They call them Travelers. They drift from city to city, always staying on the move. Now somebody is murdering them, one by one. When Lucas Davenport's adopted daughter, Letty, gets a phone call from a female Traveler she'd befriended in San Francisco, Letty urges her father to investigate. The woman’s male companion is missing. And the woman is very afraid. Though he suspects Letty's getting played, Lucas volunteers to help. Little does he know, in the days to come, he’ll embark upon an odyssey through a subculture unlike any he’s ever seen, a trip that will not only put the two of them in danger—but just may change the course of his life.
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.