Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son - Chuck Dixon, Brett Booth A spate of gruesome murders in new Orleans have the police running around trying to catch them.
A letter from a friend brings Deucalion, the original Frankenstein's monster to the town.
The police and Deucalion soon find each other, and he has to try and convince of the truth behind his creation.

Good characters, plenty of twists and an ending that will lead nicely into book 2