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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "?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 todays preeminent practitioner of saber-sharp storytelling.
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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 Zeldas 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 Zeldas broken life.
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At the same time Alex is caught up in another quest: the search for Zeldas missing son. And when other victims vanish from the same upscale neighborhood?? worry turns to terror.
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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 innoce