| Author | John Sandford |
|---|---|
| Genre | Thriller, Crime, Drama |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
Publication date | April 25, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0-399-16879-6 |
| Followed by | Extreme Prey |
Gathering Prey is a crime novel written by Pulitzer Prize winning writer John Stanford. It is the twenty-fifth book in the prey series and one of the few books to deal with underground sub-cultures such as: Street Kids, Travelers, Juggalos[1] and Crust Punks.
Plot
editLetty a young college girl receives a call from Skye a traveler she met briefly in San Fransisco. Remembering that Letty’s adoptive father is a detective she requests help in finding her companion Henry, who has just gone missing. Soon Skype is missing as well and Detective Lucas Davenport decides to investigate further. He soon finds himself pursuing a drug dealer named Pilate in a chance that crosses state lines and exposes him to variety of sub cultures and their gatherings. [2]
Characters
editDetective Lucas Davenport
editThe lead investigator of Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension who is convinced to by his adoptive daughter Letty to look into Henry's disappearance but soon find himself over his head investigating something far greater than just a missing person's case.
Letty
editDetective Devenport's adopted daughter and a student at Stanford. Letty befriends Skye and Henry when in San Fransisco.
Skye
editHenry's companion and part of a group of "travelers" who go from city to city panhandling
Henry
editSkye's companion who goes missing and is described as "punk" from "Texas"
Pilate
editA drug dealing psychopath who kills with out remorse. He is the leader of the gang the Disciples and the prime suspect in Henry's disappearance.[2]
Published
editGathering Prey was published on April 25, 2015 by G.P. Putnam's Sons publishing which is a division of Penguin Random House.[3]
Reviews
editGathering Prey was a Mass Market Paperback best seller,[4] a Indie best seller[5] and one of the top ten book on Apple's iBooks's-US.[6] Gathering Prey is one of the Top Hundred Books of 2015 according to USA Today.[7] And Lansing State Journal considers Gathering Prey to be one of Sandford's best crime books.[2]
References
edit- ^ Kangas, Chaz (July 2, 2015). "I Asked My Dad About John Sandford's Latest Crime Thriller, Which Features Juggalos". L.A. Weekly.
- ^ a b c "'Gathering Prey' one of Sandford's best crime books". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Gathering Prey (Lucas Davenport, #25)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS". Mail Online. 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Oliver Sacks & Sabaa Tahir Debut on the Indie Bestseller List". adweek.it. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US". Mail Online. 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "USA TODAY's top 100 books of 2015". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-04-04.