The PreferenceThe Preference

San Diego homicide detective Holly Jennings is back-facing the most sadistic killer of her career.Do you prefer red or white?It sounds harmless enough. An email promising a free trip to Napa Valley for simply stating your wine preference. But for couples from Las Vegas to Colorado Springs, that innocent question becomes a death sentence.He calls himself The Connoisseur-a meticulous predator who stalks his victims according to "his client's" preference: redheads or blondes. Each murder is precise, ritualistic... and terrifyingly personal. Driven by his own warped sense of justice, The Connoisseur won't stop until his thirst is satisfied.Holly is determined to stop him before he kills again. But when his latest victim breaks his established pattern, she's forced to consider the unthinkable-there may be more than one hunter out there.And one of them knows exactly how to outsmart her.