Product Description
Lucas Davenport has had disturbing cases before— but never one quite like this, in the shocking new Prey novel from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.

John Sandford’s most recent Davenport novel, Invisible Prey, was hailed as “one of his best books in recent memory” (The Washington Post); “as fresh and entertaining as ever” (Chicago Sun-Times); and “rivetingly readable” (Richmond Times-Dispatch). But this time, he’s got something quite special in store.

A widow comes home to her large house in a wealthy, exclusive suburb to find blood everywhere, no body—and her collegeaged daughter missing. She’s always known that her daughter ran with a bad bunch. What did she call them—Goths? Freaks is more like it, running around with all that makeup and black clothing, listening to that awful music, so attracted to death. And now this.

But the police can’t find the girl, alive or dead, and when a second Goth is found slashed to death in Minneapolis, the widow truly panics. There’s someone she knows, a surgeon named Weather Davenport, whose husband is a big deal with the police, and she implores Weather to get him directly involved. Lucas begins to investigate only reluctantly—but then when a third Goth is slashed in what is now looking like a Jackthe- Ripper series of killings, he starts working it hard. The clues don’t seem to add up, though. And then there’s the young Goth who keeps appearing and disappearing: Who is she? Where does she come from and, more important, where does she vanish to? And why does Lucas keep getting the sneaking suspicion that there is something else going on here . . . something very, very bad indeed?

Filled with his brilliant trademark suspense and some of the most interesting characters in thriller fiction, Phantom Prey is further proof that “Sandford is in a class of his own” (The Orlando Sentinel).

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 108 reviews)

John Sanford- Prey Series

John Sanford continues to deliver even nearly 20 years after the first Prey book. The books are just as thrilling and Lucas Davenport is just as HOT!
January 06, 2009

Phantom Prey

This book was in good condition when it arrived. My husband and I both are reading it and are satisfied with it.
January 06, 2009

Goth darn, what a story

Mr. Sandford has the ability to weave a few storys at a time into a page turner of a novel and keep us all wondering quite a way through who the Villian may be. Then when he tells us it then follows through with the way they are captured. I have always loved his novels and will look forward to each as they come. I highly recommend this novel. You also get a good look at the Goth World, quite a bonus.
January 01, 2009

Interesting Storyline

I just finished Phantom Prey and probably was not my favorite of JS books but definitely interesting. I almost stopped reading after a few chapters because I really didn't care for the whole "Goth" thing and almost seemed we were getting into paranormal which I really don't like. However, I was curious about some other details of the book so kept reading and finally realized we were just dealing with the figment of someone's imagination. In other words they were a bit on the crazy side-okay perhaps more than a bit! This made more sense than the direction I thought JS was going. Nora Roberts and some others are big on the parnormal but hadn't picked that up in other JS books. However, I haven't read nearly all of his books. I'm still pretty new to them.

Mr. Sandford seems to be a talented author who knows how to weave a story, with sometimes 2 or 3 storylines going on. If I have any complaint is the amount of profanity and crudeness which is over the top sometimes. The crudeness bothers me more than the profanity at times. So after a couple JS books, I have to read something else a little lighter. I can skim over the parts I don't like because I'm interested enough to want to know where the the storyline is going.

I have not read JS's early books in the Prey series so don't know how Davenport evolved but like his character as he is now and the other characters who keep popping up in the books. Mr. Sandford's style seems to be to let the readers know the villian early on which gives a whole different concept to reading the nystery. I think perhaps a bit more suspense to the story because I keep thinking, oh no, you're telling the wrong person all that information. I guess that's the whole idea.

Phantom Prey though not my favorite so far, still had enough interesting storyline to keep it moving along.
December 05, 2008

Lucas Davenport at his best!

An excellent John Sandford "Who Dun It", in typical fashion he keeps you guessing to the very end. Sandford humanizes Lucas Davenport to the point you can see him as your next door neighbor. You can almost see him walking up to your front door.
December 01, 2008

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