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Chosen Prey — Content Guide for Parents

By John SandfordBerkley BooksISBN 9780425182871383 pages
Chosen Prey

Found in this book

  • ViolenceCentral
  • Scary contentCentral
  • Sexual contentSupporting

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender roles

Couldn't confirm

  • Profanity
  • Gender & orientation
  • Profanity: No source gives swearing from the story itself, so it cannot be said how much there is.
  • Gender & orientation: The sources describe the serial-killer plot but say nothing either way about LGBTQ+ characters or relationships.

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

"He desired women. All shapes, all sizes. He would fix on a woman and build imaginary stories around her. Some of the women he knew well, others not at all. Most of them faded quickly. Only a few became objects of desire. 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 some unexpected turns, it soon becomes clear that nothing is straightforward about this killer. The man is learning as he goes, Lucas realizes, taking great strides forward with each murder. He is becoming a monster--and Lucas may have no choice but to walk right into his lair..."--Provided by publisher.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Chosen Prey appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    A serial killer strangles and buries women, and the detective hunts him; a review calls the strangulation graphically described. The story follows a disturbing serial killer who stalks and murders women, and reviews describe it as chilling.

  • Does Chosen Prey have violence?

    Found (Central): A serial killer strangles and buries women, and the detective hunts him; a review calls the strangulation graphically described.

  • Does Chosen Prey have scary content?

    Found (Central): The story follows a disturbing serial killer who stalks and murders women, and reviews describe it as chilling.

  • Does Chosen Prey have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Chosen Prey have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Chosen Prey have profanity?

    Couldn't confirm: No source gives swearing from the story itself, so it cannot be said how much there is.

  • Does Chosen Prey have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Chosen Prey have sexual content?

    Found (Supporting): The killer secretly photographs women and turns the photos into sexual and pornographic drawings, and another character is a pervert with a book of naked photos.

  • Does Chosen Prey have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Chosen Prey have gender & orientation?

    Couldn't confirm: The sources describe the serial-killer plot but say nothing either way about LGBTQ+ characters or relationships.

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