers. Unfortunately, their immediate boss is a bit farther up the evolutionary scale. More unfortunate for Davenport, et al.,, that person"s boss is highly intelligent and organized. Let the games begin.What could be a dry examination of drug cyber laundering is made fascinating by Sanford's skill and knowledge around the world of bank fraud and security. He's not bad with precious metals transaction problems, either. The ever present difficulty with a corrupt Mexican government and the honest (there are many) Federales is a side bar, but never far removed from what is happening in the book. We are given thieves who are not particularly colorful but seem real - the bored self obsessed computer techie out for a quick few million: his hippie colleague who wants the dough but not the violence; the gold trafficker who masquerades as a Syrian woman Muslim (she's an American Jew). Non of the three above are especially violent but their greed blinds them to the consequences of their actions. As noted, the Mexican psychos are after them and have not qualms about killing anyone they can to find the money. Innocent people die. More may follow. There are tangles within knots in STOLEN PREY. Even the psychos are made human - there are poverty divides in Mexico and in most of the countries south of the border that can explain (not excuse) such depravity. We, in the U.S., would do well to understand our country's role in that divide. It does not make for pleasant reading.The good guys are the usual crew and the baddies are plentiful and not always self evident. There is rarely honor among thieves and this fact adds to the increasing tension as the Minnesota BCA (Davenport) closes in on the various criminal parties whose increasingly conflicting interests threaten to unravel. Whether they unravel in time is anyone's guess but Sandford's and those of us lucky enough to have red this book. Recommended for all public libraries.
    • 5/5
      Summer is here. For movie-goers, it's the first blockbuster weekend. For cottagers, it's the first opening weekend. For thriller readers, it's the new Lucas Davenport novel.John Sandford's "Stolen Prey" is the 22nd of the Prey series featuring the ongoing character of Lucas Davenport with his Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) associates and family. The main case this time involves a group of hackers who have found a way to divert funds from a money laundering account set up by a Mexican drug cartel in a Minneapolis-St. Paul bank. The cartel is on the trail of the hackers as well and have sent a merciless kill-team of trackers after them. Lucas and his team have to find the hackers before the cartel does because there isn't going to much of the evidence or of the people left behind if they don't. Various DEA investigators and Mexican federal authorities are interested as well to add further complications. Davenport's family have brief and strong cameo appearances, but if you aren't a fan of the occasional medical subplots with wife/surgeon Weather Karkinnen or kid-reporter subplots with daughter Letty you can relax about those, this is a straight-ahead Lucas story. The main subplot involves Davenport himself getting robbed at an ATM with an investigation that leads to the southern part of the state which allows Sandford to bring in his other recurring series character, the BCA country/fishing detective Virgil Flowers, into the storyline as well. That case takes a turn that involves horse farms and a running gag about horse manure that adds to the usual phone banter between Davenport and Flowers. This was a solid forward-rushing thriller read that I tried to pace out as much as possible but still ended up finishing in 2 days. Summer is definitely here!
    • 4/5
      Another great Lucas Davenport story, starting with his being taken down at the ATM machine, robbed and left with a broken wrist. Between a search for the team that robbed him and the more horrific torture and murder of an entire family, Lucas has his plate full. Add in that there is a marjor Mexican drug cartle involved as they search for their stolen drug money, computer theft via a "back door" into a bank's system and visiting Mexican police officials & DEA wanting in on the action, and it is quite amazing that the "horse shit" thieves are found as well!
    • 5/5
      A family is tortured and killed. The crazed killers left a note on the wall, "were coming" with no apostrophe.A number of people who were knowledgable with computers and worked at a bank figured a way to steal over twenty million dollars from an automated account. They didn't know who the account was owned by.Lucas Davenport is on the case and wants to know what information that the family might have had to warrant the torture and killings. It looked like a Mexican retribution killing to him. Then it was found that the killers were from a cartel in Mexico, Los Criminales del Notre.The story is told in three parts. Part tells of the amateur thieves and what they are doing to launder the money they stole.The next part tells of the killers the cartel sent to retrive the money and teach those responsible a lesson.The final part tells of the police investigation. The pacing of the story is well done as we see the sides come together and the killers approaching people to kill.John Sandford is a master with dialogue and ranks with Elmore Leonard. Lucas Davenport is one of the legendary criminal investigators in literature and a pleasure to read.I enjoyed this well written story so much, I was sorry to see it end.
    • 4/5
      John Sandford is back with the latest installment (#22) - Stolen Prey - in his wildly successful and hugely popular series featuring Lucas Davenport, an agent for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. "Lucas's job at the BCA was mostly self-invented, and included politically sensitive cases, or cases that might attract a lot of media attention." When a pair of tweekers rob him at an ATM, breaking his wrist and damaging his ego, he embarks on a long term mission to find them. This is put on the back burner when the superintendent of the BCA calls - a case that is definitely going to be in the spotlight needs Davenport's skills. An entire family has been found murdered - slaughtered really, tortured in unimaginable ways. Lucas's investigation leads places no one saw coming - this isn't just a spree killer. It looks like a Mexican gang hit. What could this software engineer have done to bring this wrath on his family? Soon enough the DEA and a pair of Mexican Federales are also on the case. But everyone seems to have their own priorities concerning the case..... I've always enjoyed Lucas and his irreverent flaunting of the rules. He's getting older and little mellower, but still has no problem side stepping protocol to get things done. I love the barbed banter between himself and team members Del Capslock, Jensen and Shrake, but no Davenport book is complete without Virgil Flowers. Those tweekers robbing ATM's? Flowers has been put to work on the case - which seems to be leading to stolen.....horse manure? "Somewhere along the line, it occurred to him that he hadn't spoken to Virgil Flowers. He'd probably taken the day off, and knowing Flowers, he'd done it in a boat. The thing about Flowers was, in Lucas's humble opinion, you could send him out for a loaf of bread and he'd find an illegal bread cartel smuggling in heroin-saturated wheat from Afghanistan. Either that, or he'd be fishing in a muskie tournament, on government time. You had to keep an eye on him." I have expressed doubts about Davenport's adopted daughter Letty in past books, but my opinion has changed. She's definitely growing on me and I think we'll see more of her in future books. As always, Sandford has concocted a whip smart, action filled plot with lots of threads to keep your finger on. He employs a great twist that caught me unawares part way through. I have enjoyed this series from book one and nothing has changed - I still eagerly await every new entry from one of my favourite authors - and curse myself when I finish it in a day!