In this novel an intelligent serial killer is at large, a member of the bar who has derived rules for his murders based on professional examination of actual cases. His opponent is Lucas Davenport, a policeman, who quickly realizes that this is no ordinary killer.
Lucas Davenport Serie
Questa serie segue un detective brillante ma spesso non ortodosso, che si addentra negli angoli più oscuri della psiche umana per svelare crimini complessi. Ogni caso lo immerge più a fondo in intricati intrecci di intrighi e pericoli, dove il suo approccio unico all'indagine diventa la sua arma più grande. Assisti a emozionanti inseguimenti di colpevoli e scopri motivazioni nascoste che si celano sotto la superficie di casi apparentemente ordinari.
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Shadow Prey
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The #1 New York Times bestselling series. Lucas Davenport goes on a city-to-city search for a bizarre ritualistic killer. A slumlord and a welfare supervisor butchered in Minneapolis . . . a rising political star executed in Manhattan . . . an influential judge taken in Oklahoma City . . . All the homicides have the same grisly method — the victim's throat is slashed with an Indian ceremonial knife – and in every case the twisted trail leads back through the Minnesota Native American community to an embodiment of primal evil known as Shadow Love. Once unleashed, Shadow Love's need to kill cannot be checked, even by those who think they control him. Soon he will be stalking Lucas Davenport — and the woman he loves... Never get involved with a cop: Lieutenant Lucas Davenport has been warning women for years, but now he finds himself on dangerous ground with a policewoman named Lily Rothenburg, on assignment from New York to help investigate the murders. Both have previous commitments, but neither can stop, and as their affair grows more intense, so too does the mayhem surrounding them, until the combined passion and violence threaten to spin out of control and engulf them both. Together, Lucas and Lily must stalk the drugged-out, desperate world of the city's meanest streets to flush out Shadow Love — not knowing they are now the objects of his deadliest desires....
Eyes of Prey
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Lieutenant Davenport's sanity was nearly shattered by two murder investigations. Now he faces something worse . . . Two killers. One hideously scarred. The other strikingly handsome, a master manipulator fascinated with all aspects of death. The dark mirror of Davenport's soul . . . This is the case that will bring Davenport back to life. Or push him over the edge.
Silent Prey
- 320pagine
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In his fourth Lucas Davenport novel, Sandford continues the story of the brilliant, insane pathologist of Eyes of Prey . Doctor Death continues his experiments, searching the eyes of his dying victims for what they can reveal. "For three books, critics and readers have hailed John Sandford as a born storyteller." --The San Diego Union.
Detektiv Lucas Davenport tráví zimu v odlehlém lesním srubu ve Wisconsinu, když je místní policií přivolán, aby pomohl vypátrat brutálního vraha, jehož čin rozvířil hladinu poklidného maloměsta – vyvražděná rodina, nalezená v ohořelých troskách svého domu, do daleka rozfoukaný popel, který na bělostném sněhu a ledu zanechal děsivé svědectví. Vraždění ovšem pokračuje dál a Davenport se ocitá uprostřed nelítostného souboje – proti jednomu zlému, krutému a zoufalému muži a proti nepředvídatelné síle mrazivého zimního počasí, které nenechá nikoho na pochybách, kdo těmto končinám vládne.
La notte della preda
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Due cadaveri fatti a pezzi vengono trovati a pochi giorni di distanza nei dintorni di Minneapolis. L'ambiziosissima Rose Marie Roux, nuovo capo della polizia, non esita a "scaricare" il caso nelle mani del suo vice, l'infallibile Lucas Davenport. Davenport si mette sulle tracce del serial killer, ostacolato da molti fatti e persone, non ultima una giovane donna a cui rimane pochissimo tempo per fermare l'assassino.
Il punto debole
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When psychiatrist Andi Manette and her two children are kidnapped, deputy chief Lucus Davenport begins the search. 2 cassettes.
Sudden Prey
- 416pagine
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Lucas Davenport knows why people kill. Some do it for thrills. Some do it for profit. Some do it because they must. But when his team guns down two bank robbers in the middle of a heist, Davenport falls prey to the purest, simplest criminal motivation: revenge.
Secret Prey
- 400pagine
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When a wealthy banker is shot during a hunting trip, Lucas Davenport suspects murder.
