Jonathan Kellerman

In Los Angeles, the law is anything other than an open-and-shut matter. There are those who think it's flexible, and those who strive to enforce it above all else.

The most beloved and enduring duo in American crime fiction is back.

Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve.

At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past....

A new patient, 24-year-old Lucy Lowell, has come to the semi-retired psychologist Alex Delaware, straight from the jury of a serial killer's grisly trial....

A series of horrifying events occur in quick succession in the same upscale L.A. neighborhood....

They call the ancient hills of Jerusalem the butcher's theater. Here, upon this bloodstained stage, a faceless killer performs his violent specialty....

Having experienced more than enough of LA's dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda's broken life....

At nearly 100 years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet....

The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something "real dead...buried in your marsh"....

The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. Alex Delaware....

Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis unravel a shocking crime at a raucous wedding reception in this gripping psychological thriller from the number one New York Times best-selling master of suspense....

Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling cry for help to whoever may be listening comes too late to save her....

Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past....

Even having hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonizing over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice....

Tanya Bigelow was a solemn little girl when Dr. Alex Delaware successfully treated her obsessive-compulsive symptoms....

The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl....

Unraveling the madness behind L.A.’s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best....

When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. Driving through the dream-lit San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, the patient he had failed five years before....

"Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit," homicide detective Milo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware....