What Matters Blood
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Legendary homicide detective Jack Dantzler has never failed to solve a murder. Thirty-three killers apprehended, tried, convicted. Perfect, like God's soul. But Dantzler's perfection ends when three college women are brutally murdered, victims of a serial killer who strangles his prey, decorates their bodies with a St. Jude medal and photo of Michelangelo's Pieta, then lacerates the jugular post-mortem. The series of murders reawaken Dantzler's memories of his own mother's murder when he was still a young boy. As he delves deeper into the case, haunted by thoughts of his mother, Dantzler must first regain control of his own emotions. What Matters Blood presents Dantzler with his ultimate challenge, entering into the dark and twisted mind of a cunning adversary, who will stop at nothing to prevail in what he calls this "Waltz of Death" with the great detective.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this sluggish first novel from sportswriter Wallace (The Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia, etc.), serial killer Eldon Wessell taunts Lexington, Ky., homicide detective Jack Dantzler with letters that reveal an intimate acquaintance with the detective's past. Dantzler suffers from inner demons, including a drinking problem and recurring nightmares induced by his mother's unsolved slaying when he was a youngster, yet his 17-year stint on the force has produced an incredibly perfect record: 33 homicides; 33 killers caught, convicted and sentenced. It would appear to be an unequal contest as Eldon's ritualistic killings become more frequent and the police form a special task force to hunt him down. Instead, Dantzler follows too many trails the reader already knows to be false, while the increasingly important role of a rookie homicide cop, Laurie Dunn, in the investigation and in Dantzler's personal life distracts from the dynamics of the two-person contest. Hopefully, the author will produce a tighter plot next time.
