{"product_id":"9780345413895","title":"Flesh and Blood (Alex Delaware Series #15)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller Jonathan Kellerman has created one of his most riveting and memorable works in this Alex Delaware novel about a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forces the brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his own fallibility.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e  Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resists -- angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover Robin Castagna in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e  Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil, seductive, erotic, and unforgiving, and \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is mind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest, breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettable characters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspense fiction at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Jonathan Kellerman is one of the world's most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to sixteen consecutive bestselling novels of suspense, including \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher's Theater,\u003c\/i\u003e a story of killing in Jerusalem; \u003ci\u003eBilly Straight;\u003c\/i\u003e and fourteen Alex Delaware novels -- which have been translated into two dozen languages -- before \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the author of numerous essays, short stories, and scientific articles, two children's books, and three volumes on psychology, including \u003ci\u003eSavage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010824028400,"sku":"9780345413895","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345413895_p0.jpg?v=1763686879","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345413895","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}