Broken Prey by John Sandiford

I first encountered John Sandiford's "Prey" series on audiotape. The narrator had an immensely compelling voice, which pulled me into novel, into the cold and barren landscapes of Minnesota.

Another strength of this series is the rich characterization (we care about detective Lucas Davenport; sometimes we even care for the killers, who are often protrayed with a great deal of backstory to their lives, and bathed in the light of ambiguity).

I just finished 2005's Broken Prey, and it wasn't one of the strongest novels in the series, a little slow in places, but still enjoyable. I found out Sandiford is really a Pulizer Prize winning journalist, and I'm not surprised. There's something about his writing...