Lucas Davenport is called to investigate an apparent murder. The victim is a photographers model. The case gets more complicated when another body is found stuffed in a closet. It seems everyone has secrets and as the investigation continues bodies start to fall left and right. Meanwhile a former lover unexpectedly is back in Lucas's life, while Lucas finds he may have another chance with the only woman he has ever loved.

I have read several books in Lucas Davenport series and find I like his character much better once he is married and more settled.

Lucas Davenport is called to deal with a new case, the murder of Alie'e Maison, one of the most famous models. She has been choked to death at a party after ingesting drugs and having sex with two other women.

Lucas arrives at the scene of the crime and his mind is starting to create a suspect list when a second body is discovered stuffed in a closet. The second body is of another woman. The murder of the young model makes no sense and Lucas's radar starts working non-stop to find the killer of these two women.

In the midst of the investigation, Lucas's romantic life is being pulled from three different angles.

Catrin is his ex-girlfriend from college who is going through a midlife crisis. She is not sure she can continue to stay in her marriage and Lucas might be a nice distraction.

Weather, his recent ex, and the woman he fell in love with. Losing her sent him into almost another depressive episode and a chance at having her back in his life, for good this time, is not something he won't consider.

Lastly, there is a new kid on the block. Jael an ex-model who is part of the current investigation. Someone who intrigues him. Who's a little dangerous herself.

As a whole, this book is not my favorite. I like the last two much more. The action, the bad guys, the resolution were more intriguing than what Easy Prey gave me. What I do love is the camaraderie between the team, the jokes, the little things I have come to appreciate from all the different characters. That's not to say I wasn't worried about a character in particular and I was going to be so upset if the author went the wrong way with it. Glad he didn't ruin it for me.

In regards to Lucas's love life, it is still a mess. He is a mess. I don't think he can be faithful. His mind is always pulling him towards disaster.

Onto the next installment...

Cliffhanger: No

3/5 Fangs

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So far my least favourite in the Lucas Davenport series .I’m also irritated he has time to juggle three women he fancies getting sexy time with . A high profile case but we learn he has plenty of time to chase the ladies . I’m hoping the excitement gets back on track in the next one .

Alie'e (Ah-lee-ah) is a young up and coming model. The new hottest thing in the fashion industry. When she is found murdered at an after shoot party, it is sure to become a media frenzy. Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport is called in to help control the situation and hopefully wrap it up quickly. When a second body falls out of a closet Lucas knows this is not going to happen. It doesn't take long to figure out that drugs play a role in both deaths. Lots of bodies are found over the course of the investigation and they all lead in different directions.
I have read this series twice now, and Easy Prey is my least favorite so far. I know they get much better so I struggled through this one. It was not well written. It almost felt like this book was written by someone else. It was confusing and hard to follow. There were a ton of characters with odd names. You are sent in one direction, only to discover that that is not really who we are looking for, then that character is killed. Then it must be this one, oops that one is now dead too, must have been the first one. It's a big circle, and Lucas makes mistakes he usually would not have made. Then the real killer is not even introduced until the last 30 or so pages of the book!! I hated that. He was not even mentioned. Just a quick way to wrap it up. Lucas' personal life, geez, I know he's a guy but he really doesn't have to sleep with every female character that is introduced, not to mention that she's part of the case he's working. Especially when it looks like his ex-fiancee is willing to start seeing him again. The only woman he claims he every truly loved. Then an old flame from college shows up and he's thinking of sleeping with her too??? Give me a break. I read this one because it's part of the series, and that's just the way I do it. I read the whole series. But really not my favorite.

My 2nd time through, and still enjoyable.

Davenport is pulled into the world of high fashion and art. A gorgeous model has been found dead in an upscale neighborhood during a party. Earlier that day, she had done a photo shoot that bordered on soft porn.

The players: her mom and dad, who pushed the small-town girl into her career and rode her coattails vicariously. Her brother, who is a charismatic preacher in the area. The partiers, where recreational drugs ran rampant. Her girlfriend and her boyfriend.

As the body count rises, Lucas is pulled several directions by his hormones, juggling affections for 3 different women.

I can't believe people are saying they like this piece of garbage. The first ten books in the series are 5 stars easily, but this one was HORRIBLE. I was bored to tears through most of it, and when I wasn't bored I was confused. Then Sandford decides to go the cliche route and (spoiler follows) has the killer be someone who wasn't even mentioned throughout most of the story.

This book was just bad.

Somehow this is not up to Sanford's standards. I can't explain exactly why, but in the first place, I am turned off by the Hollywood/Model scene. Secondly, Lucas doesn't seem to be as "real" in this book as in the others...his thoughts are not as clear. Thirdly there are too many characters involved including police personnel... I'all finish it; I'm more than halfway through, but it's not worth the $20.00 I spent for the Audible. Thank goodness Richard Ferone is still on his mark!

Still part of my re-reading of the Sandford catalogue. I had forgotten that this was one of the few that Sandford doesn't tell us upfront who the killer is during the story. It is tough to read about Davenport and Weather broken up, though, even knowing how it eventually turns out. On to the next!

I bought this at the airport en route to a vacation. Sandford's Davenport novels are always entertaining, an easy read and just complicated enough that you don't know whodunit to the last few pages. Perfect leisure reading. As always Lucas is suave, smart and in control. Plus his love life is almost as challenging as his detective work.

As much as I like John Sanford, he can at times be predictable, racist, (who isn't)? cruel, angry, vengeful and appear to derive pleasure of torture and its description. Such is the case in the Prey story. Unless you can’t get enough of the aforementioned, the only parts worth reading or listening to is the last quarter of this novel which actually manages to be creative, exciting and less repulsive. It’s too bad the story didn't start there instead. Because the ending saves this from being a complete turkey of a story, it earns 4 of 10 stars instead of 0.

Thank goodness - after some disappointment with certain prey, Sanford and Davenport were back to their best with this one. The return of Weather could just be a teaser but a welcome one all the same. Lots of Del who is such a great character and some vintage Lucas hubris throughout. A pretty good twist if maybe a little bit clumsy at the end but all is forgiven!

If I’m not mistaken, this is the first Prey I’ve read where the identity of the killer is truly unknown to the reader (and to Lucas Davenport) till the very end of the book. It’s a good thing too, as the reader is therefore spared the pages dedicated to the killer and his murdering acts. Each time a killing occurs, Davenport and teams from either Minneapolis or St. Paul police arrive after the facts.
It all starts with the murder of two women at a private (glitzy) party, where it is soon suspected lots of drugs were used. One of these women is a young famous model, named Alie’e, who leads a shallow life, a life where everything turns around appearances. There’s a small percentage that these murders are drug related, but as soon as other people in Alie’e’s entourage are being murdered, Lucas and his team are confronted with more questions than usable clues. The Minneapolis police tries as best they can to protect Alie’e’s friends, but unfortunately detective Marcie Sherrill is shot down while protecting Jael Corbin. Marcie's life hangs in the balance during a few days. It’s great to see all her colleagues so worried about her and rallying around in the hospital to show their concern and support.
Personally, Lucas is finding himself in the middle of the attention of 3 women; his college (ex-) girlfriend, Catrin, whom he meets again after 25 years, Jael Corbin, a model and potter, and Weather, a surgeon and the only woman he ever loved, whom he meets in the hospital while visiting Marcie. It seems Weather is ready to talk to Lucas again.