LOVE this book! I love how he writes the story with enough detail but doesn't keep it to hum drum with facts but still feels real. I accedently read the book after this were Lucas finds himself tangled up with rinker again & loved that one as well.

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The murder of a wife of a prominent lawyer attracts the attention of Lucas Davenport and the FBI when it appears similar to a string of professionally-executed hits. Turns out the hit man is actually a hit woman, and she teams up with someone closer to Davenport's home.

This is one of the best Prey books so far. The bad guys (or girls) are interesting and well-developed characters. The hit woman is one of Sanford's more sympathetic characters in a way. The book is suspenseful throughout, and although Lucas is not in the book as much, it is actually a nice change of pace after the first 9 books. If you are not already a Prey fan this one will hook you.

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Real black humor...fun.

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I loved this book....having female killers gave it a slightly different twist from the other davenport mysteries. Great Thrill ride!

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This book made me want to read the whole Prey series. However, it made the first books of the series a little disappointing. It was worth reading them all to see how one author's writing changes.

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Have read all of the Davenport series, all very good, this one is no exception. Enjoy!

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Great read!

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Outstanding read with great ending.

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Attorney Carmel Loan is preternaturally beautiful, intelligent, and ambitious. When she becomes infatuated with fellow barrister Hale Allen, she isn't going to let a little thing like his being married get in her way. A quick meeting with an ex-client sets up the hit on Hale's wife, Barbara. The professional killer, Clara Rinker, is one of the best in the business. Smart, attractive, with a gentle Southern drawl, no one would suspect her of being a top Mafia hit man... er, hit person. When she takes the Allen assignment, she figures it will be easy money for a day's work. But things go wrong from the beginning. Loan's ex-client made a tape of the meeting, and is shaking her down for money. Worse, the shooting of a witness--a cop--brings deputy inspector Lucas Davenport into the case. Somehow Davenport has not only linked Loan to the killing, but seems to have a lead on Rinker as well. Carmel and Clara team up to clean up the loose ends, which includes getting Davenport off their back by whatever means necessary.

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Deputy chief Lucas Davenport has faced many dangerous adversaries during his time as a law enforcement official. Though many are scum, none are quite like Clara Rinka, professional hit-woman, who has never even been photographed. The only apparent reason the authorities now know she is female is because of her need for a friend, Carmel. Clara would do almost anything for her only friend.
The aggressive Carmel, a Minneapolis attorney, rarely loses a case. Her life seems charmed as she seems to always attain what she wants. Her current target is Hale Aller, a married real estate attorney. Carmel decides to eliminate the opposition by having Clara kill the spouse. Clara succeeds and surprisingly the females bond. Lucas suspects the tow of them even as he wonders if Clara is the mirror image of his own bull dogged determination.

CERTAIN PREY is a radically different type of Lucas Davenport novel than the previous tales. This time John Sandford concentrates on the two females as opposed to the usual look at his antihero. The rapport between the two women and Lucas is the underpinning of the story line and needs to be read to be fully grasped. No longer superman, Lucas remains obstinate and cooler than the earlier incarnations. By changing the lens, Mr. Sandford has written his chilliest thriller to date, one that will entice the audience to read the back issues of Lucas.

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