Synopses & Reviews
Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping province with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, Delawares new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on a harrowing exploration into the realm he knows best: the human psyche, in all its complexity, mystery, and terrifying propensity for darkness.
“Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit,” homicide detective Milo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware. But theres definitely nothing nice about the brutal tableau behind the yellow crime-scene tape. On a lonely lovers lane in the hills of Los Angeles, a young couple lies murdered in a car. Each bears a single gunshot wound to the head. The female victim has also been impaled by a metal spike. And that savage stroke of psychopathic fury tells Milo this case will call for more than standard police procedure. As he explains to Delaware, “Now were veering into your territory.”
It is dark territory, indeed. The dead woman remains unidentified and seemingly unknown to everyone. But her companion has a name: Gavin Quick—and his troubled past eventually landed him on a therapists couch. Its there, on familiar turf, that Delaware hopes to find vital clues. And that means going head-to-head with Dr. Mary Lou Koppel, a popular celebrity psychologist who fiercely guards the privacy of her clients . . . dead or alive.
But when theres another gruesomely familiar murder, Delaware surmises that his investigation has struck a nerve. As he trolls the twisted wreckage of Quicks tormented last days, what he finds isnt madness, but the cold-blooded method behind it. And as he follows a chain of greed, corruption, and betrayal snaking hideously through the profession he thought he knew, hell discover territory where even he never dreamed of treading.
As provocative as it is suspenseful, Therapy is premier Kellerman that finds the award-winning author firing on all creative cylinders—and carrying readers on an electrifying ride to a place only he can take them, for an experience they wont soon forget.
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"This one's more methodical than suspenseful and the final shoot-out and revelations feel tacked on, but fans won't mind as Alex and Milo eventually wrap everything up nicely, and Kellerman provides intriguing details of Alex's new love interest." Publishers Weekly
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"Kellerman shrewdly manages to bring everything together by the end; there's even a nifty surprise. And, of course, it's all neatly delivered in Delaware's urbane yet casual voice. Thumbs up yet again for the ever-popular Kellerman." Booklist
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"Mr. Kellerman's Therapy is...thick with coincidence....Mr. Kellerman packs in the descriptive detail that is one of his hallmarks and one of the incidental attractions in his fiction." Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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"Kellerman is in familiar territory, masterfully mixing the worlds of crime and psychology in a whodunit that's as much about the why as the who....The dialogue is snappy, descriptions are crisp and the characters and relationships ring true." Boston Herald
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"[Kellerman's] craftsmanship excellent almost from the beginning gets better and better....If he is not yet on your 'must read' list, Therapy will be the work that will carve his name in stone. Highly recommended." BookReporter.com
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"Therapy, Jonathan Kellerman's fine entertainment, is a modern, Los Angeles, post-9/11 tale, but it's still Agatha Christie at heart and that's the great thing. Its heroes are Alex Delaware, the sleuthing psychologist, and Milo Sturgis, the butch gay cop; there are no crazy chases here, and no stock characters either. There is only noir for 2004, which so far is rather a noir year." Sacha Zimmerman, The New Republic (read the entire New Republic review)
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Psychologist Alex Delaware's investigation into a sadistic double slaying leads to a corrupt multimillion dollar scheme made up of equal parts madness and menace.
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In this New York Times bestselling follow-up to A Cold Heart, psychologist Alex Delaware investigates a sadistic double slaying that leads him to familiar turf: his own profession.
About the Author
Jonathan Kellerman is one of the world's most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to numerous bestselling tales of suspense (which have been translated into two dozen languages), including the Alex Delaware novels; The Butcher's Theater, a story of serial killing in Jerusalem; and Billy Straight, featuring Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor. He is also the author of numerous essays, short stories, and scientific articles, two children's books, and three volumes of psychology, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. He and his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, have four children.