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Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, they are found in the remote mountains of Malibu, battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor. But before long, doubts arise about the couple's story, and as forensic details unfold, the abduction is exposed as a hoax. Alex is certain that there are hidden layers in the sordid psychodrama that he hasn't been able to uncover.
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Psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide cop Milo Sturgis embark on their most dangerous excursion yet, as they are pitted against a serial killer targeting Hollywood starlets in Kellerman's latest #1 "New York Times" bestseller.
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In bestseller Kellerman's pulse-pounding 20th Alex Delaware novel (after 2005's Rage), the Los Angeles psychologist looks into the murder of attractive 23-year-old Michaela Brand, an aspiring actress. Soon after Michaela and a fellow acting student, 24-year-old Dylan Meserve, achieve their 15 minutes of fame by staging their abduction, their hoax is exposed and Michaela turns up dead in circumstances reminiscent of her faked assault. Delaware joins forces with his sometimes official partner in crime, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and together they pursue an investigative trail littered with corpses leading to an unconventional acting school and the family of the eccentric woman who runs it. While the murderer's identity may not be that surprising, the author's ability to convey the unrelenting sadness of his characters' lives and his deep psychological insights will satisfy those looking for more than mere thrills. (On sale Mar. 28) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
In a reality show episode that backfired, two twentysomethings fake a kidnapping to jump-start their acting careers. When criminal psychologist Alex Delaware is called in to evaluate one of the pair, Michaela Brand, he learns a few details that come in handy later, after she's found brutally murdered, and the case has fallen into the lap of Alex's buddy, Lieutenant Milo Sturges. The murder trail leads back to an acting studio operated by wealthy, drug-addled Nora Dowd; a steady stream of starstruck would-be thespians arrive at the studio--and then sometimes disappear. Gradually, the pool of suspects widens, as more people turn up missing and dead. As usual, Kellerman maintains a tight balance between suspense and characterization, using dialogue to push things quickly along: Delaware and Sturges bounce theories off one another in rapid succession--as much from habit as necessity. Neither gets everything right; the truth is much more horrifying than either suspected. As number 19 in the long-running series, this fast, clever thriller proves again why Kellerman's books reside on best-seller lists. --Stephanie Zvirin Copyright 2006 Booklist
Guardian Review
Jonathan Kellerman's psychological thrillers have a fascinating appeal. The author has a PhD in psychology and, in addition to his 20 bestselling thrillers, has also written solemn academic tomes. His shrink hero, Alex Delaware, invariably teams up with gay LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgess (who could do with some therapy himself). While Milo does the cop work, Alex follows the psychological leads to the latest kinky killer. But success has not improved Kellerman's writing and Gone cries out for tough editing. Girls are strangled and stabbed, wannabe movie stars are disappearing, most connected with an acting school in Hollywood, yet Kellerman all too often waffles on happily about trivia. Perhaps that's why I identified the killer some 175 pages before Alex and Milo worked it out. The ending, however, is suitably grisly and not without ingenuity. Caption: article-genre28.3 Jonathan Kellerman's psychological thrillers have a fascinating appeal. The author has a PhD in psychology and, in addition to his 20 bestselling thrillers, has also written solemn academic tomes. - Matthew Levin.
Library Journal Review
The abduction of two art students turns out to have been faked, but the murder that follows is very real. Alex Delaware tries to figure it all out. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
