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Lucas Davenport, senior cop in Minnesota, investigates a cold case in this book. The skeletons of two little girls are discovered by people tearing down an old building. In 1985 when Davenport was a rookie, two young girls had disappeared and he was one of the many cops who tried to find them. Now, sadly, their skeletons have been found and he is determined to discover the murderer. The story is an intriguing look at how old clues and new technology can lead investigators to a murderer. Davenport and his men, who are free to investigate whatever cases they wish, go back to the area where the girls disappeared and follow slim leads, asking former residents questions and getting tantalizing answers. As are all of Sandford's books, this is an excellent police procedural. The reader is pulled in to the story and is invested along with the detectives in finding the perpetrator of these deeds. We follow the investigation step by step and are angered when it leads to new deaths. It is an exciting book with a suspenseful story and a thrilling conclusion. Lucas Davenport is a fascinating character. We have watched him climb the promotion ladder in the police force, first in Minneapolis and now in the state. In this book we see him both as rookie, learning how to be a policeman and as experienced crime investigator. Davenport is the most important character in the book and the others are all stereotypes playing off him. His wife and daughter take roles in order to humanize him, but they do not play a real part in the book. His sidekick, Del, is also a two-dimensional character. The most realistic character after Davenport is the murderer. The setting, Minneapolis/St. Paul and later all of Minnesota, is interesting to me because I live so close and have spent time there. But Sandford is so familiar with it and does such a good job of describing it that anyone might enjoy visiting and seeing a different sort of city from the one a casual visitor might encounter. Sandford is a pro and writes very competently and allows the listener to enjoy the story without getting in the way. This was an audiobook and the reader, Richard Ferrone, did an outstanding job of identifying the different characters with just a slight change in voice and tone. He made it easy for the listener to understand and enjoy a very well-written and suspenseful story. § Sally Fellows is a retired history teacher with an MA in history and an avid reader of mysteries.
Reviewed by Sally A. Fellows, June 2011
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