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Lucas Davenport investigates a series of stabbing murders, while still recovering from his near-fatal wounds of the year before and at the same time trying, for once in his life, to settle down with one woman.

Lucas Davenport struggles to stay out of the crossfire when he is enlisted by the FBI to track down Clara Rinker, a retired assassin who has gone back into action after her boyfriend, the son of a Mexican druglord, is killed by a bullet she knows was meant for her.

Minneapolis police detective Lucas Davenport, about to arrest state senator Burt Kline for allegedly having sex with a minor, receives a second assignment to investigate the murders of a wealthy elderly woman and her maid, and while at first it is difficult to tell if the victim's antique-filled home has been robbed, he soon finds a link to a series of art thefts and a surprising connection to the sleazy senator.

Lieutenant Lucas Davenport attempts to solve the murder planned by an evil but intelligent man fascinated by all aspects of death.

Clara Rinker is one of the best hit women in the world, but when a defense attorney wants a rival killed and a witness survives, Clara feels her life falling apart, and the only way she thinks she can save it is to kill anyone who is even remotely connected to the case.

Ex-cop Joe Crow, unexpectedly finds himself drawn into the midst of a con man's scheme and must keep one-step ahead of a family friend bent on revenge, a group of cultists, counterfeiters, and a woman bodybuilder who wears her dead goldfish around her neck.

Television reporter Riley Spartz believes there is a newsworthy story behind an ad selling a never worn wedding dress and her investigation into the disappearance of the groom soon reveals a murder mystery and a surprising reason why the groom may have missed the wedding.