Judgment Prey (A Prey Novel)

A Shocking Murder. No Clear Suspects. One Unstoppable Team.

In this electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to solve a case that has left authorities baffled.

Federal judge Alex Sand was playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were gunned down in a chilling execution-style attack. With his wealth and high-profile career, Sand had no shortage of enemies, but the sheer brutality of the murders—especially that of his children—sends shockwaves through the St. Paul community.

Just before his death, Sand was preparing to make a significant donation to a local housing charity, Heart/Twin Cities. With the funds now in limbo, attention shifts to his grief-stricken widow, Margaret Cooper, who is left struggling to understand who would want her husband dead—and why.

As pressure mounts and both the FBI and local police find themselves at a standstill, Davenport and Flowers are called in to uncover what others could not. Every lead seems to unravel, and the deeper they dig, the more obstacles they encounter. But when they realize they’re being stonewalled by unexpected forces, they start to wonder—are these roadblocks meant to derail them, or are they actually leading them straight to the truth?