Buried Prey
by John Sandford
G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2011
Two young blonde girls disappear as they are walking by their home. It is assumed that they have been abducted, abused, and murdered. A young patrolman, temporarily made a plain clothes detective, Lucas, follows leads to apprehend a street bum to whom all available evidence points. The street man is killed in the arrest process.
The young detective thought it was too pat. Superiors talked him out of pursuing his instincts concerning a shadowy Mr. Fell.
Thirty years later in an excavation, the bodies of the girls are discovered. DNA proves that the bum was innocent of this crime. By this time, Lucas is a senior detective married to a surgeon and living a comfortable life via inheritance, good fortune, and hard work. He is on the case of Mr. Fell once again.
There follows an intense manhunt, complete with unfortunate shootings and unanticipated twists in a road full of potholes. The story evolves in Minneapolis-St. Paul and surrounding lakes and communities.
If you love well-written mysteries, and you have never read the work of John Sandford, you are in for a treat. The writing is crisp, the characters engaging, and the mystery interesting.
I came to appreciate Mr. Sandford at the International Thriller Writers Association meeting (Thillerfest) in New York earlier this year. He was engaging in person, as well as in print.
Warms, Cym
John Sandford
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