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Unraveling the madness behind L.A.’s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best. And putting the good doctor through his thrilling paces is what mystery fiction’s #1 best-selling master of psychological suspense Jonathan Kellerman does with incomparable brilliance. Kellerman’s universally acclaimed novels blend the addictive rhythms of the classic police procedural with chilling glimpses into the darkest depths of the human condition.

A sniper opens fire on a crowded Californian schoolyard but is killed before any children are harmed. When the sniper’s identity is revealed, a media frenzy erupts – why would they want to take innocent lives? Psychologist Alex Delaware is brought in to help the kids cope with the ordeal but is quickly drawn into exploring the motives of the would-be assassin. Alex soon finds himself on a bloody and twisted trail into the world of political extremism from which there may be no way back…

Few know the city of Los Angeles the way #1 bestselling author and acclaimed suspense master Jonathan Kellerman does. His thrilling novels of psychological drama and criminal detection make the capital of dreams a living, breathing character in all its glamour and infamy. That storied history of fame, seduction, scandal, and murder looms large in Mystery, as Alex Delaware finds himself drawn into a twisting, shadowy whodunit that’s pure L.A. noir—and vintage Kellerman.

When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. Driving through the dream-lit San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, the patient he had failed five years before - and who now calls with a bizarre cry for help. But by the time Alex reaches Canyon Oaks Psychiatric Hospital, Jamey is gone, surfacing a day later in the hands of the police, who believe Jamey is the infamous Lavender Slasher, a psychotic serial killer.

"I’ve got a weird one, so naturally I thought of you,” says Milo Sturgis, summoning his friend Alex to the trendy gallery where a promising young artist has been brutally garroted on the night of her first major showing. What makes it “a weird one” is the lack of any obvious motive, and the luridly careful staging of the murder scene - which immediately suggests to Alex not an impulsive crime of passion...but the meticulous and taunting modus operandi of a serial killer.

Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate - a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores of assisted suicides. In a burst of bloody irony, the killer chooses to dispatch the doctor in the back of Mate's own suicide van, hooking him up to the killing apparatus dubbed "the Humanitron" - and adding some butchering touches of his own. The case is assigned to veteran LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis, who turns, once again, to his friend Dr. Alex Delaware. But working this case raises a conflict of interest for Alex so profound that he can't even discuss it with Milo.

The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. It is 11 years since seven-year-old Melissa Dickinson dialed a hospital help line for comfort - and found it in therapy with Alex Delaware. Now the lovely young heiress is desperately calling for the psychologist's help once more. Only this time it looks like Melissa's deepest childhood nightmare is really coming true....

They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. Here, upon this bloodstained stage, a faceless killer performs his violent specialty: The first to die brutally is a fifteen-year-old girl. She is drained of blood, then carefully bathed and shrouded in white. Precisely one week later, a second victim is found.

At nearly 100 years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel with a checkered history. What Thalia wants from Alex are answers to unsettling questions - about guilt, patterns of criminal behavior, victim selection. When Alex asks the reason for her morbid fascination, Thalia promises to tell all during their next session. When he shows up the following morning, he is met with silence: Thalia is dead.

Psykologen Alex Delaware får ett märkligt paket utan avsändare. Inuti finns ett album med fruktansvärda fotografier av brottsplatser. Bilderna säger inte Alex något, men när hans vän, Los Angeles-polisen Milo Sturgis, får syn på en av dem - fotot av en ung strypt kvinna - blir han djupt skakad. Det var ett av hans första fall, ett brutalt mord som aldrig blev löst. Nu, två decennier senare, har någon uppenbarligen valt att låta det förflutna återuppstå. När Alex och Milo börjar gräva i den gamla historien sätter de sina egna liv på spel.

Three months in paradise, all expenses paid. It's an invitation Alex Delaware can't refuse. Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland, a revered scientist and philanthropist on the tiny Pacific island of Aruk, has invited Alex to his home to help him organize his papers for publication - a light workload leaving Alex plenty of time to enjoy a romantic interlude with Robin Castagna. Quickly, however, secretive houseguests, frightening nocturnal visitors, and the elusive Dr. Moreland himself dim the pleasures of deep blue water and white sand.

