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Crime Fiction · 2014 · R

Field of Prey

by John Sandford

Bodies in a cistern in rural Minnesota. A serial killer has been hiding his work for years.

For17+GenreCrime FictionLength384 pagesRead time~10.7 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

A lot

Graphic violence — multiple bodies discovered; a long-running serial killer; 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 hidden body count — years of murders concealed in a cistern; the killer's access to rural space; the community's unknowing proximity

What this book is about

In rural Minnesota, a cistern on an abandoned farmstead is found to contain multiple bodies — victims of a serial killer who has been operating quietly for years without detection. Lucas Davenport investigates the killer who hid in plain sight of a rural community. Field of Prey is the twenty-fourth Lucas Davenport novel.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Multiple bodies hidden for years — a serial killer hiding in plain sight

Rural Minnesota community — a predator among neighbors

Graphic violence — the body discovery

Twenty-fourth in the Prey series

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