In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, the rooms ransacked and only small items stolen. It's clearly a random break-in by someone looking for money to buy drugs. But as he looks more closely, Lucas Davenport begins to wonder if the items are actually so small or the victims so random. Gradually, a pattern begins to emerge - and it will lead Davenport to somewhere he never expected. Which is bad news, because the killers are expecting him...
