Description
Prayer for the Dead by David Wiltse is a psychological crime thriller and the first book in the John Becker series. The novel follows former FBI agent John Becker, a gifted but unstable profiler drawn back into a dangerous pursuit of a serial killer.
The story centres on Becker, who left the FBI because of his unsettling ability to think like the criminals he hunted and his growing addiction to the psychological intensity of the work. When a new serial killer, Roger Dyce, emerges with a pattern of brutal and disturbing crimes, Becker is pulled back into the field. As he joins the investigation, he finds himself increasingly entangled with the killer’s mindset, forcing him to confront the blurred boundary between understanding evil and being consumed by it. The closer he gets to Dyce, the more personal and psychologically dangerous the pursuit becomes, turning the investigation into a tense duel of intellect and obsession.
Prayer for the Dead is ideal for readers who enjoy dark psychological thrillers with serial killers, FBI profiling, and morally complex protagonists.
