The Night Crew

Praise for John Sandford and
    T HE N IGHT C REW
    “This could be the best mystery/suspense novel of the year . . . . [An] absolutely brilliant, first-rate thriller.”
    —Bookman News
    “A true mystery . . . sleek and nasty—and filled with well-drawn, interesting characters.”
    —Richmond Times-Dispatch
    “Marvelous.”
    —Anniston Star
    “Fear and tension fill the pages . . . A rapidly accelerating story.”
    —San Antonio Express-News
    “Edgy, literate suspense with definite L.A. noir overtones.”
    —Minneapolis Star Tribune
    “[ The Night Crew ] brings out the noir in Sandford.”
    —Publishers Weekly
    “Sandford has taken his fiction in an exciting new direction.”
    —Book of the Month Club Views
    “[A Sandford] novel is an unbeatable recipe for a fastpaced, you-can’t-put-this-book-down kind of read.”
    —Detroit News
    “Sandford whips his ingredients into a fresh and satisfying dish, the mark of a born storyteller.”
    —San Diego Union
    R ULES OF P REY
    Sandford's smash bestselling debut—introducing Lucas Davenport…
    “Sleek and nasty . . . it’s a big, scary, suspenseful read, and I loved every minute of it.”
    —Stephen King
    “A haunting, unforgettable, ice-blooded thriller.”
    —Carl Hiaasen
    S HADOW P REY
    Lieutenant Davenport goes on a city-to-city search for a bizarre ritualistic killer…
    “When it comes to portraying twisted minds, Sandford has no peers.”
    —Associated Press
    “Ice-pick chills . . . excruciatingly tense . . . a doublepumped roundhouse of a thriller.”
    —Kirkus Reviews
    E YES OF P REY
    Davenport risks his sanity to stalk the most brilliant and dangerous man he has ever known, a doctor named Michael Bekker…
    “Relentlessly swift. Genuinely suspenseful . . . excellent.”
    —Los Angeles Times
    “Engrossing . . . one of the most horrible villains this side of Hannibal the Cannibal.”
    —Richmond Times-Dispatch
    S ILENT P REY
    Michael Bekker, the psychopath Davenport captured in Eyes of Prey, escapes…
    “Superb!”
    —St. Paul Pioneer Press
    “ Silent Prey terrifies . . . just right for fans of The Silence of the Lambs.”
    —Booklist
    W INTER P REY
    In the icy woods of rural Wisconsin, Davenport searches for a brutal killer known as the Iceman…
    “Vastly entertaining . . . a furious climactic chase . . . one of the best Preys yet.”
    —Kirkus Reviews
    “An intense thriller with an unlikely killer.”
    —Playboy
    N IGHT P REY
    Davenport faces a master thief who becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman—then carves her initials into his victims…
    “One of the most engaging characters in contemporary fiction.”
    —Detroit News
    “Night Prey sizzles . . . positively chilling.”
    —St. Petersburg Times
    M IND P REY
    Lucas Davenport tracks a vicious kidnapper who knows more about mind games than Lucas himself…
    “His seventh, and best, outing in the acclaimed Prey series.”
    —People
    “Grip-you-by-the-throat thrills . . . impossible to put down.”
    —Houston Chronicle
    S UDDEN P REY
    Davenport falls prey to the purest, simplest criminal motivation: revenge…
    “The story will clamp down like a bear trap on all who open its covers.”
    —Publishers Weekly
    “Unquestionably the best [ Prey ] yet, a tale of perverse revenge that strikes very close to home.”
    —Cleveland Plain Dealer
    And don’t miss John Sandford's thrilling novels of stings and swindles…
    T HE E MPRESS F ILE
    Kidd and LuEllen are a pair of lovers and liars plotting the ultimate scam . . . Until everything goes wrong…
    “Alfred Hitchcock would have been delighted.”
    —Philadelphia Inquirer
    “The imaginative con scheme is clever . . . but the biggest thrills occur when events don’t go as planned.”
    —Library Journal
    T HE F OOL’S R UN
    Kidd and LuEllen return for a killer con in the hightech world of industrial espionage… “A gripping, ultramodern novel . . . fast-paced and suspenseful.”
    —Chicago Tribune
    “Fast-paced action, high-intellect puzzle-solving, dandy characters . . . If you start guessing outcomes, you are fooled.”
    —Minneapolis Star & Tribune
    “Sandford is one of the most skilled thriller writers at work in this country or any other.”
    —Richmond Times Dispatch

Berkley Books by John Sandford
    RULES OF PREY
    SHADOW PREY
    EYES OF PREY
    SILENT PREY
    WINTER PREY
    NIGHT PREY
    MIND PREY
    SUDDEN PREY
    THE NIGHT CREW
    THE EMPRESS FILE
    THE FOOL’S RUN
    SECRET PREY
    CERTAIN PREY

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