Books like monster by Jonathan Kellerman
When a second‑rate actor is found mutilated in a car trunk, police investigate a murder that mirrors a subsequent death of a psychologist at a Los Angeles hospital for the criminally insane. Their only clue is the incoherent but eerily accurate ramblings of an inmate, who may be predicting the crimes. Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis must navigate a labyrinth of secrets, revenge, sex, and manipulation to uncover the truth and halt the brutal killings before the madman’s foreknowledge leads to their own deaths.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Jonathan Kellerman
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