Monster by Jonathan Kellerman
Two murder victims have been discovered in the boots of their cars. The first was would-be actor, Richard Dada; the second Dr Claire Argent, a psychiatrist at a maximum security hospital. Milo Sturgis tends to think there will be plenty of suspects amongst her clientele, but as his friend Alex Delaware remarks, none of his patients ever killed anyone and as they investigate the backgrounds of both victims it appears that Milo needs to look elsewhere, because neither of them are who they made themselves out to be. As they slowly unravel the strands of their lies another, truly monstrous, character emerges: a man who gains his pleasure not from mere mutilattion and murder but from making his victims watch their own forthcoming death on film. And somehow he has control over some of the Claire Argent's patients, apparently securely behind bars. In one of the most complex plots he has yet devised, Jonathan Kellerman has created a devastating mystery thriller.
Alert, ironic and absorbingLiterary Review Endlessly intriguing, as good as they come LITERARY REVIEW Coolly intelligent GQ Consulting psychologist Alex Delaware has a novel approach to crime solving: he uses his training to unlock the secrets in the minds of the victims and jiggles the clues he finds there until the right scenario emerges. So when Alex's LAPD buddy Milo find One of Argent's patients at Starkweather is Ardis "Monster" Peake, imprisoned for the unbelievably brutal murders of his mother and the family she worked for, including a small child and a baby. There is at least one eerie similarity between the mutilatio
Jonathan Kellerman has written twelve previous Alex Delaware novels. He is married to the novelist Faye Kellerman and they have four children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316646321 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316646326 |
| Title | Monster |
| Author | Jonathan Kellerman |
| Series | Alex Delaware S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2000-02-24 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Shamus Awards: Best P.I. Novel 2000 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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