Flesh and Blood
The fifteenth instalment in Jonathan Kellerman’s series of books featuring Los Angeles Psychologist Alex Delaware. Once more with LAPD detective Milo Sturgis in tow and with live-in partner Robyn Castagna waiting worriedly on the sidelines.
Delaware is contacted by a former patients mother who advised him that her daughter has disappeared. She begs him to use his influence with the police to ensure they investigate what has happened to her. Delaware remembers seeing the girl on two occasions ten years previously before the sessions were discontinued by her father.
The police are reluctant to get involved initially until a body turns up. It appears to be an execution style killing making Delaware wonder what she had got involved in. As the investigation continues each potential lead dries up as the number of murdered victims increase. The apparent links with a former madam and a male oriented magazine magnate also adds to the interest.
Delaware’s link to the victim leads to an almost obsessive compulsion to get to the bottom of the matter. He puts his friendship with Milo and his relationship with Robyn in peril as he takes significant risks in order to find those responsible. This serves to create an underlying tension throughout the book.
Once again Kellerman paints a masterpiece with a strong psychological flavour throughout. The fragility within the main characters are clearly shown and perhaps are indicative of the frailties that are inherent within us all.
The fifteenth instalment in Jonathan Kellerman’s series of books featuring Los Angeles Psychologist Alex Delaware. Once more with LAPD detective Milo Sturgis in tow and with live-in partner Robyn Castagna waiting worriedly on the sidelines.
Delaware is contacted by a former patients mother who advised him that her daughter has disappeared. She begs him to use his influence with the police to ensure they investigate what has happened to her. Delaware remembers seeing the girl on two occasions ten years previously before the sessions were discontinued by her father.
The police are reluctant to get involved initially until a body turns up. It appears to be an execution style killing making Delaware wonder what she had got involved in. As the investigation continues each potential lead dries up as the number of murdered victims increase. The apparent links with a former madam and a male oriented magazine magnate also adds to the interest.
Delaware’s link to the victim leads to an almost obsessive compulsion to get to the bottom of the matter. He puts his friendship with Milo and his relationship with Robyn in peril as he takes significant risks in order to find those responsible. This serves to create an underlying tension throughout the book.
Once again Kellerman paints a masterpiece with a strong psychological flavour throughout. The fragility within the main characters are clearly shown and perhaps are indicative of the frailties that are inherent within us all.
