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John Sandford

    23 februari 1944

    John Sandford creëert boeiende thrillers die de donkerdere kanten van de menselijke natuur en de samenleving verkennen. Zijn schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door scherpe dialogen en een diepgaand inzicht in de psychologie van personages, vooral diegenen die zich aan de rand van de wet bevinden. Sandford blinkt uit in het opbouwen van spanning en het creëren van sfeervolle omgevingen die lezers meeslepen in aangrijpende verhalen. Zijn verhalen worden gekenmerkt door minutieus uitgewerkte mysteries en geloofwaardige personages die nog lang na het omslaan van de laatste pagina bijblijven.

    Een Lucas Davenport-thriller: Blinde haat
    De insluiper
    Zieke Geest
    Lucas Davenport-thriller: Doodstrijd
    Verbeten Strijd
    Op glad ijs
    • Op glad ijs

      • 350bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Winter Prey is John Sandford's suspense masterpiece! Following the international success of Shadow Prey and Silent Prey, Winter Prey creates another heart-pounding chapter in the career of Lucas Davenport, the brilliant, hard-bitten detective from the Twin Cities. The Iceman is Lucas Davenport's most determined foe - a serial killer driven to cover his brutal tracks with blood. Sandford again creates almost unbearable suspense as we wait for the Ice Man's razor-sharp corn knife to strike. Winter Prey unfolds in the cold and driving snow of the north country, the perfect setting for the chilling terror caused by the Ice Man, a killer who knows Lucas' every move - a coldly brilliant madman who can't be stopped. Turn up the heat and listen as Lucas Davenport faces his most dangerous challenge.

      Op glad ijs
      4,3
    • Verbeten Strijd

      • 279bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Now Davenport confronts an entirely new kind of adversary. Her name is Clara Rinker, a Southern woman, trim, pleasant, attractive -- and the best hitwoman in the business. She isn't showy, not one of those movie killers; she just goes quietly about her business, collects her money and goes home.It's when she's hired for a job in Minnesota that things become complicated for her. A defense attorney wants a rival eliminated, and that's fine. But then a witness survives, the attorney starts acting weird, this big cop Davenport gets on her case, and loose ends begin popping up faster than a sweater unraveling. Clara hates loose ends, and knows of only one way to deal with them: You start cutting them off, one after the other, until they're all gone.

      Verbeten Strijd
      4,2
    • Zieke Geest

      Psycho thriller

      • 371bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Op een regenachtige dag wordt psychotherapeute Andi Manette met haar twee jonge dochtertjes gekidnapt. Ze worden opgesloten in een vochtige kelder en Andi wordt stelselmatig mishandeld en verkracht door hun belager: John Mail, een geestezieke man, die ooit bij haar onder behandelijk was. Zij stelt zich echter bewust bloot aan zijn martelingen en vernederingen, uit angst dat hij anders zijn oog op haar dertienjarige dochter zal vallen... Lucas Davenport realiseert zich dat hij hiermee een smerige zaak onderhanden heeft. En het frustrerende is dat John Mail, de ongrijpbare, keer op keer van zich laat horen: hij zoekt voortdurend contact met Davenport, via diens zaktelefoon. De tijd verstrijkt. En terwijl Andi onafgebroken op haar kwelgeest inpraat in de hoop een zwakke plek te ontdekken, stelt Lucas werkelijk alles in het werk om Andi en haar kinderen tijdig te verlossen, vóórdat deze gestoorde geest hen moe is..

      Zieke Geest
      4,2
    • De insluiper

      • 319bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Minneapolis wordt belaagd door een meedogenloze lustmoordenaar die in korte tijd meerdere jonge, weerloze vrouwen op gruwelijke wijze om het leven brengt. Lucas Davenport wordt ingeschakeld om samen met Meagan Connell, die aan een ongeneeslijke ziekte lijdt, de psychopaat te grijpen. Terwijl hun onderzoek slechts moeizaam vordert, wordt de politie keer op keer geconfronteerd met nieuwe slachtoffers. De moordenaar raakt geobsedeerd door Sara Jensen, een van zijn inbraakslachtoffers. Zonder dat zij er erg in heeft, houdt hij haar voortdurend in de gaten. Koste wat het kost wil hij Sara voor zich winnen. Maar dan, in een aanval van razernij, verliest hij even zijn gebruikelijke voorzichtigheid uit het oog. En dat was nu precies waar Lucas Davenport op zat te wachten. Samen met Meagan, die haar eigen strijd tegen de dood voortijdig dreigt te verliezen, zet hij de definitieve jacht in op deze gewetenloze, geraffineerde sadist.

