NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
Professor Hope Devane’s male-bashing pop-psych bestseller created a storm of controversy on the talk-show circuit. Now she is dead, brutally slashed on a quiet street in one of L.A.’s safest neighborhoods. The LAPD’s investigation has gone cold, and homicide detective Milo Sturgis turns to his friend Dr. Alex Delaware for a psychological profile of the victim—and a portrait of a killer.
 
“Engrossing . . . mines new realms of psychological terror . . . holds the reader riveted.”—Playboy
 
Hope Devane had very different public and private faces. The killer could be any one of the millions who read her book, or someone from the personal life she kept so carefully separate. As Alex and Milo dig deeper into her shadowy past, they will set an elaborate trap for her killer . . . and reveal the unspeakable act that triggered a dark chain of violence.

BONUS: This edition contains and excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Guilt.

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"Often, mystery writers can either plot like devils or create believable characters. Kellerman stands out because he can do both. Masterfully."
--USA Today

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Jonathan Kellerman, America's foremost author of psychological thrillers, turned from a distinguished career in child psychology to writing full-time.
His works include ten previous Alex Delaware books--When the Bough Breaks, Blood Test, Over the Edge, Silent Partner,
Time Bomb, Private Eyes, Devil's Waltz, Bad Love, Self-Defense, and The Web--as well as the thriller The
Butcher's Theater, two volumes of psychology, and two children's books. He and his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, have four children.


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