内容简介
WhenLucasDavenportandhisteamgundowntwobankrobbersinthemiddleofaheist,Davenportfallspreytothepurestandsimplestcriminalmotivation:revenge.LucasDavenportknowswhypeoplekill.Somedoitforprofit.Somedoitbecausetheymust.Butwhenhisteamgunsdowntwobankrobbersinthemiddleofaheist,Davenportfallspreytothepurest,simplestcriminalmotivation--revenge.Televisionads.HC:Putnam.(Fiction--Espionage/Thriller)
作者简介
JohnSandfordJohnSandfordbeganhiscareerasajournalistusinghisrealname,JohnCamp.HewonaPulitzerforfeaturewritingbeforeturningtomystery-suspensenovels,simultaneouslyreleasingtwo“first”novelsundertwodifferentnamesin1989.BiographyJohnCamp(betterknowntoreadersasthrillmeisterJohnSandford)beganhiscareerasajournalist--firstasacrimereporterforTheMiamiHerald,thenasageneralreporter,columnist,andfeatureswriterfortheSaintPaulPioneerPress&Dispatch.In1986,hewonthePulitzerPrizefor"LifeontheLand:AnAmericanFarmFamily,"afive-partseriesexaminingthefarmcrisisinsouthwestMinnesota.Camp'sintereststurnedtofictioninthemid-1980s,andhetooktimeofftowritetwonovelswhichwereultimatelyacceptedforpublication:TheFool'sRun,atechno-thrillerfeaturingacomplexconmanknownasKidd,andRulesofPrey,apoliceproceduralstarringmaverickMinneapolisdetectiveLucasDavenport.Whenbothbookswerescheduled(bydifferentpublishers)tobereleasedthreemonthsapartin1989,Campwaspersuadedtoadoptapseudonymforone.Hechosehispaternalgrandmother'smaidenname,"Sandford"forRulesofPrey,andthenomdeplumehasremainedattachedtoallthebooksintheseries.LessDickTracythanDirtyHarry,hard-boiled,iconoclasticLucasDavenportisacompositeofthecopsCampmetwhileworkingthecrimebeatasareporter.Intelligentandstreetsmart,Davenportisalsomanipulativeandnotabovebendingtherulestogetresults.Andalthoughhehasmellowedovertime(somethingofaskirtchaserinhisyouth,heisnowmarriedwithchildren),heremainsoneoftheedgiestandmostpopularprotagonistsindetectivefiction.FanskeepreturningtothePreybooksfortheirintelligentlyhatchedplots,high-octanepacing,anddeft,fullyhumancharacterizations.Fromtimetotime,Campstraysfromhisbestsellingseriesforstandalonethrillers(TheNightCrew,DeadWatch),andin2007heintroducedanewserieshero,VirgilFlowersoftheMinnesotaBureauofCriminalApprehension,whodebutedinDarkoftheMoon.Althoughheisnolongerafull-timejournalist,Campcontributesoccasionalarticlesandbookreviewstovariouspublications.Heisalsoapassionatearchaeologistandhasworkedatanumberofdigs,mainlyinIsrael.GoodToKnowDon'tconfuseJohnSandfordwithJohnSanford--it'soneofSandford'spetpeeves.Sanford(withoutthe"d")isaChristianphilosophywriter.TheSandfordpseudonymhascausedafewproblemsforCampinthepast.Atanairportonce,histicketwasreservedunderSandford,whileallofhisidentification,ofcourse,hadthenameCamp.Luckily,hehadoneofhisnovelswithhim,andthankstothebookjacketphoto,hewasabletoconvinceairportsecuritytolethimontheplane.ThebooksinCamp'slesssuccessfulKiddseries(TheFool'sRun,TheEmpressFile,TheDevil'sCode,andTheHangedMan'sSong)havebeenre-releasedundertheSandfordpseudonym.
