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Broken Prey
Brilliantly suspenseful, consistently surprising - the mesmerizing new novel from the No. 1 Bestselling author
The first corpse is found on the riverbank. The second in an isolated farmhouse. Both have been savagely beaten, the skin flayed from their bodies, their throats cut.
For both victims, there’s a DNA match. Charlie Pope, a convicted sex offender recently released from the Minnesota security hospital, has cut himself free from his court-imposed ankle bracelet and disappeared. Now all Davenport has to do is find him.
But something about this case doesn’t smell right. The killings were meticulously calculated and methodical. Pope is of low mental intelligence, incapable of careful forethought and planning.
All the evidence points to Pope - but Davenport has his doubts. To find the answers, he must track down his key suspect. And to do that, he’ll need the help of the Big Three: three vicious serial killers locked up in the state security hospital. Three killers as cunning as they are deranged ...
Praise for John Sandford
‘Tough, engrossing and engaging, Sandford writes superb thrillers’ Literary Review
‘That rare beast - a series writer who reads like a breath of fresh air’ Daily Mirror
‘There are lots of cops out there, but Lucas Davenport has a real touch of class’ Guardian
'Streets ahead of his contemporaries' Independent On Sunday
'Delivers twists until the very last sentence' Daily Mail
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Hidden Prey
Old crimes cause new murder in the electrifying new novel from the No 1 bestselling author
On the shore of Lake Superior a Russian named Rodion Oleshev is found dead - three holes in his head and heart. When it turns out the victim had very high government connections, that’s when it really hits the fan.
A female Russian cop flies in from Moscow. Lucas Davenport flies in from Minneapolis. Law enforcement and press types swarm the scene - and in the middle of it all there’s another murder. Could the two be connected? What is the Russian cop hiding from Davenport? Is she really a cop at all? Why was the victim shot with fifty-year-old bullets?
Before he can find the answers, Davenport must follow a trail back to another place, another time, and battle the shadows he discovers there. Shadows that turn out to be both very real and very deadly ...
‘Few do it better than Sandford’ Daily Telegraph
'Delivers twists to the very last sentence' Daily Mail
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Naked Prey
His old boss, Rose Marie Roux, has moved up to the state level and taken Lucas with her, creating a special trouble-shooter job for him for the cases that are too complicated or politically touchy for others to handle. Of course, Lucas is married now, and a new father, all of which is fine with him: he doesn't mind being a family man. But he is a little worried. If there's one thing Lucas Davenport knows, it's that for every bit of peace you get, you have to pay - and he's waiting for the bill. It comes in the form of two people found hanging from a tree, in the woods of northern Minnesota. What makes it particularly sensitive is that the bodies are those of a black man and a white woman, and they're naked. 'Lynching' is the word that everybody's trying not to say - but, as Lucas begins to discover, the murders are not, in fact, what they appear to be. Neither are they the end of it. There is worse to come - much, much worse...
Filled with rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, this is Sandford's most suspenseful novel yet.
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Chosen Prey
Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport watched impassively as yet another body was unearthed. It was clear to him that a routine murder investigation had become the search for a monster.
Associate Professor James Qatar takes in the gruesome scenes on his television in growing agitation, as he realises that his thin veneer of safety and respectability is being scratched away. Obviously, it would be prudent to ease his activities for a time, but the necks are too pretty, the desire too strong. So he kills again. But they are watching now, and his fear makes him careless.
As Lucas Davenport’s case conies together, James Qatar’s world begins to fall apart, and a deadly game is joined, one that neither player can afford to lose. Lucas Davenport: brilliant, implacable, and determined to stop the killings. And James Qatar: vain, damaged, and capable of anything when he has cornered his chosen prey.
`A brilliant writer’ Guardian
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The Devil's Code
‘I’m into something a little weird here. I don’t want to worry you, but if anything unusual should happen, get in touch with Kidd, Okay’
When the writer dies, his sister contacts Kidd - artist, computer whiz and professional criminal. Together with his sometime partner/sometime lover, LuEllen, Kidd begins an investigation which leads them both into a conspiracy at the highest levels - a conspiracy that could have stunning results for national security ...and lead to Kidd and LuEllen’s violent deaths.
Before John Sandford began writing the bestselling Prey novels, featuring Lucas Davenport, he wrote two novels featuring Kidd. Now, by public demand, he returns to his first character. The Devil’s Code is vintage suspense, vintage thriller - vintage Sandford. And that’s as good as it gets.
‘Sandford is a cunning writer. He constantly avoids the routine or expected with intelligent and surprising new wrinkles’ Washington Post
About The Author
John Sandford is the pseudonym for John Camp, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Iowa.
After taking up crime writing as a sideline to help put his children through college, John Sandford’s success has been nothing short of phenomenal.
In the US, John Sandford’s following is huge…
With four US No.1 Bestsellers (the most recent going straight in at the top slot) under his belt already, his latest hardback, Hidden Prey has sold over 500,000.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Broken Prey
(Simon & Schuster Pbk,
2005)
Pbk Jun 05
(Lucas Davenport)
Hidden Prey
(Simon & Schuster,
2004)
Pocket Books Pbk Jun 05
(Lucas Davenport)
The Hanged Man's Song
(
2003)
( Kidd & LuEllen)
Naked Prey
(Simon & Schuster,
2003)
Pocket Books Pbk Oct 03
(Lucas Davenport)
Chosen Prey
(
2002)
Simon & Schuster Jan 02
Pocket Books Pbk Oct 02
(Lucas Davenport)
Mortal Prey
(
2002)
Pbk Oct 03
(Lucas Davenport)
The Devil's Code
(Pocket Books Pbk,
2001)
( Kidd & LuEllen)
Easy Prey
(
2000)
Headline Feature May 00
Pbk Nov 00
(Lucas Davenport)
Certain Prey
(Headline Feature,
1999)
Headline Pbk Feb 00
(Lucas Davenport)
Secret Prey
(
1998)
Headline Jun 98
Pbk Dec 00
(Lucas Davenport)
The Night Crew
(Headline Feature,
1997)
Headline Jul 97
Pbk Dec 00
Sudden Prey
(Headline,
1996)
Pbk Dec 00
(Lucas Davenport)
Mind Prey
(Harpercollins,
1996)
Harpercollins Pbk 1996
(Lucas Davenport)
Night Prey
(
1994)
(Lucas Davenport)
Winter Prey
(
1993)
also as The Iceman (Lucas Davenport)
Silent Prey
(
1992)
(Lucas Davenport)
Eyes of Prey
(
1991)
(Lucas Davenport)
The Empress File
(
1991)
( Kidd & LuEllen)
Shadow Prey
(
1990)
(Lucas Davenport)
Rules of Prey
(
1989)
(Lucas Davenport)
Broken Prey
by John Sandford
