Helpful Score: 2
All the Lucas Davenport novels are good, but this one is particularly well written. The crimes are gruesome and the pursuit of the criminal tense. Of note, Sanford usually writes his women police officers pretty well, but does an especially good job in this novel portraying a female victim as both damaged and strong. It's a nice change from the genre norm in which a woman who experiences violence is generally seen as permanently damaged beyond hope. It may seem small, but sending the message that there's difference between being a victim and transcending a trauma is a huge step.
