After one troubled college-age student disappears and two are found slashed to death, Lucas Davenport finds himself hunting what appears to be a modern-day Jack the Ripper. Unfortunately the clues aren’t adding up—and then there’s the young Goth girl who keeps appearing and disappearing. Where does she come from? Where does she go every night? And why does Lucas keep getting the sneaking suspicion that there is something else going on here? Something very bad, very dark, and as elusive as a phantom…
The series of books by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport is a fictional character created by John Sandford, who is a detective and the protagonist in the Prey series of novels. The Prey series, which is a part of the Lucas Davenport series, is a long-running series of crime fiction novels that began in 1989 with the novel Rules of Prey. The Lucas Davenport series follows the life of the fictional character Lucas Davenport as he investigates cases in Minnesota. The series includes several spin-off books, with the most recent, Neon Prey, being published in 2019.
The Lucas Davenport series has been praised for its suspenseful plots and believable characters. It has been featured on the New York Times Bestseller List multiple times and won several awards, including the Edgar Award. The novels are all set in Minnesota and feature Lucas Davenport as the protagonist and main character. He is a shrewd detective with a knack for solving cases, and he is often assisted by his team of investigators, including his wife and partner, Weather Karkinnen.