Certain Prey
- 384pagine
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In the 10th installment of the Prey series, Lucas Davenport faces a pair of cunning killers. Attorney Carmel Loan is beautiful, intelligent, and ambitious, and her infatuation with fellow barrister Hale Allen leads her to orchestrate a hit on his wife, Barbara. The assassin, Clara Rinker, is a top Mafia hit person, smart and unassuming, who believes the job will be easy money. However, complications arise when Loan's ex-client, who recorded their meeting, begins to extort her for money. The situation escalates further when a witness, a police officer, is shot, bringing deputy inspector Davenport into the investigation. He quickly connects Loan to the murder and seems to be closing in on Rinker as well. In a desperate bid to eliminate any loose ends, Loan and Rinker team up to deal with Davenport by any means necessary. As with Sandford's previous works, this installment offers a fast-paced, thrilling ride. While some plot elements may stretch credibility and the dialogue can falter, the narrative remains engaging. Fans will find Davenport a bit older and warier, yet still sharp-witted and determined. This installment solidifies Sandford's reputation among the genre's best.
Preda facile
- 422pagine
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Un barcone sul Mississippi e una splendida modella che sembra volare nella luce, avvolta in un vestito verde come la schiuma del mare. Questa è una delle ultime immagini di Alie'e Maison da viva. Poi Amnon Plain - celebre e provocatorio fotografo di moda - chiude il servizio e la troupe al completo va al party che ha tutti gli ingredienti per diventare memorabile in quell'ambiente: gente famosa, ricca e stravagante, droga, alcol e sesso. Divertimento facile, insomma. Ma qualcosa non va per il verso giusto, e la mattina dopo qualcuno trova in una delle camere il corpo della top model. Una seconda sorpresa aspetta poi il vicecapo Lucas Davenport al suo arrivo sul luogo del delitto. Nascosto in un armadio, giace il cadavere di un'altra ragazza. Davenport già sente i brividi della caccia, il pungolo delle domande. Perchè, per esempio, Alie'e non ha opposto nessuna resistenza al suo strangolatore, dimostrandosi una preda così facile? Chi era in realtà la seconda vittima? Mettendosi sulle tracce dell'assassino, Lucas scopre un mondo all'insegna dell'eccesso. E intanto un misterioso killer in nero incalza, trasformando gli indiziati in vittime... Un thriller adrenalinico, best-seller n.1 negli Stati Uniti, in cui l'autore orchestra magistralmente i vari livelli dell'intreccio e la strutturazione dei personaggi, in un crescendo di colpi di scena fino all'imprevedibile finale.
Economica: Il piacere di uccidere
- 400pagine
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Una serie di omicidi irrisolti che ricalcano tristemente un medesimo schema sta facendo impazzire la polizia di Minneapolis, bloccata in una sorta di vicolo cieco. Il killer sembra prediligere belle ragazze, bionde, e di fuori città. E tutte appartenenti ad ambiti lavorativi che gravitano attorno al mondo dell'arte e della grafica pubblicitaria. Una di esse è l'unica nipote dell'agente Marshall, affranto collega e amico del detective Lucas Davenport, impegnato nelle indagini. Improvvisamente, la macabra scoperta di un cimitero che cela i resti delle sfortunate vittime dà impulso all'inchiesta e il cerchio si stringe attorno a un sospetto: l'elegante ed enigmatico professore di storia dell'arte James Qatar. Qual è il suo ambiguo rapporto con la disinibita Ellen Barstad? Che cosa nasconde così gelosamente nel suo computer? Come mai intrattiene rapporti con uno squinternato ricettattore? In una successione di colpi di scena, il serial killer, ormai braccato, comincia a commettere passi falsi ma non si trattiene dal lanciare un'estrema, delirante sfida...
L'assassina
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Lucas Davenport's boss is about to lose her job as chief of police, his fiancée is distracted with wedding plans, and his house-remodeling project is at a standstill. So when the FBI and DEA draft the Minneapolis cop to head off hit woman Clara Rinker's bloody murder spree, he's glad to oblige. The lady killer and the killer lady have tangled before in Sandford's Prey series, and their personal history seasons this fast-paced story of mayhem, murder, and revenge. After Rinker barely survives an assassination attempt that destroys her unborn baby and kills her lover, the son of a Mexican drug lord, she sets out to destroy the mobsters who ordered the hit, a journey that brings her into Davenport's sights again and also puts him back in action alongside a woman agent with whom he was once involved. But it's the grudging respect and even affection Sandford hints at between Rinker and Lucas that takes this crisp, confident thriller beyond the limitations of the genre and makes the characters flesh-and-blood human beings. A standout in a terrific series! --Jane Adams
Naked prey
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
His old boss, Rose Marie Roux, has moved up to the state level and taken Lucas with her, creating a special trouble-shooter job for him for the cases that are too complicated or politically touchy for others to handle. Of course, Lucas is married now, and a new father, all of which is fine with him: he doesn't mind being a family man. But he is a little worried. If there's one thing Lucas Davenport knows, it's that 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 those 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, the murders are not, in fact, what they appear to be. Neither are they the end of it. There is worse to come - much, much worse… Filled with rich characterization and exceptional drama that are his hallmarks, this is Sandford's most suspenseful novel yet.
