Therapy (without dust jacket)

The Story

Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping province with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, DelawareÆs new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on a harrowing exploration into the realm he knows best: the human psyche, in all its complexity, mystery, and terrifying propensity for darkness.ôBeen a while since I had me a nice little whodunit,ö homicide detective Milo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware. But thereÆs definitely nothing nice about the brutal tableau behind the yellow crime-scene tape. On a lonely loverÆs lane in the hills of Los Angeles, a young couple lies murdered in a car. Each bears a single gunshot wound to the head. The female victim has also been impaled by a metal spike. And that savage stroke of psychopathic fury tells Milo this case will call for more than standard police procedure. As he explains to Delaware, ôNow weÆre veering into your territory.öIt is dark territory, indeed. The dead woman remains unidentified and seemingly unknown to everyone. But her companion has a name: Gavin Quickùand his troubled past eventually landed him on a therapistÆs couch. ItÆs there, on familiar turf, that Delaware hopes to find vital clues. And that means going head-to-head with Dr. Mary Lou Koppel, a popular celebrity psychologist who fiercely guards the privacy of her clients . . . dead or alive. But when thereÆs another gruesomely familiar murder, Delaware surmises that his investigation has struck a nerve. As he trolls the twisted wreckage of QuickÆs tormented last days, what he finds isnÆt madness, but the cold-blooded method behind it. And as he follows a chain of greed, corruption, and betrayal snaking hideously through the profession he thought he knew, heÆll discover territory where even he never dreamed of treading.As provocative as it is suspenseful, Therapy is premier Kellerman that finds the award-winning author firing on all creative cylindersùand carrying readers on an electrifying ride to a place only he can take them, for an experience they wonÆt soon forget.