Review—Phantom Prey by John Sanford
Minneapolis, not a city most would equate with the gothic lifestyle. Like any city, murders and death happen. A businesswoman comes home to find blood in the kitchen and her daughter missing. The police have found very little to go on and there has been discovery of a body. Alyssa Austin runs a spa business and recently lost her husband, now her daughter’s situation could be dire and no one seems to know which direction to look. As a friend of Weather Davenport’s, Alyssa enlists the help of her husband Lucas, a well-known detective in the area.
Lucas is part of the upper-echelon of the local police department and he starts investigating as a favor, when two more Goths are murdered, he digs deeper into the case. Determining motives and connections to the multiplying deaths, leads Lucas down several paths. A fairy (a HOT Goth) seems to be a part of the puzzle. Lucas connects her to each crime scene by witness accounts and then the fairy seems to vanish. No one knows her name or where she comes from. Lucas and his team are also involved in a surveillance operation to capture a known criminal who has been a danger to the area. These two situations lead Lucas to ponder the vagaries of fate and how choices made can influence your life and how things happen.
John Sanford has written many Prey novels, with Lucas Davenport, leading the investigations into many different crimes. This novel brings issues closer to home and at times, the danger is closer than even he knows. Through twists and turns, the evidence leads to a surprising end. The answer does not even begin to become clearer until well into the book. These characters are always strong and focused with an ability to infuse warmth and at times humor into often-questionable occurrences. Enjoy this series and go back and try others.
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