For Alex Delaware this crime is personal: if he couldnt help his former patient in life he will in death. FLESH AND BLOOD is a fast-paced and complex thriller from New York Times No. 1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman and is perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and David Baldacci. [Kellerman] has shaped the psychological mystery novel into an art form Lost Angeles Times Book Review When Alex Delaware first saw Lauren Teague she was a sullen teenager with the usual problems: bad grades at school moody uncommunicative with her parents - which is why they thought she needed to see a psychologist. Then years later a shock: at a batchelor party for a fellow doctor Delaware finds himself uncomfortably watching two strippers going through a degrading display - and one of them is Lauren Teague. And now her mother is pleading for help once again: Lauren has disappeared - and she thinks Delaware can find her. Hes not so sure - but when her disappearance turns into a murder investigation he knows he owes it to the dead girl to find out what demons drove her to such a horrifying end . . .