      De insluiper
      4,2
    • Lucas Davenport gaat achter de patholoog Michael Bekker aan die ontsnapt is en die weer bezig is met zijn bloedstollende activiteiten. Tegelijkertijd loopt er een onderzoek waar de ex van Lucas Davenport de leiding over heeft en wanneer deze zaken met elkaar verweven raken worden de ex-geliefden tegen wil en dank naar elkaar toe gedreven ...

      Een Lucas Davenport-thriller: Blinde haat
      4,1
    • Onder schot

      • 303bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Nadat in Duluth een doodgeschoten Rus is aangetroffen, gaan een Amerikaanse troubleshooter en een Russische agente op zoek naar de dader.

      Onder schot
      4,1
    • Spel op leven en dood

      • 318bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Een Amerikaanse politieman opent de jacht op een maniakale vrouwenmoordenaar, die zich superieur waant aan de politie.

      Spel op leven en dood
      4,1
    • Zwarte beertjes - 2508: Blinde haat

      • 287bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      The brilliant new Virgil Flowers thriller from the #1 New York Times -bestselling author. One late fall Sunday in southern Minnesota, a farmer brings a load of soybeans to a local grain elevator- and a young man hits him on the head with a steel bar, drops him into the grain bin, waits until he's sure he's dead, and then calls the sheriff to report the "accident." Suspicious, the sheriff calls in Virgil Flowers, who quickly breaks the kid down...and the next day the boy's found hanging in his cell. Remorse? Virgil isn't so sure, and as he investigates he begins to uncover a multigeneration, multifamily conspiracy-a series of crimes of such monstrosity that, though he's seen an awful lot in his life, even he has difficulty in comprehending it...and in figuring out what to do next.

      Zwarte beertjes - 2508: Blinde haat
      4,1
    • Vuile handen

      • 272bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Op een bitterkoude ochtend in Minnesota stormen drie gemaskerde mannen een ziekenhuisapotheek binnen. Ze binden de aanwezigen vast en halen alles overhoop. Maar er gaat iets mis en een van de personeelsleden sterft. Er is één getuige: Weather Karkinnen, chirurg en echtgenote van rechercheur Lucas Davenport. De overvallers realiseren zich dat de politie alles op alles zal zetten om hen te pakken te krijgen, en daarom gaan ze op zoek naar de vrouw die hen kan identificeren. Zij was de enige getuige. Nu moet ze dood… Lucas Davenport, die zich natuurlijk zelf op de zaak stort, komt daarmee onder toenemende druk te staan om het brein achter de overval te ontdekken. Dan worden de dode lichamen van twee leden van een criminele motorbende gevonden. Davenport vermoedt dat hun dood te maken heeft met de overval en dat zij door hun medebendeleden zijn omgebracht. Maar waarom?

      Vuile handen
      4,1
    • Dood Spoor

      • 319bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      ls Daniel S. Kreshe, president-directeur van de prestigieuze Polaris-bank, tijdens een jachtpartijtje vermoord wordt, ziet het er aanvankelijk naar uit dat de dader snel gevonden zal worden. Hij bevond zich op het tragische moment van zijn dood in het gezelschap van vier van zijn ondergeschikten, die stuk voor stuk munt uit zijn dood kunnen slaan. En die er stuk voor stuk blijk van geven dat ze niet aarzelen voor hun carrière over lijken te gaan... Al snel vallen er nog meer doden te betreuren in de top van de Polaris-bank en wordt duidelijk dat er een niets- en niemand ontziende moordenaar aan het werk is. Maar pas als het dodelijke geweld op onverwachte plaatsen zijn slachtoffers gaat maken, beseft Lucas Davenport dat hij hier met een ziekelijk brein te maken heeft. Maar veel tijd om de onafgebroken stroom gruwelijkheden te stoppen heeft hij niet...

