This was a very enjoyable entry in the Prey series and it will be interesting to see where the author takes Lucas and Virgil going forward. After The Five strike again in the Twin Cities, Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport are sent in to investigate.

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Sandford pulled to curtain back to incorporate several bits of his own personal writing and publishing experience, even including his own editor and making fun of his own detective series. In this post, I’ll give you a full rundown of every book by John Sandford, including his popular series, standalone titles, and non-fiction work. It could be a 4star book but since I am from MN it gets raised to 5star just because Sanford is so Minnesota knowledgeable! Many thanks to the publisher, via NetGalley, for giving me the pleasure of reading a pre-release copy.A pretty big fan to be honest, even though honesty requires me to admit the books have been spotty over the last several years.

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Davenport next generation has arrived and Letty is exactly the kind of cool-eyed, smart-mouthed, lethally dangerous heroine we’ve been waiting for. With Virgil on a new path in his life, and Lucas probably really tired of being [redacted] I don't know if they are going to saddle up again anytime soon. I think that John Sandford is tired of his characters, even Virgil Flowers, who has, until recently, been far more interesting than Davenport. This is where it starts to get wobbly, sometimes good, sometimes boring, as Lucas and Virgil walk and talk and eat—and talk about eating far too often.My guess is that most Sanford fans will find this an easy and fun read, and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with that. The vigilantes keep their identities secret, issue a press release and donate to a charity after each kill, and urge others to follow their example. Lucas and Virgil have great bro chemistry and the way that Sandford had them playing off of each other really works. But soon, she finds herself in an action-packed pursuit to expose the truth behind sinister experiments conducted by a powerful and secretive corporation.

Book Review: Righteous Prey by John Sandford

Watching Virgil try to establish his second career, along with the support of Lucas, was a really nice angle to his character development and growth. The novel has a very good conclusion, but one that leaves the door open for a directly-connected follow-up (something Sandford has done a few times over the course of this series, but is not the norm). In this book, he seems to be losing his perspective on where the line is between a nation of laws and taking care of people (admittedly a difficult balance). So begins a press release from a mysterious group known only as “The Five,” shortly after a vicious predator is murdered in San Francisco.When a woman is murdered in the Twin Cities Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers enter the investigation. S. Marshal living in frigid Minnesota with his surgeon wife Weather, and Virgil, an agent with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, who leaves partner Frankie and their twins at home). However, each of them is clearly messed up in their own ways, and decide to take it upon themselves to use that which they oppose to make their political points. A lengthy press release follows advising where the body is to be found and promising more of the same. And they soon have their hands full—the killings are smart and carefully choreographed, and with no apparent direct connection to the victims, the killers are virtually untraceable.