Hidden Prey
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Old crimes cause new murder in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John Sandford. Before Lucas Davenport can find the answers, he will have to follow a trail back to another place, another time, and battle the shadows he discovers there - shadows that turn out to be both very real and very deadly.
Broken prey
- 496pagine
- 18 ore di lettura
The first body, that of a young woman, is found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Lucas Davenport, with the Minneapolis Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, knows that whoever did this 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. Nothing to link the two victims, nothing to indicate that the killings end here.“This guy…” Lucas says. He took a deep breath and let it out as a sigh. “This guy is going to bust our chops.” And soon he is going to do far, far worse than that…
In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, beaten to death with a metal pipe; the rooms ransacked, only small items stolen. It's clearly a random break-in by someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as he looks more closely, Lucas Davenport begins to wonder if the items are actually so small or the victims so random; if there might not be some invisible agenda at work here. Gradually a pattern begins to emerge. But the clues that connect a seemingly random series of murders will lead Davenport to somewhere he never expected. Which is unfortunate, because the killers - and there is more than one of them - are expecting him...
Phantom Prey
- 469pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
In this gripping installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Prey series by John Sandford, Lucas Davenport investigates the disappearance of a college student and the slayings of two others, leading him to a possible modern-day Jack the Ripper. As he uncovers dark secrets, a mysterious Goth girl complicates the case.
Republikáni přijíždějí do St. Paulu na předvolební sjezd strany. Konference má být velkolepá, ale naruší ji několik případů, z nichž policie nemá vůbec radost. Nejnebezpečnější je skupina profesionálních lupičů, kteří vycítili několik lukrativních příležitostí k obohacení se. Chystají se na politické představitele s kufříky plnými peněz a zajímá je i hotel, v němž se sjezd koná a jehož bezpečnostní systém má slabiny. To vše působí starosti Lucasi Davenportovi, ale to, co ho postihne vzápětí, je mnohem horší. Při jednom zásahu způsobila Lucasova zbloudilá kulka pasáku a zloději Randymu Whitcombovi těžké zranění, po němž skončil na invalidním vozíku. Mladý muž viní ze svého postižení Lucase, ale nemá v plánu ho zastřelit. To by nebylo to pravé řešení. Lucas má hezkou čtrnáctiletou adoptivní dceru, na niž se Whitcomb zaměří a se sniperkou ráže 50 chystá krutou pomstu…
The stunning new thriller from the New York TimesNo 1 bestselling author
Buried Prey
- 480pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
Haunted by the unsolved kidnapping of two girls for twenty-five years, Minneapolis homicide detective Lucas Davenport faces a chilling return to the case when their bodies are discovered. This revelation plunges him into a dark and complex investigation that forces him to confront his deepest fears and the shadows of the past, revealing a nightmare that challenges his skills and resilience like never before.
Stolen Prey
- 480pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
A senseless slaughter leads Lucas Davenport down a twisted path in this thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two kids, dogs. On the wall, in blood: “Were coming.” No apostrophe. There’s something about the scene that tugs at Lucas’s cop instincts—it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he’s seen from Mexican drug gangs. But this is a seriously upscale town, the husband ran a modest software company, the wife dabbled in local politics. None of it seems to fit. Until it does...
Silken Prey
- 453pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Murder. Scandal. Politics. And one billionaire heiress so dangerous in so many ways. An explosive Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. 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.
