Review #65
Erica McDill is the new CEO of one of the Twin Cities' most prominent ad agencies.
She has taken a few days out of her schedule to recharge at an exclusive northern Minnesota resort catering primarily to wealthy, professional women. She certainly doesn't expect to die at the hands of a sniper while boating down the river and checking out an eagle’s nest.
Her prominence in the community leads the governor to hand the case to Lucas Davenport and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Davenport assigns the job to his best investigator, Virgil Flowers, whose investigational techniques are textbook but, who fosters a reputation for eccentricity with surfer-dude hair and a working uniform of cowboy boots, jeans, and rock-band T-shirts.
Virgil has plenty of motives to sift through. Was McDill's murderer a bitter business rival?...An anonymous lover at the resort?...Her longtime partner?
A couple of days into the investigation, Flowers learns that a former guest of the resort was murdered in Iowa two years earlier. Is there a connection?
It's a complicated case, but Virgil is up to the task, and, as always, he's funny, smart and tough when he needs to be…and catnip to the ladies.
Love this series!
I just discovered John Sandford when I joined in his Days of Prey tour. Look forward to reading the rest of the books.
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