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Broken Prey
Putnam, May 2005, 26.95, 400 pp. ISBN 0399152725 Angela Larson was found in a posed position, her body scourged, her neck sliced open, with marks on her hands. The second corpse Adam Rice is found in the same manner with his young son killed also. Lucas Davenport, who was at both crime scenes, concludes that the same person did the killings. When the news leaks to the media, parole officer Mark Fox Calls Davenport and tells him he thinks his p...
Chosen Prey
A policeman is looking for a serial killer and most of the victims are women including the killer's mother. ...
Death Watch
Link Bowe is gone. He hasn't been seen for several days and since he was a Senator, the whole country is trying to figure out what happened. His wife Madison is very concerned. Early in the book Jake is called to figure out what is going on with Link. Jake is a former military guy who is now a investigator for a very high politician. Jake is known for solving questions however he needs to solve them. He is told to figure this "Link case" soon. Ja...
Easy Prey
A beautiful and popular model is murdered. Another dead woman is found stuffed into a closet, and Davenport is on the case! With each new murder the case becomes more confusing, and Davenport must race to find the killer or killers, before more people are murdered. An old girlfriend comes back into his life, wanting more than friendship,he becomes involved with a beautiful woman he is trying to protect,and finds that it may possible to start seeing Weath...

Sandford booklist

Eyes of Prey
Lucas Davenport,Sandford's unforgettable cop hero (think Dirty Harry with more intelligence) match wits with two psychopaths:one is a disfigured actor and another is handsome but twisted doctor and manipulator who has a obession with all matters of death and murder.Dr. Michael Bekker is one most sinister villians that has ever been created and this novel has nonstop action and chills! ...
Field Of Prey
A Minnesota State detective tries to capture a serial killer after nearly 20 bodies are found buried in a well. Lucas Davenport works for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is that state's equivalent to the FBI. Most of the cases are what you would expect, but when an abandoned cistern is discovered with at least 20 bodies dumped in it, the case becomes a national sensation. The cable news networks are everywhere and since the murders s...
Hidden Prey
Picking up six months after “Naked Prey” the series continues with Lucas Davenport still with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BAC). Officially, he runs the Office of Regional Research within the BAC. Unofficially, he is the Governor's man for sticky problems where the worlds of politics and crime intersect. The murder of a Russian on the shores of Lake Superior has fast become a political problem and Davenport's talents are needed. The ...
Mind Prey
Therapist Andi Manette and her two young daughters were having a normal day until they were kidnapped and shoved in the back of a van. Andi tries to use her psychiatric knowledge but the kidnapper reveals his well thought out plan. The kidnapper has made provisions for his three hostages frightening Andi even more. He keeps them locked in what she thinks is a basement, with a mattress, and food. He now wastes no time acting out his violent sexual f...
Mortal Prey
Lucas teams up with FBI agents to track down Clara Rinker, a retired assassin, who summarily dishes out revenge to those responsible for killing her child and lover. Lucas has a somewhat personal interest in this one because he actually has seen and danced with this nearly invisible assassin. Several minor plots are flowing throughout. Lucas and Weather are building a house, having a baby, and planning a wedding. Lucas notices that a "could be" ...
Naked Prey
Putnam, May 2003, 26.95, 352 pp. ISBN 0399150439 A lot has changed for Lucas Davenport in the last year. He married the love of his life Weather and they have an infant son and have moved into a new home with a separate apartment for the nanny/housekeeper. Rose Marie Roux is still Lucas's boss but she is now the Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner and Lucas reports directly to her and the governor as the Director in the Office of Regional Stud...

John Sandford list of books

Shadow Prey
This is the story of a hunt for a killer whose next target is the head of the FBI....
Storm Front
A Minnesota cop tries to solve a case that includes a stolen relic, a Mossad agent, some terrorists and a sexy hillbilly. Minnesota Dept of Criminal Apprehension detective Virgil Flowers was supposed to have the day off. But when his boss asked him to escort a visiting Israeli investigator who is tracking a stolen artifact, it seemed like an easy assignment. But the artifact turned out to have been stolen by a Minnesota professor who is dying from cancer...
Sudden Prey
Candy and Georgie LaChaise have robbed a bank. On the way out of the bank, Lucas Davenport and his team of cops ambush them, and a firefight occurs. The result of the firefight leaves Candy and Georgie dead. Dick LaChaise, the husband of Candy and the brother of Georgie, escapes from jail, and along with his 2 friends vow revenge. The recurring message is 'an eye for an eye'. Dick and his band of outlaw rouges, with the help of a turncoat cop, hunt ...
The Hanged Man's Song
Putnam, Nov 2003, 25.95, 336 pp. ISBN: 0399151397 Anyone who knows computers knows that Bobby is the Michael Jordan of hacking. No fire wall can keep him out if he chooses to enter that site. However, someone decides to keep Bobby out by smashing in his head. His friends are horrified by the violence, but also fear what the killer will do with the information found on Bobby's stolen laptop. Kidd understands the ramifications of the missing ...