Lucas Davenport
is at it again in “Twisted Prey”, by John Sandford, his 2018 novel where Davenport
confronts an old nemesis, Senator Taryn Grant. In a previous novel, Grant
framed a rival for her Senate seat by planting child pornography on his
computer. Despite the Senate candidate being cleared of any wrongdoing, he
still lost his Senate seat. Davenport is also convinced that the Senator might
have been responsible for three murders, but he wasn’t able to prove it. In
“Twisted Prey”, though, Davenport might finally have found a way to prove that
Senator Taryn Grant, who now has her sights on the White House, had committed
murder.
The novel opens
with a car crash where Grant’s current rival for the seat is almost killed in a
car accident, and when he is sure this accident was no accident, and was a set
up, he contacts Davenport, who is now a federal marshal, to prove it. This
makes Davenport leave his usual stomping grounds of Minnesota and into
Washington D.C.
The book is
well written and follows the usual Sandford formula. However, Sandford’ s
formula isn’t a bad thing. He doesn’t dwell too much on the personal lives of
his characters, though there are little glimpses of them. We also get cameos
from other regular characters in the Sandford universe like Lucas Flowers and Davenport’s
adopted daughter, Letty Davenport.
Sandford
keeps the thrills coming, as well as the twists and turns. Davenport is sure
that Grant is up to no good. However, this leads Davenport into a further trail
of political corruption, as he starts to also investigate a defense contractor
with ties to Grant. The conspiracy becomes even bigger than simply Grant trying
to knock off another rival for political power.
There’s
plenty of action and plenty of plain old detective talk in this book, like the
other books by Sandford. Sandford goes back and forth between the good guys and
the bad guys talking through the book. All in all, a solid Sandford book.
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