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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence — a cold case involving murdered girls; the original crimes' dark details
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The twenty-year-old case — what Lucas got wrong; who killed the girls; the weight of a wrong he's carried since he was a rookie
What this book is about
Two young girls disappeared twenty years ago — a case that Lucas Davenport worked as a rookie without solving. When their remains are discovered during a construction project, Lucas reopens the investigation. Buried Prey is the twenty-first Lucas Davenport novel — the revisited-cold-case structure gives it unusual emotional weight.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A cold case — two murdered girls discovered twenty years later
Lucas revisiting his first failure
Graphic violence — crimes against children
Twenty-first in the Prey series
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