Recommendations based on Phantom Preyby John Sandford

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  1. Invisible Prey

    by John Sandford
    Lucas Davenport investigates a high-profile murder case involving a wealthy family, uncovering dark secrets and dangerous alliances.

    In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms ransacked, only small items stolen. It's clearly a random break-in by someone ... (Goodreads)

  2. Broken Prey

    by John Sandford
    Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a series of gruesome murders in Minneapolis, uncovering a twisted web of secrets and lies.

    The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Whoever did this, Lucas Davenport knows, is pushed by brain chemistry. ... (Goodreads)

  3. Stolen Prey

    by John Sandford
    A crime thriller involving a former cop's pursuit of a criminal mastermind.

    Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There’s ... (Goodreads)

  4. On the Street Where You Live

    by Mary Higgins Clark
    A young woman investigates a murder that occurred in her hometown decades ago, uncovering dark secrets and putting herself in danger.

    In the gripping new novel from the Queen of Suspense, a woman is haunted by two grisly murders separated by more than a century, yet somehow, inextricably linked... Following a nasty divorce and the ... (Goodreads)

  5. A Wanted Man

    by Lee Child
    Thrilling journey of an ex-military fugitive on the run, pursued by dangerous enemies.

    The novel opens with Jack Reacher, whose nose is broken from his last adventure (Worth Dying For), trying to get a ride out of Nebraska, hitch-hiking in the middle of the night, without any car ... (Wikipedia)

  6. Taken

    by Robert Crais
    A private investigator and an ex-Marine team up to solve a kidnapping case.

    When Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing adult daughter, she isn’t afraid, even though she’s gotten a phone call asking for ransom. She knows it’s a fake, that her daughter is off with ... (Goodreads)

  7. Moscow Rules

    by Daniel Silva
    An international thriller involving an Israeli secret agent on a mission to uncover a conspiracy in Moscow.

    Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He’s playing by Moscow rules now. It is not the grim, gray Moscow of ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Defector

    by Daniel Silva
    A thrilling spy novel about a former Russian agent's dangerous mission to uncover a decades-old secret.

    Six months after the dramatic conclusion of Moscow Rules, Gabriel has returned to the tan hills of Umbria to resume his honeymoon with his new wife, Chiara, and restore a seventeenth-century ... (Goodreads)

  9. Forever Odd

    by Dean Koontz
    Odd Thomas returns to his hometown to save a friend from evil forces. A thrilling and suspenseful supernatural mystery.

    After Odd Thomas discovers that his childhood friend Danny has been kidnapped and his step-father brutally murdered, he assumes that Danny's birth father, who was recently released from prison, has ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Zero Day

    by David Baldacci
    A master hacker threatens the world with a dangerous virus, and a secret agency must stop him.

    —Review by, Kirkus Reviews, , —Review by, Daily Express, , ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Nothing to Lose

    by Lee Child
    An ex-military cop's mission to uncover the truth behind a missing person's case.

    As described by Sherryl Connelly of the, New York Daily News, , , Nothing to Lose features several similarities to David Morrell 's 1972 novel,, First Blood, , including the fact that the lead ... (Wikipedia)

  12. The Drop

    by Michael Connelly
    A Los Angeles Police detective investigates a case of lost money and a missing girl.

    The book was mentioned in a February 2011 interview, where Connelly explained that Bosch would be "handling two cases at once, a cold case that turns hot and the politically charged investigation ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Innocent

    by David Baldacci
    A former assassin risks life and limb to uncover a vast conspiracy and protect a child.

    America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and ... (Goodreads)

  14. The Affair

    by Lee Child
    An ex-military cop investigates a murder that leads him to uncover a deeper conspiracy.

    In March 1997, Maj. Jack Reacher is briefed by his superior Leon Garber on a troubling development in Carter's Crossing, Mississippi : a woman has been found murdered, her throat slit, with signs of ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Finders Keepers

    by Stephen King
    A thrilling story of a young boy and an ex-convict in pursuit of a buried treasure.

    In 1978, petty criminal Morris Bellamy robs and murders acclaimed author John Rothstein for ending his famous Runner trilogy on an unsatisfactory note. Prior to the murder, Rothstein had been in ... (Wikipedia)

  16. NOS4A2

    by Joe Hill
    A supernatural adventure of a young girl trying to save her family and others from an evil immortal.

