Review: Righteous Prey by John Sandford

In Righteous Prey by John Sandford, somebody is taking out some very successful people who are also the worst of the worst. In fact, there is an organized group of folks doing it. Known as “The Five” they are taking out targets across the country and issuing press releases and donating monies to charities as they kill.

The third killing, this time in Minnesota, brings Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers in on the hunt. For U.S. Marshal Lucas Davenport, a politician that he owes wants him involved and makes it happen. That roll downhill as Lucas wants Virgil Flowers and those in charge at Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension can read the tea leaves and agree. Less than thrilled are some folks at the FBI, but they recognize the fact that Lucas and Virgil are going to be hunting and will do their own thing. That hunt starts turning up leads and soon goes coast to coast. It also becomes increasingly violent at the same time the group begins to fragment from within.

Righteous Prey follows the same format of many of the recent thrillers from this author. Readers know from the start most of the players, who is killing and why, and are shifted back and forth as both the good guys and the bad guys are followed in their movements. The group of bad guys begins to fall apart as the pressure of law enforcement increases. Things are escalating, on both sides, and on a collision course. The only question is the setup of the eventual violent final confrontation.

You have to read the book for the answer to that question and the read is very well worth it. Righteous Prey is marketed as the 32nd book in the series and it is another fast, very intense, read.

For another take on the book, make sure you read Lesa Holstine’s review from early October here.

 

My reading copy came by way of the OverDrive/Libby app via the Dallas Public Library System.

 

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