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When Alex Delaware first saw Lauren Teague she was a sullen teenager with the usual problems: bad grades at school, moody, uncommunicative with her parents - which is why they thought she needed to see a psychologist.
Then years later, a shock: at a batchelor party for a fellow doctor, Delaware finds himself uncomfortably watching two strippers going through a degrading display - and one of them is Lauren Teague. And now her mother is pleading for help once again. Lauren has disappeared - and she thinks Delaware can find her. He's not so sure - but when her disappearance turns into a murder investigation, he knows he owes it to the dead girl to find out what demons drove her to such a horrifying end . . .
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Alex Delaware is back in Flesh and Blood, one of the tautest outings yet for Jonathan Kellerman's resourceful protagonist. The new book represents a further level of refinement in Kellerman's functional, astringently written prose--it's clear that the author knows exactly what his readers need, and he dispenses with the superfluous. Nary a comma is wasted in this lean, direct piece of work.
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Alex first encounters Lauren Teague as an uncommunicative teenager with all the usual hang-ups: poor grades at school, open warfare with her parents, etc. She is sent to a psychologist, and Alex loses track of her. Years later, at a bachelor party for a colleague, Alex is watching two strippers perform a fairly tasteless display and notices that one of them is Lauren. Lauren disappears, and her mother pleads for Alex's help in tracking her down. But her disappearance turns into a murder investigation, and Alex is obliged to confront the demons that brought Lauren to an unenviable end.
The theme of a descent into a truly dark criminal underworld is desperately over-familiar, but Kellerman is fully aware of that and rings the changes with commanding authority. If Alex is more cursorily characterised than usual, that's undoubtedly Kellerman's game plan: the narrative here is the thing, and the merest touches are needed to characterise his canny protagonist. --Barry Forshaw
'Kellerman's speciality is getting quietly but persistently inside his hero's head...this is thoughtful and intelligent stuff, a sparse, precision-paced professional thriller that is slick, quick and a pleasure to read' Mirror (Mirror)
'I enjoyed this one a whole lot' Independent On Sunday (Independent On Sunday)
'A well-crafted psychological whodunnit with enough intrigue to keep the pages turning' The Big Issue (The Big Issue)
'A gripping thriller' Ireland on Sunday (Ireland on Sunday)
'A very clever mystery with a whammy of a finale' The Scotsman (The Scotsman)
'Full of suspense and with an evil atmospheric LA as a backdrop' Stoke Sentinel Sunday (Stoke Sentinel Sunday)
'An absorbing read, with some unexpected twists and turns' Yorkshire Evening Post (Yorkshire Evening Post)
''An alert eye for detail... Engrossing' New York Times (New York Times)
`Alex and Milo are well-developed personalities and it's their relationship as much as the investigation which keeps the story flowing' (Sunday Telegraph)
'I enjoyed this one a whole lot' Independent On Sunday (Independent On Sunday)
'A well-crafted psychological whodunnit with enough intrigue to keep the pages turning' The Big Issue (The Big Issue)
'A gripping thriller' Ireland on Sunday (Ireland on Sunday)
'A very clever mystery with a whammy of a finale' The Scotsman (The Scotsman)
'Full of suspense and with an evil atmospheric LA as a backdrop' Stoke Sentinel Sunday (Stoke Sentinel Sunday)
'An absorbing read, with some unexpected twists and turns' Yorkshire Evening Post (Yorkshire Evening Post)
''An alert eye for detail... Engrossing' New York Times (New York Times)
`Alex and Milo are well-developed personalities and it's their relationship as much as the investigation which keeps the story flowing' (Sunday Telegraph)
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 406 pages. Cover wornLauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, b orderline delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Dr. A lex Delaware's office. Lauren angrily resists Alex's helpand the psychologist is forced to chalk Lauren up as one of the inevitabl e failures of his profession. Years later, when Alex and Lauren c ome face-to-face in a shocking encounter, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. But the ultimate horror takes place whe n, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an a lley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD dete ctive Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtim e lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's killer. As h e investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the s ex industryand then into mortal danger, when lust and big money c ollide in an unforgiving Los Angeles. Seller Inventory # 2672y
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 426 pages. 406 pages ; 24 cm Lauren Teague is a beautiful, d efiant, borderline delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Dr. Alex Delaware's office. Lauren angrily resists Alex's hel pand the psychologist is forced to chalk Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of his profession. Years later, when Alex and Lauren come face-to-face in a shocking encounter, both doctor an d patient are stricken with shame. But the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumpe d in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship wit h longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's kil ler. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex e nters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industryand then into mortal danger, when lust and bi g money collide in an unforgiving Los Angeles. Seller Inventory # 796i
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