      Dood Spoor
      4,0
    • Lucas Davenport: Verbeten strijd

      Psycho thriller

      • 279bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Wanneer een gewetenloze advocate haar zinnen heeft gezet op een aantrekkelijke, maar helaas getrouwde man, laat ze haar rivale vermoorden door een beroepsmoordenares.

      Lucas Davenport: Verbeten strijd
      1,0
    • Het duister van de maan

      • 290bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Drie jaar geleden werd Virgil Flowers door Lucas Davenport gerekruteerd voor het Bureau Misdaadbestrijding van Minnesota. Davenport beloofde hem dat hij alleen met de ernstigste misdrijven te maken zou krijgen. En inderdaad, sindsdien heeft Virgil alleen maar met zware misdaden te maken gehad. Maar nog nooit met een zaak als deze. In het stadje Bluestem, waar iedereen elkaar kent, brandt een afgelegen huis tot de grond toe af. Judd, de eigenaar, zit in het huis opgesloten en kan niet ontsnappen. Gaandeweg komt Virgil erachter dat er vele redenen zijn om Judd te haten. Jaren geleden heeft hij een groot aantal boeren tot bankroet gebracht, een enkeling pleegde hierom zelfs zelfmoord. En er doen vele geruchten de ronde, over affaires met getrouwde vrouwen, en over een buitenechtelijke dochter. Waar het volgens Virgil op neerkomt, is dat je hard zult moeten zoeken om iemand te vinden die geen hekel had aan Judd.

      Het duister van de maan
      3,9
    • Dodenwake

      • 272bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Early morning, Virginia, and a woman is on the run. Her husband, a former U.S. Senator, has been missing for days. Kidnapped? Murdered? She doesn't know, but she thinks she knows who's involved, and why. And that she's next. Hours later in Washington, D.C., a cell phone rings. The White House chief of staff needs Jacob Winter now. His chief investigator and an Army Intelligence veteran, Winter knows how to move quickly and decisively, but he's never faced a problem like this. The disappearances are bad, but when the blackened body shows up barbed-wired to a tree, Winter knows there is much worse to come. And soon enough, there is. Large forces are at work, determined to do whatever it takes to achieve their ends. Winter will have to use all his resources not only to prevail but also to survive. And so will the nation. . . .

      Dodenwake
      3,9
    • Wurggreep

      Psycho thriller

      • 318bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      A Lucas Davenport thriller by internationally bestselling novelist John Sandford In life she was a high-profile model. In death she is the focus of a media firestorm that's demanding action from Lucas Davenport. Especially as one of his own men is a suspect in her murder. But when a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated slayings rock the city, Davenport suspects a connection that runs deeper than anyone has imagined - one that leads to an ingenious killer more ruthless than anyone had feared...

      Wurggreep
      3,9
    • De noodsprong

      • 246bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      De Night Crew: een cameraploeg die 's nachts de straten van Los Angeles doorkruist op zoek naar nieuws. Gewapende overvallen, protestdemonstraties, moord... alles waar de media voor willen betalen. Aan het hoofd van de Night Crew staat Anna Batory, een vrijgevochten vrouw in een harde mannenwereld. Op zekere nacht maakt het team uniek video-opnames: een wanhopige jongeman springt uit het raam, de camera legt zijn dramatische val perfect vast. Waardevol materiaal, waar de tv-stations dan ook om vechten... Maar de volgende dag is er weer een dode, Jason, een van Anna's cameramannen. Heeft zijn dood iets met die van de zelfmoordenaar te maken? Volgens de politie gaat het hier om een ordinair drugszaakje, maar Anna gelooft daar niet in. Ze begint haar eigen onderzoek en stuit algauw op spoken uit het verleden. Ook haar eigen verleden... En gaandeweg dreigt haar hele wereld net zo zwart en gevaarlijk te worden.

