P is for Prey
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"Everyone calls it Alphabet City. The streets are
letters, the avenues are letters, there's no names on anything. There's crack on
every corner, cops on the take, lawyers just looking for the next person to sue,
graft on a huge scale in city hall... it ain't exactly
paradise."
From the skeleton pier to the burned-out mall, Santa Teresa's
the uncontested gem of California's new recession look. Criminal gangs rule the
night, the brutally efficient police hold the day. Lucas Davenport, ostensibly
trying to enjoy a vacation, finds himself stranded there, stuck in the
middle.
But an outsider is exactly who both sides want to employ, because a
mysterious third party wants both sides dead. A shadowy figure who strikes with
no warning, leaves no trace, and seemingly walks through walls like a ghost. But
this ghost has a sense of humor as well, and is killing off people... in
alphabetical order.
Lucas doesn't believe in ghosts, and he's determined to get to
the bottom of things, if only to save his own skin. But the more he digs, the
more he brings to light a decades-old conspiracy. The killings aren't simple
revenge, and they're more than just chaos. They're art.
And unless he find the mastermind behind it, he may find that
the next masterpiece starts with the letter L....