Easy Prey - by John Sandford (Paperback)

About the Book

"In life she was a high-profile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that's demanding action from Lucas Davenport. One of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that runs deeper than anyone had imagined--one that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone had feared."--Publisher's description.

Book Synopsis

Lucas Davenport investigates an unsettling series of murders in this classic novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series--and this one is John Sandford "at the top of his game" (New York Post)...

In life she was a high-profile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that's demanding action from Lucas Davenport. One of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that runs deeper than anyone had imagined--one that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone had feared...

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Review Quotes

Praise for Easy Prey

"The dialogue is deft, the melodrama masterfully orchestrated and the conclusion truly culminant. As secrets explode, as bullets fly and bodies fall, and as the ground keeps shifting, there's hardly time to keep up with the spectacle."--The Los Angeles Times

"When you come out of the twists and turns that are Easy Prey, it is a marvel how [Sandford] could do this...he's a writer in control of his craft."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Crackerjack suspense...[Sandford's] at the top of his game again with Easy Prey."--New York Post

"A Grand Guignol of a climax."--Kirkus Reviews

"Wildly successful...contains all the elements fans have come to expect: solid plot, gallows humor...sex, and the likeable, self-assured Davenport."--Booklist

"Rapid-fire action...sharply evocative."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Easy Prey is hard to put down."--Richmond Times Dispatch

"[An] ever-entertaining series. As always, it's a joy to follow this rare cop who gets led more often by his gut instinct than by clues. His humor, understated and perverse, can be wildly funny, and the people he runs across are shrewdly conceived originals."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

John Sandford is the pseudonym for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey series featuring Lucas Davenport, the Kidd series, the Virgil Flowers series, three YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook, and three other books, most recently Saturn Run.