Silken Prey (Lucas Davenport Series #23)

by John Sandford

Overview

Murder. Scandal. Politics. And one billionaire heiress so dangerous in so many ways.

It’s the explosive new Lucas Davenport thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

All hell has broken loose in the capital. An influential state senator has been caught with something very, very nasty on his office computer. The governor can’t believe it—the senator’s way too smart for that, even if he is from the other party. Something’s not right.

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. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425267769
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/06/2014
Series:	Prey Series , #23
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	15,411
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 4.20(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Sandford is the pseudonym of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, The Night Crew, and Dead Watch. He lives in Minnesota.

Hometown:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Date of Birth:

February 23, 1944

Place of Birth:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Education:

State University of Iowa, Iowa City: B.A., American History; M.A., Journalism

Website:

http://www.johnsandford.org

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for SILKEN PREY
 
“Dirty political tricksters give Lucas Davenport his most satisfying case in years . . . Sandford keeps every stage of the investigation clear, compelling and suspenseful while peeling back layer after layer of a world in which “everybody was hot, everybody was rich."”—Kirkus (starred review)
 
“Sandford’s Davenport novels are always very good, and this is the best one in a long time. It’s suspenseful, witty, and wise in the ways of modern politics. And the conclusion is darkly unforgettable. A superb thriller.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Sandford expertly ratchets up the suspense and delivers some nifty surprises.”—Publishers Weekly

Praise for STOLEN PREY

“Sandford at his brilliant best.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer

“The climax will have you holding your breath—and the book’s very last line will leave you hoping for more.”—St. Louis Post–Dispatch
 
“The twenty-second Prey novel is the usual Sandford mix of tight plotting, gallows humor, and explosive action.”—Booklist
 
“Sandford smoothly blends action and suspense with a soupcon of humor.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“The master is at it yet again…Pure Sandford, the action never stops, and just when you think you’ve got it all figured out…surprise!  You’re not even close.”—Suspense Magazine