Certain Prey
by:
John Sandford (author)
Attorney Carmel Loan is beautiful, intelligent, ambitious - and used to getting what she wants. When she becomes infatuated with fellow barrister Hale Allen, she isn't going to let a little thing like his being married get in the way. So, through the contacts of an ex-client, she hired...
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Attorney Carmel Loan is beautiful, intelligent, ambitious - and used to getting what she wants. When she becomes infatuated with fellow barrister Hale Allen, she isn't going to let a little thing like his being married get in the way. So, through the contacts of an ex-client, she hired professional killer Clara Rinker to get rid of Allen's wife. Smart, attractive Rinker is the best hitwoman in the business - but things go wrong, and the shooting of a witness, a cop, brings DI Lucas Davenport into the case. Carmel Loan and Clara Rinker team up to clean up the loose ends - which includes getting Davenport off their backs by whatever means necessary.
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ISBN:
9780743484190 (0743484193)
Edition language: English
Series: Lucas Davenport 1 (#10)
Every great detective needs their Moriarty, and in "Certain Prey" Lucas Davenport finds her. This is the introduction to Clara Rinker. Clara and Lucas go toe to toe (though he doesn't realize it) when Lucas and his group start looking into what looks like a professional hit on a rich socialite with ...
This is fast becoming one of my favorite series on audio. I really liked that Lucas was a bit edgier in this entry and the villains were very well drawn. Listened to the audio version read by Richard Ferrone who did his usual stellar job.
I read a bunch of John Sandford's "Prey" series a number of years ago - I forget which one I started with, but I do know it wasn't the first (Rules of Prey.) In any case, I think I read the first six or so before I got a little bored with the characters and moved on. Picked up and re-read the firs...
An interesting and not unlikeable villainess. Just good reading fun.
An interesting and not unlikeable villainess. Just good reading fun.