Chosen Prey Chosen PreyTaken from the backcover of the book:
The number-one bestselling novelist returns with his most harrowing Prey of all: the story of a congenial man with a most uncongenial hobby.
An 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. One day, he took the hobby a step further and ... well, one thing led to another, and he had to kill her. A man in his position couldn't be too careful, after all. And you know something? He liked it.
Already 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 unexpected turns, it soon becomes clear that nothing is straightforward about the killer. The man is learning as he goes, Lucas realizes, taking great strides forward with each murder. He is becoming a monster - Lucas may have no choice but to walk right into his lair ...
He included a new twist to his story line. Usually he would only capture the bad guy and end of story. But in Chosen Prey, not only does they have to get concrete evidence to ensure the court beyond reasonable doubt that he's guilty. There is also a scene of a preliminary hearing. I find that a nice change. Overall, I love the fast pace of his writing and how he slowly unravels how Davenport think to get to the killer.