Judgment Prey

John Sandford

Oct 2023 · A Prey Novel Book 33 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.

Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold blood. A wealthy federal judge, there’s no short list of people who could have a vendetta against Sands, but the gruesome murders, especially that of his children, turn their St. Paul community on its head. Sand was on the verge of a major donation to a local housing charity, Heart/Twin Cities, and with the money in limbo, eyes suddenly turn to his grieving widow, Margaret Cooper, to see what she might do with the money. Margaret, distraught over the death of her family, struggles to move forward, and can’t imagine how or why anyone would target her husband.

With public pressure mounting and both the local police force and FBI hitting dead end after dead end, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to do what others could not: find answers. With each potential lead flawed, Davenport and Flowers are determined to chase every theory until they figure out who killed the Sands. But when they find themselves being stonewalled by the most unlikely of forces, the two wonder if perhaps each misdirection could lead them closer to the truth.

Ratings and reviews

Great book, but riddled with DEI and ESG. Have always enjoyed John Sanford books, but authors, businesses, and companies have to learn that including views on homosexuality, environmental issues, diversity, justice, in their books when people really just want to read a good book, leads to loss of readers and customers, one at a time. This the last Sanford book I will read. Thanks for all the good books.

LOVED this book! This author can always be counted on for a great read, and this is no exception. I always enjoy when Flowers and Davenport are paired together. In this novel, they step in to assist with an investigation of a horrible murder. Law enforcement has no suspects and seems to be spinning their wheels. Lucas and Virgil try some unorthodox investigative techniques and get some movement, even as their investigation seems to expand and become more complicated. I found myself staying up w

good book. Lucas and Virgil, awesome.

About the author

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