Mind Prey Author:John Sandford Mind Prey — Run For It.... — It was raining when psychiatrist Andi Manelle left the parent-teacher conference with her two young daughters, and she was distracted. She barely noticed the red van parked besider her, barely noticed the van door slide open as they dashed up to the car. The last thing she did notice was the hand reaching out for her... more » and the voice from out of the past- and then the three of them were gone.
Hours later, deputy chief Lucas Davenport stood in the parking lot, a blood-stained shoe in his hand, the gound stained pink around him, and he knew that this would be one of the worst cases he'd ever been on. With an urgency born out of dread, he presses the attack, while in an isolated farmhourse. Andi Manelle does the same, summoning all her skills to battle an obsessed captor. She knows the man who has taken her and her daughter, knows there is a chink in his armor. If only she can find it. But for both her and Davenport, time is already running out.
John Sanford's novels hae always been extraordinary for their harrowing twists, unforgettalbe characters, and crackling prose. But Mind Prey tops them all. It is this work of a true master.« less