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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence — murders matching a convicted killer's signature; the investigation
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The signature match — copycat or continuation; the psychiatric facility as both setting and threat; the original killer's current knowledge
What this book is about
A series of murders in Minnesota matches the signature of a convicted killer currently in a state psychiatric facility. Lucas Davenport investigates whether the man has found a way to continue killing from inside — or whether someone studied his case files carefully enough to mimic him. Broken Prey is the sixteenth Lucas Davenport novel.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Murders matching a jailed killer's signature — copycat or something worse
A psychiatric facility and its dangerous patients
Sixteenth in the Prey series
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