The Ghost Orchid

Jonathan Kellerman is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of more than forty crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher's Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, True Detectives, and The Murderer's Daughter. 
 
With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored Crime Scene, The Golem of Hollywood, and The Golem of Paris. 
 
He is also the author of two children's books and numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. 
 
For more information please visit: 
 
http://jonathankellerman.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/JonathanKellerman

Some secrets are worth killing for. 
 
In an upscale Bel Air property, two lovers are found dead in a swimming pool. The man is the playboy heir to a business empire, and the woman is his even wealthier married neighbour. 
 
An illicit affair is the perfect motive. But the house is untouched - no forced entry, no forensic evidence - and so LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis and asks psychologist Alex Delaware to help unpick the case. 
 
It quickly becomes clear that both victims had troubled pasts. Now Alex and Milo must confront LA's darkest side as they unravel a trail of deadly secrets . . . 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No.1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times 
 
'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of steam' Shots Magazine

The Lost Coast

Bestselling writing duo, Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, return with a new unputdownable thriller featuring Deputy Coroner Clay Edison.

The fifth gripping novel in the bestselling Clay Edison series 
 
When coroner-turned-private investigator Clay Edison is approached to work on a fraud case, he uncovers more than he bargained before: a decades-old scheme targeting the vulnerable. 
 
His investigation leads him to a strange town in the remote California wilderness where the residents don't care much for outsiders. 
 
They certainly don't like Clay asking questions. And they'll do just about anything to keep him quiet. . . 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's No. 1 New York Times bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
 
Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times bestseller, February 2024

When coroner-turned-private investigator Clay Edison is approached to work on a fraud case, he uncovers more than he bargained before: a decades-old scheme targeting the vulnerable. 
 
His investigation leads him to a strange town in the remote California wilderness where the residents don't care much for outsiders. 
 
They certainly don't like Clay asking questions. And they'll do just about anything to keep him quiet. . . 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times

Unnatural History

A gripping new crime novel featuring Alex Delware from the bestselling master of suspense. 
 
When a photographer is found inside an LA warehouse slumped in bed, shot to death, it sets in motion a complex and dangerous case for Lieutenant Milo Sturgis and Psychologist Alex Delaware. 
 
The victim had just received rave media attention for his latest project - images of homeless people living out their 'dreams'. But there were many who saw the work as crass exploitation. 
 
Did anger turn to homicidal rage? Or do the roots of violence reach down to the victim's own family? 
 
As new murders arise, Alex and Milo must peel back the layers of the case - and will find themselves coming up against in one of the deadliest threats they've ever faced... 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times 
 
'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of stea' Shots Magazine 
 
 
Jonathan Kellerman, New York Times bestseller, February 2024

City of the Dead

'His exploration of warped minds is as gripping as the kinks in the complex plot' The Times 
'An intelligent and dark ride' Peterborough Telegraph 
'A book that will delight [...] with its familiar mix of detection and psychological insight' Shots Magazine 
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The electrifying new Alex Delaware thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 
 
At 5am in the upscale neighbourhood of Westwood Village, two removal men are making a routine pick-up when they make a fatal hit. It's a man - who appeared from nowhere - naked and with no means of identification. 
 
Not long after, a woman is found dead in a house nearby, which neighbours suspect to be a brothel. Could the man have come from there? 
 
When LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis calls brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware is called to the scene, the case gets even more complicated. Delaware has met the woman before. She's a psychologist too. 
 
Are the two deaths linked? Or is there a darker force at work?

The electrifying new Alex Delaware thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 
 
At 5am in the upscale neighbourhood of Westwood Village, two removal men are making a routine pick-up when they make a fatal hit. It's a man - who appeared from nowhere - naked and with no means of identification. 
 
Not long after, a woman is found dead in a house nearby, which neighbours suspect to be a brothel. Could the man have come from there? 
 
When LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis calls brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware is called to the scene, the case gets even more complicated. Delaware has met the woman before. She's a psychologist too. 
 
Are the two deaths linked? Or is there a darker force at work?

The Burning

Bestselling writing duo, Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, return with a new unputdownable thriller.

Jonathan Kellerman (Author) Jonathan Kellerman is the Number One New York Times bestselling author of more than forty crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher's Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, True Detectives, and The Murderer's Daughter. 
 
With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored Crime Scene, The Golem of Hollywood, and The Golem of Paris. 
 
He is also the author of two children's books and numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. 
 
For more information please visit: 
 
http://jonathankellerman.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/JonathanKellerman Jesse Kellerman (Author) Jesse Kellerman won the Princess Grace Award for best young American playwright and is the author of Sunstroke, Trouble (nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Novel), The Genius (winner of the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle), The Executor, and Potboiler (nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel). He lives in California.

When a wealthy man is found murdered in his hilltop home, Deputy Coroner Clay Edison is shocked to discover a link to his own brother, Luke, on the scene. 
 
Luke is fresh out of prison and struggling to stay on the right path. When he suddenly goes missing, Clay can't help but question his innocence. 
 
As blackouts and wildfires continue to sweep through the state of California, the search for answers becomes ever more treacherous. 
 
Is Luke capable of murder? Or could he be a victim too? 
 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
 'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
 'High-octane entertainment' The Times

Serpentine

A gripping new thriller featuring psychologist Alex Delaware from the Number One New York Times bestselling master of suspense.

NO WITNESSES. NO EVIDENCE. NO MOTIVE . . . 
 
When Ellie Barker was three years old, her mother was found in a torched Cadillac, overturned on Mulholland Drive, with a bullet in her head. 
 
Many detectives had tried and failed to solve the case. 
 
Decades later, still desperate for answers, Ellie hires LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis, who calls in the expertise of brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware, to investigate. 
 
But as the two begin digging, they soon discover a string of dangerous threats still lurking in the present . . . 
 
Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times No. 1 bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times

Jonathan Kellerman

The 40th Alex Delaware novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 
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In the middle of the night, Detective Lieutenant Milo Sturgis is called to a Westside hospital. A young woman has been left dead at the entrance to the E.R. 
 
Milo soon identifies the victim as an aspiring actress, and evidence points him in the direction of a Hollywood misfit with an arrest record. 
 
Before they can arrest the suspect, however, he is found shot dead on his balcony. 
 
Milo calls brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware to help unpick the case. But as more bodies appear, linked only by the rifle used to kill them, the more complicated it becomes. 
 
It is clear there are darker forces at work. Can Alex and Milo uncover the truth before it’s too late? 
 
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Praise for Jonathan Kellerman's bestselling thrillers: 
 
'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'High-octane entertainment' The Times 
 
'Exceptionally exciting' New York Times 
 
'Jonathan Kellerman has delivered the goods again, adding another instalment to a series that shows no sign of running out of steam' Shots Magazine

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