Mind Prey (Lucas Davenport, Book 7) by John Sandford
By John Sandford
From the bestselling writer of Night Prey and Winter Prey...an all-new Lucas Davenport thriller.
Run for it...
It used to be raining whilst psychiatrist Andi Manette left the parent-teacher convention together with her younger daughters, and she or he was once distracted. She slightly spotted the pink van parked beside her, slightly spotted the van door slide open as they dashed as much as the auto. the very last thing she did detect was once the hand achieving out for her and the voice from out of the previous -- after which the 3 of them have been long past.
Hours later, deputy leader Lucas Davenport stood within the car parking zone, a blood-stained shoe in his hand, the floor stained red round him, and knew that this is able to be one of many worst instances he'd ever been on. With an urgency born of dread, he presses the assault, whereas in an remoted farmhouse, Andi Manette does an analogous, summoning all her talents to conflict an obsessed captor. She is aware the guy who has taken her and her daughters, understands there's a chink in his armor, if simply she will be able to locate it. yet for either her and Davenport, time is already operating out.
John Sandford's novels have regularly been amazing for his or her harrowing twists, unforgettable characters, and crackling prose. yet Mind Prey tops all of them. it's the paintings of a real grasp.
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