I just finished reading this book for the fifth time. I started following Lucas Davenport in 1990 and this character holds up over time. I have all of the books, eagerly awaiting the next one. Thank you John Sandford for many hours of entertainment.

I think I read this a long time ago.

Couldn’t put it down.

I read Rules of Prey in 1990. I just reread it (3/2024) and this book kept me just as enthralled as it did back in the day. Totally satisfying story!

Another masterpiece

I’m glad I finally got to read the first novel in this series. It has all the intensity of his other books. This was fast paced and I couldn’t guess the ending earlier in the book. I will definitely recommend Rules of Prey to friends.

I finished all the Virgil Flowers books so I thought I’d start the Lucas Davenport series. I realize Sanford is a journalist, but I wasn’t ready for the detailed of media machinations in this book. Reporters battling, playing one against the other and on and on. I guess you write what you know. A good intro for the most part, I just hope in future novels, there’s more detecting and less reporting.

I love murder mysteries, this one was more sinister than I’d like, but a good one.

Too much fluff, poorly phrased passages at times, and too many ideas taken from Red Dragon.

Great read.

This was my first John Sandford's book and it was such a great read! Kept me engaged and wanting to know more the entire time. Loved it!

Masterful!

After reading #1, I was hooked. These are the type of well-written & intense books that once you fall in love with the main character(s) & get hooked on the story, next thing you know everything else around you stops & you're pretty much "living" the adventure. I prize my hardbound collection of Sanford's "Prey Candy"!!

I love the Prey novels so much, I am rereading them, starting at the beginning. Lucas Davenport is an amazing character.

John Camp (aka John Sandford) is a storyteller. That is the highest praise I can give an author. He weaves a story that draws from not only plotline, but from the character development. Each character is fully developed into an individual personality you can cheer for or cheerfully boo. There is nothing left to chance when crafting the personality of Lucas Davenport - Detective extraordinaire. These books are not fast or slow paced; they are methodically laid out to draw you into the suspense of the underlying crime(s) and hook you with the deviations into Lucas' personal life. When you know anything, you're trapped in the world of Lucas Davenport as told by John Camp.

This is my second John Sandford book, and I'm hooked. Masterful storytelling and a eye toward detail that just draws the reader in!

Couldn't put it down. Very entertaining. Thrilling.

I have never been disappointed with any of the Prey Books, by John Sandford . . The character of Lucas Davenport is so compelling and always, I am completely intrigued...Great reading! I hope Lucas always stays in these stories, because I have become quite attached to him.. Thank You, Georgia Wade

The book dragged on forever. I was just trying to finish the book. It doesn't pick up until chapter 28. Not my type of author.