Sudden Prey
- Published
- 1 January 1996
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780747218975
- Type
- novel
About this book
Sudden Prey continues John Sandford's Prey series as the 8th book, published in 1996 at 400 pages. It follows Mind Prey and precedes Secret Prey in the reading order.
Key facts about Sudden Prey
John Sandford wrote Sudden Prey, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1996. The book has 400 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780747218975 to find the main one.
Sudden Prey is book 8 of 36 in the Prey series. The series has 36 published books. However, the series starts with Rules of Prey (1989). Revenge Prey is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 April 2026.
Additionally, John Sandford writes Kidd, Virgil Flowers and Letty Davenport as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Revenge Prey is the latest published John Sandford book on file, from 7 April 2026.
About John Sandford
John Sandford is the pen name of John Roswell Camp, an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning former journalist best known for the long-running Prey series featuring Minnesota investigator Lucas Davenport. Beginning with Rules of Prey in 1989, the series follows Davenport from a state investigator who moonlights as a video-game designer to a senior officer with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, tracking killers across dozens of increasingly character-driven thrillers. See every John Sandford book in order.
Its place in Prey
Sudden Prey is book 8 in the Prey series. It follows Mind Prey. It is followed by Secret Prey. See the full Prey reading order.
The Prey novels follow Lucas Davenport, a wealthy, short-fused Minneapolis cop (later a Minnesota state investigator, then a U.S. Marshal) who hunts serial killers, political conspirators and organized predators using unconventional methods and a willingness to bend or break the rules when the law can't stop someone who deserves to be stopped. John Sandford (the pen name of journalist John Camp) alternates the story between Davenport's investigation and the killer's point of view, so most books are as much a…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780783818320
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780783818290
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101051290