Easy Prey [Paperback]

John Sandford (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley Books (2002)
• ASIN: B000HFL5DO
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (185 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,392,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Sandford was born John Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He was in the U.S. 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. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. 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. From 1990 to the present he has written thriller novels. He's also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art. He is the principal financial backer of a major archaeological project in the Jordan Valley of Israel, with a website at www.rehov.org. In addition to archaeology, he is deeply interested in art (painting) and photography. He both hunts and fishes. He has two children, Roswell and Emily, and one grandson, Benjamin. His wife, Susan, died of metastasized breast cancer in May, 2007, and is greatly missed.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not the best Lucas Davenport novel, May 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Easy Prey (Hardcover)

Fans of Lucas will want to read this, and I am definitely a fan. But this is not up to Sandford's usual standards. Lucas (and the plot) wander aimlessly through this book. It seems as if Sandford was just throwing in any plot element that occurred to him while he was writing. And isn't it time for Lucas to either commit to a relationship, or stop beginning one with every woman he encounters? Lucas is too fascinating a character to descend to a soap opera type life.

43 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Easy to say this is Sandfords worst, June 4, 2000

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Aaron Steel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Prey (Hardcover)

I have been a fan of the "prey" series for some time, and have read all of the previous entries, all of them ranging from good to excellent. Some different adjectives come to mind for this one though: boring, convoluted, and dissapointing, just to name a few. It started off well enough, but went downhill before it was 50 pages in. The character of Lucas Davenport was very flat this time, his only focus outside of the case being the multiple women he was juggling and there were way too many supporting characters, causing you to wonder who was who sometimes. The plot itself was dull and lacking in any suspense or tension. You really didn't care waht happened next, which was good, because nothing of interest ever did happen. And the ending appeared out of left field, but by that point you are just glad its over. You get the feeling that Sandford was sitting around one day when he suddenly realized he had a book due soon, and he just hammered it out quickly on autopilot. A character quips near the end of the book, "This is boring my _ brains out", a quote which could be attributed to the book as well. I hope Sandford and Davenport fare better next time out, I have faith that they will.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good Prey book, May 31, 2000

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"ksawrie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Prey (Hardcover)

This was a great Lucas Davenport book.fast and somewhat confusing....It took a long time to sort out all the characters that Sandford gave us. And I even liked when he started to recall past events from the other Prey books, but it took a lot to keep up with this one. I was not prepared for the "villian" at the end. I kept thinking I had it figured out and then ...Wham! ...my suspect is murdered too. <g> I couldn't make the connections and the ending was not as well prepared as some of the other books he's written. But that doesn't mean I won't be waiting for the next one out..I WILL. The ending here is a cliff hanger for sure, and I will refrain from giving my opinion on that...don't want to give away everything. Others have mentioned poor editing and I did see evidence of that too. I can't give an exact example right now, but I know there were instances that were repeated within one or two pages of each other. That happens to all writers I'm sure. All in all, this is a recommendation for anyone that like police procedural/mystery/suspense type books...get it now.