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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis when they investigate a grisly double homicide and uncover an even more unspeakable motive in this riveting thriller from thebestselling master of suspense

Los Angeles is a city of sunlight celebrity and possibilityThe LA often experienced by Homicide Lt Detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware is a city of the dead

Early one morning the two of them find themselves in a neighborhood of pretty houses pretty cars and pretty people The scene they encounter is anything butA naked young man lies dead in the street the apparent victim of a collision with a moving van hurtling through suburbia in the darkness But any thoughts of accidental death vanish when a blood trail leads to a nearby home

Inside a young woman lies butcheredThe identity of the male victim and his role in the horror remain elusive but that of the woman creates additional questions And adding to the shock Alex has met her while working a convoluted child custody caseCordelia Gannett was a selfstyled internet influencer whod gotten into legal troubles by palming herself off as a psychologist Even after promising to desist shes found a loophole and has continued her online career aiming to amass clicks and ads by cybercoaching and cybercounseling people plagued with relationship issues

But upon closer examination Alex and Milo discover that her own relationships are troublesome including a tortured family history and a dubious personal past Has that come back to haunt her in the worst way Is the mystery man out in the street collateral damage or will he turn out to be the key to solving a grisly double homicideAs the psychologist and the detective explore LAs meanest streets they peel back layer after layer of secrets and encounter a savage psychologically twisted almost unthinkable motive for violence and bloodshed

This is classic Delaware Alex a man Milo has come to see as irreplaceable at his most insightful and brilliant