Product Description

Returning to her luxurious home in an exclusive Minneapolis suburb, a wealthy widow is horrified to discover blood everywhere - and her student daughter missing. Instantly she suspects the involvement of the weird Goth crowd her daughter was hanging around with. With no sign of the widow's daughter, dead or alive, a second Goth is found slashed to death. But it's only when a third turns up dead that Luca Davenport is reluctantly dragged into the case. But for all Davenport's expertise, the clues don't seem to add up. And then there's the young Goth who keeps appearing and disappearing. Who is she? Where does she come from - and, more importantly, where does she vanish to? Why does Davenport suspect that there's something else going on here? Something very, very bad indeed ...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88726 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
John Sandford is the pseudonym of Pulitzer prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of seventeen PREY novels, four KIDD novels and the stand-alone thriller, DEAD WATCH. He lives in Minnesota. Visit www.johnsandford.org

Customer Reviews

Another excellent thriller from a great author
This was an excellent read. The characters in the series have all moved on, and it probably would need to be read as part of the series to get the most of it. I for one, did not see the end coming. Read this in 2 sittings, must tell you something.

Slice of life
Another Prey novel featuring Lucas Davenport and his cohorts in the Twin Cities. Each Prey novel is a standalone book, with character building strands that flow between them. Phantom Prey tweaks these themes to offer a slightly different approach, presumably to prevent the series from being repetitive. As expected the central storyline revolves around a killer, with Davenport ushered in to support. However, there are other plots weaved through the book, some without closure, which may be building for use in a later book - new territory for Sandford. The most important plot element is interesting and offers plenty of opportunities for the wit, irony and reality checks that make Sandford's books so enjoyable and easy to read. Phantom Prey isn't the strongest in the series, however is a page-turner with great characters.

Phantom plot
I have read and enjoyed most of the previous books in the "Prey" series. Phanton Prey is without doubt one of the poorest books . I have read in a long time.To say there is a plot is a joke. I don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment by revealing the "twists" in the story but the novel is a collection of Lucas Davenport moments where he bonds with colleagues juxtaposed with the witterings of the villain . I hurried to finish this book, missing out chunks of the text in my anxiety to get it finished.