Hello, all.
I read RULES OF PREY, SHADOW
PREY, and EYES OF PREY in an $8 omnibus, and picked up on the
predictability others have mentioned. In the end, I'd say the
Prey books are too similar to a lot of 80s pop mysteries:
attractive mult-talented bad boy protagonist facing
cookie-cutter villains.
Beneath the slick surface, the
books seemed to suffer from indecisiveness. I felt the
stories would be more suspenseful if told in first-person
from Lucas's viewpoint; instead I had to read the
third-person.
Also, Lucas seems like he'd
make a great P.I., except he's a cop--the literary equivalent
of Nash Bridges. I have the same problem with Burke's
Robicheaux series.
I prefer the Kidd books,
written under Camp's own name. Kidd is also an attractive,
multi-talented bad boy hero, but he's private. For some
reason, roguish qualities in a P.I. bother me less than they
do in a cop. Camp should have tried more with Kidd instead of
turning out so many Prey books in a row.
This much said, I would go back
to the Prey books, but only at a bargain price.
Gerald
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