Next Victim

Michael Prescott

Open Road Media, Apr 1, 2014 - Fiction - 304 pages

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Shadow Hunter has created “a crafty, complex and completely insane serial killer” (Publishers Weekly).
  Tess McCallum is a blonde, gray‐eyed, single, and totally dedicated FBI agent whose work and personal life have both been stuck in neutral since the traumatic night she came home to find her fellow FBI agent and secret lover ritually murdered by the slippery sex killer she had been pursuing. Her target, Mobius, is a crafty, complex, and completely insane serial killer. His unique scariness lies in his ordinariness; he is an Everyman who could be just about anyone . . . or anywhere. Now, two unnervingly inactive years later, Tess gets a summons from her former boss, Assistant Director Gerald Andrus, bringing her to L.A. to investigate a suspect who seems frighteningly similar to Mobius. He is back, with a new identity and, as a result of his latest opportunistic killing, a new weapon of mass destruction (a canister of VX nerve agent), as well as a nasty plan to kill thousands all at once. Tess must unravel the puzzle and figure out the secret of Mobius before he kills her, along with a big chunk of Los Angeles. The suspense starts early and does not quit. 

What people are saying

LibraryThing Review

User Review  - Zumbanista - LibraryThing

Graphic, hard hitting police procedural featuring a too-good-to-be-true female FBI agent. Fast paced action with a far fetched reveal, imo. Decent enough but a touch flat for me.

Review: Next Victim (Abby Sinclair and Tess McCallum #2)

User Review  - RedRedtheycallmeRed - Goodreads

Just like all the other Michael Prescott books I've read, I enjoyed this one. It was fast paced, had some humorous moments, and was nail-bitingly intense. Tess is a great protagonist, she was tough ...

About the author

Michael Prescott, a New York Times–bestselling author, began his career as a screenwriter and freelance journalist. He has published ten suspense thrillers, including Miasma (2007), Final Sins (2007), Mortal Faults (2006), Dangerous Games (2005) (Tess McCallum #2), In Dark Places (2004), Next Victim (2002) (Tess McCallum Book One), Last Breath (2001), The Shadow Hunter (2000), Stealing Faces (1999), and Comes the Dark (1999). He is almost always at work on a new novel and divides his time between the Arizona desert and the New Jersey shore. You may contact Michael Prescott at his website www.michaelprescott.net. Prescott also blogs on general subjects, including books and publishing, at www.michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/. 

Bibliographic information

• Title: Next Victim
• Author: Michael Prescott
• Publisher: Open Road Media, 2014
• ISBN: 1480498165, 9781480498167
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense