It's amazing to me the way I keep reading these Prey books and never get tired of them. I want to get tired of them!! NOT! Just love the quick humor is a big reason! But always enjoy the thrill of the hunt and catching the bad guys. I do admit that Virgil Flowers is my favorite character but still I love these books!! Go try and not get hooked!!

The "Prey" series bu John Sandford is one of my favorites. He literally makes me laugh out loud at some of Lucas's comments. I was pleased to see Bob and Rae back in the latest book....the 3 of them make a great team and an exciting read. I will definitely recommend to library patrons!

4 1/2 STARS!

Fast paced, descriptive and attention grabbing! Various law enforcement agencies team up to take down a serial killer in this riveting story from John Sanford. The characters are well-developed and interesting and the descriptive settings create a candid scene for the book. Many surprises keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.

Lucas Davenport is working as a United States Marshal these days; one who gets to pick and choose his own cases. He is reserved for the worst criminals, those who commit heinous crimes and are difficult to apprehend. That's the case with Clayton Deese. He's an enforcer for the local Mob in Louisiana who takes his work seriously and a step further. After killing his target, he often caps it off by consuming parts of them.

Lucas is called in and with two other Marshals, FBI agents and local police, he starts the manhunt. Deese has left Louisiana, leaving behind around a dozen bodies buried on his property. The hunt soon goes to Los Angeles, where Deese has hooked up with his cousin in a gang who robs the high income couples of that city. With Deese's addition to the gang, the robberies get more brutal and victims start to be killed. The police find their hideout but in the shoot out that follows, police are wounded and killed.

Feeling the hunt closing in, the entire gang, including one woman who is a girlfriend and getaway driver, head to Los Vegas. There the gang tries to decide how to disappear long enough for the hunt to die down. To do so, they need one more big score for enough funds to lie low for months. Can Lucas and his team find and capture them before they get away?

This is the 29th novel in the Prey series. Lucas is Lucas, regardless of age or venue and John Sandford has not written a Prey novel that wasn't heartstoppingly good. Readers will enjoy the ride, even as they start to mourn what will someday soon be the end of this marvelous series. This book is recommended for mystery readers.

In this book about Lucas Davenport, you are introduced to the killer first. Clayton Dees is not someone you want to run into, for his job is either to make you hurt so his boos gets his money or make you disappear. Now his job does not go the way he planned it and he is on the run. Also, law enforcement is all over his place in Louisiana. It is there that they begin to discover bodies or at least parts of them for he has eaten some parts. I should say barbequed. This is when Luca is called in. he is now working for the U.S. Marshalls. Because of his connections he can get things moving along faster in order to begin tracking Dees. This is another good book that takes you from Minnesota to L.A. then to Vegas. The action in between those places and in those places keep this book moving along at a fast pace without losing the story. All of the characters are good wheatear good guys, or gals, or bad. When you get to the end I did not see it ending as it did. Growing up in the Mojave Desert and actually catching one, not smart, the author having a Mojave green snake make an appearance was good. They are actually more deadly than any rattle snake in the Mojave and yes they are green. Overall a very good book once again by this author.

This was a tough read for me and not because it wasn't interesting and not because it wasn't well written. I struggled with this book because it was uncharacteristically violent. I felt like I needed to cover my eyes. The violence included (might be a spoiler alert): cannibalism, murder, attempted murder, more murder, the murder of characters who had a voice in the story, kidnapping, and repeat rape and abuse. I really enjoy John Sandford books and have read almost all but this one went too far for me.

I'm always excited to read a new Lucas Davenport book, and as usual, this one did not disappoint. Great characters; great plot; great pacing. Thank you, John Sandford!

Love me some Lucas Davenport! If he were real, I would be outside his office with a" Marry Me sign", but alas, we're both already married:) I enjoy this series and always love new books when they come out. I was a little unsettled that Lucas was being so kind to Virgil Flowers, but on one of the last few pages he was referred to as the usual -F***ing Flowers, so business as usual. ha ha. This is a fast paced, very exciting investigation. The story line is gruesome at times, but definitely holds your attention. It's a dangerous world out there, folks. The final scenes out in the hot desert in the Air Stream are especially brutal. Great writing, and a great read.

