When three teenagers start randomly killing people in rural Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers is sent in to assist local law enforcement in apprehending them. As the identities of the victims become known and the murder count continues to escalate, Virgil feels there is something just not right about the killing spree.

With a keen ability to reason out irregularities in an investigation, Virgil is soon pursuing a different analysis of the situation. This does not sit well with the local authorities who are set on killing the murdering teens on sight rather than bringing them in to face justice. With such a volatile situation, the explosive resolution is not surprising. What is surprising, though, is what actually started the crime spree.

John Sandford is a master storyteller and his Virgil Flowers series is just as brilliantly written as his Prey series starring Virgil's boss, Lucas Davenport. I've read every book in both series and never been disappointed in the plotting or the character development. MAD RIVER is another excellent addition to Sandford's long list of bestsellers.