Stolen Prey

Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, ... (more)

Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed -- husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. On the wall, in blood : "Were coming." No apostrophe. There's something about the scene that tugs at Lucas's cop instincts -- it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he's seen in drug killings sometimes. But this is a seriously upscale town, and the husband ran a modest software company, the wife dabbled in local politics. None of it seems to fit. (less)