Bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman has been universally hailed as the master of psychological suspense, and the blockbuster new thriller featuring Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis confirms his status as today’s preeminent practitioner of saber-sharp storytelling.
Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. Shortly after Zelda’s release, an already sad situation turns tragic when she is discovered dead on the grounds of a palatial Bel Air estate. Having experienced more than enough of L.A.’s dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to his friend LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda’s broken life.
At the same time, Alex is caught up in another quest: the search for Zelda’s missing son. And when other victims vanish from the same upscale neighborhood, worry turns to terror.
As Alex struggles to piece together the brief rise and steep fall of a gorgeous, talented actress, he and Milo unveil shattered dreams, the corruption of a family, and a grotesque betrayal of innocence. With each devastating revelation and damning clue, Alex’s brilliant mind is challenged as never before—and his determination grows to see a killer caged and the truth set free.
Praise for Jonathan Kellerman
“Jonathan Kellerman’s psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix.”—Los Angeles Times
“Kellerman doesn’t just write psychological thrillers—he owns the genre.”—Detroit Free Press
From the Hardcover edition.
Aligning the stars Psychologist/sleuth Alex Delaware teams with detective friend Milo Sturgis to find missing b-list actor-turned-street-person Zelda and determine the whereabouts of her young son, the talented albeit improbably named Ovid.
Jonathan Kellerman always tells a great story with amazing characters Regardless of what Alex Delaware is asked to do his one commitment is always to his patient and their long term health. This has remained the constant in his life so when he becomes reacquainted with Zelda, his former patient’s mother 5 years after treating her son the first thought he has is for the welfare of that child. He has ramped up concern on borderline panic as she is unable to communicate any information about Ovid or even seem to recall his existence, life has not been kind…
Insanity runs in her family. It practically gallops. Once again, L.A. Detective Milo Sturgis calls child psychologist Alex Delaware for help on a case about … oh wait, this time Alex calls Milo. And not until chapter 8! Author Kellerman shakes things up and throws a little reverse Polish into this, Delaware’s 29th outing. This time a former actress, the mother of a child Alex hasn’t seen in five years, has been detained for a psychiatric evaluation. Alex remembers her as having some issues, but her doctor has died, so Alex…