Alex Delaware returns in a thrilling new case, featuring one of the most devious murderers ever conceived by New York Times No.1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman. Even hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonising over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice. Victims like Katherine Hennepin, a young woman strangled and stabbed in her home.

A burned-out L.A. detective...a woman of mystery who is far more than she seems...a grotesque, ancient monster bent on a mission of retribution. When these three collide, a new standard of suspense is born. The legend of the Golem of Prague has endured through the ages, a creature fashioned by a 16th-century rabbi to protect his congregation, now lying dormant in the garret of a synagogue. But the Golem is dormant no longer....

Den radikala professorn Hope Devane hittas brutalt knivmördad utanför sitt hem. Hon var en stridbar debattör i feministiska frågor och författare till en bästsäljande bok där hon tydligt uttryckte sitt förakt för män. Polisen hittar inga som helst ledtrådar och efter några månaders resultatlöst arbete kontaktar man psykologen Alex Delaware för hjälp. Det visar sig snart att Hope var en kvinna med en hel del hemligheter, både privat och yrkesmässigt.

As the recent tragedies in Oregon, Arkansas, and Colorado Have shown, children as young as eight years old are capable of murder and violence. No community is safe from this tragic phenomenon, and experts ranging from law enforcement officials to guidance counselors are confused and conflicted about how to approach it.

Psykologen Alex Delaware har åkt på en kombinerad arbets- och semesterresa till en paradisisk ö i Stilla havet, tillsammans med sin flickvän. Men deras idylliska tillvaro avbryts plötslig av mystiska nattliga besökare och oförklarliga händelser. Snart är de indragna i en virvelstorm av våld, mord och vansinne. Och när Delaware till slut upptäcker sanningen är den mer chockartad än han kunnat föreställa sig. En briljant sammansatt thriller om förflutna tragedier och begravda hemligheter.

Eldon Mate kallas Doktor Död eftersom han brukar hjälpa människor ut på "den sista resan”. En kall morgon hittas han själv svårt lemlästad i sin skåpbil, fastspänd vid sin egen uppfinning, dödsmaskinen Humanitron. Milo Sturgis vid Los Angeles-polisen kallar in sin vän psykologen Alex Delaware för att göra en brottsprofil. Alex känner sig olustig till mods inför uppdraget. Han har nyligen behandlat en flicka vars mor tagit livet av sig, troligen med hjälp av Doktor Död.

Doktor Alex Delaware tar egentligen inte emot några nya patienter, men den unga Lucy Lowell är ett undantag. Efter att ha suttit i juryn vid den uppmärksammade rättegången mot en seriemördare har hon drabbats av en återkommande mardröm: ett ensamt barn som mitt i natten, ute i skogen, bevittnar ett fruktansvärt brott. Är det kanske minnen från hennes egen barndom som sakta börjar komma upp till ytan? Minnen av ett tidigare mord... En rafflande psykologisk spänningsroman där dåtid och nutid vävs samman på ett ödesmättat sätt.

Barnpsykologen Alex Delaware mottar ett kassettband där någon har spelat in ett skrik och en barnröst som entonigt rabblar orden "ond kärlek, ond kärlek. Ge mig inte ond kärlek!" När hans kollega Milo Sturgis får höra det kopplar han det genast ihop det med mordet på en socialarbetare, där gärningsmannen - en psykiskt sjuk uteliggare - skrikit exakt samma ord. Tillsammans nystar de upp en fruktansvärd historia om barnmisshandel, hat och hämnd. En skakande berättelse om hur det "goda" kan slå över i sin motsats, och hur offer plötsligt förvandlas till förövare.

Jonathan Kellerman has distinguished himself as the master of the psychological thriller. Now L.A. psychologist-detective Alex Delaware confronts a long-unsolved murder of unspeakable brutality - an ice-cold case whose resolution threatens his survival, and that of longtime friend, homicide detective, Milo Sturgis.