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G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 423 pages, $29 John Sandford’s 31st book in his “Prey” series brings together two of his most famous protagonists. Minnesota lawmen Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to roundup the drug-smuggling murderers of three Coast Guard sailors off the coast of South Florida. “Ocean Prey” opens with Davenport and fellow marshal Bob Matees heading to Miami in a case where the FBI and local law enforcement have reached a dead end. The Coasties were killed in cold blood by smugglers who, after stowing a drug hoard undersea, burned their expensive boat, destroyi...

Find a body. Become a suspect. Take dangerous risks. It’s all part of the job for Willie Black in “Jordan’s Branch” (The Permanent Press, $29.95, 232 pages), the 10th novel in Howard Owen’s Richmond-set series featuring the police reporter for the city’s daily newspaper. When college acquaintance Randolph Giles “Stick” Davis returns to Richmond after several years in the British West Indies, he hires Willie to write his life story for $50,000. But Stick’s murder—Willie discovers the corpse—leaves Willie with only the $5,000 down payment ...