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With scores of millions of books in print, translation intotwo dozen languages, and one of the most popular heroes incontemporary fiction to his name, #1 New York Times bestsellingauthor Jonathan Kellerman is the unequivocal “master of thepsychological thriller” (People). In his newest novel Kellermandelivers a tour de force–poignant, dark, and chilling–thatilluminates a shadowy world where impulse rules.
Tanya Bigelow was a solemn little girl when Dr. Alex Delawaresuccessfully treated her obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Now, atnineteen, she still seems older than her years–but her problems gobeyond hyper-maturity. Patty Bigelow, Tanya’s aunt and adoptivemother, has made a deathbed confession of murder and urged theyoung woman to seek Delaware’s help. The doctor recalls Patty as aselfless E.R. nurse struggling to raise a child on her own–a womanseemingly incapable of the “terrible thing” she has admitted. Butfor Tanya’s peace of mind, Delaware agrees to investigate, and heenlists LAPD detective Milo Sturgis in the search for the phantomvictim of a crime that may never have occurred.
Tanya Bigelow was a solemn little girl when Dr. Alex Delawaresuccessfully treated her obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Now, atnineteen, she still seems older than her years–but her problems gobeyond hyper-maturity. Patty Bigelow, Tanya’s aunt and adoptivemother, has made a deathbed confession of murder and urged theyoung woman to seek Delaware’s help. The doctor recalls Patty as aselfless E.R. nurse struggling to raise a child on her own–a womanseemingly incapable of the “terrible thing” she has admitted. Butfor Tanya’s peace of mind, Delaware agrees to investigate, and heenlists LAPD detective Milo Sturgis in the search for the phantomvictim of a crime that may never have occurred.