I wish John Sanford would write faster! Lucas, Ray, and Bob are called to track down a killer who barbecues and eats his victims which leads to other crimes for them to solve. With a cameo by that f- ing Flowers, this is a must read for fans of the Prey series. Highly recommend.

I love every book that John Sanford has written. His characters are so good. Lucus Davenport is fantastic. He, as usual, gets hurt..and still looks for the perp.

I have been a huge Sandford fan for around 30 years and have read all 29 Lucas davenport novels. This latest one is a BLAST!!! It reminds me of a really good action movie, fast-paced and more humor than usual. Neon Prey definitely ranks in my Top 5 in the Prey series! Thank You #NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!!

The new Lucas Davenport novel is a rip-roaring romp, as he joins Bob and Rae to hunt an escaped killer. Cannibal Deese joins forces with an LA home invasion gang in order to get enough cash to flee the country. It’s up to Davenport and crew to track him down and get him off the street before more people are killed. Violent and funny, this is John Sandforx at his best..

One of my favorite of the recent Lucas Davenport books. I love Bob and Rae but please give me more Letty.

Only a couple of authors have written separate serial books featuring two different characters I absolutely love, and John Sandford is one of them. For years, law enforcement agents Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport have been never-miss favorites. It is the latter who takes center stage here (although happily, Virgil makes a couple of appearances as well).

That said, most characters in long-running series - at least in my experience, and I'll cite as examples works by both Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, J.D. Robb and Janet Evanovich - over the years tend to lose a titch of the pizzazz that hooked me in the first place, and Lucas and Virgil are no exceptions. But hey: most of these characters aren't exactly spring chickens anymore, so slowing down a bit is to be expected (as I approach octogenarian status. I know this all too well).

In fact, in this, the 29th in the series; even Lucas himself has a few moments of self-doubt. But he's still filthy rich (millions earned by gaming software he developed), married (to plastic surgeon Weather, who gets in a few good lines here) and hasn't lost his sense of humor. And while the thrill of the chase may have dropped a notch or two, it hasn't lessened my love of the books, including this one. It begins with a chase to find a hired killer named Deese; the marshals don't find him, but they do find graves filled with dead bodies. That's bad enough, but evidence shows this killer has a particularly nasty habit (let's just say if you put him in a room with Hannibal Lecter, one of the two wouldn't go home hungry and the other wouldn't go home at all).

Lucas has an office in Minneapolis, but he works out of Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Marshals Service. Finding Deese is important to the feds not only because of his eating habits, but because it's believed that he's been hired by a bad guy named Roger Smith (no relation, I presume, to the late husband of Ann-Margret), who's the real target they're after. The chase brings together a few familiar (and likable) characters from previous books as well as a slew of law enforcement agencies from New Orleans to Los Angeles to Las Vegas. One raid in particular turns out not all that well for Lucas (triggering, so to speak, that self-doubt mentioned earlier).

All in all, it's another great adventure that doesn't disappoint (telling more might spoil the fun for other readers, so I won't). I must, however, note one of the highlights for me: The ever-dapper Lucas dressed in cargo shorts. Now that would be a sight to see!

Once again, many thanks to the publisher, via NetGalley, for the opportunity to read and review an advance copy.

I just finished Neon Prey, the 29th book in the Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford. I have read all 29 and somehow they never get stale. In Neon Prey, you get a slight glimpse of Davenport that has not shown up in the prey series before. in my opinion, it makes the character more relatable. I would strongly recommend this or any of the Prey series. I’ll be eagerly anticipating the next one. Also, the Virgil Flowers series is another one by Sandford you should definitely check out.

In the latest Prey book, Neon Prey, Lucas Davenport is on the trail of a serial killer. The hunt takes him to New Orleans, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and beyond. The action is fast-paced and, as usual, there is a fair share of bad guys, conflicted guys and even a few semi-normal guys. Throughout the book is Sandford’s trademark – the ever-present dry sense of humor.

