内容简介
Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of thepsychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created his mostriveting and memorable work to date in the Alex Delaware novelabout a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forcesthe brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his ownfallibility. Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant,borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to AlexDelaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Laurenresists--angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologistchalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challengingprofession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stagparty's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are stickenwith shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after,Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alexdisregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective MiloSturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover,Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As heinvestigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters theshadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sexindustry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big moneycollide in Southern California. Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil,seductive, erotic, and unforgiving, and "Flesh and Blood" ismind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest,breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettablecharacters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspensefiction at its finest. "From the Hardcover edition."