When a Russian sailor is found shot to death on the shore of Lake Superior, everyone from the local authorities to a female cop flown in from Russia has a theory. Lucas Davenport has one, too, and it puts him in peril in this "New York Times" bestseller.
When a Russian sailor is found shot to death on the shore of Lake Superior, everyone from the local authorities to a female cop flown in from Russia has a theory. Lucas Davenport has one, too, and it puts him in peril in this "New York Times" bestseller.
“One of the strongest in Sandford’s Prey series.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Good, dark, perverse, bloody fun.”—The Washington Post Book World
Theories abound when a Russian gets himself killed on the shore of Lake Superior—shot with fifty-year-old bullets. But when it turns out he had very high government connections, state troubleshooter Lucas Davenport gets the call. Well, Lucas and a mysterious Russian cop with secrets all her own. Together, they’ll follow a trail back to another place and another time, and battle the shadows they discover there—shadows that turn out to be both very real and very deadly.
“Praise for John Sandford's Prey Novels "Relentlessly swift...genuinely suspenseful...excellent."-- Los Angeles Times "Sandford is a writer in control of his craft."-- Chicago Sun-Times "Excellent...compelling...everything works."-- USA Today "Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills...a hell of a ride."-- Houston Chronicle "Crackling, page-turning tension...great scary fun."-- The New York Daily News "Enough pulse-pounding, page-turning excitement to keep you up way past bedtime." --Minneapolis Star Tribune "One of the most engaging characters in contemporary fiction."-- Detroit News "Positively chilling."-- St. Petersburg Times "Just right for fans of The Silence of the Lambs ."-- Booklist "One of the most horrible villains this side of Hannibal." --Richmond Times-Dispatch "Ice-pick chills...excruciatingly tense...a double-pumped roundhouse of a thriller." --Kirkus Reviews”
Praise for John Sandford’s Prey Novels
“Relentlessly swift...genuinely suspenseful...excellent.”—Los Angeles Times
“Sandford is a writer in control of his craft.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Excellent...compelling...everything works.”—USA Today
“Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills...a hell of a ride.”—Houston Chronicle
“Crackling, page-turning tension...great scary fun.”—The New York Daily News
“Enough pulse-pounding, page-turning excitement to keep you up way past bedtime.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“One of the most engaging characters in contemporary fiction.”—Detroit News
“Positively chilling.”—St. Petersburg Times
“Just right for fans of The Silence of the Lambs.”—Booklist
“One of the most horrible villains this side of Hannibal.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Ice-pick chills...excruciatingly tense...a double-pumped roundhouse of a thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews
John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of twenty-six Prey novels, most recently Extreme Prey; four Kidd novels; nine Virgil Flowers novels; three YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook; and three stand-alones, most recently Saturn Run.
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.