      De noodsprong
      3,8
    • Zwarte beertjes - 2462: Moordritueel

      • 318bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      In Minneapolis worden een huisjesmelker en een ambtenaar van de sociale dienst afgeslacht... In Manhattan wordt op gruwelijke wijze een politicus geëxecuteerd... In Oklahoma wordt een invloedrijke rechter gedood... Slachtoffers die op het eerste gezicht niets met elkaar te maken hebben, ware het niet dat ze allen op dezelfde wijze om het leven zijn gebracht: volgens een oud indiaans ritueel. Het onderzoek voert Davenport naar de meest troosteloze achterbuurten van Minneapolis en door briljant speurwerk en volledige inzet slaagt hij erin een lijn te ontdekken. Een extra complicatie in deze toch al ingewikkelde zaak vormt echter de hem opgedrongen assistente, de mooi Lily Rothenberg. Als ervaren politieman weet Davenport natuurlijk dat een affaire met een collega tegen elke regel is, maar ja... langzaam maar zeker vallen de stukjes van de puzzel op hun plaats en wordt duidelijk dat het motief voor de moorden gezocht moet worden in een misdaad die lang geleden plaatsvond.

      Zwarte beertjes - 2462: Moordritueel
      3,6
    • Extreme Prey

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times- bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford.

      Extreme Prey
      4,6
    • Masked Prey

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      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 . . .

      Masked Prey
      4,3
    • Righteous Prey

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye on vengeance in a stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford."We're going to murder people who need to be murdered." So begins a press release from a mysterious group known only as "The Five," shortly after a vicious predator is murdered in San Francisco. The Five is believed to be made up of vigilante killers who are very bored...and very rich. They target the worst of society--rapists, murderers, and thieves--and then use their unlimited resources to offset the damage done by those who they've killed, donating untraceable bitcoin to charities and victims via the dark net. The Five soon become the most popular figures on social media, a modern-day Batman...though their motives may not be entirely pure.After a woman is murdered in the Twin Cities, Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport are sent in to investigate. And they soon have their hands full--the killings are smart and carefully choreographed, and with no apparent direct connection to the victims, the Five are virtually untraceable. But if anyone can destroy this group, it will be the dynamic team of Davenport and Flowers.

      Righteous Prey
      4,3
    • Toxic Prey

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, join forces to locate a dangerous scientist whose latest project poses a global threat. Dr. Lionel Scott, an expert in tropical and infectious diseases, believes Gaia is dying due to humanity's reckless behavior. He sees the unsustainable population growth and societal chaos as direct contributors to Earth's decline. Scott concludes that the only way to save the planet is to eliminate the human threat, positioning himself as the solution. When he suddenly disappears, Letty is assigned to track down leads related to his whereabouts. Scott's ties to sensitive research on viruses and pathogens trigger alarms among various national and international organizations, particularly given his high-level security clearances at institutions like Los Alamos National Laboratory. As Letty delves deeper, she realizes the complexity of the situation and enlists her father, Lucas, to help lead a team of specialists in the search. As they uncover alarming connections between Scott and Gaia conspiracists, their fears escalate. It becomes a desperate race against time to find Scott before the virus he engineered can be weaponized, potentially unleashing catastrophic consequences for the world.

      Toxic Prey
      4,3
    • John Sanford opens a new door to the Gospel of John and discovers a treasure-house of psychological wisdom. The Fourth Gospel is the most mystic of all the gospels. And Mystical Christianity sheds light on its myriad meanings. It is a book that John Sanford was meant to write.

      Mystical Christianity. A psychological commentary on the Gospel of John
      4,3
    • Twisted Prey

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      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.

      Twisted Prey
      4,2
    • Fan-favorite heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case in the remarkable new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford. An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. It's a snazzy craft, slick and outfitted with extra horsepower, and is zipping along until it slows to pick up a surfaced diver . . . a diver who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean. None of it makes sense unless there's something hinky going on, and his hunch is proved right when all three Guardsmen who come out to investigate are shot and killed. They're federal officers killed on the job, which means the case is the FBI's turf. When the FBI's investigation stalls out, they call in Lucas Davenport. And when his case turns lethal, Davenport will need to bring in every asset he can claim, including a detective with a fundamentally criminal mind: Virgil Flowers.

      Ocean Prey
      4,2
    • Buried Prey

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      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.

