Again, read this one several times over the years (think this was the forth time) and I can't remember the bad guy. Either Sandford writes one hell of a mystery or I'm losing my mind (I'm going with option one)! Great read that keeps you wondering (even if you've read it before) until the very end.

Lucas Davenport is a busy, busy deputy chief these days. A supermodel is found dead at a party, another woman dead in a closet. High fashion, drugs and all that comes with that life makes this one quick read. Just enough twists to keep it interesting, after that ending I'm glad I own this series and don't have to wait for it to be released.

Hmmmm

I guess I missed this one the first time through bc I don’t rmbr it at all. Lucas is a real man whore in this one. I think it really detracts from his character bc up to now he has always liked sex but he loves women in general. He hasn’t really disrespected them. The problem with Weather is her own arrogance. Lucas tried to get her to stay under cover but in typical surgeon fashion the world just couldn’t live without her performing surgeries for a few days. It was her own fault that she was taken hostage…but still. The murders in this one were very convoluted and I had a really hard time following it.

This reminded me of how much I miss Sandford’s writing.

I went back in time for another Lucas Davenport thriller that I had somehow overlooked. Its the same old thing; good writing, good characters and a fast moving story line. I'll have to see if I have any more of stacked up that I may have missed when I first started reading this series. Another solid 4 stars.

I would not say, it is perfect, but it is close to a perfect novel. The story is interesting and so fancy, a common crime story that often happens everywhere, but makes the story beautiful is the story-lines and the narrative.

John Sandford is very good with structuring an interesting dialogue, and he is good with illustrating events with words. I can say "He is an imaginative mothef@cker". Only thing, that could be counted a negative point, is the usage of names, sometimes, first name and then the last name, and there are many names, which one has to remember and memorize them maybe.

Overall beautiful -

Oh boy, this was disappointing, it started so great until the plot moved and enters into its lacklustre third act. I wanted to like it so bad, but come on, I felt like I got cheated here, was really expecting that there was much more sinister going on with Alie'es murder and the rest of certain characters that were killed off-page (offscreen) but turns out, it was really just that, a dope business gone wrong or something and some creep nutcase who was heavily obsessed on the model Alie'e ---- goes on a revenge spree for those people who are involved on her murder.

In general, this novel failed to deliver a sense of dread and tension, and for a crime thriller, it barely was a thriller at all.

Another great Davenport novel by Sanford. Built up suspense, great ending. As usual justice was served.

An inexcusably lazy effort from Sandford. Here's perhaps a spoiler, the story's plot and character development get flushed down a toilet at the end.

It's a very mediocre book, I'm sorry I read it. While some authors grow in one's appreciation for their work over time, my experience with Sandford has been the opposite and I'll probably not read another of his works. I guess he gets well paid for putting enough words down to fill 400 pages or so, he doesn't seem to put much effort or creativity into the stories anymore. Each seems too much like the others.

Gah. Why did Sandford even write this mess of a book?! It made zero sense plot wise, the development of characters was flushed down the toilet, and really we had pages and pages of Lucas angsting over sleeping with someone that had sex (willingly) with her own brother. I just needed a bleach bath after finishing this book.

Look, long story short, "Easy Prey" is about a model and another woman being found murdered. There are a ton of suspects. Nothing makes sense though because Sandford just wrote this book to really be about Lucas and his magical penis again. We have three, count them people, there women who are vying to be with Lucas in this one.

One, is an ex-model that Lucas is attracted to because she has scars on her face. No, I am not kidding.

Second, is his old college girlfriend who he was a massive ass to and screamed on one day. She is going through a mid-life crisis about being in a perfect marriage, with great kids, but still thinking about having sex with Lucas cause, reasons. At least Lucas called her out on her mess though, even if he was still thinking about having sex with her, to just help her out. Gah.

Third, is Weather. Most readers fell for her and thought her and Lucas were perfect together. Now we have her back and seeming to be looking to try again with Lucas after the events that drove them apart. Lucas wants to be with her, but after maybe having sex with woman #1 and #2 a few dozen times. It's gross. The book ends with one of them calling him and so we don't know who Lucas chooses.

There is zero development of anyone else in this one. I got nothing. I am still perplexed at the why behind the murders (because nothing made sense).

This book was a total turkey.

I liked the storyline quite well in this next Lucas Davenport book. A famous model, originally from Minnesota, is killed at a party, along with another of the party’s attendees. It was a good mystery with lots of surprises and deaths following the original kills in the beginning. I thought I was well on my way to giving this a solid 4 star rating. However, I can’t do that for the following two reasons.

1) When I reached the lackluster ending and the killer was revealed, I realized I had no chance at figuring it out. I hate it when an author does this to me. I would rather know who the killer is right from the beginning of the book than to reach the end and find out I was robbed of the opportunity.

2) Lucas is juggling way too many women in this book, all while sitting at the bedside of another. It just left a sleazy feeling by the time I had finished. Thankfully, I know he will settle down sooner rather than later.

So, only the 3 stars this time and on to the next.

Too many drug dealers, movie people and cops to keep straight in this one. By the last chapter, I was like: "wait a minute -- who was the original killer again?"

Hard to think of the Twin Cities as a hotbed of acting and modeling -- that's more East or West coast.

And the number of beautiful women vying for Davenport's attention? I felt like I was in the middle of a Stone Barrington novel. Hopefully, the next book in the series is better.