Part of Lucas Davenport, book 21
First published 2011
Construction crews demolishing a Minneapolis house discover two bodies wrapped in plastic. Detective Lucas Davenport recognizes the remains immediately. Twenty-six years earlier, as a young and reckless cop in 1985, Davenport worked the missing persons case when these two girls first vanished. The investigation consumed him then, but his superiors eventually shut it down and marked it solved. Davenport never believed their conclusions. Now he gets a second chance to find the real killer. As he digs deeper into the decades-old evidence, Davenport realizes the original investigation buried more than just the victims. Someone with power wanted this case to disappear, and they succeeded for over two decades. The detective must navigate department politics and uncover institutional corruption while tracking down a murderer who thought they had escaped justice forever.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cold-case, second-chance
Setting: Minneapolis
Period: 1985, 2011
390 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons