Lucas Davenport #17
While reading this instalment in the Lucas Davenport series, I listened to the playlist Lucas was antagonizing over in the last book. Sandford included it on the last page and it was very much an excellent collection of rock hits as of 2007 or so.
Lucas’s issues with depression are always mentioned, never taken lightly, treated as a medical illness and he has no shame about it. For a series that’s been written from 1989 to this one in 2007, it’s great to see such healthy representation. So many people. older adults in particular, still think depression is just a matter of mindset and therapy is junk.
The first chapter is typically from the villain’s point of view, the reader gets to see the crime that comes to the polices attention first hand. There’s not enough information to immediately determine who the villain(s) are, but so many tidbits. It really threw me off in this book, I made so many assumptions that weren’t accurate and it left me guessing throughout the story.
Amity bothered me, her character was very transactional, she fell a little flat for me. The Widdlers were just creepy. I laughed out loud when Weather was talking about what it cost to decorate the house, Lucas was so surprised.
Enjoyed this one as usual, but it wasn’t the strongest book in the series.
John Sandford Reviews
Lucas Davenport Series
#11 – Easy Prey
#12 – Chosen Prey
#13 – Mortal Prey
#14 – Naked Prey
#15 – Hidden Prey
#16 – Broken Prey
#17 – Invisible Prey
#18 – Phantom Prey
#19 – Wicked Prey
#20 – Storm Prey