Silken Prey is the 24th installment  in this “can’t put it down series” by John Sandford.  If you have not read any of these books you have a lot of books to read and enjoy at the beach this summer!  The Prey series stars Lucas Davenport, a savvy, sexy, rich, Porsche driving, married with children, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent, who is the go-to person for  investigating difficult and politically sensitive crimes.

It is election time in Minnesota and Porter Smalls, the Republican nominee for the US Senate is in a tight race against his Democratic opponent, Taryn Grant. Smalls has run a good race and things seem to be going his way although it is still too close to call, when suddenly a volunteer discovers child pornography on his computer when she accidentally hits his laptop keyboard while dropping off some papers in his campaign office. Smalls, fearing political dirty tricks, quickly reaches out to the governor asking for help.  Fearing that the integrity of the election might be jeopardized, the governor calls on Davenport, who owned a computer software company early in his career, to investigate this as expeditiously and as quietly as possible. With little time to waste Lucas begins his investigation enlisting  the aid of computer whiz ICE and former hacker-now artist, Kidd, to help him trace the child pornography and where it came from.  At the same time, Davenport realizes that political operative Bob Tubbs, a key player in the case, has suddenly gone missing. With time ticking away towards the election, Davenport must be  even more careful as he navigates the investigation between the egos of all involved and the even bigger political stakes.

This is a fun read! Sandford is masterful at pacing his story, and keeps you guessing to the very end. The characters are well developed and if you have been reading any of these books before, it is great to see some old friends like Kidd come back and play a substantial role in this story.

Brenda’s Rating: **** (4 Stars out of 5) 

Recommend this book to: Marian, Sharon and Ken

Book Study Worthy: No

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