The Bricklayer of Albany Park

Detective Frank Vincenti, a Chicago cop with an uncanny insight to a killer’s psyche, is tracking a homicidal monster—The Bricklayer of Albany Park. Driven by a mission of revenge, the highly organized and calculating killer targets victims he believes are sinners deserving of punishment. He tortures and kills without remorse, delivering a message with each kill. Wrapping his victims in a shroud of blue, he buries them under piles of bricks at construction sites in the peaceful Chicago neighborhood of Albany Park, always leaving behind a “memento” taunting police. He insists he’s not insane—“the insane are those who lack the courage to protect the most innocent among us.” The killer eludes Vincenti, and the body count grows.                                                                                   Vincneti who left behind a troubled youth, tormented by an alcoholic father, is known for solving the city’s most bizarre and macabre murders. But in this case, the chase becomes personal as Vincenti puts his marriage—and his sanity—at risk. He and his partner, Sean Kelly, work the city’s back streets and dive bars until the odor of stale beer works its way into their clothes and the city’s fear becomes their own. Vincenti turns for help to Thomas Aquinas Foster, his mentor, father figure and, ultimately, his only friend. Foster—a gruff former Chicago PD detective with a tainted soul and his own self-righteous brand of justice—guides Vincenti through the dark, twisted paths of the investigation and the human soul.