Mind Game

Once again detective ''Hank'' Hankenson is forced to play a deadly mind game with a diabolical serial killer, when the body of a high-profile fund raiser for the arts community in Minneapolis is discovered within the giant contours of the Spoon Bridge and Cherry in the Walker Arts Center Sculpture Garden. Soon after, the famed Guthrie Theatre and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts become killing sites as well. Hankenson's hunt for the killer eventually extends to the fabled Kensington Runestone purported by scientists to have been left in central Minnesota by Vikings prior to Columbus coming to America.

Most of the characters from Rueff's mystery thriller, Endgame, are back: the ''Rifleman'' vigilante whose murky identity is revealed in Mind Game; the enthralling, stand-offish advertising executive, Darcy Austin, who became Hankenson's lover; Caren Dalton, Darcy's nemesis with a grudge yet to settle with her; and the enigmatic Josh Williams with his cast of comic-book characters that intertwine with real life . . . and real death.

Bob Rueff is a native Minnesotan and longtime resident of Bloomington, Minnesota. He is retired from his position as CEO of a prominent Twin City advertising agency when he formed Rueff Marketing, a consultant firm, before beginning his writing career. He is the author of Minnesota Heat , a satirical statewide bestseller based on the Minnesota psyche and way of life, and winner of an award from the Minnesota Independent Publishing Association. His first mystery thriller was Endgame, Mind Game being its sequel. A third book in the 'game' series, Thespian Game, will complete the trilogy.

Rueff is also a Lt. Col. (retired army reserve) having served as a psychological operation officer for much of his military career. He lives with his long-time wife, Lou, and they have three grown children who all live in Minnesota.