John Sandford

Today is John Sandford’s 82nd birthday. His 60th novel comes out next month, the 36th in the Prey series. Those numbers total to 178, which in this case likely has no significance.

The preview chapters for "Revenge Prey" (coming out April 7th) are now online:

johnsandford.org/prey36pr.html

The Poisoned Pen Bookstore The Poisoned Pen is an independent bookstore in Scottsdale AZ specializing in fiction, with a particular emphasis on mystery and crime fiction. The store maintains an active schedule of author events...

In about an hour – 7pm local time – John Sandford will be interviewing Gregg Hurwitz, author of the Orphan X series, at the Poisoned Pen mystery bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ.

www.youtube.com/channel/UCTb...

Some weirdo spills his fantasies on X about what he believes a liberal-leaning author would consider a good plot.

I'm not even counting the truly deranged people commenting. I mean, what the actual F is going on here? I really hope it's "just" a bot, or a troll, but I fear there really are people who think the left is like this:

Weather, however, would absolutely be on the front lines of the protests. Lucas might want her to wear body armor, but of course she wouldn't.

If Lucas were real, he'd never be assigned to this case. The books are about investigation and apprehension of truly awful people. Not about breaking up protests, crushing dissent, violating rights. Lucas may be law enforcement, but he's also deeply moral in a way we don't see in ICE.

But you might be surprised how many people think Lucas would support ICE. I've received email suggesting that Lucas or Virgil go to Minneapolis, engage (violently) with some of the protestors, and eventually end up arresting (or, again, shooting) Walz. Clearly that's unhinged.

That said, we both hate what's going on, and it's from a very liberal perspective: ICE is acting with abandon, like untrained thugs, and the people are suffering because of it, and it's all driven by hatred of a nebulous brown-skinned "they" who we are told is ruining America.

He's not exactly on social media. I'm his son, and I handle all that stuff for him, because he really Really REALLY doesn't like it. But because I'm his son, I can't speak for him. I won't risk someone taking my opinions for his.

Just so you know, in the earlier books the main character is MUCH more unlikable than you might be okay with. He’s been toned down a lot since then, but by modern standards the first few books may be problematic for some.

(But that’s true of all long-series books, isn’t it?)

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John Sandford close and personal with protestors and tear gas in Paris, France: facebook.com/JohnSandford...

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(Plus, I’ve been running the website since the mid 90s, when websites were still a new and exciting thing, so this was just a logical extension. That said, I do have different opinions than my dad, so don’t take any opinions I may express as being from the author unless I specifically say so.)

Full disclaimer: I’m the son of the author. I manage the fan mail and social media because my dad hates Hates HATES social media stuff.

I just feel it’s better for someone invested in the author and series to manage it than some anonymous intern at a publishing house.

Because of reasons, that particular run of books had a higher quality control than normal. Not the plots, but typos and their ilk are at much lower levels than otherwise.

That said, “Secret Prey” (1998) has one of the worst mistakes in any of the books. Should have been caught, but wasn’t.

In order? Consecutive? Older or recent?

Because the people who own the rights made two mediocre TV movies (“Mind Prey” in 1997 and “Certain Prey” in 2011) and have done nothing with the rights since then. The author offered $1M for the rights back and they said no.

Lethal Prey debuted at #1 on the New York Times combined print & digital bestseller list for April 13. It’s a good start.

John Sandford will be appearing at the Barnes & Noble in Har Mar Mall at 6pm tonight, for a talk and signing. Here's the information:

March 25th, 2025 — 6pm
Barnes & Noble — HarMar Mall
2100 Snelling Ave N
Roseville, MN 55113 USA
Phone: 651.639.9256

"Lethal Prey", the thirty-fifth Prey novel and the author's fifty-ninth overall, is now in stores!

YouTube video by The Poisoned Pen Bookstore John Sandford discusses Lethal Prey

John Sandford will be at the Poisoned Pen mystery bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona, tonight at 7pm to talk about "Lethal Prey", the latest installment in the bestselling Prey series.

youtu.be/1zlE7rKOlGk

Here's another teaser, this time from the audiobook. "Lethal Prey" will be in stores March 25th.

Or tell him how to pronounce Edina or Wayzata. (Although I did try.)

Tour Info John Sandford - Tour Info

There will two events for Lethal Prey. The first will be at the Poisoned Pen on March 24th, and the second at the HarMar Barnes & Noble the next day.

JohnSandford.org/tour.html

Lethal Prey - Preview The first four chapters of 'Lethal Prey'

The first four chapters for “Lethal Prey” have been posted to the website.

JohnSandford.org/prey35pr.html