Shadow Prey

In John Sandford's gripping thriller, "Shadow Prey," Lieutenant Lucas Davenport finds himself embroiled in a chilling cross-country investigation as a series of meticulously executed, ritualistic murders sends shockwaves through the United States. A Minneapolis slumlord, a rising Manhattan political star, and an Oklahoma City judge are brutally dispatched, each victim possessing a dark history of misdeeds. The only common threads are a distinctive Native American ceremonial knife used as the murder weapon and the shadowy figure responsible: an enigmatic killer known only as Shadow Love. Recruited as the lethal hand of a broader terrorist campaign, Shadow Love harbors a deeply personal and bloody agenda, relentlessly pursuing his own brand of vengeance. Lucas Davenport, alongside New York City officer Lily Rothenburg, is tasked with stopping this elusive and deadly adversary. As the body count rises and the urgency intensifies, they discover that the hunter they seek is closer than they could ever imagine, always one step behind them, poised to strike again.