Another thriller from Sandford with the usual mix of believeable and unbelievable moments. Great dialogue, lots of snappy banter. Like Bob and Rae but they are just a little over the top, and I miss the Minnesota contingent. I liked the reveal of the website creator, although Sandford gives us a whopping big clue early on so it's not a surprise. Of course we now know that there are way worse people out there in those radical groups than Sandford depicts. It seemed to me that Davenport is reverting back to his character in earlier books, and I don't see how he can continue to get away with that. The ending on this one - I just can't believe he wouldn't end up in jail. And frankly, books where the protagonist decides to be the judge, jury, and executioner, no matter how the author has plotted it, have lost a lot of savor for me. But back to this book - the idea that Davenport has two powerful allies, one on each side of the political fence, is nice but I can only half buy into it. It feels like one or the other of them would cave under pressure to have him put away. So...I read it straight through, it does move right along, but at the end I did not like Davenport.
I stopped reading Sandford's Virgil Flowers books because the quality of the writing went into a steep slide. However, this one, in the Lucas Davenport series, is as good as any that Sandford has written. The main story line here involves some US Senators, but other than that, the plot is apolitical, just focused on catching criminals who happen to be right-wing kooks. An enjoyable read of the sort that's hard to put down once you're into it.
