154. Title & Author: Phantom Prey by John Sandford (469 pages)*
Genre: Fiction--Thriller
Completed: 12 August 2010
Summary & Review:
Minnesota cop Lucas Davenport delves into the investigation of the murder of a young Goth woman as a favor to her mother. As the investigation progresses, little is revealed about the original murder, but three other Goths, all friends of the first young woman, are killed in brutal stabbings. Davenport eventually realizes that motives for the two groups of murders do not seem to align, so he must hunt down two killers: one who killed for money, another who is killing for revenge.
I don't have very strong feelings about this book one way or the other. It was entertaining enough that I didn't get bored while reading it, but it was fairly forgettable. This is the kind of book that my dad would read, and then when he was stuck in an airport, buy it again because he had forgotten he had already read it. The writing was good, as Sandford's usually is, but the book was lacking a truly compelling antagonist, which is something that Sandford has excelled at in the past. For example, the killer in Eyes of Prey, #38 on this list, is a great character!
Rating: 6.0
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