Review written for ClubReading.com by Linda
“Never carry a weapon after it has been used.” The killer was leaving the rules on each murder victim, just to let the cops know he was following the rules.
The city, of course, has a team of investigators working on the case, but one cop works differently. He is Lucas Davenport. He’s not only a cop, but he designs role playing games in his spare time. He’s wealthy enough to drive a Porsche, and smart enough that the cops want to keep him.
The killer proceeds, making few mistakes, nothing most people would catch. But Lucas catches them, of course. The book races to its inevitable conclusion.
Unfortunately, I came out of the book not sure if I like Lucas. That’s rather unusual for me; protagonists, especially slightly-off-the-wall, eccentric ones like Lucas, I generally like. I tried to like Lucas; he’s very smart (a huge plus in my book) and he develops role playing games, which I might have played once or twice as a kid. But I could really understand him, and the final scene really threw me. I’m left with the disquieting feeling that he is not exactly right; if he were a real person, I think I’d have to avoid him. While all of this leaves me slightly unsettled, I do believe I will have to read the next in the series.