Lucas Davenport Fans

[BrokenolMarine]

Lethal Prey will be released on March 25th. I preordered for my Kindle today.
I am a big fan of all the John Sandford books, especially the Prey Series and the Virgil Flowers Spinoff. The daughter got her own series as well and they have been pretty good, not as good as dad, but pretty good.

[BrokenolMarine]

I read a LOT, and have just finished working my way thru both the W.E.B. Griffin military series, "The Corps," and "Brotherhood of War." One follows a group of Marines and the other a group of Soldiers. I like series so you follow characters you "know."

I have several series I like to read, and have have read thru many of them a half dozen times. One of the benefits of memory loss is that OLD becomes new again. You re-read things and they are familiar, but you have forgotten enough that you can still enjoy them. Even before all that anesthesia, I read so much that I could come back a couple years later and re-read favorites.

Anyone else?

[Mags]

I liked the Vigil Flowers books, too. 'Virgil' reminds me of the Virgil Cole and Hitch books by Robert Parker. I like them as well.

[daytime dave]

Never heard of him, but if you like it, I'll check it outl

[Ernie]

Have read many of the Lucas and Virgil series but then I found the cost to be excessive. I may read 3-5 books a week.

[BrokenolMarine]

The first book in the Prey series is "Eyes of Prey" and introduces the character(s).
Davenport is a rogue homicide LT in Minneapolis, who got wealthy writing board (later computer) games. He works a serial killing. In later books he moves up from there. Each book can be a stand alone read, but they are much more fun read in order...

The book I indicate is number 35 in his series.
Spinoffs include:

The Virgil Flowers series (one of his guys that works remote areas of the state.) More than a dozen books.

The Kidd series, an artist Lucus consults in one or two books, who is also a computer specialist and... Um... Thief.

Then Letty, his adopted daughter, he meets several books into the series.
All the characters are well developed, have flaws and personalities, you come to like them and want to know what happens.

I bought a lot of my copies in both paperback and hardcover from used bookstores, discount tables, or yardsales, or ordered them from Amazon for Kindle when the prices dropped. If you look up John Sandfords web page there is a list of each series with titles in order. Reading the series is fun because the characters all "Guest Star" back and forth.

[Hatchdog]

I like reading continuing series too. Right now I’m reading the Asian series from James Clavell. First up was Shogun which was so lengthy it was published in two volumes. Then Tai-Pan, Gia-gin, King Rat, Nobel House (current read for me) and finally Whirlwind. Really great writing that covers centuries in Asia. Also we just finished watching the mini series based on Nobel House and plan to watch the Shogun mini series next. (The earlier one, not the series that started last year).

I’ve read most of the W.E.B. Griffin series and they are awesome.

[BrokenolMarine]

As a young Marine, I got hooked on two others I read and re-read. The "Bolitho" series, which followed a young Midshipman from his first ship to his last with his own flag commanding a British Fleet of sailing ships. It was historical fiction, allowing you to "meet" famous figures like Lord Nelson. Imagine my thrill when my carrier pulled into Portsmouth, England and I toured the HMS Victory, Nelson's Flagship, and my shock to find how small the ships were back then.

The second series was set in Africa, by Wilbur Smith. One book was called: "When The Lion Feeds." I read the complete series several times, and noticed a gap in the time line. I wrote the author via his publisher, and received a handwritten letter direct from him on his farm letterhead from South Africa... The missing novel hadn't been published in the U.S. Here is the title, here is the British publisher so I could order it.

Smith has had several of his books made into movies. One of them, Dark of the Sun," starred Sean Connery and Roger Moore.

[rickhem]

I go through spurts with reading books. If I find something that I like, I get into it to the exclusion of some other things, and finish it quickly. For me, the genre I found most interesting is military non-fiction. Much of that was Vietnam era stuff, the books written by those that have been-there and done-that. I'm just a tad younger than that generation, but most of my circle of friends were from it.

[BrokenolMarine]

Yup, I read it all. Just finished a couple non fiction reads.
I read military, law enforcement, and historical non fiction that catch my interest, then go back to my fiction. I have bookcases all thru the house, plus a lot on kindle.

Someone gave me a Janet Evonovitch bounty hunter series book. I died laughing. All the books in the series have a number in the title, and the main character is female, Stephanie Plum, and terrible at bounty hunting. Her supporting cast of characters get weirder as the series progresses, and it's a laugh escape plus action.

[cooperhawk]

I read every day. To be a controller you have to be able to multi task and it disturbs Carol when I watch TV, read a book, and she says something to me and I can repeat everything she just said.

I read 3 or 4 books a week and have most of my life. Our large book shelves at home are full and we have books packed away as well as donated here and there. Right now my E readers have close to a thousand titles that I have read. I wore out two Nooks and now use an iPad or my iPhone.

I've read all of John Sandford and since he writes a lot of his books around Minnesota localities it makes it more interesting.

I have read all of WEB Griffin's books and sometimes I grab one to reread.

I'm currently rereading one of Dewey Lamdon's sea novels.

If you like reading about the British Navy in the Napoleonic Wars read Patrick O'Brian's series about Jack Aubry.
I highly recommend them. From those books came the movie ''Master and Commander, the Far Side of the World".

Also I recommend Bernard Corwell's "Sharpe" series about the British Army.

I have also read Louie Lamour and Zane Grey.

Did I mention I like to read?

[BrokenolMarine]

I read all the Louis L'amour and as a young Marine Sergeant had started to collect the leather bound versions. I had about two dozen and had made a custom shelf just for those. I had two or three floor to ceiling bookcases of mixed hardback and paperbacks and was continuing to build my library. Then, I got orders. Hawaii.

Mixed blessing. Beautiful location, but cost of living sucked, and I had just bought a house the year before. If I had been in the house a bit longer, I might have put it under a realtor's control and kept it as a rental. Instead I sold it priced for quick sale.

Fearing being overweight on the overseas shipping, I held several yard sales, did the flea market thing, and the bulk of my books and collections went. Good bye leather Louie. Bye to most of my series collections and crappie furniture, mower, any cheap tools, weight set, etc. Was under by a decent margin, but beat being over, because you had to pay out of pocket for that.

Once I came home from my three year tour, I began to build my home library again.

[Mags]

A few years ago we sold off most of our physical books. Took up way too much space. We've gone mostly digital for new book purchases.

[BrokenolMarine]

Yup, me too. The only physical books I buy now are references with lots of pics or schematics.

[RetiredSeabee]

I have been reading quite a bit lately. All digital and free! I have a library card for the county libraries and downloaded a couple of free apps that connect to the county libraries. One is Libby and allows 14 day check out. The other is Hoopla and allows 21 days. One thing I have found is that even though they connect to the same library system I can find books in one that don’t appear in the other. If I am reading a series sometimes Libby will skip a book. But I might find it on Hoopla. Or vice versa. Sometimes a book in a series might not be available as an ebook but might be available as audiobook. You can read on any digital device including Kindle. And you can add multiple libraries if you can get access to them. I do enjoy dropping in here when someone starts a thread on what they are reading.
Thanks to you all for sharing your favorites.