Adam

I have read a couple of books by Ted Dekker but Adam is, I think, my favorite. If you like Stephen King you will love this book.

Adam is a book about Eve, a serial killer who is killing young "innocent" women without touching them. These women are dying every 28 days and Daniel is the one who's trying to stop him. Daniel is an FBI behavioral psychologist and so obsessed with catching Eve it has ended his marriage to Heather. As the book opens, they have found a girl that fits Eve's MO and she is still alive. The investigative team must get her to a hospital to treat her so they can find out more about Eve, what he looks like. As they are loading her into the van, they see someone coming down the road. Its nighttime and they can't really see him, but Daniel knows it is Eve coming to take back his victim. He gets out of the van to take him and Eve shoots Daniel.

Daniel is dead 20 minutes when they finally resuscitate him. The girl is gone, but this time they have a victim who knows what Eve looks like, Daniel, only he can't remember anything. The most important information that can close this case is locked inside his mind and the only way to get to it may be to kill him again. When he finds out Eve has captured his next victim and it is Heather, will Daniel take his life to save her?

This was a great book. I couldn't put it down. Dekker is a Christian author but it isn't in your face. He presents things and allows the reader to take from it what they want.

He built characters that are flawed and complex and I was completely drawn in.

I give this book a 5 out of 5.