Silken Prey by John Sandford

All hell has broken loose in the capital. An influential state senator has been caught with something very, very nasty on his office computer. The governor can’t believe it—the senator’s way too smart for that, even if he is from the other party. Something’s not right.

As Davenport investigates, the trail leads to a political fixer who has disappeared, then—troublingly—to the Minneapolis police department itself, and most unsettling of all, to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons in manipulation. She has very definite ideas about the way the world should work—along with the money, ruthlessness, and cold-blooded will to make it happen.

Rating is actually 3.5. it's vintage Sandford which is a good thing for plotting but somehow it felt lifeless. I've read them all and know these books are procedurals but l missed the tension and danger of other books.

Two words: Kidd & Lauren.

I know, right?!?!

It's always been kind of sad to me that the Kidd series was only 4 books long. Just like with Lucas & Virgil's series I could read books about Kidd forever. So it was really exciting when they not only made an appearance in Silken Prey, but they actually contributed for more than just a token ‘hello'.

Sandford always makes me laugh even when I'm biting my fingernails and sitting on the edge of my seat. This time, my laugh out loud moment came from Jenkins & Shrake.

“The big question is: Is he gonna talk, or is he gonna stonewall, or is he gonna shoot, or is he gonna run?” Jenkins said. “That's four questions,” Shrake said. “It irritates me that you can't count.”

God I love them boys.

Another one in the win column for Sandford. He makes political intrigue fun and interesting. My only complaint is with the conclusion, but he's done this to his readers before and I expect he'll do it again.