description: Lucas Davenport's boss is about to lose her job as chief of police, his fiancée is distracted with wedding plans, and his house-remodeling project is at a standstill. So when the FBI and DEA draft the Minneapolis cop to head off hit woman Clara Rinker's bloody murder spree, he's glad to oblige. The lady killer and the killer lady have tangled before in Sandford's Prey series, and their personal history seasons this fast-paced story of mayhem, murder, and revenge. After Rinker barely survives an assassination attempt that destroys her unborn baby and kills her lover, the son of a Mexican drug lord, she sets out to destroy the mobsters who ordered the hit, a journey that brings her into Davenport's sights again and also puts him back in action alongside a woman agent with whom he was once involved. But it's the grudging respect and even affection Sandford hints at between Rinker and Lucas that takes this crisp, confident thriller beyond the limitations of the genre and makes the characters flesh-and-blood human beings. A standout in a terrific series! --Jane Adams
language: English
title: Mortal Prey
titlecomplete: Mortal Prey
characters: Officer Swanson, Sloan (Eyes of Prey), Frank Lloyd Wright (Mortal Prey), The Singing Nun (Mortal Prey), Raul Mejia, Dan Loftus, Errol Lamp and Tony McCoy, Ann Diaz, Paul Dallaglio, T.J. Baker, Honus Johnson, Rayla and Geoffrey, Jaime (Mortal Prey), Dorothy Pollock, Sandy White, Frankenstein (Mortal Prey), Giancati and Ferignetti, Andy Levy, Barbara Allen, Striker, Allenby, Lane and Jones, Ralph Lauren (Mortal Prey), John Sellos, Rose Marie Roux, Nina Bennett, Del Capslock, Nanny Dichter, Charles Addams, The red-haired agent, The Godfather (Mortal Prey), Elmer Henderson, Tom Black (Chosen Prey), Johnny Cash (Bye Bye Baby), Clara Rinker, Manuel Martin, The ERU Officer, Israel Coen, Lucas Davenport, Jimmy Cricket, Octavio Diaz, Mark Twain (Blood Test), Sally Bryce, Wayne McCallum, Jackie Burke (Mortal Prey), Tom and Michelle Lawton, Gene Rinker, Louis Mallard, John Ross (Mortal Prey), Gianfranco Ferre (Mortal Prey), Dick Bender and Micky Andreno, Marcy Sherrill, Nancy Leighton, The get-away driver, Paulo Mejia, Moby Dick (Mortal Prey), Hitler (Mortal Prey), Agent Malone, Weather Karkinnen, James Qatar
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Police, Fiction, Detective, Murder Mystery, Mystery
ratings_count: 20281
places: St. Louis, Missouri, Cancun, Mexico, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
series: Lucas Davenport
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Minnesota Book Award
category: Genre
publisher: Putnam Pub Group (a)