Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine (UK 2021)

From the Publisher:
NO WITNESSES. NO EVIDENCE. NO MOTIVE...
When Ellie Barker was three years old, her mother was found in a torched Cadillac, overturned on Mulholland Drive, with a bullet in her head.

Many detectives had tried and failed to solve the case.
Decades later, still desperate for answers, Ellie hires LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis, who calls in the expertise of brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware, to investigate.

But as the two begin digging, they soon discover a string of dangerous threats still lurking in the present...

Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers:
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' -- Sunday Telegraph
'High-octane entertainment' -- The Times
'Exceptionally exciting' -- New York Times

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine. A terrible accident or a horrifying crime? Penguin, ISBN: 9781787461215 (November, 2021), 351 p., £8.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
"Kellerman maintains pace and suspense through the interactions of the characters-witnesses, detectives, relatives of the victims -- all of whom are rendered in striking and precise detail. This entry is pure pleasure, intelligently delivered." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis is a master detective. He has a near-perfect solve rate and he's written his own rule book. Some of those successes-the toughest ones -- have involved his best friend, the brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But Milo doesn't call Alex in unless cases are "different."

This murder warrants an immediate call. Milo's independence has been compromised as never before, as the department pressures him to cater to the demands of a mogul: a hard-to-fathom, megarich young woman who is obsessed with reopening the coldest of cases -- the decades-old death of the mother she never knew.

The facts describe a likely loser: a mysterious woman found with a bullet in her head in a torched Cadillac that has overturned on infamously treacherous Mulholland Drive. No physical evidence, no witnesses, no apparent motive. And a slew of detectives have already worked the case and failed. But as Delaware and Sturgis begin digging, the mist begins to lift. Too many coincidences. Facts turn out to be anything but. And, as they soon discover, very real threats lurking in the present.

"Readers will keep turning the pages to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. in this twisty, complex Alex Delaware title... Delaware and Sturgis are always smart and entertaining, and, with a bit of assistance from Blanche the French bulldog and Robin, Alex's significant other; they will follow -- the serpentine path to a surprising solution." -- Library Journal (starred review)

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine. An Alex Delaware Novel. Ballantine, ISBN: 9780525618577 (October, 2021), 388 p., $9.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine (UK 2021)

From the Publisher:
A KILLER ON THE LOOSE. AN IMPOSSIBLE CASE.
When Ellie Barker was barely three years old, her mother was found with a bullet in her head inside an overturned torched Cadillac on Mulholland Drive. No physicall evidence, no witness and no apparent motive.

Twenty-five years on, many detectives have tried and failed to get to the bottom of the case.

Desperate for answers, Ellie hires LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis, who calls in the expertise of brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware, to investigate.

But as the duo start digging, the mystery becomes even more twisted. And they soon discover a string of dangerous threats still lurking in the present...

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine. A terrible accident? Or a horrifying crime... Century, ISBN: 9781780899053 (February, 2021), 351 p., £12.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine (USA 2021)

From the Publisher:
Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis search for answers to a brutal, decades-old crime in this electrifying psychological thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.

LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis is a master detective. He has a near-perfect solve rate and he's written his own rule book. Some of those successes -- the toughest ones -- have involved his best friend, the brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But Milo doesn't call Alex in unless cases are "different."

This murder warrants an immediate call. Milo's independence has been compromised as never before, as the department pressures him to cater to the demands of a mogul: a hard-to-fathom, megarich young woman who is obsessed with reopening the coldest of cases -- the decades-old death of the mother she never knew.

The facts describe a likely loser: a mysterious woman found with a bullet in her head in a torched Cadillac that has overturned on infamously treacherous Mulholland Drive. No physical evidence, no witnesses, no apparent motive. And a slew of detectives have already worked the case and failed. But as Delaware and Sturgis begin digging, the mist begins to lift. Too many coincidences. Facts turn out to be anything but. And as they soon discover, very real threats lurking in the present.

This is Delaware/Sturgis at their best: traversing the beautiful but forbidding place known as Los Angeles and exhuming the past in order to bring a vicious killer to justice.

Jonathan Kellerman: Serpentine. An Alex Delaware Novel. Ballantine, ISBN: 9780525618553 (February, 2021), 351 p., $28.99.