![]() ![]() 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. "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 ReviewsĪbout the Author John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. Petersburg Times "Just right for fans of The Silence of the Lambs."- Booklist "Crackling, page-turning eat 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 "Sandford is a writer in control of his craft."- Chicago Sun-Times " works."- USA Today "Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills.a hell of a ride."- Houston Chronicle "Relentlessly swift.genuinely suspenseful.excellent."- Los Angeles Times She has very definite ideas about the way the world should work-along with the money, ruthlessness, and cold-blooded will to make it happen. As Davenport investigates, the trail leads to a political fixer who has disappeared, then-troublingly-to the Minneapolis police department itself, and most unsettling of all, to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons in manipulation. The governor can't believe it-the senator's way too smart for that, even if he is from the other party. An influential state senator has been caught with something very, very nasty on his office computer. All hell has broken loose in the capital. An explosive Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. And one billionaire heiress so dangerous in so many ways. Read Silken Prey A Lucas Davenport Novel by John Sandford available from Rakuten Kobo. No matter who gets in the way.īook Synopsis Murder. ![]() ![]() She has very definite ideas about the way the world should work, and the money, ruthlessness, and sheer will to make it happen. Filled with John Sandford's trademark razor-sharp plotting and some of the best characters in suspense fiction, 'Silken Prey' is further evidence for why the Cleveland 'Plain Dealer 'called the Davenport novels 'a perfect series,' and 'Suspense Magazine 'wrote, 'If you haven't read any of the Prey series, you need to jump on board right this. ![]() Lucas Davenport is investigating another case when the trail leads to the man's disappearance, then-very troublingly-to the Minneapolis police department itself, and then-most troublingly of all-to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons. When the car stops, a voice says, "Hey, I think he's breathing," and another voice says, "Yeah? Give me the bat." And that's the last thing he ever knows. The next thing he knows, he's waking up on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. Sandford expertly ratchets up the suspense and delivers some nifty surprises as Davenport deals with political nastiness and paybacks regardless of party affiliations.About the Book At 1:15 a.m, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. Up against two of Grant's "security" men, both tough ex-military operatives, and the election deadline, Davenport needs all his smarts plus help from fellow BCA agent Virgil Flowers (the star of his own series) and computer genius Kidd. Though Henderson is a Democrat, he believes Smalls has been framed, and tasks Davenport with quietly and quickly investigating. Now Taryn Grant a wealthy, ambitious, ruthless Democratic newcomer might pull off an upset. Porter Smalls had a slight lead for reelection, until a campaign volunteer accidentally discovered child porn on Smalls's computer. Governor Elmer Henderson hands Lucas Davenport a political hot potato in bestseller Sandford's intriguing 23rd thriller featuring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent (after 2012's Stolen Prey). ![]()
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