Upon his return to Los Angeles from a harrowing adventure in the South Pacific, Alex is called upon by his friend Milo Sturgis to help solve the murder of a celebrity author. For three months the police found no clues to the murder of Hope Devane, psychology professor and controversial author of a pop-psych bestseller about men. She was found stabbed to death on a quiet, shaded street in one of L.A.'s best neighborhoods. The evidence suggested not random slaughter, but cold, calculated stalking. And the list of potential suspects was as extensive as the audience for her book and her talk show appearances. Newly assigned to the cold case, homicide detective Milo Sturgis calls on his friend, Dr. Alex Delaware to seek out insights into the victim's high-profile life. What Alex uncovers is a series of troubling inconsistencies about Hope, including her contradictory personas: the sensational, anti-male bestselling author versus the low-key scholarly university professor. But it is when Alex delves into Hope's childhood that he begins to understand the forces that made her the formidable woman she was--and the ties that entangled her life until the horrifying act of betrayal that ended it.
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"Found this one I haden't read yet. Alex Delaware is helping Milo who is working a cold case of a murdered professor and they uncover quite a bit more as new information comes to light. I always like the Delaware books and this was no exception. " — Bob (4 out of 5 stars)
"Found this one I haden't read yet. Alex Delaware is helping Milo who is working a cold case of a murdered professor and they uncover quite a bit more as new information comes to light. I always like the Delaware books and this was no exception. "
" Wow, this is a first for me I don't have much to say about a book. Other than it was okay and that it was a little boring. "
" Alex Delaware as a protaganist is always a enjoyable read. In this book Alex is looking into the death of a clinical therapist/professor. What secrets did Dr. Hope Devaine have before her death? a classic who done it! "
" A great vacation read! My introduction to Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis, and I will certainly read others in the series. "
" Was ok. A bit too much dialogue used to tell the story. Would have benefited from more narrative. "
" takes a leap to find a criminal "
" Punishing a rapist by forcing him to donate a black market kidney against his will. I guess that is a pretty good punishment. "
" I like both Jonathan and Faye Kellerman books. This one I'll be using for the challenge as the LBGT task (Milo). I didn't like this one as much as his older Dr. AD books. "
" It was a page turner that I had to back up and reread sections to get the plot correct. "
" Better than the previous Delaware entry. "
" Eh. Not the best Kellerman I've read. And I really feel like the ending came out of nowhere. Plus, the victim was really unlikable. (I know, I know - nobody deserves to die, blah, blah.) "
Jonathan Kellerman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty crime novels. His unique perspective on human behavior has led to the creation of the Alex Delaware series. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association. With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored six novels.
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.
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