Field of Prey
- 392pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
The night after the fourth of July, Layton Carlson Jr., of Red Wing, Minnesota, finally got lucky. And unlucky. He'd picked the perfect spot to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, an abandoned farmyard in the middle of cornfields: nice, private, and quiet. The only problem was…something smelled bad - like, really bad. He mentioned it to a county deputy he knew, and when the cop took a look, he found a body stuffed down a cistern. And then another, and another. By the time Lucas Davenport was called in, the police were up to fifteen bodies and counting. And as if that wasn't bad enough, when Lucas began to investigate, he made some disturbing discoveries of his own. The victims had been killed over a great many years, one every summer, regular as clockwork. How could this have happened without anybody noticing? Because one thing was for sure: the killer had to live close by. He was probably even someone they saw every day…
Gathering Prey
- 448pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
When his adopted daughter's friend reports that someone has been killing off a circle of nomadic panhandlers, Lucas travels to North Dakota, where he encounters a dangerously violent subculture.
Extreme Prey
- 416pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times- bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford.
Golden Prey
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Praise for Golden Prey The best Lucas Davenport story so far. The man has a fine touch for outlaws.-Stephen King Sandford's trademark blend of rough humor and deadly action keeps the pages turning until the smile-inducing wrap-up, which reveals the fates of a number of his quirky, memorable characters.- Publishers Weekly The twenty-ninth Prey novel is a very good, straightforward chase thriller, laced with gallows humor throughout.- Booklist Buckle up, grab a cold drink & settle in for another splendid entry in a stellar series. -Richmond Times-Dispatch Praise for the Prey novels of John Sandford It appears there is no limit to John Sandford's ability to keep new breath and blood flowing into his Lucas Davenport series. This is a series you must be reading if you are not already.-Bookreporter.com If you haven't read Sandford yet, you have been missing one of the great summer-read novelists of all time.-Stephen King Sandford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers. His writing and the appeal of his lead character are as fresh as ever.-The Huffington Post Sandford is consistently brilliant.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Twisted Prey
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now more powerful than ever as a U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey series Lucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before. A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully for the U.S. Senate, where Lucas had predicted she’d fit right in. He was also convinced that she’d been responsible for three murders, though he’d never been able to prove it. Once a psychopath had gotten that kind of rush, though, he or she often needed another fix, so he figured he might be seeing her again. He was right. A federal marshal now, with a very wide scope of investigation, he’s heard rumors that Grant has found her seat on the Senate intelligence committee, and the contacts she’s made from it, to be very…useful. Pinning those rumors down was likely to be just as difficult as before, and considerably more dangerous. But they had unfinished business, he and Grant. One way or the other, he was going to see it through to the end.
Neon Prey
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Lucas Davenport pursues a prolific serial killer who has gone undetected for years in the newest nail-biter by internationally bestselling author John Sandford
Masked Prey
- 480pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
Lucas Davenport tracks a prolific serial killer in this nail-biting #1 New York Times-bestseller from John Sandford. Clayton Deese looks like a small-time criminal, muscle for hire when his loan shark boss needs to teach someone a lesson. Now, seven months after a job that went south and landed him in jail, Deese has skipped out on bail, and the U.S. Marshals come looking for him. They don't much care about a low-level guy--it's his boss they want--but Deese might be their best chance to bring down the whole operation. Then, they step onto a dirt trail behind Deese's rural Louisiana cabin and find a jungle full of graves. Now Lucas Davenport is on the trail of a serial killer who has been operating for years without notice. His quarry is ruthless, and--as Davenport will come to find--full of surprises . . .
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Lucas Davenport, člen oddělení vražd minneapoliského policejního sboru, se ocitá v situaci, kdy se zvyšuje počet vražd bez motivu a bez stop. Je přesvědčen, že jediným způsobem, jak chytit nepřítele, který nedodržuje pravidla, je začít porušovat svá vlastní. V Minneapolis řádí mnohonásobný vrah žen, který zanechává lístečky s pravidly, jež dodržuje, aby unikl spravedlnosti. Davenport se rozhodne, že musí změnit přístup, aby vraha dostal, ale obává se, že obětí bude ještě více. Série brutálních vražd v jeho rajonu vyvolává obavy po celé zemi. Davenport spolupracuje s mladou newyorskou policistkou Lily Rothenburgovou, aby odhalili temné tajemství americké indiánské komunity. Počet obětí roste a policie nemá téměř žádné stopy, což ztěžuje odhalení motivu těchto krvavých činů. Davenport se také musí vyrovnat s sadistickou vraždou lékařky, která otřásla městem. Po traumatizujících případech se obává, zda zvládne vyšetřování, zvlášť když zjistí, co vrah udělal oběti s očima. Následuje další vražda se stejným děsivým zohavením, a Davenport se dostává do sítě inteligentního a prohnaného manipulátora fascinovaného smrtí.
