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Certain Prey

By: John Sandford
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
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Her name is Clara Rinker, a Southern woman, trim, pleasant, attractive, and the best hit woman in the business. She isn't showy; she just goes quietly about her business, collects her money, and goes home.

It's when she's hired for a job in Minnesota that things become complicated for her. A defense attorney wants a rival eliminated, and that's fine. But then a witness survives, the attorney starts acting weird, this big cop Davenport gets on her case, and loose ends begin popping up faster than on an unraveling sweater.

Lucas has no idea of the toll the case is about to take on him. For of all the criminals he has hunted during his life, none has been as efficient or as ferociously intelligent as the one who is about to start hunting him, and none has known so well what his weak spots are...and how to penetrate them.

©1999 John Sandford (P)2012 Penguin Audiobooks
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One of my favorites

I am a huge Lucas Davenport fan. This is one of the best in the series. Clara is an interesting "bad girl". Her character is well developed and a great addition to the series. As always Richard Ferrone is spot-on with his performance. Mortal Prey is a must listen after Certain Prey.

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I hate when a John Sandford novel ends.

Narrator Richard Ferrone always makes Sanford's terrific novels even more fun. A story by John Sandford about Lucas Davenport or Virgil Flowers is about the most dependable crime novel entertainment you can buy, rivaled only by Michael Connelly (Bosch). The stories are exciting and suspenseful and often funny, with great dialogue. Be warned he can be brutal, and Certain Prey has one scene of harsh violence told in painful detail. (Eyes of Prey and Silent Prey are especially grisly.) If you are one of those people complaining about realistic language and conversation, you won't be happy here, but you will be missing some amusingly profane dialogue. No spoilers but it's safe to say there are two very intriguing villains in this book.

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One of the best of Prey

I’ve been going through the Prey series and besides the Becker stories this one was the best. I’m addicted to this series! So good 😊

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good book

this was a good book to listen to, It had some pretty gruesome parts in it.

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Sick and awesome

Great torture kills, just good stuff. Sanford keeps going, creating insane and fabulous characters as always.

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Good one

Another great book in the series. I like the plot it kept going and going and I didnt wabt to put it down.

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great performanc end book

really like the story and plot. kinda felt like it was leading by a string the entire time.

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Meet Clara Rinker

I love John Sandford's Prey books, especially the narrated versions because Richard Ferrone is awesome.
One of the reasons I like this book because it introduces Clara, a complex and memorable character. The part about the story I don't care for is the woman who hired Clara. She was a real piece of work. She changed her mind all the time and I was disappointed that Clara went with her crazy ideas so often. Other than that, this is another case where Lucas Davenport goes after the killer with a vengeance. His stubbornness is classic in this book: he suspected the source of all this killing before others saw it. Worthy addition to the Prey series.

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The very best

Of all 24 novels this was the first one I read before I chose to read rules of prey. I loved this one as a stand alone book in the series I believe the whole series is worth a listen if you want a real hero type detective

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LOVE IT

This whole series is really an exciting read and and now listen. The performance in the several that I have listen to has been as excellent as the story.

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