A Mysterious Review of Silken Prey by John Sandford. A Lucas Davenport Mystery.
Review summary: This is a very suspenseful political thriller. The primary plot asks a simple question, but the answer is exceptionally difficult to ascertain. Indeed, this isn't so much a who-, why-, or how-dunit as much as a "how is he going to solve"-it story. Smartly crafted, it is one of the better books in the series to date. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Silken Prey
John Sandford
A Lucas Davenport Mystery
Putnam (May 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Very early one morning, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. The next thing he knows, he's waking up on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. When the car stops, a voice says, "Hey, I think he's breathing," and another voice says, "Yeah? Give me the bat." And that's the last thing he knows.
Davenport is investigating another case when the trail leads to the man's disappearance, then — very troublingly — to the Minneapolis police department, then — most troublingly of all — to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons. She has very definite ideas about the way the world should work, and the money, ruthlessness, and sheer will to make it happen.
No matter who gets in the way.
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