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When two bodies— a white woman and a black man—are discovered hanging naked from a tree in the remote woods of northern Minnesota, even seasoned detectives are stumped. Lucas Davenport, recently reassigned to a special troubleshooting unit by his former boss Rose Marie Roux, is tasked with unraveling the crime’s complex clues and hidden motives. As Davenport digs deeper, he navigates a web of secrets, racial tensions, and a city’s underbelly, proving once again that no case is too intricate for his investigative acumen.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: John Sandford
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