Therapy

Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping pro vince with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, Delaware's new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on a harrowing exploration i nto the realm he knows best: the human psyche, in all its complexity, myste ry, and terrifying propensity for darkness. "Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit," homicide detective Mi lo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware. But there's definitely nothing nice about t he brutal tableau behind the yellow crime-scene tape. On a lonely lover's l ane in the hills of Los Angeles, a young couple lies murdered in a car. Eac h bears a single gunshot wound to the head. The female victim has also been impaled by a metal spike. And that savage stroke of psychopathic fury tell s Milo this case will call for more than standard police procedure. As he e xplains to Delaware, "Now we're veering into your territory." It is dark territory, indeed. The dead woman remains unidentified and seemi ngly unknown to everyone. But her companion has a name: Gavin Quick-and his troubled past eventually landed him on a therapist's couch. It's there, on familiar turf, that Delaware hopes to find vital clues. And that means goi ng head-to-head with Dr. Mary Lou Koppel, a popular celebrity psychologist who fiercely guards the privacy of her clients . . . dead or alive. But when there's another gruesomely familiar murder, Delaware surmises that his investigation has struck a nerve. As he trolls the twisted wreckage of Quick's tormented last days, what he finds isn't madness, but the cold-blooded method behind it. And as he follows a chai.

Product Info

ISBN: 0345452607

ISBN-13: 9780345452603

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Year: 2005

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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