Title: The Investigator
Series: Letty Davenport #1<
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Release Date: April 12, 2022
Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in this 2022 thriller from #1 bestselling author John Sandford.
"Sandford fans rejoice! Davenport next generation has arrived and Letty is exactly the kind of cool-eyed, smart-mouthed, lethally dangerous heroine we’ve been waiting for.” --Lisa Gardner, author of 'One Step Too Far.'
By age twenty-four, Letty has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles in Washington. Letty’s ready to quit, but her skills have impressed Colles and he offers her a feet-on-the-ground investigative job in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security.
Colles tells her that several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude. He isn’t so much concerned with the oil loss as he is with who is selling it, and what are they doing with the profits? Rumor has it that an ugly militia group might be involved. Colles wants to know if the money is going to them and if so, what they’re planning. Letty is partnered with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser, and they head to Texas. When the case soon turns deadly, they know they’re on the track of something bigger. The militia group has set in motion an explosive plan .. and the clock is ticking.
Letty Davenport is Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter, yet she feels more like his own than if she were his biological child.
Now fully grown, Letty works for the government. She starts with a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles in Washington, but just as she’s about to quit, he offers her a role as an investigator. She’s paired with John Kaiser from the Department of Homeland Security, and together they must uncover what happened to the missing petroleum—and why.
As the clues point to a militia plotting to harm people, Letty races to find and stop them before it’s too late.
I was thrilled to dive into Letty’s first standalone book. As a fan of Lucas and Virgil from their respective series, I had high hopes, especially since Letty appears in several of Lucas’s stories. Surprisingly, I found the plot dragged at times, and the villains felt too one-dimensional. Typically, John Sandford’s antagonists make you squirm with how bad they are, but not so much in The Investigator. Another big letdown was the humor—while there were a few funny moments, it lacked the sharp wit of the other two series.
Still, I’ll keep reading the series since I know it will get better.
Cliffhanger: No
3/5 Fangs
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