One of the nicest things about this novel, as with most of John Sandford’s work, is that you can enjoy the book without ever having read another of the many novels that precede them in the series. Both, however, have their own wicked senses of humor as well as their senses of camaraderie and a determination to see justice done. While Lucas is a hard-edged investigator who isn’t above taking the law into his own hands, Virgil shies away from lethal force, leaning into his own affable nature and intensely un-cop-like demeanor to solve crimes. The contrast between Lucas and Virgil is beautifully depicted, all the more starkly for having them both feature in the same book. I don’t want to climb on the boat and find myself standing in a pool of blood.” After a moment, he added, “Especially if it’s your blood. He does it most of the time, but if the guy is bad enough, or the woman, for that matter, he’ll flat-out kill them.” “Only when I thought they were going to shoot me or another marshal. But Virgil has never really worked with Rae before, and there are some things he needs to clarify with her first. Virgil and Rae have to go deep undercover in order to infiltrate the gang behind the killings-in Virgil’s case, literally deep, as he’s expected to be able to scuba dive to the ocean floor as part of the skillset the gang needs. Marshal Rae Givens, the other member of Lucas’s preferred team. When circumstances subsequently go stunningly awry, Lucas realizes that he has to come at this case from a very different angle, one that will force him to take a backseat and hand the reins over to Virgil as well as to U.S. While Lucas and Bob are pleased that things are going well, they’ve been doing this job for long enough to start worrying that things are going perhaps a little too well. senator who sits on the Finance Committee and can fund a new machine gun for you?” “Who would you rather have on your side? Some bureaucrat halfway up the ranks of the FBI? Or a U.S. Nobody knows I was involved but a bunch of U.S. I never even saw your name in the newspapers.” Look what happened with that 1919 guy you killed. When it comes to credit, they’re always the first in line. With his trusty associate, Bob Matees, he flies down to Fort Lauderdale to join the interagency task force and do what the marshals do best: shake some trees and show some muscle in pursuit of their targets.Īlmost immediately, their investigations bear fruit, and Lucas makes sure to involve the rest of the task force in their efforts, to Bob’s dismay.īob started tapping on his phone but said, “Like sucks and then you die, so you better take the credit where you can. Marshal Lucas Davenport is called in by his patrons in the Senate, who have their own interests in the case. Unfortunately, their investigations hit a brick wall, and U.S. #New prey book crack#Given that the case involves the murder of federal officers on the job, the FBI has first crack at it. An off-duty Guardsman noticed that the boat had suddenly stopped in open water to pick up a wetsuited diver, so he reported the incident and kept a wary eye on the boat from a distance, never imagining that the responding officers would be gunned down before his very eyes. Lucas is the one called in first when three members of the Coast Guard are gunned down while intercepting a suspicious boat. The first official Lucas Davenport/Virgil Flowers crossover novel finds our two heroes only too happy to escape the Minnesota cold for the Florida heat-even if it is due to the need to solve a federal crime. Ocean Prey by John Sandford is the 31st book in the Prey series, where fan-favorite heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case.
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