"Easy Prey" by John Sandford Trivia Quiz

Answer: Minnesota

The murders occur in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with the first death being wrongly attributed to a famous model. For most of the book Lucas concentrates on who would murder the model, not realising that the subsequent murders fall under two different motives.

Answer: Weather

Weather Karkinnen is a former fiancée who bumps into Lucas in the hospital after he has visited a wounded police officer. It is Weather who reassures Lucas about the state of the injured officer's health after the surgery.
Jael Carbeau is the sister of the photographer Amnon Plain, as well as the lover of Alie'e.
Catrin is another former lover of Lucas who re-appears, after twenty-five years, to let him know that her marriage is on the rocks.
Alie'e Maison is the model who is killed at the start of the book.

Answer: Jael

Jael, and her brother Amnon, are originally suspected of the murder of Alie'e. It is not until Amnon is murdered that Jael is placed under police protection by the Chief of Police.

Answer: Marcy

Marcy Sherrill, originally in Homicide, had moved from her previous placement to act as protection for Jael when she was shot and is raced to hospital. After a long operation, where complications set in, Marcy has to deal with internal bleeding and the onset of pneumonia.

Answer: Elle

Elle Kruger, also known as Sister Mary Joseph, is Lucas's oldest friend. She was a professor of Psychology at St. Anne's College before entering the nunnery. Lucas asks her whether the death of the model could be related to her sexuality. She is also able to give some background information on Tom Olson, the model's brother.

Answer: Rifle

The murderer used a .44 Ruger rifle to shoot Marcy. We find out that there were two murderers with one of them looking to avenge Alie'e on those he believed where responsible for her death. Marcy is shot outside Jael's apartment block and spends the rest of the story in hospital.

Answer: Incest

Like their biblical namesakes Jael and Amnon had been lovers. During their childhoods the brother and sister had been separated, for fifteen years, when their parents had divorced. They meet again in a professional capacity - Jael is now a model, and Amnon is a photographer - and become attracted to each other. After a fling Jael leaves modeling, and Amnon, to become a potter.

Answer: Burnt River

Alie'e, real name, Sharon Olson, was born and raised in Burnt River. Until the age of seventeen she lived with her parents and brother Tom. She became a model at the age of sixteen after many years on the beauty pageant circuit.
Darwin, Casey, and Kingston are all townships in Meeker County, Minnesota.

Answer: Porsche

Due to the car's quick acceleration and his knowledge of the area Lucas is able to easily outperform and lose the police cars.

Answer: Nine days

In the nine days since the first murders were found Lucas slept with one woman, considered resuming a relationship with two others and worried about a former lover. He was a very busy man. No wonder the case took nine days to solve.