This is the 29th book in the Prey Series and I can honestly say it’s every bit as good as all of the other books. John Sandford is simply an excellent writer. His characters are unique and finely tuned, the plots are always interesting and the dialogue…what can I say? The dialogue is one of the reasons I enjoy this series as much as I do. It’s humorous, engaging and imaginative.

If you have never read a book in the Prey series, it’s time to get started. They are some of the best in the genre. Meanwhile, please keep writing, Mr Sandford!

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy of this book for review.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. And if what happens is that you get eaten by a cannibal while there you'll definitely be staying in Vegas.

Clayton Deese was an enforcer/hired killer for a loan shark in New Orleans who gets arrested after one of his jobs go wrong. Since Deese has a lot of skeletons in his closet he jumps bail and disappears. Actually, the skeletons are in graves behind his house, and Deese had a habit of cutting prime cuts off his victims and throwing them on the grill. Once that grisly discovery has been made Deese is the country’s most notorious fugitive, and US Marshal Lucas Davenport is brought in to help track him down.

Deese has hooked up with his brother who is running a nasty home invasion crew that Lucas tracks from Los Angeles to Las Vegas as the trail keeps getting bloodier. There’s also a complication that Deese’s old boss is worried that he’ll flip on him if caught so he’s trying to either kill him or make sure he gets out of the country.

This is the 29th book of the Prey series, and it’s got all the usual stuff. The plotting is tight with multiple characters all working their own agendas, the tension builds nicely to some big moments, and we get to hang out with Davenport as he uses a mix of deduction, manipulation, and intimidation to find the bad guys. Sandford even throws a pretty wicked curve ball at the reader about a quarter of the way into the book that literally made me sit up and curse aloud in shock when it happened. Lucas’ new role as a marshal continues to be interesting, and the Vegas setting is used well as the kind of place where trying to follow a suspect through the maze of a casino is a challenge.

However, it doesn’t quite hit the peaks of the series at its best. There’s some great set-up of Deese as a people-eatin’ leg-breaker, but more time is actually spent with other members of the home invasion crew so that he doesn’t come across as the best of the Prey bad guys. It’s a little disappointing that more isn’t done with the cannibal angle. (What? If I read a book where I’m told the villain eats people then I expect somebody to get eaten. Don’t look at me like that. I’m not the only person who watched Hannibal.) In fact, it’s more used for shock factor and almost a running gag than anything. The twist that we get early on doesn’t really amount to much either at the end of the day and is kind of quickly forgotten.

Still, it’s John Sandford so it’s a pretty satisfying thriller that will keep you turning pages even if it isn’t Lucas’s most memorable case.

Bless Lucas Davenport‘ s heart, he’s been around for a while. Now a U. S. Marshall he still manages to hunt down the bad guys with the help of his sidekicks, Bob and Rae. This time they are on the hunt for a very evil mob enforcer who has a Hannibal Lecter alter ego.

I usually enjoy the Prey novels but this was had an almost keystone cops attitude about in and several times I caught myself just wanting the bad guys to be caught already. But it is Lucas Davenport and you really can’t go wrong with him.

Recommended!

Easy and fast read. Once again this author is at the top of the game with another story in the Prey series. Chasing after a man who is an “enforcer” and also likes to barbecue and eat parts of his victims. Lucas Davenport teams up with Bob and Rae to chase down this man and others in one of his best yet.

Are you ready of a Louisiana cannibal? Well, that is what Lucas, Bob, and Rae have in their sights when several bodies are dug up in a swampy backyard. And several had been BBQed before burial. The chase heads to LA where a shootout lands Lucas in the hospital and the case goes cold. Later, they start pulling a few strings and head over to Vegas and its neon lights. Plenty of action, quips, and clever tricks keeps the reader reading until the last confrontation between U.S. Marshall's, outlaws, and nature. A very nice addition to the Davenport series.

Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read this title.