Lucas recovers from the physical injuries he obtains the night of Meagan Connell's death, but memories of her still haunt him. Lucas can never be sure if Connell's death was an accident, or if she had given her life, knowing it was ending anyway, in order to assure that Koop would never kill again. The end result of the struggle is that Koop and Connell topple over the edge of the balcony and plummet to their death. Meagan intervenes, using her own body as a weapon, and the two struggle. Entering the building from the balcony, Koop takes Lucas and Meagan by surprise, attacking Lucas and almost incapacitating him. Koop does, but not the way the police anticipate. In an act of desperation, Lucas and Connell have Sara Jensen act as bait, knowing that Koop is going to snap and come after her at some point. Connell struggles to stay well enough to catch the killer, as she is dying of cancer. Lucas and Connell meet Sara and are able to draw the connection between the break-in at her apartment and the killer Robert Koop. Angry at Sara and her boyfriend, Koop strikes out, letting his normal carefulness slide as he attacks Evan Hart in broad daylight in front of Sara's building. The evening Koop sees Sara in the arms of another man leads to his complete loss of control. His sexual frustration as well as his personal gratification at being so smart can sometimes lead to the deaths of others. As Koop's obsession grows, he spends his evenings perched on the air conditioning unit across from Jensen's apartment, spying on the woman he believes he is connected to. ![]() Koop's infatuation leads to his downfall, though many are killed along the way. Lucas and Meagan step up their investigation, following the path of the killer, but usually two steps behind him. Frustrated by his inability to be with the woman he loves, Koop escalates the murders he commits, stepping outside his normal pattern. Things change the day he enters the apartment of the sleeping Sara Jensen and becomes infatuated with her. Koop is good at what he does, meticulous and careful whether he be burgling or killing. Robert Koop is a killer as well as a cat burglar. Lucas agrees, and though the two butt heads occasionally, they work well together, following the few clues they have to track the killer they seek. ![]() Chief Roux asks Lucas to work with Connell, as Roux wants to run for office and the agency that Connell is involved with has a lot of political pull. Connell is convince that the murder is the work of a serial killer, and has been struggling to get someone to recognize the fact. ![]() Lucas arrives at the scene and is introduced to Meagan Connell, a state investigator who has been causing some problems with various police departments. Harriet Wannemaker has been found violently murdered, tossed in a dumpster. Lucas is tossed into the fray almost immediately as he is called to scene of a vicious murder. Lucas is happy to return after running a computer company for the past few years. Lucas Davenport has returned to the Minneapolis Police Department as a Deputy Chief, appointed by the Chief, Rose Marie Roux to assist the department in high profile cases and keep the media at bay. The novel twists and turns as Davenport and Connell struggle to identify the killer as Koop's control slips and he spins out of control. Night Prey, by John Sandford is an exciting tale, illustrating how the the investigating team of Lucas Davenport and Meagan Connell are pitted against the serial killer, Robert Koop.
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