Chosen Prey

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

A New York Times best seller!

Lucas Davenport returns in the most harrowing and unexpected Prey novel yet - the story of a congenial man and his most uncongenial obsession....

Art history professor James Qatar’s hobby was taking secret photographs of women. At night when he was all alone, he’d dream about them and indulge his fantasies. Then one day, his fantasy went too far. Now it’s Qatar’s turn to become an obsession - of Davenport’s. And for both men, there’s no turning back.

Hear Lucas Davenport on the case in more of John Sandford's Prey novels.©2001 John Sandford (P)2001 Putnam Berkely Audio, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., and Recorded Books, Inc., LLC

Critic reviews

"Chosen Prey is terrific." (USA Today)

"Brutal, unrelenting action." (The Los Angeles Times)

"This is one that will keep you awake at night." (Bookreporter.com)

Good Story-Bad Sound Quality

Story & narration excellent. Very poor sound quality. :( I deleted from my cloud & re-downloaded 3 times, but sound remained "tinny" with lots of background sound heard, especially when wearing ear buds.

Who is your favorite author?

Somebody asked me that the other day, and it’s hard to answer, because I must have at least a dozen who rotate though the favorite slot. But the first name I came out with was John Sanford. His books are both thought provoking and full of action and he sticks to the point instead of just filling it with words. I actually have the entire prey series and I have listened to most of them more than once. I was really worried Lucas was retiring, but oh joy there is one more available for preorder, and I have ordered even though it appears not to have a title yet (apr 2023). I’m waiting for Virgil Flowers, too.

Issue with recording

The entire time it sounds like it’s coming from a tunnel and the last couple hours you can hear other voices in the background.

John's not what I expected, but I'd definitely drink a beer with him!

John's not what I expected, but I'd definitely drink a beer with him! I was expecting more of a Jonathan Mayberry type person, you know, a BA Lucas Davenport kind of guy 😉, but Jonathan Maberry's not like that either. This is my second time listening to the entire Prey series (, and every day I get to work/get home from work/remodel my bathroom/take an hour long shower with a big smile on my face! ❤️ What else can you ask for?!

awesome

I couldn't stop listening
it was outstanding
I just love the prey series books,there are great.can't wait to start next book

Entertaining

Another Great Lucus Davenport story, made even more enjoyable by the reader. Love these books, and all if it's characters.

Sound issues

Great story but the audio is really poor and takes away from falling into the narration.

John Sandford’s Prey series

Another winner in a long series. I look forward to the next one.
Minnesotans won’t be disappointed.

4.5 Stars

I seem to have a problem with how Mr Sandford ends his books because I'm always a bit annoyed with his endings.
I would've given this a 5 but the las 4 chapters annoyed me too much

An excellent detective novel about a serial killer

Of John Sandford's 44 unabridged audio novels more than half are in my Audible library. Chosen Prey is an excellent suspense thriller about a university art professor who is a serial killer of young women that fit a specific profile. It is novel 12 in what will be the 27 novel Lucas Davenport series when Golden Prey is released next month. I did not especially like the Lucas Davenport character in early novels in the series, but after Weather became his girlfriend and later wife author John Sandford changed the Davenport character to a more responsible person. (The couple are engaged to be married in this book.) When their adopted daughter Letty became interested in law enforcement and became a major character the series gets even better. Gathering Prey, book 25 in the series, features college student Letty and is my favorite of the novels in the series I have listened to.

John Sandford is an outstanding author of modern detective novels. All of his novels do not earn 5 stars, but all are quite good and most earn at least 4 stars. Richard Ferrone narrates all of the Sandford novels I have listened to. He is a rock solid narrator. I recommend this novel, this series and this author to those who like intense suspense thrillers.