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Mystery · 1995 · R

Mind prey

by John Sandford

A psychiatrist and her daughter are taken. The kidnapper knows how minds work. So does Lucas Davenport.

For17+GenreMysteryLength370 pagesRead time~10.3 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

A lot

Graphic violence — a kidnapping; the kidnapper's psychological manipulation; threat to a child

Language

Some

Moderate profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild — some adult situations

Substance Use

None

No meaningful substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

The psychiatric knowledge — a patient who learned to weaponize his therapy; the psychiatrist's attempt to outwit someone who knows how she thinks

What this book is about

A female psychiatrist and her young daughter are kidnapped. The kidnapper is a former patient — a man who has learned from his therapy how to manipulate and evade. Lucas Davenport must find them before the kidnapper's knowledge becomes a weapon. Mind Prey is the seventh Lucas Davenport novel — the psychiatrist's expertise being turned against her.

Notes for sensitive readers

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

A kidnapping of a psychiatrist and her daughter

A kidnapper who used therapy to learn manipulation

A child in danger — graphic violence

Seventh in the Prey series

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