Part of Lucas Davenport, book 4
First published 1993
Michael Bekker has broken free. The deranged pathologist who terrorized Minneapolis now stalks the streets of New York City, pursuing his twisted research into death itself. He kills methodically, studying the eyes of his victims as life drains away, convinced they hold secrets about mortality. The body count climbs. New York police grow desperate and call Lucas Davenport, the Minnesota investigator who knows Bekker better than anyone. Lucas arrives to find more than one hunt waiting for him. Lily Rothenberg is there too, the policewoman whose passionate relationship with Lucas never truly ended. She's tracking a different kind of killer: corrupt cops who murder with badges as cover. Two investigations collide as Lucas and Lily are pulled back into each other's dangerous orbits. Their separate obsessions merge into something that threatens to consume them both.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, enemies-to-lovers, obsession
Setting: Minneapolis, New York City
Period: Contemporary
375 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley
Content warnings: murder, violence