Ocean Prey (Signed Book) (Lucas Davenport Series #31)

by John Sandford

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593331644
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Series:	Lucas Davenport Series
Edition description:	Signed Edition
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	78,719
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

JOHN SANDFORD is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of twenty-nine Prey novels; four Kidd novels; twelve Virgil Flowers novels; three YA novels coauthored with his wife, Michele Cook; and three other books.

Hometown:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Date of Birth:

February 23, 1944

Place of Birth:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Education:

State University of Iowa, Iowa City: B.A., American History; M.A., Journalism

Website:

http://www.johnsandford.org

Editorial Reviews

02/15/2021

Bestseller Sandford’s two main series leads, Lucas Davenport (last seen in 2020’s Masked Prey) and Virgil Flowers (last seen in 2019’s Bloody Genius), team up in this entertaining high-stakes adventure on the high seas. Three Coast Guard officers, alerted to a suspiciously high-powered boat picking up a diver south of Pompano Bay, Fla., head out to investigate. They’re shot and killed before they reach the boat. Since they’re federal agents, their murder should be a case for the FBI. When the Feds seem to be dragging their feet, frustrated Coast Guard officials asks U.S. Marshal Davenport to pursue the killer or killers. Davenport in turn calls on his friend Flowers, an investigator for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, for help. Flowers goes undercover in a vast criminal organization headed by a major bad guy that reaches far beyond the confines of Florida. The suspense rises as Davenport and Flowers take a number of foolhardy chances in their pursuit of justice. Fans will enjoy seeing the two old buddies and their cohorts wading into dangerous wasters. Agent: Esther Newberg, ICM Partners. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

11/01/2020

An off-duty Coast Guardsman gone fishing suspects trouble when he spots a lone diver being picked up mid-ocean by a sleek, swift vessel and calls in backup—three federal officers who are promptly killed. The FBI then calls in Lucas Davenport, who calls in Virgil Flowers, as perennial best seller Sandford unites two fan favorites in the same story.

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