Dark Angel, John Sandford
Dark Angel, John Sandford
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Dark Angel

Bestseller

Author: John Sandford

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/11/2023

Synopsis

Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers.

Letty Davenport’s days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas—and her incredible skills with firearms—draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant partner from the NSA pose as free-spirited programmers for hire and embark on a cross country road trip to the group’s California headquarters.

While the two work to make inroads with Ordinary People and uncover their plans, they begin to suspect that the hackers are not their only enemy. Someone within their own circle may have betrayed them, and has ulterior motives that place their mission—and their lives—in grave danger.

About John Sandford

American author, John Sanford (a pseudonym of John Roswell Camp) wrote thirty-five novels, all of which are on the New York Times bestsellers list in one way or another. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1944, where he spent much of his time with his Lithuanian grandparents. Their home was very primitive with an outside outhouse and a subsistence garden. Life was work centered on the farm with hay being bailed each summer to feed the various farm animals. Fruit trees were also in abundance on their property. It was a good place to grow up.

Camp won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and also won the Distinguished Writing Award of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He also wrote two non-fiction books. The Eye and the Heart: The Water Colors of John Stuart Ingle, and Plastic Surgery: The Kindest Cut.

Camp was married to Susan Lee Jones, and has two children. Susan died in May 2007 of metastasized breast cancer, and he married again in 2013 to Michele Cook, a journalist and screenwriter. Camp is a dedicated painter and photographer also. He, however, does not show his paintings.

Camp's most prolific work is the Prey series of which there are currently twenty-five installments, running from 1989 - 2015.......the first being Rules of Prey and the most recent, Gathering Prey, which debuted on April 28, 2015. Other series include The Kidd Series, The Virgil Flowers Series, The Singular Menace Series, and other various books and short stories.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on March 11, 2023

John Sanford brings investigation, suspense, and plenty of action to the second book in the Letty Davenport series. Letty has had an unconventional, tragic, and violent childhood. Her adoption by Lucas Davenport, the protagonist in the author’s Prey series, has led to a much happier life. She’s now......more

Goodreads review by David on May 19, 2023

This is a five star for me. Has to be. Sanford is my go-to mainly because he has never let me down. Never. And that is saying a mouthful when put up against the vast number of books I read and have read. When I try book after contemporary book and founder in search for that "Fictive Dream," and can'......more

Goodreads review by Carol on February 08, 2023

I liked Letty a bit more in this one than I did in the first book, but she has a long way to grow before she's anywhere near as good as her father, Lucus Davenport, who has been a favorite of mine for years. The National Security Agency (NSA) brings her in for an undercover operation to track down a......more

Goodreads review by CoachJim on June 22, 2023

Ah! The joy of reading. This is a book that will keep you up reading past your bedtime. There are no philosophical musings, no social message, no literary merit—it is just a frolicking good thriller. This is the second book by John Sandford that features Letty Davenport. She is the adopted daughter o......more

Goodreads review by Karen on July 04, 2023

Here comes my neighbor again with his hotlist bestseller discard after reading it. This is the latest Letty Daveport novel. For those who haven’t been following this series, Letty is Lucas’ adopted daughter. Which leads me to recommend, that you might be better off following the series than cold-fee......more

Quotes

"A female-forward thriller that makes a strong case that smart, unflinching women should run the world." —Kirkus Reviews

"Sandford keeps his foot on the gas throughout, without stretching plausibility too far." —Publishers Weekly

“This is the second in author Sandford’s series featuring Letty Davenport, government agent and adopted daughter of Sandford’s series megastar Lucas Davenport. Both series show Sandford’s mastery of character and action….Readers may wonder why, with all this comedy, the tension has them clutching the arms of their chairs. That’s Sandford at work.” —Booklist

"The second Letty Davenport thriller will satisfy Sandford’s numerous readers, with its high-octane action and gallows humor." —Library Journal

Praise for The Investigator

“The Investigator is a procedural action thriller in which the technical sleuthing only heightens the tension. Letty is such a capable character, and Mr. Sandford such a fine tactician, it would seem incomprehensible and even cruel to deny readers a swift follow-up.” —Wall Street Journal

“John Sandford created a winning formula with his furiously paced Prey novels, which star Lucas Davenport, a Minnesota detective turned U.S. marshal with a penchant for sharp dressing, high romancing and expert marksmanship. In The Investigator he moves the chess pieces to a different board.” —New York Times

“Sandford’s first Letty Davenport novel is a violent, topical, fast-paced story that’s sure to please action fans.” —Library Journal (starred review)

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