Crime story genre is unique selling point of author John Sandford, who has beautifully depicted the same in this attention-grabbing story, Shadow Prey. The enthusiasm of listeners with this audio book goes to next level with the emotional voice of Richard Ferrone, who has beautifully narrated the ups and downs of this story throughout its length.
The book is a sequel to the famous novel, Rules of Prey. An elusive murderer is on the hunt, who keeps on escaping with not much clues left behind. John Sandford joins Lt.
Lily Rothenberg from the NYPD to track the killer, known only by his mysterious name of Shadow Love. A couple of his victims are Manhattan politician and Minneapolis slumlord, a renowned and an accomplished judge from the Oklahoma City. The weapon used by the killer in both his assaults is an American ceremonial knife.
This Prey series novel truly lives up to the expectations of its audience, who were completely hooked and booked by the prequel of the same series with all the suspense, drama and the surprising twists in the tale.
Each and every minute of this approximately 12 hours long narration is worth its while. You will get deeply involved with the story right from its Chapter 1 and will continue right till the end. This is what John Sandford is brilliant at.
He knows what his audience wants and does full justice with all his characters in the book, especially the investigators who intelligently work their way to find the killer, who literally seemed to be not trackable through good part of this story.
If you are a fan of John Sandford, then you must also check his other incredible books, namely, Bloody Genius and Neon Prey. Both the mentioned books are equally entertaining with excellent narration by other professional narrators.