Reviews"[A] SURPRISING AND COMPLEX STORY OF EVIL . . . STUNNINGLY DRAMATIC." -People(Page-turner of the Week) "UNSETTLING AND THRILLING . . . RIGHT FROM THE START OFMONSTER, JONATHAN KELLERMAN DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT." -TheBaltimore Sun "KELLERMAN DELIVERS . . . GET READY TO SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON. . . . GET READY TO BE HORRIFIED . . . AND PERVERSELY INTRIGUED." -Rocky Mountain News "Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller." -People "Riveting . . . Kellerman's latest shiver-producing, hair-raising, shocking, suspenseful thriller [is] definitely his best yet. . . . The tension is palpable, the plot filled with devilish convolutions, and the sense of impending danger heart-stoppingly tense. . . . Dr. Alex Delaware is at his brilliantly analytical zenith." -Booklist(starred and boxed review) Kellerman "has shaped the psychological mystery novel into an art form." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often, mystery writers can either plot like devils or create believable characters. Kellerman stands out because he can do both. Masterfully." -USA Today "Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers-he owns the genre." -Detroit Free Press "In top form in his latest mystery featuring L.A. forensic psychologist Alex Delaware, Kellerman devises a deviously twisted, contemporary tale that draws pulsing suspense from the ageless relationship between madness and evil. . . . A tense climax in the hills above L.A. brings together all the tautly woven threads as Kellerman delivers another chilling look into the dark corners of the human psyche." -Publishers Weekly(starred review) "Nobody evokes Los Angeles better than Kellerman." -Los Angeles Times "Monster, a furiously paced mind-bender, contains enough mystery to hold readers spellbound." -BookPage "Kellerman is an ace at spinning a story that holds the reader's interest, plausible but unpredictable until the final page." -The Denver Post "Recommended . . . Intelligent, well-drawn characters and the kind of plot twists that make the best mysteries fun to read." -Library Journal, "[A] SURPRISING AND COMPLEX STORY OF EVIL . . . STUNNINGLY DRAMATIC." -People (Page-turner of the Week) "UNSETTLING AND THRILLING . . . RIGHT FROM THE START OF MONSTER, JONATHAN KELLERMAN DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT." -The Baltimore Sun "KELLERMAN DELIVERS . . . GET READY TO SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON. . . . GET READY TO BE HORRIFIED . . . AND PERVERSELY INTRIGUED." -Rocky Mountain News "Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller." -People "Riveting . . . Kellerman's latest shiver-producing, hair-raising, shocking, suspenseful thriller [is] definitely his best yet. . . . The tension is palpable, the plot filled with devilish convolutions, and the sense of impending danger heart-stoppingly tense. . . . Dr. Alex Delaware is at his brilliantly analytical zenith." -Booklist (starred and boxed review) Kellerman "has shaped the psychological mystery novel into an art form." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often, mystery writers can either plot like devils or create believable characters. Kellerman stands out because he can do both. Masterfully." -USA Today "Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers-he owns the genre." -Detroit Free Press "In top form in his latest mystery featuring L.A. forensic psychologist Alex Delaware, Kellerman devises a deviously twisted, contemporary tale that draws pulsing suspense from the ageless relationship between madness and evil. . . . A tense climax in the hills above L.A. brings together all the tautly woven threads as Kellerman delivers another chilling look into the dark corners of the human psyche." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Nobody evokes Los Angeles better than Kellerman." -Los Angeles Times "Monster, a furiously paced mind-bender, contains enough mystery to hold readers spellbound." -BookPage "Kellerman is an ace at spinning a story that holds the reader's interest, plausible but unpredictable until the final page." -The Denver Post "Recommended . . . Intelligent, well-drawn characters and the kind of plot twists that make the best mysteries fun to read." -Library Journal, "[A] SURPRISING AND COMPLEX STORY OF EVIL . . . STUNNINGLY DRAMATIC." -People(Page-turner of the Week) "UNSETTLING AND THRILLING . . . RIGHT FROM THE START OFMONSTER, JONATHAN KELLERMAN DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT." -TheBaltimore Sun "KELLERMAN DELIVERS . . . GET READY TO SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON. . . . GET READY TO BE HORRIFIED . . . AND PERVERSELY INTRIGUED." -Rocky Mountain News "Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller." -People "Riveting . . . Kellerman's latest shiver-producing, hair-raising, shocking, suspenseful thriller [is] definitely his best yet. . . . The tension is palpable, the plot filled with devilish convolutions, and the sense of impending danger heart-stoppingly tense. . . . Dr. Alex Delaware is at his brilliantly analytical zenith." -Booklist(starred and boxed review) Kellerman "has shaped the psychological mystery novel into an art form." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Often, mystery writers can either plot like devils or create believable characters. Kellerman stands out because he can do both. Masterfully." -USA Today "Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers-he owns the genre." -Detroit Free Press "In top form in his latest mystery featuring L.A. forensic psychologist Alex Delaware, Kellerman devises a deviously twisted, contemporary tale that draws pulsing suspense from the ageless relationship between madness and evil. . . . A tense climax in the hills above L.A. brings together all the tautly woven threads as Kellerman delivers another chilling look into the dark corners of the human psyche." -Publishers Weekly(starred review) "Nobody evokes Los Angeles better than Kellerman." -Los Angeles Times "Monster, a furiously paced mind-bender, contains enough mystery to hold readers spellbound." -BookPage "Kellerman is an ace at spinning a story that holds the reader's interest, plausible but unpredictable until the final page." -The Denver Post "Recommended . . . Intelligent, well-drawn characters and the kind of plot twists that make the best mysteries fun to read." -Library Journal From the Paperback edition.
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SynopsisA second-rate actor is found mutilated in a car trunk. Then a psychologist at a Los Angeles hospital for the criminally insane is murdered in a similar grisly fashion. Suddenly the incoherent ramblings of an inmate at the presumably secure institution begin to make chilling sense-they are, in fact, horrifying predictions. Yet how can a barely functional psychotic locked behind asylum walls possibly know such vivid details of crimes committed in the outside world? Drawn into a labyrinth of secrets, revenge, sex, and manipulation, Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis set out to unlock this enigma and put an end to the brutal killings-before the madman predicts their own demise. . . .