      Buried Prey
      4,2
    • Bloody Genius

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Virgil Flowers will have to watch his back--and his mouth--as he investigates a college culture war turned deadly in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times-bestseller John Sandford

      Bloody Genius
      4,2
    • Mortal Prey

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      A Lucas Davenport thriller by internationally bestselling novelist John Sandford

      Mortal Prey
      4,2
    • Chosen Prey

      • 357bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      He desired women. All kinds, all shapes, all sizes. He would fix on a woman and build imaginary stories around her. Some of the women he knew well, others not at all. Most of them faded quickly. Only a few became objects of desire

      Chosen Prey
      4,2
    • Naked prey

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      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.

      Naked prey
      4,2
    • Field of Prey

      • 392bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      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…

      Field of Prey
      4,2
    • The Old Man's Place

      • 174bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      The narrative immerses readers in a gripping and intense scenario, showcasing the author's talent for amplifying fear and exhilaration within a dark and brutal context. The relentless pace and raw energy of the story create an experience that may overwhelm those with delicate sensibilities, pushing them to seek comfort amidst the chaos.

      The Old Man's Place
      4,0
    • They were average kids looking for something to do. Today they started killing people. A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are on the run through rural Minnesota—victim by victim they’re having the time of their lives. But when Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the hunt for the thrill-hungry kids, things take a shocking detour.

      Mad River
      4,2
    • Deadline

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      The exhilarating new Virgil Flowers thriller, from the New York Timesbestselling author

      Deadline
      4,2
    • Gathering Prey

      • 448bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      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.

      Gathering Prey
      4,2
    • Golden Prey

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      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

      Golden Prey
      4,2
    • Judgment Prey

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      The chilling murder of federal judge Alex Sand and his two sons sends shockwaves through their St. Paul community, especially as he was about to make a significant charitable donation. As the investigation unfolds, Sand's widow, Margaret Cooper, grapples with her family's tragic loss while facing public scrutiny regarding the donation's fate. With local authorities stumped, detectives Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers dive into a complex case filled with misdirections, determined to uncover the truth behind the brutal killings despite unexpected obstacles.

      Judgment Prey
      4,2
    • The Investigator

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from John Sandford. “Sandford fans rejoice! Davenport next generation has arrived and Letty is exactly the kind of cool-eyed, smart-mouthed, lethally dangerous heroine we’ve been waiting for.” --Lisa Gardner, author of One Step Too Far By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty’s ready to quit, but her skills have impressed Colles, and he offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude, Colles tells her. He isn’t so much concerned with the oil as he is with the money: Who is selling the oil, and what are they doing with the profits? Rumor has it that a fairly ugly militia group might be involved. Colles wants to know if the money is going to them, and if so, what they’re planning. Letty is partnered with a DHS investigator, John Kaiser, and they head to Texas. When the case quicky turns deadly, they know they’re on the track of something bigger. The militia group has set in motion an explosive plan . . . and the clock is ticking down.

      The Investigator
      4,2
    • Sudden Prey

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      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.

      Sudden Prey
      4,2
    • Eyes of Prey

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      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.

      Eyes of Prey
      4,2
    • Broken prey

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      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…

      Broken prey
      4,2
    • Escape Clause

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      The exhilarating new Virgil Flowers thriller, from the New York Times bestselling author

      Escape Clause
      4,1
    • Deep Freeze

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Class reunions: a time for memories - good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly - in the thrilling new novel in the number one New York Times-bestselling series

      Deep Freeze
      4,1
    • In a small Minnesota town, locals oppose a new megastore, leading to deadly protests. Virgil Flowers investigates a series of bombings tied to the store's construction, revealing shocking truths about the conflict between local merchants and environmentalists. The fifth installment in John Sandford's bestselling series.

      Shock Wave
      4,1
    • Lucas Davenport: Invisible Prey

      A Lucas Davenport Thriller

      • 388bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      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...

      Lucas Davenport: Invisible Prey
      4,1
    • Silken Prey

      • 453bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      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.

