Sandford, John

Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport's personal problems must take a back seat when the investigation of a sex-related murder leads to the discovery that a very intelligent serial killer is on the loose in Minneapolis.

Minnesota detective Lucas Davenport uncovers links to a Communist spy network in Duluth after a Russian man is found there, shot dead with fifty-four-year-old bullets.

Virgil Flowers, a government investigator, battles "bad men" from Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, and America for the recovery of an ancient stone, smuggled illegally out of Israel, said to have inscriptions on it with insights into the life of King Solomon.