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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence — a revenge campaign; Lucas personally targeted; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The wife's campaign — a woman with genuine skills pursuing revenge; Lucas as target rather than hunter; the reversal of roles
What this book is about
When a career criminal is killed in a police confrontation, his wife — a woman with her own criminal skills — declares revenge on the people responsible, including Lucas Davenport. Sudden Prey is the eighth Lucas Davenport novel — unusual for making Lucas personally the target of a revenge campaign.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Lucas as the target — a reversal of the series' usual dynamic
A wife's revenge campaign after her criminal husband is killed
Graphic violence
Eighth in the Prey series
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