      Silken Prey
      4,1
    • Neon Prey

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Lucas Davenport pursues a prolific serial killer who has gone undetected for years in the newest nail-biter by internationally bestselling author John Sandford

      Neon Prey
      4,0
    • Holy Ghost

      • 432bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      A #1 New York Times Bestseller Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle--and a murder--in the wickedly entertaining new thriller from the master of "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist). Wheatfield, Minnesota: a metropolis of six hundred souls and change, for which the word "moribund" might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would--until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and his precocious teenage buddy come up with a scheme to put Wheatfield on the map. Should something dramatic occur--say, that the apparition of the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared at the local Catholic Church--the whole town would be turned into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things. The town would get rich! What could go wrong? Then the shootings begin. And as they--and Virgil Flowers--are about to discover, that's only the beginning of their troubles. . . .

      Holy Ghost
      4,0
    • Dark Angel

      • 342bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers.Letty Davenport's days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas--and her incredible skills with firearms--draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant partner from the NSA pose as free-spirited programmers for hire and embark on a cross country road trip to the group's California headquarters.While the two work to make inroads with Ordinary People and uncover their plans, they begin to suspect that the hackers are not their only enemy. Someone within their own circle may have betrayed them, and has ulterior motives that place their mission--and their lives--in grave danger.

      Dark Angel
      4,0
    • Investigating the shooting murder of a kayaker at a women-only Minnesota resort, investigator Virgil Flowers finds more suspects than anticipated including the victim's fellow patrons and a talented local country singer.

      Rough Country
      4,0
    • The Hanged Man's Song

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      In this gripping novel, a complex mystery unfolds as a talented musician becomes embroiled in a web of crime and deception. The story features intricate character development and a suspenseful plot that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. With Sandford's signature blend of thrilling action and sharp dialogue, the narrative explores themes of ambition, betrayal, and the darker sides of fame. As the protagonist navigates this treacherous landscape, unexpected twists lead to a shocking conclusion.

      The Hanged Man's Song
      4,0
    • Stolen Prey

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      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...

      Stolen Prey
      4,0
    • Virgil Flowers hunts a killer responsible for a strange string of murders in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. On a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth—exactly like the body they found two weeks ago. Working the murders, Flowers becomes convinced that someone is keeping a list—with many more names on it. And when he discovers what connects them all, he’s almost sorry. Because if it’s true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more trails than he thought it did—and every one of them is booby-trapped.

      Heat Lightning
      4,0
    • The Empress File

      • 356bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey series comes a crime novel of “classic stings” (Booklist). With the same sharp human insight he brings to the murderers and manhunters of his bestselling Prey novels, Sanford takes us into the minds of two irresistible con artists. Kidd and LuEllen are a winning pair of lovers and liars plotting the ultimate sting. Their target is the wealthy (and corrupt) mayor of a small Mississippi river town. Their setup includes buying a houseboat, assuming false identities, and exposing local scandals. Their scam is perfect. Until everything goes wrong....

      The Empress File
      4,0
    • The Fool's Run

      • 338bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      In this gripping novel by John Sandford, con artists Kidd and LuEllen embark on a high-stakes mission to sabotage a rival corporation. As they navigate the world of high-tech crime, their flawless plan unravels, leading to unexpected twists and a dangerous game of deception. Will they outsmart the ultimate con?

      The Fool's Run
      4,0
    • Shadow Prey

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      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....

      Shadow Prey
      3,9
    • “Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner in righteous crime, LuEllen.”—Los Angeles Times When Kidd—artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal—learns of a colleague’s murder, he doesn’t buy the official story: that a jittery security guard caught the hacker raiding the files of a high-tech Texas corporation. It’s not what his friend was looking for that got him killed. It’s what he already knew. For Kidd and LuEllen, infiltrating the firm is the first move. Discovering the secrets of its devious entrepreneur is the next. But it’s more than a secret—it’s a conspiracy. And it’s landed Kidd and LuEllen in the cross-hairs of an unknown assassin hellbent on conning the life out of the ultimate con artists....

      The Devil's Code
      3,9
    • Storm Front

      • 404bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      #1 New York Times Bestseller An ancient relic is unearthed during an archaeological dig. A Minnesota college professor is keeping a secret that could change the world’s history as we know it. For Virgil Flowers, the link between the two is inescapable—and his investigation, more dangerous and far-reaching than he can possibly imagine.

