John Sandford
41) Stolen prey
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"Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Deephaven, an entire family has been killed--husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There's something about the scene that pokes at Lucas's cop instincts--it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he's seen in drug killings sometimes. But this is a seriously upscale town, and the husband was an executive vice president...
42) Rules of prey
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Lt. Lucas Davenport, a Minneapolis detective who designs video games on the side, struggles to learn the rules of the game being played by a serial killer who has devised a plan for avoiding capture.