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Troy Turner y Rand Duchay eran unos adolescentes cuando secuestraron y asesinaron a Kristal Malley. Troy, sociópata sin remordimientos, murió de forma violenta en el correccional. Rand, en cambio, consiguio sobrevivir a la condena. Ahora, con veintiun años, se ha convertido en un joven angustiado con la necesidad de hablar, una vez mas, con el psicologo Alex Delaware. A medida que Delaware y su amigo Sturgis revisan el truculento asesinato que destrozo a toda una comunidad, descubren un escalofriante legado de locura, suicidio y multiples asesinatos. Y cuanto mas comprenden el atroz crimen, mas angustiosamente cerca se encuentran de desenmascarar al monstruoso orquestador de esta espiral de destruccion.

An Alex Delaware thriller -- compulsive, intriguing and unputdownable A woman's body is found in marshland outside LA. By the next morning the police have discovered the decaying corpses of three more women. They were all prostitutes except for the most recent victim; a classically trained pianist employed by a wealthy family, Selena Bass seems out of place in the grim tableau. Psychologist Alex Delaware is drafted in by homicide detective Milo Sturgis to help with the case. Details of the crimes suggest a serial killer is prowling LA's gritty streets. But when a new murder deviates from the pattern, derailing a possible profile, Alex and Milo must look beyond the suspicion of madness! and consider an even more sinister mind at work. There are no easy answers, for the darkest of drives and desires will fuel the most devious of foes.

He claims his first victim while posing as a glamorous woman; his next disguise is that of a feeble old man. There is no obvious connection between his targets, save the savage fate that awaits each of them...and the inexplicable use of stolen luxury cars. Baffled by this killer, LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis teams up with psychologist Alex Delaware in order to track one of the craftiest, most ruthless enemies they've ever faced, unearthing much more that they bargained for: the abduction and dismember- ment of a young woman; a decade-old, never-solved multiple slaying in a small town north of L.A: and the long-ago disappearance of a couple in New York City. Chilling, pulse-pounding, unforgettable, Compulsion is about the drive to destroy, and the lies that murderers tell themselves so that they can go on killing.

Just before she died, Patty Bigelow confessed to having killed a man. Now her niece Tanya is obsessed with finding out the truth about her aunt’s crime – and she needs Alex Delaware’s help...

Contiene: Desaparecido, Obsesión y Furia

Seine Verbrechen sind die Taten eines kranken, getriebenen Geistes. Und ein Hilferuf. Eine brutale Mordserie versetzt die Bewohner von Los Angeles in Panik. Das erste Opfer wurde in seiner Wohnung gefunden - die eigenen Gedarme wie eine Kette um den Hals geschlungen. Bald sind vier weitere Menschen tot. Die einzige Verbindung: Bei jedem Opfer findet sich ein weies Blatt mit einem Fragezeichen. Angesichts der abnormen Grausamkeit des Taters erhofft sich Detective Milo Sturgis Hilfe von dem Psychologen Alex Delaware. Die Ermittlungen fuhren die beiden Freunde an einen Ort, an dem Unmenschlichkeit und Wahnsinn einen verhangnisvollen Pakt eingegangen sind.

Los Angeles is full of actors. For psychologist Alex Delaware, finding out what's real and what's not is about to become a matter of life and horrific death ...Called in to evaluate an aspiring actress accused - along with her boyfriend - of staging her own abduction, Alex is indifferent when the case seems to go nowhere. But then the girl is savagely murdered, and suddenly a straightforward script takes a decidedly unexpected turn. Dylan Meserve, the victim's boyfriend, has also disappeared ...Is Dylan a deranged killer, or another victim? Alex and detective Milo Sturges begin auditioning suspects and trawling the depths of LA's seedy underbelly. Then more dead wannabes start turning up ...

A former patient of child psychologist Alex Delaware asks for his help when she's troubled by an apparent deathbed confession to murder by the woman who raised her. Alex and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis begin to unravel a secret buried in the past--a dark truth whose discovery ignites deadly repercussions in the present.

No one conducts a more chilling, suspenseful, thoroughly engrossing tour through the winding corridors of criminal behavior and the secret chambers of psychopathology than Jonathan Kellerman, the bestselling "master of the psychological thriller" (People). Now the incomparable team of psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide cop Milo Sturgis embark on their most dangerous excursion yet, into the dark places where risk runs high and blood runs cold.

Der bisher gefährlichste Fall für den Psychologen Dr. Alex DelawareAuf dem Rückweg von einer Probe verschwinden die Schauspielschüler Dylan Meserve und Michaela Brand spurlos. Drei Tage später werden sie in den Bergen von Malibu schwer traumatisiert aufgefunden. Sie behaupten, entführt und gefoltert worden zu sein. Aber die forensischen Untersuchungen belegen, dass die Entführung nur inszeniert war, ein übler PR-Gag - der sich auf böse Weise rächen soll. Denn kurz darauf wird Michaelas Leiche gefunden. Und die junge Frau ist genau so misshandelt worden, wie sie es zuvor geschildert hatte .01Jonathan Kellerman ist ein bekannter und erfolgreicher amerikanischen Kriminalautor. Nach dem Studium tätig zunächst als Kinderpsychologe mit zahlreichen Fachveröffentlichungen, ebenso von Kinderbüchern. Ausgezeichnet u. a. mit dem »Edgar-Alan-Poe-Award«, Amerikas bedeutendstem Krimi-Preis. Der Autor lebt mit seiner Familie in L.A.