      Storm Front
      3,8
    • Phantom Prey

      • 469bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      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.

      Phantom Prey
      3,8
    • 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.

      Ledová oběť
      4,6
    • V hlavní roli Lucas Davenport Lucas Davenport musí dodržovat pravidla jako málokdo druhý. Je členem oddělení vražd minneapoliského policejního sboru. Jenže vraždění bez motivu, beze stopy po pachateli, bez důkazů, přibývá. Lucas Davenport má co dělat se šílenci a, o to hůř, se šílenci inteligentními a vynalézavými. A dochází stále blíž k přesvědčení, že když protivníci nedodržují pravidla vražedné hry, jediný způsob, jak je dostat, je začít porušovat svá vlastní, vnést do řádu hry chaos.

      Tichá oběť. Ledová oběť. Noční oběť
      4,9
    • 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…

      Hříšná oběť
      4,4
    • Eine Frau, die ermordet auf dem Stone Lake treibt. Ein Ferienresort in Angst und Schrecken. Und ein unheimlicher Mörder, der immer neue Opfer sucht Eigentlich ist Virgil Flowers im Norden Minnesotas unterwegs, um an einem Angelwettbewerb teilzunehmen. Doch noch bevor er den ersten Fisch am Haken hat, erreicht ihn ein Anruf seines Chefs: Die Direktorin einer großen Werbeagentur ist ganz in der Nähe tot in einem Boot aufgefunden worden, per Kopfschuss exekutiert. Sie war Gast im „Adlernest“, einem exklusiven Wellnesshotel für Frauen. Virgil ermittelt und entdeckt Brisantes: Nicht nur, dass den Gästen gegen Bares jede Art von Lust vermittelt wird, der Mord war auch nicht der erste. Und es kann jederzeit den Nächsten treffen – vielleicht sogar ihn selbst …

      Bittere Sühne
      3,5
    • Fans of The Martian will enjoy this extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. In 2066, a Caltech intern notices an anomaly from a space telescope—something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don’t decelerate. Spaceships do... A flurry of top-level government meetings produce the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built the ship is at least one hundred years ahead of our technology, and whoever can get their hands on it will have an advantage so large, no other nation can compete. The race is on, and a remarkable adventure begins. Soon a hastily thrown-together crew finds its strength and wits tested against adversaries of this earth and beyond. So buckle up, because two perfectly matched storytellers are about to take you for a ride...

      Saturn Run
      4,1
    • 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.

      Pravidla oběti. Oběť ve stínu. Oči oběti (jeden svazek)
      3,9
    • Ein Raubüberfall in einer Apotheke eskaliert zu einem Mord, und Lucas Davenports Frau wird zur einzigen Zeugin. Als Sonderermittler übernimmt er den Fall und gerät in eine gefährliche Situation, da seine Frau in Lebensgefahr schwebt.

      Mordrausch. Thriller
      3,4
    • Virgil Flowers, Ermittler in Minnesota, wird mit einem außergewöhnlichen Psychothriller konfrontiert: In Bluestem wird ein Haus mit seinem Besitzer in die Luft gesprengt, und zuvor wurden ein Arzt und seine Frau brutal ermordet. Flowers vermutet einen Zusammenhang und sieht sich selbst als nächstes Ziel des Täters.

      Blinder Hass. Thriller
    • Oběť ve stínu

      • 267bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Lucas Davenport, zkušený detektiv kriminálního oddělení, je tentokrát postaven před případ plný záhad a tejemství. V jeho rajónu, v americkém městě Minneapolis, se začíná série neobvykle brutálních vražd, která postupem času vzbudí obavy celého národa. Partnerkou a přítelkyní v jeho hledání mu je mladá newyorská policistka Lily Rothenburgová, s jejíž pomocí se Davenport snaží rozkrýt temné stíny a záhady americké indiánské komunity. Vražd každým dnem přibývá a policisté nemají v rukou téměř žádnou stopu. Jaký je motiv těch krvavých zločinů? Kdo se stane příští kořistí chladnokrevných vrahů?

      Oběť ve stínu