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- Hardcover:
352
pages
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Dimensions
(in
inches):
1.32
x
9.48
x
6.12
- Publisher:
Putnam
Pub
Group;
(May
12,
2003)
- ISBN:
0399150439
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Book
Description
Lucas
Davenport
finds
some
changes-and
some
nasty
surprises-in
store,
in
the
chilling
new
novel
by
the
number-one-bestselling
author.
In
Naked
Prey,
John
Sandford
puts
Lucas
Davenport
through
some
changes.
His
old
boss,
Rose
Marie
Roux,
has
moved
up
to
the
state
level
and
taken
Lucas
with
her,
creating
a
special
troubleshooter
job
for
him
for
the
cases
that
are
too
complicated
or
politically
touchy
for
others
to
handle.
In
addition,
Lucas
is
now
married
and
a
new
father,
both
of
which
are
fine
with
him:
he
doesn't
mind
being
a
family
man.
But
he
is
a
little
worried.
For
every
bit
of
peace
you
get,
you
have
to
pay-and
he's
waiting
for
the
bill.
It
comes
in
the
form
of
two
people
found
hanging
from
a
tree
in
the
woods
of
northern
Minnesota.
What
makes
it
particularly
sensitive
is
that
the
bodies
are
of
a
black
man
and
a
white
woman,
and
they're
naked.
"Lynching"
is
the
word
that
everybody's
trying
not
to
say-but,
as
Lucas
begins
to
discover,
in
fact
the
murders
are
not
what
they
appear
to
be,
and
they
are
not
the
end
of
the
story.
There
is
worse
to
come-much,
much
worse.
Filled
with
the
rich
characterization
and
exceptional
drama
that
are
his
hallmarks,
this
is
Sandford's
most
suspenseful
novel
yet.
Denver
Post
...insightful
writing...
Booklist,
March
15,
2003
This
fifteenth
Prey
novel
is
suspenseful
and
cleverly
plotted...Sandford
has
another
best-seller
here...
Library
Journal,
April
15,
2003
...this
may
be
Sandford's
best
novel
yet.
When
twelve-year-old
muskrat
trapper
Letty
West
stumbles
on
the
naked
bodies
of
Jane
Warr
and
Deon
Cash,
deep
in
the
snowy
woods
of
northern
Minnesota,
it's
more
than
another
bizarre
episode
in
her
already
unusual
life,
as
Lucas
Davenport
discovers
in
this
new
outing
in
Sandford's
popular
series
featuring
the
Midwestern
lawman
who
moonlights
as
a
computer
game
designer.
Lucas
has
a
new
wife,
a
new
baby,
and
a
new
job
as
a
political
troubleshooter
for
his
old
boss
Rose
Marie
Roux,
but
the
blunt-spoken
Davenport's
instructions
to
hush
the
racially
charged
implications
of
what
looks
suspiciously
like
a
lynching
won't
deter
him
from
whomever
left
Warr
and
Cash
twisting
in
the
wind.
The
well-peopled
plot,
involving
a
hot
car
ring,
an
ex-nun
who
smuggles
cancer
drugs
over
the
Canadian
border,
and
the
usual
internecine
wranglings
between
the
FBI,
the
local
cops,
and
Davenport,
races
to
a
satisfying
denouement,
but
this
time
it's
a
little
girl
with
a
difficult
past
and
an
uncertain
future
who
lingers
in
the
reader's
mind.
Fortunately,
Sandford
comes
up
with
an
ending
that
makes
it
all
but
certain
that
his
fans
will
meet
her
again.
Meanwhile,
all
the
author's
usual
trademarks
are
on
display--excellent
writing,
an
interesting
scenario,
and
terrific
pacing.
--Jane
Adams
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