شکار پنهان (لوکاس داونپورت، شماره 15)

With Naked Prey , John Sandford proved again that his writing is as fresh and compulsively readable as ever. ''This is vintage Sandford, which is to say all but impossible to put down,'' said The Washington Post . ''Sprawling, suspenseful, tough-minded [and] sheer fun.'' Six months ago, Lucas Davenport tackled his first case as a statewide troubleshooter, and he thought that one was plenty strange enough. But that was before the Russian got killed. On the shore of Lake Superior, a man named Vladimir Orslov is found shot dead, three holes in his head and heart, and though nobody knows why, everybody-the local cops, the FBI, and the Russians themselves-has a theory. And when it turns out he had very high government connections, that's when it hits the fan. A Russian cop flies in from Moscow, Davenport flies in from Minneapolis, law enforcement and press types swarm the crime scene-and, in the middle of it all, there is another murder. Is there a relationship between the two? What is the Russian cop hiding from Davenport? Is she-yes, it's a woman-a cop at all? Why was the man shot with . . . fifty-year-old bullets? Before he can find the answers, Davenport will have to follow a trail back to another place, another time, and battle the shadows he discovers there-shadows that turn out to be both very real and very deadly. Theories abound when a Russian gets himself killed by the shore of Lake Superior near Duluth, Minnesota - shot with fifty-year-old bullets. "What's going on here?" When it turns out he had very high government connections back home, state troubleshooter Lucas Davenport gets the call. Well actually, Lucas and a mysterious Russian cop with secrets all her own. Together, they'll follow a trail back to another place and another time, and battle the shadows they discover there - shadows that turn out to be both very real and very deadly."One of the strongest in Sandford's Prey series" says 'Entertainment Weekly.' "Good, dark, perverse, bloody fun," adds 'The Washington Post Book World.' Det. Lucas Davenport Has Battled Some Real Demons Over The Past 15 Prey Novels And Drifted In And Out Of Lust And Love With A Host Of Women. But Now He's Happily Married To The Lovely Weather; Has A Nine Month Old Son, Sam; And Takes Care Of His 12-year Old Ward, Letty West. John Sandford. Two murders on the shores of Lake Superior. A Russian cop flies in from Moscow. Investigator from Minneapolis, law enforcement and press swarm the crime scene. Why were 50 year old bullets used? Now a statewide troubleshooter, Detective Lucas Davenport is plunged into a murder investigation that involves a Russian corpse, 50-year-old bullets, and some high-level government connections