


This killer calls himself "maddog" and leaves notes on the victims detailing his rules when it comes to killing. In Rules of Prey, Davenport gets on the trail of a serial killer who is attacking women in the Minneapolis/St. Part nerd and part man of the world, he is eminently likable despite the fact that he doesn't really work that well with people. He's also independently wealthy, having created a computer game that closely resembles Dungeons and Dragons. Like Bond, he's not above doing something a little unethical if it's for the greater good.

To make things even more fun, he invented a smooth detective called Lucas Davenport.ĭavenport is not the gritty, down-to-earth type usually featured on cop shows he's more a James Bond kind of hero, with impeccable clothes, a Porsche and beautiful women at his beck and call. As a result, he quit reporting and started writing novels instead. Given that the job entailed having to face a great deal of ugliness in human nature over and over again, Camp ended up getting burnt out. Rules of Prey is the first Lucas Davenport book written by John Sandford, a pseudonym for writer John Camp, who was initially a reporter.
