When First We Deceive

A killer stalks the deep South. When a young police lieutenant in a sleepy Mississippi coast town responds to a routine prowler call one night, he isn't expecting to find the handiwork of the killer. But his grisly discovery is just the beginning of a horrible nightmare--a nightmare that may kill him and his wife. From the author of "Nightwatcher". Charles Wilson, termed a "wizard plotter" by the Los Angeles Times and whose writings are compared by many to John D. McDonald, once again demonstrates why he has earned such critical acclaim in When First We Deceive, his best and most terrifying thriller to date. A most fearsome, crazed presence stalks the deep South, terrifying citizens in cities from Memphis to New Orleans to Mobile, and the FBI has set up local headquarters along the Mississippi Gulf Coast to try and put a stop to this madness. But as fearful as this lone, demented presence is, it does not compare to the evil born of a so-called sane mind bent on gratification, as all involved soon learn. Young police lieutenant Brett Dunnigan and his wife Paige Dunnigan, members of a small police force in a sleepy Mississippi coastal town, are steered to a last-minute prowler call as Brett's shift is about to end and he has already picked Paige up to celebrate their first anniversary. What they find that night changes their dreams to nightmares and starts them on an investigation fraught with terror - and ultimately puts both of their lives in danger from which there seems no escape. When a terrifying serial killer stalks the deep South, a young police lieutenant and his wife, officers in a small Mississippi town, respond to a report of a prowler and become hopelessly ensnared in a grisly waking nightmare. Reprint.