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True Detectives follows Moe Reed and Aaron Fox on the twisted trail of a missing girl, a dark, baffling whodunit that forces the brothers to put aside their mutual animus - and to confront the unresolved family mystery that turned them into enemies. PIs can do things, legally, that cops can't. And cops have access to resources denied their private counterparts.

A burned-out L.A. detective...a woman of mystery who is far more than she seems...a grotesque, ancient monster bent on a mission of retribution. When these three collide, a new standard of suspense is born. The legend of the Golem of Prague has endured through the ages, a creature fashioned by a 16th-century rabbi to protect his congregation, now lying dormant in the garret of a synagogue. But the Golem is dormant no longer....

Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no leads, but they do have one possible witness: seven-year-old Melody Quinn.

Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy investigating calm, low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a case only he can solve. Adam Valois, the missing son of a wealthy Los Gatos couple, was found floating dead in the Bay with a head injury and drugs in his system. The police have lost interest, ruling it a likely overdose. But as Clay digs deeper into Adam’s mysterious death, he begins to suspect darker forces are at play . . .

Psychologist sleuth Alex Delaware has experienced more than enough of LA's dark side to recognise the scent of evil.... Criminal psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware is pushed to his limit like never before in Breakdown by New York Times number-one best seller Jonathan Kellerman. Fans of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben will love this sabre-sharp storytelling from the master of psychological suspense.

An ingenious, intriguing and breathtakingly good novel from the world's number one psychological thriller writer. In a glamorous area of Los Angeles, the Beverley Fauborg hotel is about to close for good. Psychologist Alex Delaware and his girlfriend Robin are making a farewell visit to the hotel bar when one patron in particular grabs their attention - a beautiful but aloof young woman dressed all in white.

When a young couple takes possession of their dream home, they can't wait to remodel the neglected mansion. That is until they make a gruesome discovery of a rusted metal strongbox containing two rotting leather doctor's bags. And inside each bag, swaddled in sheets of 60-year-old newspaper, lies a tiny human skeleton. The case hits the media, and theories abound. The most likely culprit is a mysterious woman, employed as private nurse to wealthy L.A. families during World War Two.

In this thrilling new blockbuster from number-one best seller Jonathan Kellerman, psychologist sleuth Alex Delaware becomes the target of a vengeful killer while a baby goes missing. Well used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes, whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby niece is thwarted by Alex's forthright report to the court. Alex plays down the threat until LAPD's Milo Sturgis rushes to his side with the shocking word on the street that a hit's been taken out on him.

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.

The new masterfully plotted, standalone pyschological thriller from number-one best seller Jonathan Kellerman, featuring tough, brilliant young pyschologist Grace Blades, a former student of Alex Delaware. A brilliant and dedicated psychologist, Grace Blades has a gift for treating troubled souls and tormented psyches - because she bears her own invisible scars.

Early one morning a foreman shows up at the building site of a mega-mansion. Proceeding up unfinished plank steps, he arrives at the master bedroom. There, lying on a blanket, are a man and a woman, stabbed and bludgeoned to death. Who are the lovers? Why have they chosen a construction site for their late-night tryst? Is the double murder simply a horrific example of wrong-place, wrong-time? Or were the victims stalked? And will the outrage be repeated?

Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling cry for help - to whoever may be listening - comes too late to save her. On a DVD found near her lifeless body, the emotionally and physically battered woman chronicles a year-and-a-half-long ordeal of monstrous abuse at the hands of three sadistic tormentors. But even more shocking than the lurid details is the revelation that the offenders, like their victim, are teachers at one of LA's most prestigious prep schools.

Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve. The son of a wealthy couple has washed up dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay with a head injury and drugs in his system. The police are calling it an accident. But the parents are adamant something's not right—and as Clay digs deeper, he uncovers a horrifying tangle of betrayal and lies.

Alex Delaware returns in a thrilling new case featuring one of the most devious murderers ever conceived by New York Times number-one best seller Jonathan Kellerman. Even hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonising over the crimes that don't get solved--and the victims who go without justice. Victims like Katherine Hennepin, a young woman strangled and stabbed in her home.

Guitar sleuth and music-history detective Deke Dickerson tells the true tales behind 48 rare-guitar and amplifier finds that will make any player or collector green with envy. Finding that holy grail of a guitar stashed away beneath a bed, in a closet, in the dusty corner of a guitar shop, or up in an attic is something that all guitar aficionados dream of. Strat in the Attic shares some of those real-life stories, related in spine-tingling detail by the author.

At 5 a.m. in the upscale neighbourhood of Westwood Village, two removal men are making a routine pick-up when they make a fatal hit. It's a man - who appeared from nowhere - naked and with no means of identification. Not long after, a woman is found dead in a house nearby, which neighbours suspect to be a brothel. Could the man have come from there? When LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis calls brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware is called to the scene, the case gets even more complicated.

Billy Straight är tolv år. Han har rymt hemifrån för att komma undan sin misslyckade mor och framför allt hennes våldsamma pojkvän. Med hjälp av mammans sparpengar tar han sig till Los Angeles, där han försörjer sig genom att tigga och stjäla. En natt får han se en ung kvinna mördas och flyr i rädsla av att ha blivit upptäckt. Snart inleder polisen sitt sökande, både efter den brutale mördaren och det vittne som glömt kvar sina tillhörigheter i närheten av brottsplatsen. Plötsligt är Billy jagad, inte bara av gärningsmannen och polisen, utan även av andra som uppenbarligen inte vill att han ska komma undan.

Psykologen Alex Delaware får ett märkligt paket utan avsändare. Inuti finns ett album med fruktansvärda fotografier av brottsplatser. Bilderna säger inte Alex något, men när hans vän, Los Angeles-polisen Milo Sturgis, får syn på en av dem - fotot av en ung strypt kvinna - blir han djupt skakad. Det var ett av hans första fall, ett brutalt mord som aldrig blev löst. Nu, två decennier senare, har någon uppenbarligen valt att låta det förflutna återuppstå. När Alex och Milo börjar gräva i den gamla historien sätter de sina egna liv på spel.

Lauren Teague är en utmanande och stökig tonårsflicka vars föräldrar tar kontakt med psykologen Alex Delaware för att söka hjälp åt sin dotter. Flera år senare korsas deras vägar igen, då Lauren uppträder som strippa på en svensexa där Alex Delaware är med. En kort tid därpå hittas Laurens döda kropp på en bakgata - hon har blivit hänsynslöst avrättad med flera pistolskott. Det visar sig att Lauren har försörjt sig som prostituerad för att få råd med universitetsstudierna i psykologi.

Eldon Mate kallas Doktor Död eftersom han brukar hjälpa människor ut på "den sista resan”. En kall morgon hittas han själv svårt lemlästad i sin skåpbil, fastspänd vid sin egen uppfinning, dödsmaskinen Humanitron. Milo Sturgis vid Los Angeles-polisen kallar in sin vän psykologen Alex Delaware för att göra en brottsprofil. Alex känner sig olustig till mods inför uppdraget. Han har nyligen behandlat en flicka vars mor tagit livet av sig, troligen med hjälp av Doktor Död.