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But the New York cops have a deeper agenda as well. A group of vigilantes has been taking bad guys off the street and may have claimed as many as forty victims. Thus far, only a handful of top cops have realized that the deaths may be the work of a single killer or group of killers.

Almost certainly, the vigilantes have inroads deep into police intelligence and may be cops themselves. Under the cover of consulting on the Bekker case, the NY brass want Davenport to track down the vigilantes who have been given the name the Robin Hoods. Davenport is eager for the challenge which brings him back into the orbit of an old lover, Lily Rothenberg and a potential new one in the female detective with whom he is paired.

Davenport is as tough and as witty as usual, but he's also something of a fish out of water in the big city, and this book is missing the usual cast of characters that surrounds Lucas. As a result, this book has a much different feel than most of the others in the series and doesn't feel quite "right. One book with him was more than enough; two was at least one too many. Later in the series, Sandford would carry another villain over from one book to another very successfully, but it doesn't really work here.

Still, this is a good read--several notches above a lot of the other books in this genre. As always, it's fun to watch Lucas in action, even if in New York. But it's even nicer to see him get back to the Twin Cities where he belongs in the next book.

View all 4 comments. It still had its good parts and Davenport is a fun character to read but overall it was my least favourite in be series. Bekker escapes from prison and is hiding out in New York. Rather than what a sane person would do he decides to keep doing some research through his less than standard methods.

Add into that there are some vigilantes ridding 6. Add into that there are some vigilantes ridding the streets of criminals which Davenport has been asked to look into then it leads to a pretty hectic time. Some reoccurring characters are littered throughout this one and the story doesn't feel all that fresh. To me the whole Bekker angle wasn't necessary and the vigilante angle would have been more interesting especially in a different location.

The audio narration is top notch and Richard Ferrone really suits this series. I'm tempted to try a couple of the books just to see what they're like but audiobook is a good option for this series.

Good series but not the best and not a good one to jump into in the series May 25, Lauren rated it liked it Shelves: suspense. Two Bekker books in a row? Do I have to? Luckily, Sandford is compelling enough that this was still a good read, no matter how much I resented having to spend another book in the company of Michael Bekker, the eye-obsessed serial killer from the preceding book.

With his pill-popping, overly-elaborate murders, superstitions, clever disguises, and victims' eyelids strung from the ceiling, Bekker frankly just feels done to death at this point.

He's not so much a believable serial killer as he is a b Two Bekker books in a row? He's not so much a believable serial killer as he is a believable string of creepy things that you'd hate to have happen to you, Hannibal Lecter minus the charisma, a stew of thriller-horror cliches.

I just don't like the guy. That said, Bekker's continued presence is maybe worth it just for this line: "How 'bout that Bekker, though? I can't even wholeheartedly dislike this one aspect of the novel because you have to throw in that good of a joke?

Bekker serves as a device to get Lucas to New York for a book, or at least, to excuse his presence in New York, since the real reason for his presence there is much more complicated. There's a team of well-organized vigilantes, almost certainly cops, killing off repeat offenders; as the novel starts, they've just attracted much more attention and ire by killing a data-driven officer who might have been onto them.

New York cop Lily--who had a passionate affair with Lucas back in Shadow Prey --vouches for Lucas as an outsider to come look into the "Robin Hood" case, an investigation that's supposed to be hidden under the story of him officially being there as a media-friendly consultant on Bekker.

It's interesting to see the astute, savvy Lucas tossed into a situation where he knows almost no one and has to constantly debate who is attempting to use him as a pawn and why, and his interactions with the New York team, especially the sardonic Barbara Fell and the endlessly charismatic and already-dying cop Dick Kennett, are funny, tense, and involving. It's all a little too complicated for its own good, but it's still enjoyable and helps the second Bekker novel stand a little taller than the first.

I like the ambition of combining these two plots even if I don't think it entirely works. Character beats for Lucas that I especially liked: his slight bafflement over the sheer size of New York and what that means for policing it, his geeky anticipation of possibly seeing a Civil War battlefield, and the fact that he both falls for Kennett's joke about Gauguin and then goes and researches it later like the fucking badass that he is.

This novel we find Lucas in New York hunting for a serial killer and a vegilently killer. The terribly flawed Lucas is a one of a kind character and just when you think you have him pegged he surprise you.

These books are dark and twisted and I love them. View all 3 comments. I was concerned about this book from the lukewarm reviews, but I liked it a lot. Yes, he recycled the villain from the last book, but the other underlying thread of police vigilantes made up for it.

It was a bit predictable, especially at first, but a reveal in the middle picked it up. Again, I d I was concerned about this book from the lukewarm reviews, but I liked it a lot. Again, I didn't see one of the reveals coming at all.

I really appreciated that. Davenport continues to evolve as a person. Just the roof left for the rabbit run now. Jan 06, Scott Rhee rated it really liked it Shelves: series-detective , serial-killer , lucas-davenport , police-procedural.

Bekker is back, and Lucas Davenport finally has a job to do. In that book, Davenport caught Bekker, but only after Bekker had gruesomely murdered the woman Davenport was dating. Bekker manages to escape after killing his defense attorney. The city is in an uproar. Davenpo Bekker is back, and Lucas Davenport finally has a job to do.

