18 books like Wicked Prey

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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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators

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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, 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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators

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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, 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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators

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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators

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: Minneapolis, Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators

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

Broken Prey John Sandford · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Whoever did this, Lucas Davenport knows, is pushed by brain chemistry. There is something wrong with him. This isn't a bad love affair. The second body is found three weeks later, in a farmhouse six miles south. Same condition, same display--except this time it is a man.… Shares: Davenport, Lucas Davenport, Private investigators, Police

Resurrection Men Double Sided A2 Poster Ian Rankin · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Sent to a rehabilitation school after a serious mistake, Inspector John Rebus discovers that among his fellow "resurrection men" are a group of classmates plotting a drug heist and joins forces with his protTgT, Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke to investigate ties to an art dealer's murder, a crime that could lead to scandal and danger at the highest level of law enforcement. 50,000 first… Shares: Police, Thriller, Mystery

Death at the president's lodging J. I. M. Stewart · 1936 · ★ 3.2 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Inspector Appleby is called to St Anthony's College, where the President has been murdered in his Lodging. Scandal abounds when it becomes clear that the only people with any motive to murder him are the only people who had the opportunity - because the President's Lodging opens off Orchard Ground, which is locked at night, and only the Fellows of the College have keys. Shares: Police, Thriller, Mystery

Fifty Candles Earl Derr Biggers · 1926 Fifty Candles is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Bertram Grassby, Marjorie Daw and Ruth King.Munden p.236 Shares: Thriller, Mystery

Bones in London Edgar Wallace · 1900 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The new Managing Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant - however Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not long before Joe and Fred Pole pay Bones a visit. They are totally unprepared for Bones' unnerving style of doing business, unprepared for his unique style of innocent and endearing… Shares: Thriller, Mystery

A Bullet For Cinderella John D. MacDonald · 1955 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Her veneer was big city ... But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair like raw blue-black silk, her brown shoulders bare. Eyes deep-set, a girl with a gypsy look. So this was the girl I had risked my life to find. This was the girl who was going to lead me to a… Shares: Thriller, Mystery

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes Lawrence Block · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When the Sacred Ginmill Closes is a Matthew Scudder novel, written by Lawrence Block. Based on the short story "By the Dawns Early Light", and published four years after Eight Million Ways to Die, this novel resurrected Blocks interest in the character and led to his writing 10 more titles in the series. The books title derives from the Dave Van Ronk song "Last Call". Shares: Private investigators, Mystery

Strega Andrew Vachss · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Andrew Vachss's implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph--and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. It is a place that Burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. But between the power… Shares: Private investigators, Mystery

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