From back cover: "When four teenagers go missing in the small northern town of Algonquin Bay, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up except Detective John Cardinal, an all-too-human loner whose persistence only serves to get him removed from Homicide. Haunted by a criminal secret in his own past, and hounded by a special investigation into corruption on the force, Cardinal is on the brink of losing his career - and his family.

When the mutilated body of thirteen-year-old Katie Pine is pulled out of an abandoned mineshaft, only Cardinal is willing to consider the horrific truth: this quiet town is home of the most vicious of serial killers. With the media, the provincial police and his own department questioning his every move, Cardinal follows increasingly tenuous threads towards the unthinkable. Time isn't only running out for him, but for another young victim, tied up in a basement wondering when and how his captors will kill him."

This one was a cut above the "average" murder mystery book - a good read!

Mailed to Intrycksflikka January 18, 2005, as part of my 50 State PLUS RABCK Christmas 2004-Christmas 2005 (FINLAND) - Enjoy!

The book arrived yesterday. A big thank you to you CdnBlueRose =) Seems to be an interesting book!

Will leave the book in the entry hall of the library.