Shadow Prey is the second book in John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport series. Like the first book in the series, there were things I liked about Shadow Prey and things I didn’t like.
The plot in Shadow Prey was very interesting to me. On the surface, a group of Native Americans, tired of their community being abused by the United States government, begin murdering high ranking officials who have harmed their community. But why the group is happy killing people who have been abusing their community, the murders have a purpose that isn’t clear for quite some time. The real purpose behind the murders is to draw the director of the FBI, who decades earlier raped a 12-year-old Native American girl, to investigate so they can kill him.
The story had lots of exciting action and a plot that kept me guessing as to how Davenport was going to capture the killers. On balance, I was glad I read Shadow Prey. I am still interested in the series. But, as I said when I reviewed the first book in the series, I don’t like Davenport’s tendency to sleep with just about any woman he can. It is really unethical for him to be sleeping with colleagues and reporters. Maybe I’m sounding old, but I don’t see why leading male figures in books and movies almost always have to have a promiscuous sex life.
Even though there are things about Davenport and the books I don’t like, I will keep going with the series. I’m hoping that in one of the books he becomes a more moral person.