John Sandford: Naked Prey (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
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.

John Sandford: Naked Prey. A Lucas Davenport Novel. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 0425195449 (May, 2004), 437 p., $7.99.

John Sandford: Naked Prey (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
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.

John Sandford: Naked Prey. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399150439 (May, 2003), 359 p., $26.95.