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Revenge Prey

Lucas Davenport #36 / 37
by John Sandford
Revenge Prey (Lucas Davenport #36) by John Sandford
⧗ 7.34 / 3
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Lucas Davenport must track down a ruthless Russian hit team, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.

Leonard Summers—not his real name—is on the run. A former high-ranking Russian intelligence officer who defected to the U.S. after providing critical information about Russian spies in U.S. government service, Leonard, his wife Martha, and son Bernard have spent the past year holed up in a CIA facility near Washington. After the CIA makes a deal with the U.S. Marshal Service’s Witness Protection Program (WPP), Leonard’s family is transported to Minneapolis. The plan is to hide them in a wooded Minneapolis suburb that resembles their former home and dacha near Moscow.

The Summers are received at their destination by Lucas Davenport and fellow marshal Shelly White. Unbeknownst to them, the WPP group has been tracked by a Russian hit team. And while nobody in the WPP has ever been attacked…Leonard might be the first victim. As shots are fired and enemies dodged, Lucas must move quickly to uncover where the leak is coming from, before the hit team can strike again.

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Release date: April 7, 2026

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John Sandford

John Sandford

John Sandford writes crime fiction that moves with the restless energy of the streets it describes. His novels are known for their sharp observation, moral tension, and an unsettling closeness to real violence, the kind that feels sudden and personal rather than theatrical. Long before his books filled bestseller lists, Sandford trained his eye as a journalist, learning how to notice the small, telling details that reveal who people really are under pressure. That background still shapes his fiction, where every scene feels grounded in lived experience.

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Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in the Midwest, Sandford has always written with a strong sense of place. His stories often return to the Upper Midwest, not as a quiet backdrop but as an active presence, shaped by weather, politics, and social change. This setting gives his novels a distinctive atmosphere, where calm surfaces often hide volatility underneath. The landscapes feel familiar, yet slightly off balance, mirroring the psychological states of his characters.

He is best known for the long running series featuring Lucas Davenport, a complex investigator whose intelligence and impatience make him both effective and dangerous. Later series expanded that world, introducing characters like Virgil Flowers, whose more relaxed exterior conceals a sharp and methodical mind. Across these books, Sandford consistently explores power, obsession, and the thin line between control and chaos. His writing style is lean and fast, but never careless, with dialogue that snaps and scenes that cut away before they overexplain themselves.

Sandford’s career includes major literary recognition, including a Pulitzer Prize for his journalism, an achievement that adds weight to his fiction rather than overshadowing it. That journalistic discipline helps explain why his thrillers avoid melodrama and instead focus on credibility, motive, and consequence. Violence in his books is never abstract, it leaves marks, changes people, and refuses to be forgotten.

Today, John Sandford remains one of the defining voices in American crime fiction. His books continue to attract readers who want suspense that feels intelligent, grounded, and slightly uncomfortable, stories that entertain while quietly asking how far someone can go before they cross a line they cannot return from.

Lucas Davenport

The Lucas Davenport series drops readers into a world where intelligence, impatience, and moral compromise collide. From the first pages, these novels establish a distinctive rhythm, fast moving, observant, and quietly unsettling. Crime is not treated as a puzzle to be neatly solved, but as a disruptive force that ripples outward, affecting institutions, relationships, and the people tasked with restoring order.

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At the center of the series is an investigator who refuses to fit comfortably into a single role. He is sharp, strategic, and often steps outside conventional boundaries, not out of recklessness, but because he understands how power actually works. Across the books, his career evolves alongside shifting political landscapes and changing methods of crime, giving the series a sense of forward motion rather than repetition. The cases grow more complex, and so does the cost of solving them.

What sets this series apart is its atmosphere. The Midwest settings feel authentic and grounded, shaped by seasons, bureaucracy, and social tension. Violence arrives suddenly and leaves consequences behind, never glossed over or romanticized. The prose is lean and precise, influenced by investigative journalism, with scenes that trust the reader to keep up rather than slowing down to explain every move.

Themes of control, obsession, and ethical gray areas run through the novels, creating a tone that is both suspenseful and reflective. Law enforcement is shown as effective but imperfect, driven by individuals whose decisions carry lasting weight. This balance between momentum and introspection has helped the series resonate with readers who want crime fiction that feels intelligent and uncomfortably real.

Spanning decades of storytelling, the Lucas Davenport novels have helped shape modern crime fiction by proving that long running series can grow darker, sharper, and more relevant over time. They offer gripping investigations, but more importantly, they explore what happens to a person who lives too long at the edge of violence, and why stepping back is never as easy as it sounds.


Lucas Davenport consists of thirty-six books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport #1)
★ 9.34 / 3
Shadow Prey (Lucas Davenport #2)
★ 8.34 / 3
Eyes of Prey (Lucas Davenport #3)
★ 8.34 / 3
Silent Prey (Lucas Davenport #4)
★ 8.34 / 3
Winter Prey (Lucas Davenport #5)
★ 8.00 / 3
Night Prey (Lucas Davenport #6)
★ 8.00 / 3
Mind Prey (Lucas Davenport #7)
★ 8.00 / 3
Sudden Prey (Lucas Davenport #8)
★ 8.34 / 3
Secret Prey (Lucas Davenport #9)
★ 8.00 / 3
Certain Prey (Lucas Davenport #10)
★ 8.00 / 3
Easy Prey (Lucas Davenport #11)
★ 8.34 / 3
Chosen Prey (Lucas Davenport #12)
★ 8.34 / 3
Mortal Prey (Lucas Davenport #13)
★ 8.34 / 3
Naked Prey (Lucas Davenport #14)
★ 8.34 / 3
Hidden Prey (Lucas Davenport #15)
★ 8.00 / 3
Broken Prey (Lucas Davenport #16)
★ 8.00 / 3
Invisible Prey (Lucas Davenport #17)
★ 8.00 / 3
Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport #18)
★ 8.34 / 3
Wicked Prey (Lucas Davenport #19)
★ 8.00 / 3
Storm Prey (Lucas Davenport #20)
★ 8.34 / 3
Buried Prey (Lucas Davenport #21)
★ 8.00 / 3
Stolen Prey (Lucas Davenport #22)
★ 8.00 / 3
Silken Prey (Lucas Davenport #23)
★ 8.00 / 3
Field of Prey (Lucas Davenport #24)
★ 8.00 / 3
Gathering Prey (Lucas Davenport #25)
★ 8.00 / 3
Extreme Prey (Lucas Davenport #26)
★ 8.00 / 3
Golden Prey (Lucas Davenport #27)
★ 8.00 / 3
Twisted Prey (Lucas Davenport #28)
★ 8.00 / 3
Neon Prey (Lucas Davenport #29)
★ 8.00 / 3
Masked Prey (Lucas Davenport #30)
★ 8.00 / 3
Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31)
★ 8.00 / 3
Righteous Prey (Lucas Davenport #32)
★ 7.66 / 3
Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport #33)
★ 8.00 / 3
Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport #34)
★ 8.00 / 3
Lethal Prey (Lucas Davenport #35)
★ 8.00 / 3
Revenge Prey (Lucas Davenport #36)
⧗ 7.34 / 3
Lucas Davenport Book 37 (Lucas Davenport #37)
⧗ 8.00 / 2


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