Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

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Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman's brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern Sherlock Holmes of the psyche, Dr. Alex Delaware.

A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology are linked only by the killer's use of luxury vehicles and a baffling lack of motive. The ultimate whodunits, these crimes demand the attention of LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and his collaborator on the crime beat, psychologist Alex Delaware.

What begins with a solitary bloodstain in a stolen sedan quickly spirals outward in odd and unexpected directions, leading Delaware and Sturgis from the well-heeled center of L.A. society to its desperate edges; across the paths of commodities brokers and transvestite hookers; and as far away as New York City, where the search thaws out a long-cold case and exposes a grotesque homicidal crusade. The killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification, leaving behind dazed witnesses and death -- and compelling Alex and Milo to confront the true face of murderous madness.

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First Edition

Hardcover

Apr-2008

Ballantine

ISBN: 034546527X

ISBN13: 9780345465276

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Audio CD

Apr-2008

Random House

ISBN: 0739307215

ISBN13: 9780739307212

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Paperback

Apr-2008

Random House

Large Print

ISBN: 037543240X

ISBN13: 9780375432408

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Audio CD

Apr-2008

Random House

ISBN: 0739307231

ISBN13: 9780739307236

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Paperback

Aug-2008

Ballantine

ISBN: 0345509595

ISBN13: 9780345509598

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Paperback

Sep-2008

Ballantine

ISBN: 0345465288

ISBN13: 9780345465283

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Audio CD

Jan-2009

Random House

ISBN: 0739382373

ISBN13: 9780739382370

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Jonathan Kellerman Book List

published

Apr-2008 (hardcover)

Sep-2008 (paperback)

author series

Alex Delaware - 22

genres

Mystery/Suspense

Police/Detective/Law Enforcement

time period

Contemporary

featured author

Margaret Moore

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