Sandford’s characters seem to have limitless unexplored nooks and crannies to their personalities. A solid entry from a writer who consistently gives his readers just what they want.”– Booklist In this post, I’ll give you a full rundown of every book by John Sandford, including his popular series, standalone titles, and non-fiction work. It's about, you see, a group of uber-wealthy Bitcoin investors dubbed the "Five" who have concluded that it's their responsibility to rid the world of deplorables. The first one to go down gets a "1" on his forehead, a hint that there may be more to come. An anonymously issued press release makes that a certainty by announcing the group's intentions as well as their huge Bitcoin donation to a charitable organization (should they choose to accept it) that's related to how the victim earned his deplorable status. Now, for the bad news. Although Sandford’s writing is fast-paced, fluid, and full of the sharp sarcastic style he’s known for, his villains are not as captivating and dangerous as they used to be. At least not in this one, anyway. In my opinion, none of the members of “The Five” are on the same level of Davenport and Flowers. They are interesting to some degree and the Bitcoin angle had some potential, although it was rather weakly developed throughout the book. They just weren’t strong enough adversaries to bring any kind of a serious challenge to either Davenport or Flowers. From the first two chapters, I was already trying to figure out how Davenport was going to get his first lead to “The Five”. As soon as the dynamic duo made a connection to the vigilante group, the hunt be on, and it would only be a matter of time before they stopped the bad guys.

The Investigator by John Sandford: 9780593714805

It started with an interesting plot line. Five bitcoin billionaires have vowed to murder five “scumbags” of their choosing and then donate “blood money” to a worthy cause. The killings and donations are announced over the media. After the first couple of killings, in San Francisco and Houston respectively, the action moves to Minneapolis; Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to help the FBI solve the third homicide. Since those early days, John Sandford has become a household name, thanks to his three hugely successful crime thriller series and standalone novels. Some might just call this asshole-on-asshole violence and be content to let it roll for a while, but it’s a bad idea to just let the billionaires move to their next natural phase of killing people because they’re bored. They’ll get there soon enough. After qualifying as a journalist, he started his career as an army reporter before joining The Miami Herald, where he eventually became an editor.This time, there's a storm brewing...Very early, 4:45, on a bitterly cold Minnesota morning, three big men burst through the door of a hospital pharmacy, duct-tape the hands, feet, mouth, and eyes of two pharmacy workers, and clean the place out. But... However, I’m still not sold on this idea of Sandford teaming up his two biggest characters and merging what used to be two books a year into one. I know the man has certainly earned a rest at this point, but it seems like splitting time between Lucas and Virgil does something to the flow of the story so that it doesn’t hum with quite the same energy that their solo books do.

Righteous Prey by John Sandford: 9780593422502

The Iceman crept up to the house on the edge of the lake. He killed the father first. Then the mother and child. And when his work was done, he set the house on fire...We’re going to murder people who need to be murdered.” So begins a press release from a mysterious group known only as “The Five,” shortly after a vicious predator is murdered in San Francisco. The Five is believed to be made up of vigilante killers who are very bored… and very rich. They target the worst of society — rapists, murderers, and thieves — and then use their unlimited resources to offset the damage done by those who they’ve killed, donating untraceable Bitcoin to charities and victims via the dark net. The Five soon become the most popular figures on social media, a modern-day Batman…though their motives may not be entirely pure. For twenty years, John Sandford's novels have been beloved for their "ingenious plots, vivid characters, ... We get familiar characters in this one, Jennifer (mother of Lucas's first kid we rarely head about) newscaster, Jason Kidd (also mention of his wife), Frankie, and some characters from the last book. When the third victim is killed in Minnetonka, Lucas and Virgil must find and stop "The Five" before more people die.

Lucas Davenport / Prey Series in Order by John Sandford Lucas Davenport / Prey Series in Order by John Sandford

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Letty Davenport takes center stage in this welcome series spin-off. One of Sandford’s best books in years.”– Publishers WeeklyThings changed slightly when he decided to team up Lucas Davenport with Virgil Flowers – some I have liked better than others. This one has merit. Sandford has written fifty-five gripping titles to date, and if history is anything to go by, we can expect plenty more to come. The most recent, the 2022 novel The Investigator, features Lucas Davenport’s daughter, Letty Davenport. During his career as a journalist, Sanford published two fascinating non-fiction books, both under his real name, John Camp. In the 32nd “Prey” novel, our fearless heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers face off against a mysterious group that call themselves “The Five” and are made up of bored Bitcom millionaires who are bored and restless for some real action. They have decided to target bad people like murderers, rapists, and thieves who (in their judgment) deserve to die. Each member of “The Five” select their own targets and get to work, one at a time. Then, following each murder, they release a press statement and donate an untraceable amount of Bitcoin to a related charity to make things better.

Righteous Prey (A Prey Novel Book 32) Kindle Edition

John Sandford is the New York Times Bestselling author behind the smash hit Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers series.Weather looked into the camera lens and said, “I work on gunshot wounds several times a year. Mostly people shot in the face or the hands. I try to help them as much as I can, but sometimes there’s not much I can do. The victims, and a lot of them are children, are often disfigured for life. Many are permanently handicapped. For what? For nothing.”