Endgame

There’s a serial killer afoot in Bloomington, Minnesota, a community new to such lethal assaults. Moreover, each victim is dispatched in creative fashion, using the products of a particular advertising agency, which, in itself, seems targeted for extinction.

The killings soon spill into surrounding communities of the Twin Cities and reaches the lake country of central Minnesota with the product theme intact.

The City of Bloomington’s crimes-against-persons officer, Lieutenant Douglas Hankenson, must rise to the challenge he’s presented—especially since he is singled out to play a game of fact and fantasy, choreographed by a diabolical assassin.

Darcy Austin, who discovers the first murder victim, must escape the danger facing her, as well. Why and how does the advertising agency, Williams/Bailey, fit into the pattern of death? The comic-book characters of Fantasy Publications are fictitious, aren’t they? What role can they possibly play in the scenario?

Bob Rueff is a native Minnesotan and a longtime resident of Bloomington. He was an advertising executive for much of his career. Rueff is the author of Minnesota Heat, a satirical statewide bestseller based on the Minnesota psyche and way of life.