UNDERCURRENTS
"The undercurrents in this vivid, conpulsively readable novel never stop swirling, just like the tides in Puget Sound..." —Booklist Review  READ MORE PRAISE
Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle's Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city. But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake.
This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer—but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape? Did she knowingly jump in the water to preserve a clue? And is she now desperately trying to tell Boldt something? With the help of the alluring Daphne Matthews, a police psychologist, Boldt pieces together the complex puzzle—and the reader is taken along on a journey into the mind of a killer, and into the day-by-day nuts and bolts of police work, that is among the best in modern crime fiction. For readers of Caunitz, Wambaugh, and Sanders, Undercurrents is a roller-coaster ride in the dark that will intrigue, startle, and satisfy.
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Praise for Undercurrents… "Pearson here milks the police procedural for all it's worth, coming up with a read-through-the-night story that's a savory treat." —Kirkus Reviews "He has... an authentic feeling for police investigation and forensic medicine, and a remarkable insight and understanding of the motivations of the criminal mind." —Publishers Weekly "The novel...is far more than a lecture on police procedure; Pearson imbues his characters with a humanity that gives the story depth and tone." —Booklist Reviews "This is one of the best plots in the subgenre, crackling with the inventive energy of a writer finding his ideal groove for the first time; but readers should be warned that it can require considerable active intelligence to follow through its surprising twists, sudden splits, and painstaking changes of direction." —MysteryGuide.com  |
                                  
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