Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to track down a ruthless killer who will do whatever it takes to keep the past buried, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.
About the Author: John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp.
432 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Crime
Series Name: Prey Novel

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Book Synopsis

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to track down a ruthless killer who will do whatever it takes to keep the past buried, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.

Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was brutally stabbed to death . . . but nobody knew exactly where the crime took place. Her body was found the next night, dumped among a dense thicket of trees along the edge of an urban park, eight miles east of St. Paul, Minnesota. Despite her twin sister Lara Grandfelt's persistent calls to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the killer was never found.

Twenty years later, Lara has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Confronted with the possibility of her own death, she's determined to find Doris's killer once and for all. Finally taking matters into her own hands, she dumps the entire investigative file on every true-crime site in the world and offers a $5 million reward for information leading to the killer's arrest. Dozens of true-crime bloggers show up looking for both new evidence and "clicks," and Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to review anything that might be a new lead.

When one of the bloggers locates the murder weapon, Lucas and Virgil begin to uncover vital details about the killer's identity. But what they don't know is the killer lurks in plain sight, and with the true-crime bloggers blasting every clue online, the killer can keep one step ahead. As the nation maneuvers the detectives closer to the truth, Lucas and Virgil will find that digging up Doris's harrowing past might just get them buried instead.

Review Quotes

One of New York Post's 30 Must-Read New Thrillers

"A superlative police procedural paired with an outrageous serial-killer saga, enlivened by an array of quirky characters." --Wall Street Journal

About the Author

John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of thirty-three Prey novels; two Letty Davenport novels; four Kidd novels; twelve Virgil Flowers novels; three YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook; and three other books.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.19 Inches (H) x 5.62 Inches (W) x .86 Inches (D)

Weight: .78 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 432

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Crime

Series Title: Prey Novel

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Format: Paperback

Author: John Sandford

Language: English

Street Date: October 7, 2025

TCIN: 1004984169

UPC: 9780593718414

Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-2745

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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