![]() ![]() Sex, Age, and Health of Prey Killed by Predators Relation of Prey Size to Sex of Lion Killing It Main Environmental Factors Affecting the Hunt Predation in Relation to Sex, Age, and Health of Prey Van Gelder, Bioscience Read More about The Serengeti Lion Read Less about The Serengeti Lion “This is an important book, not just for its valuable information on lions, but for its broad, open, and intelligent approach to problems that cut across the fields of behavior, populations, ecology, wildlife management, evolution, anthropology, and comparative biology.”-Richard G. “This book conveys not only the fascination of its particular study of lion behavior but the drama and wonder and beauty of the intimate interdependence of all living things.”- Saturday Review “If you have only enough time to read one book about field biology, this is the one I recommend.”-Edward O. The most comprehensive book available on the lion, this classic work includes the author’s findings on all aspects of lion behavior, including its social system, population dynamics, hunting behavior, and predation patterns. Schaller’s The Serengeti Lion describes the vast impact of the lion and other predators on the vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle for which the area is famous. The first real Rizzoli and Isles novel-Jane Rizzoli was on her own in The Surgeon, published a year earlier-finds Boston police detective Jane Rizzoli the target of not one but two serial killers, one of whom she’d sent to jail.Based on three years of study in the Serengeti National Park, George B. Almost all of Sandford’s Prey series, now at 28 books (with the 29th due in April), are some form of cat-and-mouse story. In his fictional debut, Minneapolis Police Lieutenant and part-time game designer Lucas Davenport brings both skill sets to the hunt for a killer who’s designed his own crimes as a game. Lecter goes on to prey upon Clarice Starling and others in The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Hannibal Rising. If you’re looking for a good one, may I suggest one of the following:įBI profiler Will Graham comes out of retirement to hunt a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy-but doesn’t realize he’s the target of the even more dangerous Hannibal Lecter. ![]() My favorite cat-and-mouse thrillers all play around with that fundamental dynamic, calling forth unexpected resources from the characters who refuse to be prey. And Then there Were None (1939) put Dame Agatha’s own unique spin on the cat-and-mouse story, with multiple mice at the mercy of one ruthless cat. Christie made extensive use of the cat-and-mouse structure, adapting it freely to suit her purposes. One of his earliest imitators was Agatha Christie herself, who gave her characters Tuppence and Tommy a similar cat-and-mouse chase in their debut, The Secret Adversary (1922). Buchan’s novel, originally serialized in two parts, was the first of five novels to feature Richard Hannay, and has inspired three films, a TV show, a Broadway play, and countless imitators. The point is the chase, and Hannay’s uncanny ability to turn situations against his pursuers, ultimately defeating them. The underlying motive of the bad guys isn’t the point of The Thirty-Nine Steps. John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps, published in 1915, might be the first example of the cat-and-mouse thriller: Richard Hannay, returning to Great Britain after a stay in Rhodesia, becomes the target of an international manhunt by German spies who plan to-well, never mind. They can even flip that dynamic back and forth a few times before the final showdown. As variations have emerged over time, though, sometimes the best cat-and-mouse thrillers challenge the reader’s assumptions about who plays which role. In the classic cat-and-mouse structure, the predator’s target discovers himself or herself to be in danger, but doesn’t know who the predator is.
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