The Davenport Universe
The connected crime novels featuring Lucas Davenport, Virgil Flowers and Letty Davenport. Begin with Rules of Prey for Lucas or choose the first novel in either spin-off series; crossover cases are identified in their reading guides.
Series in The Davenport Universe
Letty Davenport
Letty Davenport is Lucas’s adopted daughter and an investigator with a career distinct from his. Her two novels begin with The Investigator and continue with Dark Angel, following her move from a desk job into government investigations and undercover work. The books share a wider setting with Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers, but readers can follow Letty’s short sequence on its own; Toxic Prey is a Prey novel that also features her.
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Virgil Flowers is a Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator whose cases take him through small towns and difficult corners of the state. Begin with Dark of the Moon and follow the 12 novels in publication order to keep track of Virgil’s changing work and relationships. Later books, including Ocean Prey, Righteous Prey, Judgment Prey and Lethal Prey, connect directly with Lucas Davenport’s Prey sequence.
View Series →Prey Series (Lucas Davenport)
The Prey series follows Lucas Davenport from Minneapolis police work into state and federal investigations. Begin with Rules of Prey and follow the 36 novels in publication order: his career, family and recurring allies develop across the sequence even as each book centres on a new case. Several later cases bring Virgil Flowers or Letty Davenport into the investigation; their crossover appearances are noted in the reading guides.
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