You could be gone in LA for a long time before anyone considers it a problem When drama students Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand vanished no one seemed to notice. Three days later Michaela, naked and bruised, flags down a motorist on a remote mountain road. The story the young couple tells is horrifying. Abducted by a gun-wielding stranger they were bound, blindfolded and beaten. However soon suspicions about their story take seed, particularly when a shop assistant identifies them as the couple who purchased rope identical to the one found at the crime scene - three days before their alleged abduction. When the couple finally admit the hoax, psychologist Alex Delaware is asked to evaluate Michaela who is laying all the blame at Dylan s feet. Months pass, and the case fades from public and police scrutiny. Then Mikki Brand is savagely murdered. And Dylan is missing once again.

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 ...

Patty Bigelow thought she'd finally figured life out. Then her wayward sister Leila abandons her child, Tanya, on her doorstep. The aunt and troubled niece slowly learn to live together, with the help of Dr Alex Delaware's counselling. Now, fifteen years later, Tanya is back in Alex's office, a self-possessed Harvard grad, about to enter graduate school in clinical psychology. Patty - the only real mother she's ever known - has died and left Tanya with a chilling legacy: a deathbed confession that her aunt murdered a man years earlier. Tanya has tried to let go of the confession. But it soon becomes clear that nothing short of finding out the truth will do. And she needs Alex's help . . .

Fans of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware novels will be pleased that Obsession features lots of Alex Delaware playing judicious shrink (both to a patient and in solving crimes) and plenty of Milo investigating. For those who don't like Robin, she plays a tiny role in this story. The story starts off with a very strong premise: A former patient, Tanya Bigelow, wants his help in contacting Milo to get some help in checking out what seems to be a death-bed confession from her adopted mother, Patty, a highly regarded ER nurse. Alex correctly points out that there may be no crime at all, but Tanya wants to know. Tanya becomes Alex's patient again as her obsessive-compulsive tendencies resurface in the wake of becoming an orphan for the second time. Part of the appeal of the story is that you'll be rooting for Tanya throughout. That makes it easier to emotionally relate to the mystery. The book soon bogs down into an extensive procedural that involves checking out all of the crimes associated with the areas around the places where Patty and Tanya had lived. Very little of this digging turns out to be relevant to solving the Patty mystery . . . but new questions arise as the investigation triggers strong reactions that pull Alex and Milo toward different puzzles. Along the way, you'll meet some pretty unappealing (at best) and disgusting (at worst) characters who will usually surprise you by acting more unpleasantly than you expect. I felt like I needed a long shower with lots of soap to get the filth off me after reading this book. The characters are either drawn in very simple terms, or stay exactly the same throughout the book, with the exception of Tanya. Thank God for that! Otherwise, you will often feel like you are reading an overly plot-driven novel where the characters don't matter. If you like intricate plots, you'll feel like you've got a dandy here. For my taste, the plot development seemed like it was overdone. I would have been happier with a simpler plot that moved along faster in a shorter book. If abnormal psychology is your thing, Obsession is rich in that vein. You'll get keen insights into at least two different types that you probably don't run across every day. The book's charm is mostly wrapped up in many short sequences involving Blanche, Alex's dog. These sections are fine enough to make you w

Criminal psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware is pushed to his limit like never before in Breakdown by New York Times No.1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman. Fans of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben will love this sabre-sharp storytelling from the master of psychological suspense. Dr. Alex Delaware first meets beautiful and emotionally fragile actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. But tragedy strikes and shortly after her release, Zelda is discovered dead in the grounds of a palatial L.A. estate. Having experienced more than enough of the city's dark side to recognise the scent of evil, Alex turns to his friend, LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis, for help in finding the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Alex is caught up in another quest: the search for Zelda's missing son. And when other victims vanish from the same upscale neighborhood, worry turns to terror. As Alex struggles to piece together the brief rise and steep fall of a gorgeous, talented actress, he and Milo unveil shattered dreams, the corruption of a family, and a grotesque betrayal of innocence. With each devastating revelation and damning clue, Alex's brilliant mind is challenged as never before - and his determination grows to see a killer caged and the truth set free.

rom the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of the acclaimed Alex Delaware series comes a tour de force standalone novel that illustrates perfectly why Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller (People).A brilliant, deeply dedicated psychologist, Grace Blades has a gift for treating troubled souls and tormented psychesperhaps because she bears her own invisible scars: Only five years old when she witnessed her parents death in a bloody murder-suicide, Grace took refuge in her fierce intellect and found comfort in the loving couple who adopted her. But even as an adult with an accomplished professional life, Grace still has a dark, secret side. When her two worlds shockingly converge, Graces harrowing past returns with a vengeanc