Judgment Prey

In the chilling new novel "Judgment Prey," #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford plunges Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers into an "unsolvable" case that rocks St. Paul to its core. Federal Judge Alex Sand, along with his two young sons, is brutally murdered in their home, a crime so heinous it sends shockwaves through the community. With a long list of potential enemies due to his profession, the motive remains elusive, and the particularly gruesome nature of the killings, especially involving children, intensifies public outcry. Sand was on the cusp of a significant donation to a local housing charity, shifting unwanted attention to his grieving widow, Margaret Cooper. As local law enforcement and the FBI hit dead ends, Davenport and Flowers are called in, their reputations for cracking impossible cases put to the ultimate test. They navigate a labyrinth of flawed leads and potential misdirections, convinced that hidden forces might be actively stonewalling their investigation, leading them to question if every dead end is, in fact, a breadcrumb closer to a shocking truth.