18 books like Broken Prey

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Secret Prey John Sandford · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When a wealthy banker is shot during a hunting trip, Lucas Davenport suspects murder. Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Minnesota, Private investigators

Silent Prey John Sandford · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Silent Prey (1992) a mystery book by John Sandford Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Minnesota, Serial murders

Shadow Prey John Sandford · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A series of ritualistic murders committed across the United States draws Lucas Davenport into an unimaginable conspiracy of revenge in this “classic”( Boston Globe ) thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A slumlord butchered in Minneapolis...A rising political star executed in Manhattan...A judge slashed to death in Oklahoma City... Each victim has a history of bad behavior, but… Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Minnesota, Private investigators

Rules of Prey John Sandford · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Louis "Maddog" Vullion is a young attorney... and a murderer. He kills for the sheer contest, playing an elaborate game for which he has written terrifying rules. Police Lt. Lucas Davenport, a brilliant games inventor, is going to have to outmaneuver the killer's clever plan--to beat the mad dog at his own deadly craft. Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Serial murders, Private investigators

Certain Prey John Sandford · 1999 · ★ 4.3 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lucas Davenport confronts an entirely new kind of adversary in this harrowing "Prey" novel. Her name is Clara Rinker, an attractive, pleasant Southern woman--the best hitwoman in the business. But when she's hired for a job in Minnesota and a witness survives, that's when Davenport gets on her case--with no idea of the toll that it will take on him. Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Minnesota, Private investigators

Phantom Prey John Sandford · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before— but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.John Sandford's most recent Davenport novel, Invisible Prey, was hailed as "one of his best books in recent memory" (The Washington Post); "as fresh and entertaining as ever" (Chicago Sun-Times); and "rivetingly readable" (Richmond… Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators, Thriller

Hidden Prey John Sandford · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Det. Lucas Davenport has battled some real demons over the past 15 Prey novels and drifted in and out of lust and love with a host of women. But now he's happily married to the lovely Weather; has a nine month old son, Sam; and takes care of his 12-year old ward, Letty West. Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators, Police

Wicked Prey John Sandford · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the #1 New York Timesbestselling author.For twenty years, John Sandfords novels have been beloved for their ingenious plots, vivid characters, crisp dialogue and endless surprises (The Washington Post), and nowhere are those more in evidence than in the sudden twists and shocks of Wicked Prey.The… Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators, Police

Chosen Prey John Sandford · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 357p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A shallow grave and a pornographic drawing draw Lucas Davenport into a deadly quest for a predator with a single-minded hunger for his chosen prey. In the mist and rain of a Minnesota spring, a shallow grave is found. It contains the body of a young woman, apparently strangled. When the murder is connected with a brilliantly-executed erotic drawing, where the victim's face has been grafted onto a… Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Serial murders, Private investigators

Mind Prey John Sandford · 1995 · ★ 4.5 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Davenport matches wits and wills with an obsessed kidnapper whose victims are edging ever closer to a fate worse than any nightmare... Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Minnesota, Private investigators

Mortal Prey John Sandford · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Years ago, Lucas Davenport almost died at the hands of Clara Rinker, a soft spoken Southern beauty, and one of the FBI's most wanted killers. Now, they're crossing paths again--on an interstate revenge spree triggered by a sniper's bullet that robbed Clara of her lover and her unborn baby. With nothing left to lose, she can only be stopped by Davenport--or count him among her victims... Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators, Police

The Sittaford Mystery Agatha Christie · 1931 · ★ 3.8 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging M-U-R-D-E-R. It began as an innocent parlor game intended to while away the hours on a bitter winter night. But the message that appeared before the amateur occultists at the snowbound Sittaford House was spelled out as loud and clear as a scream. Of course, the notion that they had foretold doom was pure bunk. Wasn't it? And the discovery of a corpse was pure coincidence. Wasn't it? If they're… Shares: Meurtre, Private investigators, Investigation, Murder

The Redbreast Jo Nesbø · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Redbreast (, 2000) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the third in the Harry Hole series (although the first in the series to be available in English). Shares: Police, Investigation, Murder

The Cutthroat Clive Cussler & Justin Scott · 2017 · ★ 4.1 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "The year is 1911. Chief Investigator Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency has had many extraordinary cases before. But none quite like this. Hired to find a young woman named Anna Pape who ran away from home to become an actress, Bell gets a shock when her murdered body turns up instead. Vowing to bring the killer to justice, he begins a manhunt which leads him into increasingly more… Shares: Serial murders, Private investigators

Bad Blood Levine, Richard M. · 1982 · ★ 3.7 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Details the shocking murders--in Terra Linda, California--of Jim and Naomi Olive by their sixteen-year-old daughter, Marlene, and her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, small-time drug dealer Chuck Riley Shares: Meurtre, Murder

Post-mortem Jon Wells · 2009 · ★ 3.3 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A jogger is running near the perimeter of the African Lion Safari theme park in southern Ontario when he stumbles across a near- mummified skeleton in a field. The skeletal remains are studied at the Hamilton morgue by a forensic pathologist, a forensic anthropologist, and a forensic entomologist (known as "the bug lady". The victim is female, non-Caucasian. But who is she? Enter Hamilton… Shares: Meurtre, Investigation, Murder

The Shifting Tide Anne Perry · 2004 · ★ 4.4 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate William Monk knows London's streets like the back of his hand; after all, they are where he earns his living. But the river Thames and its teeming docks-- where towering schooners and clipper ships unload their fabulous cargoes and wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades--is unknown territory. Only dire need persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain to… Shares: Serial murders, Private investigators, Thriller, Mystery

Deadly Wedding Kate Parker · 2016 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Moderate New Cover. Corrections to Americanisms. Same great story. It's a challenge finding a killer when everyone in the family wanted the old man dead. Spring, 1938. Olivia Denis is ridiculed by her aristocratic, wealthy cousins. A weekend spent in their ancient mansion for an extravagant wedding feels like torture. On the morning of the wedding, the bride's grandfather is found brutally murdered. Then… Shares: Meurtre, Murder

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