What Comes Next is a psychological thriller written by the American authorJohn Katzenbach published in September 2010. Just like "The Analyst" it stayed at the very top of the best seller books. It was translated into German, Spanish, English and Portuguese. The story talks about a retired psychology professor that witnesses a tortured young woman in the process of running away from home, kidnapped off the street. Unsatisfied by the police response, he decides to find her on his own. She is being held prisoner by a deranged and driven couple that are running an exclusive website named "What Comes Next," on which viewers can watch and comment that which befalls the imprisoned and tortured girl.
Characters
Main characters
Adrian Thomas: A retired widowed psychology professor that is diagnosed with a terminal mental illness. His wife attempted suicide and shortly thereafter died after they were told that their son died as a journalist in the Iraq War. He witnesses Jennifer's kidnapping from his driveway after arriving home from his terminal diagnosis. He suffers helpful hallucinations during the story and with the help of a pedophile, he achieves his objective, rescue Jennifer.
Jennifer Riggins: A 16-year-old teenager who is angry with life because the death of her father. She has very poor communication with her mother and the possible abuse of her stepfather, also has very low social health. This situation leads her to escape from home but she gets kidnapped by a couple of criminals. When she is finally rescued, she starts studying Psychology.
Mark Wolfe: An Ex-criminal and exhibitionist expert on porno that helps Adrian to find the correct pornography web page where Jennifer is being kidnapped and recorded. He lives with his mother with Alzheimer.
Terri Collins: A woman detective that has a personal history with the Riggins. She has 2 kids and suffered domestic violence, and escaped from it. She helps and investigates the case of Jennifer, so she is an important part of the story and helps Adrian to achieve his objective.
Linda and Michael: A couple of criminals, and owners of a sadistic pornographic web site. They capture and record their kidnapped victims in live. Michael obeys every instruction Linda says to him.
Cassie, Brian, and Tommy: A family that appears in the hallucinations of Adrian and help him to understand the situation he is living and give him advice.
