Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Thriller

by JonathanKellerman (Author)

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  2008

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  Stranded in her broken down car on a dark and deserted mountain pass high above LA, Katrina Shonsky is relieved when a shiny new Bentley stops and the female driver offers her a welcome lift. So relieved, in fact, she falls asleep, and is oblivious when the big car makes a sudden turn onto an obscure road and heads for a cold, dark place... Days later Detective Milo Sturgis and his psychologist friend Alex Delaware are called upon to investigate a strange crime. A new Bentley, stolen from outside its owner's house in the exclusive area of Brentwood, has been returned completely undamaged. Except for a small bloodstain on the driver's seat... And it's this small drop of blood that leads the pair back in time - to a decade-old triple slaying and the long-ago disappearance of a couple in New York City ...

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  2009

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  One night a young woman disappears ...In broad daylight a retired teacher is stabbed to death ...In a small-town beauty parlor two women are butchered ...Three baffling cases, linked only by a lack of motive until psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis stumble upon a clue. A stolen luxury car is found undamaged and unblemished - except for a tiny, solitary bloodstain. Soon they uncover other expensive cars 'borrowed' before a killing. Soon the pair are hunting for a multiple killer, from LA high society to its desperate slums, even to New York and a forgotten cold case. However the killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification. To unmask him, Alex and Milo will have to understand his murderous compulsion.

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  2008

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  A young woman who disappeared into the inky black night...A retired schoolteacher stabbed to death in broad daylight...Two women butchered in a small-town beauty parlour...Three baffling murder cases, linked only by a perplexing lack of motive...Until, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware are called to the scene of a bizarre 'crime'. A stolen car has been anonymously returned to its owner, undamaged and unblemished - except for a tiny, solitary bloodstain. This minuscule clue is enough to set the pair on a hunt for a multiple killer, from the well-heeled centre of LA society to its desperate edges, even as far as New York where their search thaws out a long-cold case. However, this killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification - and to unmask him, Alex and Milo will have to confront the true face of murderous compulsion...