Lucas Davenport has a police officer's dream job: he works for the U.S. Marshal service, yet writes his own schedule and picks his own cases. That is how it works for someone like him - save the president and you can write your own ticket. A few years ago, the wife of a powerful U.S. Senator murdered three people and though Lucas was sure Cecily Small committed those murders, he could not prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Now Cecily is a powerful U.S. Senator in her own right, setting herself up for a presidential run and once again dropping bodies to achieve her goal.

When an attempt is made on the life of another sitting senator, Lucas gets involved and discovers Cecily is once again at her old tricks. This time he must prover her guilty before she kills both the senator and Lucas, and then lands herself in the White House. She outwitted him before, but if she does it again this time the results could be devastating to the whole country.

As a Lucas Davenport series fan I am always excited when a new book is released and TWISTED PREY did not fail to deliver. The excitement and intrigue is page turning and the characters are challenging and determined. It always amazes me when a long-running series stays fresh and the storylines are still thrilling. John Sandford has once again delivered a hit with TWISTED PREY.