Winter Prey
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
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Publisher Description
It's the dead of winter, and a killer like no other is turning a small Wisconsin town into a death trap in this #1 New York Times bestselling series
Lucas Davenport has tracked killers in cities across America. But the woods of rural Wisconsin are as dark and primal as evil itself. The winters are harsher and colder. And in the heart of every mother and father, there is fear ...
While spending the winter at his rural cabin, Davenport is enlisted to investigate a brutal crime in the small town. In his race to uncover the murderer, he learns that the killer's identity isn't the only secret in town.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The author of four previous mystery thrillers starring Lucas Davenport ( Rules of Prey , etc.) evokes with precision and clarity two disparate, but equally unsettling types of harshness: the raw power of nature and the pitilessness of certain human beings. In a rural area of northern Wisconsin, a family of three is savagely wiped out by the Iceman, who then torches their house. In pursuit of a damaging photograph--a snapshot of him in a sexual situation with a local boy--this fiend puts no value on human life. Enter Davenport, the laconic, slightly cynical ex-cop from Minneapolis, who uncovers several disturbing truths before determining the Iceman's identity. The wintry climate is practically palpable here; numbing cold and blizzards prove as threatening as the Iceman's malevolence. Despite its chilling moments (literally and figuratively), this forceful narrative is tempered with an unexpected humanity, as evidenced primarily in the mature, slowly blossoming romance between Davenport and a local doctor. The moments of tenderness and humor shared by the rugged detective and this worldlywise Mother Earth figure stand in vigorous counterpoint to the surrounding events. Sandford casts a keen eye, too, on small-town life: he knows that everyone's peccadillos are grist for the rumor mill, and that secrets can quickly sour. A compelling vitality suffuses this novel, arguably the finest in a sterling quintet.
Customer Reviews
A little slow but still intense
A little slow, don’t need too many details but still kept my interest. Didn’t care for the female doctor character. Onto to the next in the series.
"Winter Prey" by John Sanford
Yet another superior novel by John, they just keel getting better and better. If you have never read his novels, start at the beginning, the story of Lucas Davenport continues and grows more and more with each book, but make sure they are the Davenport novels if you want to follow the story of Lucas Davenport. Also, his novels are all based on where I grew up, Minneapolis, MN. The "Kid" novels as well as the "Virgil Flowers" novels are equally good, but read he "Davenport" novels first ! You will not be disappointed, for sure.
Action packed.
This is a page turner. Thanks John.