This book was published in 1989. It was the first in the police Lieutenant Lucas Davenport series that takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lucas works Vice and has connections all over town. He is also a game designer and has made a great deal of money doing it.
In this cop mystery, Lucus finds himself working alongside, yet independently, from homicide when a serial killer begins to stalk the streets of the Twin Cities. This killer ties up and rapes his victims before stabbing them in the chest. He also leaves notes behind that are his rules for murder and not getting caught.
Unfortunately, the killer leaves a witness with his third victim, Carla, who maces him and beats the crap out of him with a pipe. He gets away, but whatever he saw that was special about her, is now gone. Carla is able to give Lucus information about the killer, such as, he has a Texas accent, is pale, and doesn’t work out. He also wore a pair of Air Jordan Nikes. The killer has a type, whether he knows it or not, which is dark haired, dark eyed women.
Piece by piece Lucus begins to form an idea of this man who sees him as a challenge since he is a gamer. I have to say, this serial killer is one lucky S.O.B in that they keep getting close to him, but he manages to slip away. I enjoyed the looks behind the killer’s eyes and into his thoughts. Lucus isn’t a perfect stand up cop (he plants evidence, punches out a rookie, and breaks in to houses to see what he can find), he also loves sleeping with intelligent women, one of which informs him that she is pregnant. How he reacts says a lot about his morals. This book really kickstarts a long series that I can’t wait to read.
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