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Clayton Deese looks like a small-time criminal, muscle for hire when his loan shark boss needs to teach someone a lesson. Now, seven months after a job that went south and landed him in jail, Deese has skipped out on bail, and the U.S. Marshals come looking for him. They don't much care about a low-level guy--it's his boss they want--but Deese might be their best chance to bring down the whole operation.
Then, they step onto a dirt trail behind Deese's rural Louisiana cabin and find a jungle full of graves.
Now Lucas Davenport is on the trail of a serial killer who has been operating for years without notice. His quarry is ruthless, and--as Davenport will come to find--full of surprises . . .
"The Prey novels are wildly entertaining with their clever plotting, mordant humor, and smart-ass dialogue. This one doesn't break the pattern."--Booklist
Praise for John Sandford's Prey Novels
"Relentlessly swift...genuinely suspenseful...excellent."--Los Angeles Times
"Sandford is a writer in control of his craft."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Excellent...compelling...everything works."--USA Today
"Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills...a hell of a ride."--Houston Chronicle
"Crackling, page-turning tension...great scary fun."--The New York Daily News
"Enough pulse-pounding, page-turning excitement to keep you up way past bedtime."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"One of the most engaging characters in contemporary fiction."--Detroit News
"Positively chilling."--St. Petersburg Times
"Just right for fans of The Silence of the Lambs."--Booklist
"One of the most horrible villains this side of Hannibal."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Ice-pick chills...excruciatingly tense...a double-pumped roundhouse of a thriller."--Kirkus Reviews