Part of Lucas Davenport, book 5
First published 1994
Snow falls hard across rural Wisconsin as Lucas Davenport, the seasoned detective from Minneapolis, tracks his most cunning adversary yet. The Iceman has left a trail of bodies in his wake, each murder calculated to hide an even darker secret. This killer knows how Davenport thinks and operates, staying one step ahead through the bitter winter landscape. Armed with a razor-sharp corn knife, the Iceman strikes without warning, then vanishes into the white expanse of the north country. Davenport must navigate treacherous terrain both physical and psychological as he closes in on a murderer who seems to anticipate his every move. The frozen wilderness becomes a deadly chess board where one wrong step could mean death. In this fifth Lucas Davenport case, Sandford pits his hard-edged protagonist against a coldly intelligent killer who refuses to be caught, creating a deadly game of cat and mouse that tests Davenport's skills to their limit.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, detective, serial-killer
Setting: Minneapolis, Wisconsin
Period: winter
343 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley
Content warnings: violence