Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
For Alex Delaware, this crime is personal: if he couldn't help his former patient in life, he will in death. FLESH AND BLOOD is a fast-paced and complex thriller from New York Times No. 1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman, and is perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and David Baldacci.

'[Kellerman] has shaped the psychological mystery novel into an art form' Los Angeles Times Book Review

When Alex Delaware first saw Lauren Teague she was a sullen teenager with the usual problems: bad grades at school, moody, uncommunicative with her parents -- which is why they thought she needed to see a psychologist.

Then years later, a shock: at a batchelor party for a fellow doctor, Delaware finds himself uncomfortably watching two strippers going through a degrading display -- and one of them is Lauren Teague. And now her mother is pleading for help once again: Lauren has disappeared -- and she thinks Delaware can find her. He's not so sure -- but when her disappearance turns into a murder investigation, he knows he owes it to the dead girl to find out what demons drove her to such a horrifying end...

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood. An Alex Delaware Thriller. Headline, ISBN: 9780747265009 (June, 2009), 439 p., £7.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
"RAZOR-SHARP... A SKILLFUL PIECE OF WORK." -- The Washington Post Book World
Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Dr. Alex Delaware's office. Lauren angrily resists Alex's help-and the psychologist is forced to chalk Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of his profession. Years later, when Alex and Lauren come face-to-face in a shocking encounter, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. But the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's killer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry-and then into mortal danger, when lust and big money collide in an unforgiving Los Angeles.

"[KELLERMAN] HAS SHAPED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERY NOVEL INTO AN ART FORM." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"VIBRANT... [Kellerman] can always be counted on to deliver a smooth and satisfying adventure as he makes his way through the darker sides of Los Angeles." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 034541389X (October, 2002), 437 p., $7.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis are back in the new thriller by Jonathan Kellerman, Flesh and Blood. Lauren Teague's was a case that never entirely satisfied Alex Delaware. Ten years on, when she turns up without an appointment, he's not surprised by the course her life has taken, though he is by his own reactions to her. When Lauren's reported missing Alex Delaware is the first Milo Sturgis calls on to help unravel a case that, as it delves in and out of the seamier side of L.A. streetlife and into the tightly woven community of a campus university has Alex Delaware calling into question his own motivation and putting his home life on the line.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood. Headline, ISBN: 0747265003 (September, 2002), 566 p., £6.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis are back in the new thriller by Jonathan Kellerman, Flesh and Blood. Lauren Teague's was a case that never entirely satisfied Alex Delaware. Ten years on, when she turns up without an appointment, he's not surprised by the course her life has taken, though he is by his own reactions to her. When Lauren's reported missing Alex Delaware is the first Milo Sturgis calls on to help unravel a case that, as it delves in and out of the seamier side of L.A. streetlife and into the tightly woven community of a campus university has Alex Delaware calling into question his own motivation and putting his home life on the line.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood. Headline, ISBN: 0747267006 (December, 2001), 406 p., £12.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resists--angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover Robin Castagna in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California.<&o>

Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil, seductive, erotic, and unforgiving, and Flesh and Blood is mind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest, breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettable characters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspense fiction as its best.

Jonathan Kellerman: Flesh and Blood. An Alex Delaware Novel. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0679459626 (December, 2001), 371 p., $26.95.