Wicked Prey (The Prey Series Book 19)
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0024CEY4K |
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| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
John Sandford is the author of nineteen Prey novels and eight other books, most recently Heat Lightning.
. All rights reserved. A slam-bang shootout climax proves that Davenport still has what it takes when it comes to guts and gunplay. An assassination plot aimed at John McCain turns out to be just a sidebar to another criminal operation—extremely slick thieves have come to the twin cities to rob Republican political operatives loaded down with millions of dollars of street money, illegal handouts for low-level campaign workers. Mastermind Rosie Cruz handles the gang's complicated planning, while gangster Brutus Cohn does the robbery and killing aided by a couple of lesser thugs. 500,000 first printing; author tour. A subplot involving Davenport's teenage ward, Letty West, who's provided interesting complications in the series, establishes her as a brave and intrepid investigator. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly The 2008 Republican convention serv
All that's headache enough for Lucas Davenport - but what's about to hit him is even worse. Rich with his brilliant trademark suspense and some of the best characters in suspense fiction, Wicked Prey is further proof that "Sandford is one of the most consistently entertaining crime writers working today." (Booklist).. Throwing a big party is supposed to be fun, but crashing the party are a few hard cases the police would rather stayed away. He blames Davenport for the bullet, but it's no fun just shooting him. Chief among them is a crew of professional stickup men who've spotted several lucrative opportunities, ranging from political moneymen with briefcases full of cash to that armored-car warehouse with the weakness in its security system. Not when Davenport has a pretty fourteen-year-old adopted daughter that Whitcomb can target instead.And then there's the young man with the .50 caliber sniper rifle and the right-wing-crazy background, roaming through a city filled with the most powerful politicians on earth. The Republicans are coming to
Terrific plot Jeanne As many of these as he's written, Sandford is still at his best. You've got a machine gun, poetic justice, a trail of gold bars, all this in the context of the Republican convention. It only matters because Sandford can really write. Flawless.. A good beach read Dave Schwinghammer The setting for WICKED PREY is the 2008 Republican National Convention, which was held in St. Paul, Minnesota, Lucas Davenport's stomping grounds.Someone has targeted the Republican money men who are dispensing millions to delegates and campaign workers. The leader of the gang knows who these money men are, which hotels th. Carole T said Wish I could give it 6 stars!. Amazing story. Very deep character development. I feel like I know Davenport and his family. I enjoyed the background story of the Republican convention. Happy to have read this book during this year's presidential election.