Vantage Point

November 15, 2018
In fictional Dundurn, Ontario, Detective Superintendent MacNeice's homicide team (last seen in Raw Bone, 2015) hunts a sophisticated serial killer and investigates the disappearance of one of their own. An unsuspecting house cleaner finds the bodies of an Anglican priest and his son, painstakingly arranged with a small metal V placed in a corner. Days later, another telltale V is found near an addict's body staged in a park, and then at the perplexing murder scene of two pimps. The highly organized killer leaves no physical evidence, and the team struggles for leads until Detective Fiza Aziz realizes that the killer's tableaux are re-creations of master artists' controversial works. As their search for the serial killer gathers steam, an emotionally weary MacNeice leans on Fiza when he's also tasked with hunting for the missing Dundurn detective. MacNeice's fourth outing offers an excellent opportunity to introduce American readers to one of Canada's best-loved fictional detectives, whose insight-laden conversations with his deceased wife and fascination with bird calls herald the kind of oddball investigative savant whom readers adore.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)