Dr. Alex Delaware faces one of the most grisly and baffling mysteries of his career: How can a nonfunctional psychotic locked up in a supposedly secure institution for homicidal madmen predict murders in the outside world? Delaware and his partner, Detective Milo Sturgis, must penetrate this enigma in order to stop the killings. An actor is found dead in a car trunk, sawn in half. A psychologist is murdered and mutilated in a similar way. The inmate's incoherent ramblings begin to make frightening sense as predictions of ...
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Dr. Alex Delaware faces one of the most grisly and baffling mysteries of his career: How can a nonfunctional psychotic locked up in a supposedly secure institution for homicidal madmen predict murders in the outside world? Delaware and his partner, Detective Milo Sturgis, must penetrate this enigma in order to stop the killings. An actor is found dead in a car trunk, sawn in half. A psychologist is murdered and mutilated in a similar way. The inmate's incoherent ramblings begin to make frightening sense as predictions of yet more slayings. The climactic discovery Delaware and Sturgis make as they race to prevent more killings gives fresh and terrifying meaning to the concept of monstrosity.
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I am a great fan of Jonathan Kellerman books but this was the first book of his that gave me goosebumps.
An atmospheric and gruesome thriller which made me leave the light on at night. The scenes inside the institution particularly put me on edge and I really felt connected to the characters. I really enjoy the interactions between Dr Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis in this series of books but have to say this was one of favourite books in the series so far.....I didn't put it down until it was finished.
