When two teenagers making out in a remote field can't stand
the horrific odor in the area, they look for the source of
the smell. What is discovered by the local cops will have
them bringing in Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension, led by Lucas Davenport, to investigate. The
old cistern on the abandoned farmstead contains the bodies
of at least 15 women, possibly more. It's obvious the
killings have been going on for many years. But who are
these women and where are they from?
When one of Lucas' own men is found dead, shot in the back,
Lucas is sure it's because the detective found out
information that put him, unknowingly, in contact with the
killer. That means the vicious murderer has to be in close
proximity to the area. Now it's personal for Lucas, and
he'll do whatever it takes to learn the killer's identity
and achieve justice for all the victims.
John Sandford's FIELD OF PREY has Lucas Davenport
juggling several investigations at the same time, with
detectives in different locations. Though good at dividing
his attention, Lucas would prefer not to, especially with
one of his men dead in Minnesota and a close friend and
coworker shot in Texas. But if anyone can solve the case,
rescue a local cop in distress and successfully stop the
killer, it's Lucas Davenport. FIELD OF PREY is an excellent
police procedural thriller and an exemplary addition to
Sandford's Prey series.
The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. The night after the fourth of July, Layton Carlson Jr., of Red Wing, Minnesota, finally got lucky. And unlucky. He’d picked the perfect spot to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, an abandoned farmyard in the middle of cornfields: nice, private, and quiet. The only problem was… something smelled bad — like, really bad. He mentioned it to a county deputy he knew, and when the cop took a look, he found a body stuffed down a cistern. And then another, and another. By the time Lucas Davenport was called in, the police were up to 15 bodies and counting. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, when Lucas began to investigate, he made some disturbing discoveries of his own. The victims had been killed over a great many years, one every summer, regular as clockwork. How could this have happened without anybody noticing? Because one thing was for sure: the killer had to live close by. He was probably even someone they saw every day…
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