    The book opens in a hospital in 2008. Charles Manx, a convicted child abductor, briefly wakes from a coma to threaten a nurse. Her coworkers don't believe her claim, because he exhibits only limited ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Club Shadowlands

    by Cherise Sinclair
    A young woman explores her submissive desires at an exclusive BDSM club, where she meets a dominant who pushes her limits.

    Her car disabled during a tropical storm, Jessica Randall discovers the isolated house where she's sheltering is a private bondage club. At first shocked, she soon becomes aroused watching the ... (Goodreads)

  18. The Face of Fear

    by Brian Coffey
    A psychopath terrorizes a woman and her son, forcing them to confront their deepest fears.

    Graham Harris was once one of the world's foremost mountain climbers, until a fall five years earlier left him with a lame leg, a fear of heights...and a frightening psychic ability in which he can ... (Wikipedia)

  19. A Stranger Is Watching

    by Mary Higgins Clark
    A young girl is kidnapped and held for ransom, while her father and a reporter race against time to save her.

    The main characters in the novel are Steve Peterson, whose wife Nina was murdered two years before, his six-year-old son Neil, who witnessed the murder, and Sharon Martin, a young journalist who ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Always Watching

    by Chevy Stevens
    A psychiatrist tries to help a woman who was kidnapped and held captive for years, but soon realizes that her own life is in danger.

    She helps people put their demons to rest. But she has a few of her own… In the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Nadine Lavoie is in her element. She has the tools to help people, and she ... (Goodreads)

  21. Cut and Run

    by Mary Burton
    A serial killer is on the loose, and detective Macy Crow must race against time to catch them before they strike again.

    Twin sisters separated by the past are reunited by unspeakable crimes in, New York Times, bestselling author Mary Burton’s throat-clutching novel of suspense…, Trauma victims are not new to medical ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. The Waking Fire

    by Anthony Ryan
    In a world where dragons are the source of power, a group of adventurers embark on a dangerous mission to save their civilization from collapse.

    The New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for “fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin’s Song of ... (Goodreads)

  23. Absolute Power

    by David Baldacci
    A power-hungry President, a daring thief and a determined investigator collide in a thrilling tale of manipulation and murder.

    An experienced burglar, Luther Whitney, breaks into a billionaire's house with the intent of robbing it. While there, he witnesses the President of the United States and the billionaire's wife having ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby

    by Ace Atkins
    Spenser investigates a 20-year-old cold case involving a missing child, uncovering dark secrets and danger.

    Mattie Sullivan, a fourteen-year-old girl, recruits Spenser to solve her mother's murder four years earlier. The man convicted of her murder, Mickey Green, was a friend of Mattie's mother and Mattie ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Poet

    by Michael Connelly
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's descent into darkness, as he unravels a web of deceit and murder.

    Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how–he decides to write the story. But ... (Goodreads)

  26. Private London

    by James Patterson
    Private investigator Jack Morgan and his team investigate a series of murders in London's wealthiest neighborhoods.

    SOMETIMES WHEN THE NIGHTMARE ENDS - THE TERROR IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack ... (Goodreads)

  27. Mr. Mercedes

    by Stephen King
    Detective investigates a series of murders by a maniacal driver in a stolen Mercedes.

    Many jobless people are standing in line for a job fair , but then a Mercedes plows into the crowd, killing sixteen and severely injuring many. Bill Hodges, a recently retired detective from the ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Fast Women

    by Jennifer Crusie
    A humorous and romantic novel about a woman who inherits a failing detective agency and must navigate the world of private investigation while dealing with her own complicated love life.

    When a down-on-her-luck divorcee meets a determined-to-dominate detective, they find out that falling in love can be murder... Nell Dysart's in trouble. Weighed down by an inexplicable divorce and a ... (Goodreads)

  29. Dust to Dust

    by Tami Hoag
    A small town is rocked by the murder of a young boy, and secrets are uncovered as the investigation unfolds.

    Andy Fallon, Internal Affairs cop and son of police legend, "Iron" Mike Fallon, is found hanging nude in his bedroom, facing a mirror with the word "sorry" printed on it. Was it a suicide, an erotic ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Murder List

    by Julie Garwood
    A successful businesswoman is targeted by a killer, and she turns to a detective for help. As they work together, they uncover a dangerous conspiracy.

    There are few authors who can weave nail-biting thrills, edge-of-your-seat drama, and romantic suspense as masterfully as Julie Garwood. Now she ratchets up the tension with Murder List , in which ... (Goodreads)