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Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman
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Flesh and Blood (original 2001; edition 2001)

by Jonathan Kellerman

Series: Alex Delaware (15)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created a riveting and memorable Alex Delaware novel about a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forces the brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his own fallibility.

Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resistsā??angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are sticken with shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California.

Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil, seductive, and unforgiving, and Flesh and Blood is mind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest, breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettable characters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspense fiction at its fine
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Title:Flesh and Blood
Authors:Jonathan Kellerman
Info:Random House (2001), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 384 pages
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Flesh and Blood is a good mystery whodunit novel. There are several stories going on in the story. Milo and Alex try to link them and figure out the killers with no evidence. Four stars were given to this book. ( )
  lbswiener | Dec 31, 2023 |
Not my favorite Alex Delaware book. He does really dumb things that make you go "Really????" The ending, both the wrap up of one case & Robin's phone call are just unbelievable. I have to say, this is my least favorite of all the Alex Delaware novels. But I'll keep reading them, naturally. ( )
  SSBranham | Sep 17, 2020 |
Auf einer Party trifft der Psychologe Alex Delaware auf die junge Laureen Teague, die vor Jahren eine Therapie bei ihm begann.
  Fredo68 | May 14, 2020 |
Complexly plotted Alex Delaware crime novel. ( )
  dickmanikowski | Jul 16, 2018 |
This is a good one. ( )
  JennysBookBag.com | Sep 28, 2016 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created a riveting and memorable Alex Delaware novel about a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forces the brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his own fallibility.

Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resistsā??angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are sticken with shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California.

Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil, seductive, and unforgiving, and Flesh and Blood is mind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest, breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettable characters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspense fiction at its fine

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