Part of Lucas Davenport, book 27
First published 2017
Lucas Davenport has left the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension behind. Thanks to powerful people he once saved, he now works as a U.S. Marshal with extraordinary freedom to choose his cases. His first assignment takes him to Biloxi, Mississippi, where robbers hit a drug cartel counting house and made off with suitcases of money. They left five corpses behind, including a six-year-old girl. Davenport picks up the trail, but cartel assassins want the thieves too. Among them lurks a torturer called the Queen of home-improvement tools. The case spins out of control as Davenport races against brutal killers to find the Dixie Hicks gang responsible for the heist. The cartel assassins care nothing about Davenport's past heroics or connections. To them, he represents just another obstacle to eliminate. The violence escalates quickly as multiple forces converge on the same target.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, high-stakes
Setting: Biloxi, Mississippi
393 pages · Hardcover · Putnam Pub Group
Content warnings: violence