Gathering Prey

by John Sandford

            The 25^th in Sandford’s prey series focuses on Lucas Davenport and his adopted daughter, Lettie. Fans of this series will be pleased to see Lettie getting more involved in Davenport’s job.

            The book opens with Lettie meeting a couple of Travelers in California where she’s attending college. Travelers are people who move from city to city, panhandling, and generally causing little or no harm. Lettie is interested in their story and gives them her phone number when she finds they may be coming to Minnesota that summer. When Lettie receives a phone call later that summer telling her that one of the Travelers is missing, she enlists Davenport’s help. A skeptical Davenport agrees to help the Traveler but believes his daughter is being played. He couldn’t be further from the truth. The Traveler’s story will lead Davenport and Lettie into a world of evil they could never have imagined.

            It’s amazing that after 25 books in this series, Sandford can still keep readers on the edge of their seat. This latest appears to lay the foundation for a big change, which of course, I won’t reveal. It’s another Prey book that you will lose sleep over.

            Now, Mr. Sandford, could you write a little faster? Please?