Let the Devil Sleep (Dave Gurney, No. 3)

In this latest novel from bestselling author John Verdon, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney puts under the magnifying glass a notorious serial murdernbsp;case - one whose motives have been enshrined as law-enforcement dogma - and discovers that everyone has it wrong. nbsp; The most decorated homicide detective in NYPD history, Dave Gurney is still trying to adjust to his life of quasi-retirement in upstate New York when a young woman who is producing a...
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In this latest novel from bestselling author John Verdon, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney puts under the magnifying glass a notorious serial murdernbsp;case - one whose motives have been enshrined as law-enforcement dogma - and discovers that everyone has it wrong.
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The most decorated homicide detective in NYPD history, Dave Gurney is still trying to adjust to his life of quasi-retirement in upstate New York when a young woman who is producing a documentary on an infamousnbsp;murder spree seeks his counsel.nbsp; Soon after, Gurney begins feeling threatened: a razor-sharp hunting arrow lands in his yard, and he narrowly escapes serious injury in a booby-trapped basement.nbsp; As things grow more bizarre, he finds himself reexamining the case of The Good Shepherd, which ten years before involved a series of roadside shootings and a rage-against-the-rich manifesto.nbsp; The killings ceased, and a cult of analysis grew up around the case with a consensus opinion that no one would dream of challenging--no one, that is, but Dave Gurney.nbsp;nbsp;
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mocked even by some who'd been hisnbsp;allies in previous investigations, Gurney realizes that the killer is too clever to ever be found.nbsp; The only gambit that may make sense is also the most dangerous--to make himself a target and get the killer to come to him.