Book Preview CHAPTER 1 Eno trudged up the road. Big fancy property like this, maybe a chance to hit a lick. His last stretch at County had ended eighty-two days ago, then he was back on the street looking for bank. Trying a few things that didn’t work out so having to do this. Bright … Read more
Book Preview 1 Hooray for Hollywood. Brass stars with celebrities’ names were inlaid in the sidewalk but the stars of the night were toxin merchants, strong-arm specialists, and fifteen-year-olds running from family values turned vicious. Open twenty-four hours a day, Go-Ji’s welcomed them all. The coffee shop sat on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard, … Read more
Book Preview 1 I’ve always hated parties and, under normal circumstances, never would have attended the one on Saturday. But my life was a mess. I relaxed my standards. And stepped into a nightmare. Thursday morning I was the good doctor, focusing on my patients, determined not to let my own garbage get in the … Read more
Book Preview She smiled, as usual. From her chair she had a fine view of the ocean. This morning it was a wrinkled teal sheet gilded with sunrise. A triangle of pelicans reconnoitered overhead. I doubted she’d notice any of it. She moved around a bit, trying to get comfortable. “Good morning, Lucy.” “Good morning, … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 On a slow, chilly Saturday in December, shortly after the Lakers overcame a sixteen-point halftime deficit and beat New Jersey, I got a call from a murderer. I hadn’t watched basketball since college, had returned to it because I was working at developing my leisure skills. The woman in my life … Read more
Book Preview Special thanks to Beverly Lewis, whose sharp eye and soft voice make a big difference. To Gerald Petievich, for an insider’s view- of lots of things. And to Terri Turner, California Parole Department, for her efficiency and good cheer. Special thanks to Beverly Lewis, whose sharp eye and soft voice make a … Read more
Book Preview IT WAS my first middle-of-the-night crisis call in three years. A thousand days out of practice, and there I was, bolted, upright in the darkness, clutching the receiver with sleep-slowed fingers, queasy and drowsy but ready for action -my voice soothingly professional even as my brain struggled for a toehold in its climb … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 Patty Bigelow hated surprises and did her best to avoid them. God had other ideas. Patty’s concept of a supreme being wavered between Ho-Ho-Ho Santa and a Fire-Eyed Odin thrusting thunderbolts. Either way, a white-bearded guy bunking down in the clouds. Depending on his mood, dispensing goodies or playing marbles with … Read more
Book Preview Books by Jonathan Kellerman Mystery (2011) Deception (2010) Evidence (2009) Bones (2008) Compulsion (2008) Obsession (2007) Gone (2006) Rage (2005) Therapy (2004) A Cold Heart (2003) The Murder Book (2002) Flesh and Blood (2001) Dr. Death (2000) Monster (1999) Survival of the Fittest (1997) The Clinic (1997) The Web (1996) Self-Defense (1995) Bad … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 The day I got the murder book, I was still thinking about Paris. Red wine, bare trees, gray river, city of love. Everything that happened there. Now, this. Robin and I flew in to Charles de Gaulle airport on a murky Monday in January. The trip had been my idea of … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 The giant knew Richard Nixon. Towering, yellow-haired, grizzled, a listing mountain in khaki twill, he limped closer, and Milo tightened up. I looked to Frank Dollard for a cue. Dollard appeared untroubled, meaty arms at his sides, mouth serene under the tobaccoed gray mustache. His eyes were slits, but they’d been … Read more
Book Preview The house, the life growing inside her. Holly finished her fifth circuit of the back room that looked out to the yard. She paused for breath. The baby—Aimee—had started pushing against her diaphragm. Since escrow had closed, Holly had done a hundred circuits, imagining. Loving every inch of the place despite the odors … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 She nearly killed an innocent man. *** Creighton “Charley” Bondurant drove carefully because his life depended on it. Latigo Canyon was mile after mile of neck-wrenching, hairpin twists. Charley had no use for government meddlers but the 15 mph signs posted along the road were smart. He lived ten … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 SAD TRUTH: Had she been just a patient, I probably wouldn’t have remembered her. All those years listening, so many faces. There was a time I recalled every one of them. Forgetting comes with experience. It doesn’t bother me as much as it used to. Her mother phoned my service on … Read more
Book Preview I tell the truth. They lie. I’m strong. They’re weak. I’m good. They’re bad. I tell the truth. They lie. I’m strong. They’re weak. I’m good. They’re bad. This was a zero job but Doyle was getting paid. Why anyone would shell out fifteen bucks an hour, three hours a day, five times … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 IRONY CAN BE a rich dessert, so when the contents of the van were publicized, some people gorged. The ones who’d believed Eldon H. Mate to be the Angel of Death. Those who’d considered him Mercy Personified grieved. I viewed it through a different lens, had my own worries. Mate … Read more
Book Preview BOOKS BY JONATHAN KELLERMAN FICTION Therapy The Conspiracy Club A Cold Heart The Murder Book Flesh and Blood Dr. Death Monster Billy Straight Survival of the Fittest The Clinic The Web Self-defense Bad Love Devil’s Waltz Private Eyes Time Bomb Silent Partner The Butcher’s Theater Over the Edge Blood Test When the Bough … Read more
Book Preview It was a place of fear and myth, home of miracles and the worst kind of failure. I’d spent a quarter of my life there, learning to deal with the rhythm, the madness, the starched whiteness of it all. Five years’ absence had turned me into a stranger, and as I entered the … Read more