Because of his expertise handling a previous case and his accomplished reputation, Minnesota BCA agent Lucas Davenport has been appointed to the U.S. Marshals Service with a great degree of flexibility in choosing his cases. The first one that attracts his attention involves the murders of five men and a little girl during the theft of over five million dollars from a Honduran drug cartel counting house in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Garvin Poole and his Dixie Hicks are the main suspects, but rumors abound that Poole, a ruthless killer, was murdered by a rival, since he hasn't been heard from in several years. The more Lucas learns about Poole, the more certain he is that Poole is still alive and is the one responsible for the heist and killings. The Honduras drug cartel is also convinced that Poole is the culprit, so enforcers Charlene Kort and Luis Soto are sent to retrieve the stolen money and dispense brutal justice to the thieves. Their involvement further complicates an already convoluted investigation for Lucas and the multitude of law enforcement agents he's accumulated for the intense and far-reaching operation. Lucas is a highly intelligent investigator, who's addicted to action and thrives under pr pressure. He will definitely need all of these attributes to apprehend the deviously elusive Poole and his comrades.

I can't believe this is the 27th book in best-selling author John Sandford's engaging, suspenseful and thrilling id=1335">Prey series. I've read every one and enjoyed them all immensely. The evolution of the characters, especially Lucas Davenport, with each new book is believable and compelling. GOLDEN PREY kicks off a fascinating new era for Lucas with a new job and a new set of associates, ensuring more exciting adventures in the future. Sandford is highly skilled at pulling readers in with his fast-paced narrative and complex maneuvering of suspenseful plots. GOLDEN PREY is sure to please all of Sandford's may fans.

Book Summary

Lucas Davenport’s first case as a U.S. Marshal sends him into uncharted territory in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

The man was smart and he didn’t mind killing people. Welcome to the big leagues, Davenport.

Thanks to some very influential people whose lives he saved, Lucas is no longer working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, but for the U.S. Marshals Service, and with unusual scope. He gets to pick his own cases, whatever they are, wherever they lead him.

And where they’ve led him this time is into real trouble. A Biloxi, Mississippi, drug-cartel counting house gets robbed, and suitcases full of cash disappear, leaving behind five bodies, including that of a six-year-old girl. Davenport takes the case, which quickly spirals out of control, as cartel assassins, including a torturer known as the “Queen of home-improvement tools” compete with Davenport to find the Dixie Hicks shooters who knocked over the counting house. Things get ugly real fast, and neither the cartel killers nor the holdup men give a damn about whose lives Davenport might have saved; to them, he’s just another large target.

Filled with his trademark razor-sharp plotting and some of the best characters in suspense fiction, Golden Prey is further reason why “Sandford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers” (The Huffington Post).