“We’re going to murder people who need to be murdered.”So begins a press release from a mysterious group known only as “The Five,” shortly after a vicious predator is murdered in San Francisco. The Five is made up of vigilante killers who are very bored…and very rich. They target the worst of society—rapists, murderers, and thieves—and then use their unlimited resources to offset the damage done by those who they’ve killed, donating untraceable Bitcoin to charities and victims via the dark net. The Five soon become popular figures in the media …though their motives may not be entirely pure.After The Five strike again in the Twin Cities, Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport are sent in to investigate. And they soon have their hands full--the killings are smart and carefully choreographed, and with no apparent direct connection to the victims, the killers are virtually untraceable. But if anyone can destroy this group, it will be the dynamic team of Davenport and Flowers.
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.