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A review by april_does_feral_sometimes
Easy Prey by John Sandford
5.0
TEN STARS!!!!
Picture this: Dragnet starring Sean Connery with Bob Hope's writers punching up the dialogue. The last 100 pages have made John Sandford my number one mystery genre recommendation.
"You ever tried phone sex?" She asked.
"Tried once, but it doesn't work. I feel like a silly jerkoff."
"That's sort of inevitable," she said.
"On the other hand, I'm good at giving it. I wouldn't want to use the word brilliant, but then, I'm a modest kind of guy."
"Really? That's interesting," she said. "I mean, how would you start it?"
"Are you still in bed?"
"Yeah."
"What are you wearing?" He asked.
"A flannel nightshirt and underpants and socks," she said.
"Socks? Jesus. That makes it a little harder," Lucas said.
"Come on, Davenport."
"All right. You know that fake Indian dream catcher you've got hanging over your sink?"
"Yeah....?"
"Go get it," he said.
"Go get it? What for?"
"Listen, are you going to do this, or not?"
"Well....I just wanted to know....."
"You're gonna need that hawk feather," he said.
After a moment, she said, "Hang on."
"Wait a minute! You still there?"
She came back. "Yes?"
"Didn't I see one of those Lady Remington leg shavers in the bathroom?"
"Yes?"
"Bring that, too" Lucas said.
"I'll tell you right now, I'm not shaving anything," she said.
"You don't use those things to shave," Lucas said. "You use them to shave? You naive little waif, you."
"I'll be right back," she said.
In essence, that is the scene representing the pure delight I felt in reading this novel.
There are murders, guns, drugs, fast-car chases, favorite characters near death, greedy criminals and reporters and models and artists and religious fanatics, slippery businessmen, red herring clues, twisty plot contrivances, police procedures rampantly broken and used as convenient - and some of the funniest jokes, dialogue setups, scene situations, gags and noir romancing not only in this series, but in ANY mystery series I've read! Plus, Sandford gives Lucas an agonizing choice of three beautiful women who want a hookup with our charming Detective! Worse, Sandford ends the book with the choice being made without revealing which one! The reader MUST go on to 'Chosen Prey' to find out which woman Davenport wants! Chosen prey indeed. Aw, jeez....
Sandford REALLY had fun writing this one. I can't believe it's a middle-of-the-series book! It's absolutely the best one of the series so far.
Picture this: Dragnet starring Sean Connery with Bob Hope's writers punching up the dialogue. The last 100 pages have made John Sandford my number one mystery genre recommendation.
"You ever tried phone sex?" She asked.
"Tried once, but it doesn't work. I feel like a silly jerkoff."
"That's sort of inevitable," she said.
"On the other hand, I'm good at giving it. I wouldn't want to use the word brilliant, but then, I'm a modest kind of guy."
"Really? That's interesting," she said. "I mean, how would you start it?"
"Are you still in bed?"
"Yeah."
"What are you wearing?" He asked.
"A flannel nightshirt and underpants and socks," she said.
"Socks? Jesus. That makes it a little harder," Lucas said.
"Come on, Davenport."
"All right. You know that fake Indian dream catcher you've got hanging over your sink?"
"Yeah....?"
"Go get it," he said.
"Go get it? What for?"
"Listen, are you going to do this, or not?"
"Well....I just wanted to know....."
"You're gonna need that hawk feather," he said.
After a moment, she said, "Hang on."
"Wait a minute! You still there?"
She came back. "Yes?"
"Didn't I see one of those Lady Remington leg shavers in the bathroom?"
"Yes?"
"Bring that, too" Lucas said.
"I'll tell you right now, I'm not shaving anything," she said.
"You don't use those things to shave," Lucas said. "You use them to shave? You naive little waif, you."
"I'll be right back," she said.
In essence, that is the scene representing the pure delight I felt in reading this novel.
There are murders, guns, drugs, fast-car chases, favorite characters near death, greedy criminals and reporters and models and artists and religious fanatics, slippery businessmen, red herring clues, twisty plot contrivances, police procedures rampantly broken and used as convenient - and some of the funniest jokes, dialogue setups, scene situations, gags and noir romancing not only in this series, but in ANY mystery series I've read! Plus, Sandford gives Lucas an agonizing choice of three beautiful women who want a hookup with our charming Detective! Worse, Sandford ends the book with the choice being made without revealing which one! The reader MUST go on to 'Chosen Prey' to find out which woman Davenport wants! Chosen prey indeed. Aw, jeez....
Sandford REALLY had fun writing this one. I can't believe it's a middle-of-the-series book! It's absolutely the best one of the series so far.