Davenport, taking what seems to be a long vacation in a cabin in the woods, is called in as a consultant on the manhunt. When he arrives downtown, however, he is told that hunting Bekker is only one of his assignments. His other assignment is hunting bad cops.

Walter Petty, a pencil-pushing whiz-kid cop was violently gunned down outside of a restaurant. Petty had been investigating a number of unsolved murders that he was sure had all been committed by a group of vigilante cops. He was positive on a handful, although he suspected that these vigilante cops were responsible for forty or more murders within the past five years. Up until Petty, their targets were scum, and their deaths were actually reducing crime.

Killing a fellow cop, though, was unforgivable. Now Davenport has his plate full with two investigations. The clock is ticking. And he loves it. Unlike some series detectives, Davenport is starting to realize that he has issues, and his issues are jeopardizing not only his job and quality of life but the people in his life he actually cares about. Davenport is a series detective that has actually grown and matured throughout the series, and it has made the series better.

Oct 16, Jack Heath rated it really liked it Shelves: other-j-characters , other-m-following , category-h-thriller , other-l-fifty. Having read many Lucas Davenport thrillers, not all as yet, I can say that this one might be the darkest and most controversial. Almost a horror story. Number four in the series takes place in New York; its origins can be traced to two earlier volumes.

The female lead is the alluring NYPD detective Lily Rothenburg who, in 2 "Shadow Prey," ventured out to Minnesota to work with and fall for Davenport while they pursued a group of Native Americans trying to right the wrongs of history one throat slashing at a time. The primary antagonist, he first appeared in 3 "Eyes of Prey," is the brilliant but deranged murderer, Michael Bekker.

A pathologist of renown, he has escaped and fled to the Big Apple to blend in with its druggies, thieves, and their ilk. Rothenburg persuades Davenport, having caught Bekker once, to front NYPD's public relations effort to comfort the public. Lucas is teamed with the lovely and ambitious Barbara Fell.

Here we open a second front, police corruption. Is there a vigilante sub-group on the force? If so, there's another antagonist in the mix. Can this unknown leader be found? I couldn't put it down. October May 17, John Culuris rated it it was amazing. Usually back cover book descriptions give away too much. Billed as the revenge story of the previous novel's villain, I had no particular interest; Bekker was a character, I felt, not deserving of a return appearance.

As an aside, the author states that at book signings he is one of the two villains mentioned most; shows what I know. Silent Prey involves so much more. The concurrent investigations keep Lucas busy and the reader engrossed. Also, this is early Sandford so not everything is revealed to the reader until the end.

I greatly regret having initially skipped it. View 1 comment. Aug 14, kartik narayanan rated it really liked it. Silent Prey is a sequel of sorts to Eyes of Prey. Bekker escapes and is running rampant in NYC. I am a bit ambivalent about Silent Prey. On the one hand, the portions of the book with Bekker are great. Lucas is also more fragile and human i. But, the author choses to weave another plot involving vigilante cops, with equal priority into the story. I think each of these plot lines would have been Silent Prey is a sequel of sorts to Eyes of Prey.

I think each of these plot lines would have been better served as an individual book instead of splitting them into two. Otherwise, this book has the things that we have come to expect from this series.

From chapter 1, you can smell the author's apparent addiction to ugliness. No thanks From chapter 1, you can smell the author's apparent addiction to ugliness. No thanks Oct 17, Mahoghani 23 rated it really liked it Shelves: series-books , books-read-in , crime.

Lucas Davenport no longer works for the police department in Minneapolis but has been requested by the NYPD pertaining to a previous case of his; Michael Bekker. He's now in New York and continuing his killing spree.

The only person that was able to capture him before was Lucas. There are other reasons he's wanted in New York. Someone has taken to cleaning the streets as their sole responsibility and murdering the bad seeds of New York. They've labeled him or her as Robin Hood. They take Lucas to be an country cop and underestimates his skills until it's too late and he's got them in his crosshairs.

John Sanford has a way of describing a story, adding the intricate details at the right time and telling it from both sides; the police and the killer. Dec 24, Ewan rated it really liked it Shelves: I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, given the reviews. It's been a good few months since I read the previous book, so it and Bekker maybe weren't as fresh in my mind.

Looking forward to Winter Prey - I won't leave it as long next time! Jan 06, aPriL does feral sometimes rated it liked it Shelves: mysteries-potboilers-thrillers , pulp-junk-i-adore. There are twists and turns and amazing reveals; however, there was too much plotting and coincidences and not enough valid emotional tone.

Still, I enjoyed reading it. Bekker begins again with his quest to scientifically catch the last vision seen b There are twists and turns and amazing reveals; however, there was too much plotting and coincidences and not enough valid emotional tone. Bekker begins again with his quest to scientifically catch the last vision seen by dying people by exsanguinating his victims, also again in New York City, but without the distractions of maintaining any kind of normalcy as he had in Minneapolis.

At least, that's what the Media and most of the police are told as corpses without eyes are found. The real reason Davenport is in town is NYPD has become aware of vigilante killings by members of the police and there is no one in the City's police dapartment that can be trusted to solve these crimes. Where to watch. Director Tom Avitabile.

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