[Lucas Davenport 07] • Mind Prey

With each new novel, John Sandford's audience has leaped, and his critical acclaim has grown stronger. "Sandford knows all there is to know about detonating the gut-level shocks of a good thriller." says The New York Times Book Review, and nothing proves it better than this remarkable trip to the dark side: Sandford's seventh novel--and his most haunting story yet.

"Run for it." It was raining when psychiatrist Andi Manette left the parent-teacher conference with her two young daughters, and she was distracted. She barely noticed the red van parked near her, barely noticed the van door slide open as they dashed to the car. The last thing she did notice was the hand reaching out for her and the voice from out of the past--and then the three of them were gone.

Hours later, Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport stood in the parking lot, a bloody shoe in his hand, the ground stained pink around him, and knew, instinctively, that this would be one of the worst cases he'd ever been on. A man who could steal children...With an urgency bor of dread, Lucas presses the attack, while in an isolated farmhouse, Andi Manette does the same, summoning all her skills to battle an obsessed captor. She knows the man who has taken her and her daughters, knows there is a chink in his armor, if only she can find it. But for both her and Davenport, time is already running out.

John Sandford's novels have always been extraordidnary for their harrowing twists, unforgettable characters, and crackling prose. But Mind Prey tops them all. It is the work of a master.