kittykate99 's review for:

Wicked Prey by John Sandford

4.0

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This is a thriller/crime drama novel in a series, of which I have not read the previous, but it doesn't seem to matter much. Set in Minneapolis during the 2008 Republican Convention a possible assassination attempt on John McCain actually takes a back seat to a ring of criminals who are targeting "money men" who are in town with millions in cash to grease the wheels of our political system. Interesting writing where the reader knows who the bad guys are but the protagonist (Lucas Davenport) doesn't. The author is from Iowa and uses a lot of Iowa names in his writing (Davenport, Dubuque, Des Moines, etc.). There are actually three story lines in the novel which sometimes overlap. Hard to keep track unless you read in one sitting - which is doable as an easy summer beach read.