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Stolen Prey

by John Sandford

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"Idleness like kisses, to be sweet, must be stolen."

May 15, 2012

by mikedraper
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An entire family is tortured and killed. The killers leave a sign on the wall, "were coming." with no apostrophe.

Lucas Davenport is on the case and the brutality and ungrammatical sign leads him to think of some of the retribution killings by Mexican drug gangs. He wants to find what the family knew that they were tortured for.

Elsewhere, four people had figured a way to steal millions of dollars from an automated account at a bank. They didn't know that the account was owned by Mexican drug dealers who thought nothing of torture and murder to get their money back.

The novel follows the killers as they look for their bosses money, the amateur thieves and the police investigation. There is good suspense and excellent character buildup.

I found myself enjoying the story so much that I was disappointed to see it come to an end.

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review by KevinRTipple. September 02, 2012

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Mike Draper (mikedraper)
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Michael A.Draper is a financial planner with Mass Mutual in North Haven, CT. Married to Diana for 46 years, one son and daughter-in-law and two lovely granddaughters. … more