Killer by Jonathan Kellerman

Killer by Jonathan Kellerman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER - Jonathan Kellerman returns with this stunning thriller--a mesmerizing L.A. noir portrayal of the darkest impulses of human nature carried to shocking extremes.

The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. Alex Delaware. Despite that, Constance Sykes, a sophisticated, successful physician, hardly seems like someone Alex needs to fear. Then, at the behest of the court, he becomes embroiled in a bizarre child custody dispute initiated by Connie against her sister and begins to realize that there is much about the siblings he has failed to comprehend. And when the court battle between the Sykes sisters erupts into cold, calculating murder and a rapidly growing number of victims, Alex knows he's been snared in a toxic web of pathology.

Nothing would please Alex more than to be free of the ugly spectacle known as Sykes v. Sykes. But then the little girl at the center of the vicious dispute disappears and Alex knows he must work with longtime friend Detective Milo Sturgis, braving an obstacle course of Hollywood washouts, gangbangers, and self-serving jurists in order to save an innocent life.

Killer is Kellerman--and Delaware--at their finest.

Praise for Killer

Killer is well plotted and paced. . . . One of Kellerman's] best.--Bookreporter

As usual, the rapport between Alex and Milo is a show-stealer, and longtime fans . . . will love the well-executed flashbacks to Alex's professional past.--Booklist

Kellerman kicks this one up to a whole new level.--RT Book Reviews

Praise for Jonathan Kellerman

Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller.--People

Kellerman really knows how to keep those pages turning.--The New York Times Book Review

From the Hardcover edition.

Jonathan Kellerman is one of the most well-known authors in the world. In addition to the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher's Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, and True Detectives, he has contributed his clinical psychology knowledge to more than thirty bestselling mystery books. He co-wrote the novels Double Homicide and Capital Crimes with his wife, novelist Faye Kellerman. Savage Spawn: Thoughts on Aggressive Children, as well as the lavishly illustrated With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Antique Guitars, are among his many essays, short tales, scientific papers, two children's books, and three volumes of psychology. He has been nominated for a Shamus Award and has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards.

Jonathan Kellerman and his wife Faye Kellerman split their time between California and New Mexico. Jesse Kellerman, a author, is one of their four children.

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ISBN 13	9780345505750
ISBN 10	0345505751
Title	Killer
Author	Jonathan Kellerman
Series	Alex Delaware Novels
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Year published	2014-02-11
Number of pages	335
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