John Sandford - Broken Prey

Pros: A thrilling, graphic murder mystery
Cons: Graphic/sexual content might be too much for some

Charlie Pope is in the midst of a spree. So far, he’s raped and murdered a woman and a man, their mutilated bodies posed—displayed in thoughtful positions for the finding. The authorities have DNA evidence linking Charlie to both slayings, ...

Pros: Plot, pacing, mystery, Lucas still in it, etc.
Cons: Not enough Weather (Lucas' wife) and unneeded cursing.

It starts, as many in this long running series do, with the discovery of a body. This time, the body is a dead woman posed on the banks of the Mississippi facing the lights of St. Paul. She is on display for all to see but for reasons Lucas Davenport and ...

Pros: Pacing, characterizations, true confusion when it comes to the villain's identity.
Cons: No Letty, little Weather. Some of the violence may be gratuitous for many readers.

This is the 16th novel in the work of John Sandford (aka as journalist John Camp) that follows the adventures of a Minneapolis cop named Lucas Davenport. The series, running since 1989, is known as the "Prey" series, for the repetition of the word in ...

Pros: Exciting, thought provoking, gritty, suspenseful and realistic.
Cons: Induces insomnia, nervousness,and stress, and is far too short (approximately 320 pages).

There are dozens of stories out there dealing with crime/suspense, but nobody does it better than John Sandford. In truth, John Sandford is just the pen name of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp, but to fans world-wide that is irrelevant. There ...