The Prey

The Prey by Brennan, Allison. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780739462270.

First, she imagined it. Then a killer made it real.Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. But fiction and reality collide when a dismembered body is found in Colorado: the real-life victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character in Rowan€™s novel. By the time the FBI, the LAPD, and her own private bodyguard gather around her, another person is killed€“again, the murder ripped from the pages of Rowan€™s book.In the company of a former Delta Force officer with secrets of his own, Rowan faces an excruciating dilemma: the only way to chase down the tormenting killer is by revisiting the darkness of her past€“and by praying for some way out again.After the prey is chosen, the hunt is on and the kill is certain.