: Invisible Prey
Author: John Sandford
Strange, rather pointless novel. It’s got a one-shot premise about “invisible” robberies where someone is killing elderly people while robbing them of selected expensive antiques so subtly that no one notices the thefts. But our “hero” cop gets involved and figures things out and tracks the criminals down. What’s weird is the lack of characterization — I suspect these are characters the author has used in previous novels and that’s why they aren’t explained, but I found it jarring and odd. The novel also has a tasteless quality to it: ruthless murders happen almost at random and are described with such dispassion it feels dirty. The ending is equally strange: it’s a decent resolution, but bloody and violent in a way that feels unexpected and wrong. Basically, it’s just a poor novel all the way around.
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