Books written by John Sandford

Bad Blood

“We're heading out,” Coakley said. “Let me know . . .” “Gotcha covered,” Schickel said. “Boy, it's pretty up here, all the lights out on the lake.” AN HOUR LATER, Virgil and Coakley were sitting inside Virgil's truck seven or eight ...
Rough Country

And Coakley thought, Uh-oh. PATRAS CAME UP a minute later and said, “There's something fishy in Battenberg, and it ain't the lutefisk.” “What happened?” Coakley asked. “I looked at Flood. The back of his head had two deep cuts and ...
Shock Wave

called Lee Coakley in Los Angeles. He and Coakley had been conducting a romance for six months or so, until a production company began making a TV movie about Coakley's part in breaking up a huge, multi-generational child-abuse ring in ...
John Sandford: Virgil Flowers Novels 1-4

Coakley came in, shut the door, and he stepped over to her, pressed her against the wall, kissed her, asked, “Are you okay?” “No, I'm not.” She held on to his shoulders and said, “I'm really screwed up.” “It's not going to get better,” ...
Rough Country

I knew that she and Wendy were fooling around, but I figured that was their business.” “Have you had a relationship with Wendy yourself?” “Yeah. She pays me to play keyboards. I'm an employee,” Mathis said. “But . . .” “I'm straight.
Field of Prey

Lucas Davenport investigates the discovery of several bodies in an abandoned Minnesota farmyard, discovering the work of a local serial killer who has been murdering one victim every summer for years.
Chosen Prey

Svege Tanner at Strength and Beauty said that over the weekend, somebody took twenty-five thousand dollars in cash from ... “The word is, Truant has a girlfriend here in the cities and they'd been dropping some big money at the casinos.
FaceOff

In this unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world's favourite crime writers bring you original, co-written short stories featuring teir much loved series characters.
FaceOff

An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.
FaceOff

The stories in FaceOff feature: -Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch in “Red Eye,” by Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly -John Rebus vs.
Twarzą w twarz

Twarzą w twarz
MatchUp

Little eyes drilling Brennan. “You don't want that.” Brennan took a breath to respond. Luong hushed her with a raised palm. “Have you anything else, Special Agent Dupreau? An eyewitness? Evidence of contact between Dr. Brennan and the ...
MatchUp

Collects stories written by best-selling thriller authors,11 women and 11 men partnered in male-female literary pairings, in anthology that includes contributions by such favorites as Sandra Brown, John Sandford and Eric Van Lustbader.
MatchUp

In these innovative stories, their beloved protagonists, Lee Coburn, Joe Pickett, and Jack Reacher—just to name a few—team up to unnerve and satisfy thriller fans worldwide.
Counting: 1-10

Counting: 1-10
Heat Lightning

Brandt's nose twitched, picking up Shrake's bourbon bouquet, and Shrake sidled away. Brandt said to Virgil, “The mayor would like to talk to you.” “Sure,” Virgil said. “Where is he?” • • • BRANDT TOOK THEM OVER, Shrake staying downwind.
Match Up

These are just some of the never-before-seen pairings in Match Up - a brand new collaboration between the world's famous crime writers.
Deserves to Be Dead

Virgil’s gaze swept up and down the river as he stood over the body and listened… In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Lisa Jackson and John Sandford—along with their popular series characters ...
Hidden Prey

I'm gonna jack the guy up a little. Maybe his kids, too.” LucAS AND NADYA drove north mostly in quiet, at the start, Pink Floyd's A Collection of Great Dance Songs playing soft on the CD. Nadya, it turned out, was married, now separated ...
Mad River

VIRGIL STARTED with the DMV—James Sharp Senior drove a ten-yearold, extended-cab, silver Chevy pickup—and then called Davenport. “Jimmy Sharp and Rebecca Welsh hung with a bunch of people in the Cities. I've got one name you could call ...