This definitely was not "one of the most startling Prey novels yet," as the inside cover claimed. While it wasn't the most boring, it was 100% on the list of Most Boring Prey Novels. If it wasn't for the audiobook, I would still be in the first half of this.

Not only was I bored, but the process of "solving" the crime didn't really make any sense. They all just kind of went "this is how it happened" and then changed their minds and suddenly knew exactly what happened. The fact that we were knew who the criminals were right from the beginning also didn't add anything to the story for me. The book was more about Lucas's thought process and how they think the political struggles and affiliations of pedophiles is more important than serial murder/theft just because it was old women who were the victims.

Also - shooting a running suspect in the ankle? Really? Not only was this one of the most boring books in the series, but it was by far the most unbelievable. Even if the action aspect of the books was the most rewarding for the reader, that was just too much.

I did appreciate the introduction of Virgil Flowers, though. I know that Virgil Flowers's first book was published after this one, and I decided to read the books of both series in publication order, so I enjoyed seeing how the author incorporated the main character for his next series in this book.

But because of how this book didn't entertain me all that well, and considering the fact that Virgil Flowers had been the officer assigned to the political pedophile case, I'm not gonna lie about being nervous both for the first Virgil Flowers book and the next Lucas Davenport book. After Lucas Davenport started working for the governor, the cases have been mostly political and that's just not my cup of tea.