![]() ![]() James Qatar has already decided to kill her when a chance remark intrigues him enough to spare her. The more important one involves the woman intended to be his final victim, whom we meet at the same time as the killer, early in the novel. There are two major problems with the ending to Chosen Prey. Disappointment is magnified because enhanced expectations are not met. What happens when you don’t carry it all the way through to the conclusion of the book? What happens when the last fifty pages read as if they’d been plotted by someone else? Those superior skills turn against you. There is one drawback to being a master of your craft, of having the ability to create fascinating characters and situations, and build suspense, and make the routine seem interesting. The ending ends on a sad and hopeful note for the future of Lucas. Sandfford leads you through the plot and the myriad of characters and keeps his eye on the endgame. The writing was much crispier in this one. I held off though because the last book was a pile of mess and I had to give this 5 stars by default. I am going to admit, I was tempted to give this four stars because it was pretty obvious what was going to happen with Terry. We get introduced to a new character in this one, Terry Marshall, who has a connection to the case. We have no idea how depraved he is until you start to realize how long he has been doing what he has. He stalks woman, takes, their pictures, and draws them in crude pornographic poses. Marcy is still recovering from her injuries after the last book, and even gets a better love interest in this one. We have our usual suspects of Marcy, Del, Sloan, and others. He's not stupid, and though you end up loathing some of his choices in order to punish the bad people who he comes across, you sometimes end up rooting for him. I think that Lucas works as a character for his determination to catch the bad guys. Thank God that character doesn't pop up again. There are still jokes about him and Weather, and I do like that Weather acknowledges Lucas's past partners and the only one she's not here for is Lucas's old friend. I do have to laugh at Lucas once again being smoothed out a little so he's not acting like a psycho around every attractive female he meets. Readers find out pretty fast who the killer is, so you may end up frustrated with Lucas and company for not moving faster on James Qatar (his name is in the synopsis). Lucas in this one seems to be a step behind a serial killer. If that's enough, it appears a murder is leading Lucas and his team to investigate what it appears to be another serial killer on the loose in Minnesota. The chief who he has been working for is not likely to get re-appointed, which means Lucas is going to have to go too. Lucas is dealing with a shake up though professionally. Still ambivalent about what things mean, the two are back together, stronger than before. He is becoming a monster - and Lucas may have no choice but to walk right into his lair.We get to see who Lucas chose after the mess of the last Prey book (spoiler: Weather) and how they are dealing with each other months later. The man is learning as he goes, Lucas realizes, taking great strides forward with each murder. And you know something? He liked it.Īlready faced with a welter of confusion in his personal life, Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport decides to take this case himself, hoping that some straightforward police work will clear his head, but as the trail begins to take some unexpected turns, it soon becomes clear that nothing is straightforward about this killer. A man in his position couldn't be too careful, after all. ![]() ![]() well, one thing led to another, and he had to kill her. One day, he took the hobby a step further and. ![]() A New York Times bestseller! Lucas Davenport returns in the most harrowing and unexpected Prey novel yet -the story of a congenial man, and his most uncongenial obsession.Īn art history professor and writer and cheerful pervert, James Qatar had a hobby: he took secret photographs of women and turned them into highly sexual drawings. ![]()
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