Pulitzer Prize champion John Sandford began his #1 New York Times best-selling series with this riveting book that floored critics and fellow novelists as well. ‘So chilling that you’re almost afraid to turn the webpages,’ hailed Carl Hiassen, while Robert B. Parker praised the ‘cop and a killer you are going to remember for a long, long time.’ The ‘maddog’ murderer who’s terrorizing the Twin Metropolitan areas is two things: crazy and extremely smart. He kills for the pleasure of it and thoroughly enjoys placing intricate obstacles to keep law enforcement befuddled. Each clever move he makes is another point of pride. But when the outstanding Lieutenant Lucas Davenport–a dedicated cop and a serial killer’s most severe nightmare–is brought in to take up the investigation, the maddog abruptly has an adversary worth his genius.