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4 stars for a well done police procedural thriller. Since the killer is identified at the beginning of the book to the reader, it is a thriller, not a mystery. The suspense lies in the police trying to identify and stop this serial killer before he kills again. Louis Vullion is a very smart killer. He is a lawyer and familiar with police procedures. He plans his kills meticulously, being careful not to leave any DNA or other clues.
The Minneapolis Police Department realizes that there is a serial killer in their city and they have both the homicide squad and Lucas Davenport investigating on parallel tracks. Davenport is also a very smart man, and 1 of the best detectives on the force. He is independently wealthy, because he designed several popular software fantasy war games.
The book is written from alternating POVs--Louis and Lucas.
Although this library book is 479 pages, I read it in 4 days, because it becomes hard to put down after about 100 pages. John Sandford is a pen name for Minnesota journalist John Camp.
Two quotes:
Davenport on a tv reporter: "He looked down at Annie McGown. Channel Eight. Dark hair, dark eyes, upturned nose. Wide mobile mouth. World class legs. Wonderful diction. Brains of an oyster."
Davenport on fantasy games: "Every fantasy game in the world, he thought, had a bunch of computer freaks with swords wandering around Poe-esque landscapes with red-haired freckled beauties with large breasts."