02437cam a2200457u  4500001001400000003000700014005001700021007000300038008004100041010001500082020004300097020004000140020002600180035003900206043001200245100002400257245005700281250001800338260004200356300002300398336002100421337002500442338002300467520091500490650005101405650005001456650004501506650003601551650002801587650002701615650002501642650003301667650005401700650003401754651003401788655002601822655002101848655002801869800004701897856003501944BRD864709636 OCoLC 20190501233715.0ta140319s2014    nyu           000 1 eng    a2013045834  a9780345505750 (hbk. : acid-free paper)  a0345505751 (hbk. : acid-free paper)  z9780345548412 (ebook)  a(OCoLC)864709636z(OCoLC)869564447  an-us-ca1 aKellerman, Jonathan10aKiller :ban Alex Delaware novelcJonathan Kellerman  aFirst edition 1aNew York :bBallantine Books,c[2014]  a335 pages ;c25 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  a"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. But while Alex may be in grave danger, it won't be from the Beverly Hills doctor, for Connie's soon discovered brutally slain. When her sister Cherie and the baby disappear, apparently on the run, Alex's search for answers lead him to aged rockers, charming homeboys and even Machiavellian judges. As the darkest of secrets are peeled away, and a cruel system churns through family lives, Alex seeks to stop a vicious killer and save a child from a life of nightmares ... or worse"--cProvided by publisher 0aDelaware, Alex (Fictitious character)vFiction 0aSturgis, Milo (Fictitious character)vFiction 0aPolicezCaliforniazLos AngelesvFiction 0aMentally ill offendersvFiction 0aSerial murdersvFiction 0aPsychologistsvFiction 0aPsychopathsvFiction 7aFICTION / Suspense.2bisacsh 7aFICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.2bisacsh 7aFICTION / Thrillers.2bisacsh 0aLos Angeles (Calif.)vFiction 0aPsychological fiction 0aSuspense fiction 7aMystery fiction.2gsafd1 aKellerman, Jonathan.tAlex Delaware novels423Cover imageu9780345505750.jpg