Few know the city of Los Angeles the way bestselling author and acclaimed suspense master Jonathan Kellerman does His thrilling novels of psychological drama and criminal detection make the capital of dreams a living breathing character in all its glamour and infamy That storied history of fame seduction scandal and murder looms large in Mystery as Alex Delaware finds himself drawn into a twisting shadowy whodunit thatrsquos pure LA noirmdashand vintage Kellerman The closing of their favorite romantic rendezvous the Fauborg Hotel in Beverly Hills is a sad occasion for longtime patrons Alex Delaware and Robin Castagna And gathering one last time with their fellow faithful habitueacutes for cocktails in the gracious old venue makes for a bittersweet evening But even more poignant is a striking young womanmdashalone and enigmatic among the revelersmdashwaiting in vain in elegant attire and dark glasses that do nothing to conceal her melancholy Alex canrsquot help wondering what her story is and whether shersquos connected to the silent black-suited bodyguard lingering outside the hotelTwo days later Alex has even more to contemplate when police detective Milo Sturgis comes seeking his psychologist comradersquos insights about a grisly homicide To Alexrsquos shock the brutalized victim is the same beautiful woman whose lonely hours sipping champagne at the Fauborg may have been her lastBut with a mutilated body and no DNA match she remains as mysterious in death as she seemed in life And even when a tipsterrsquos sordid revelation finally cracks the case open the dark secrets that spill out could make Alex and Milorsquos best efforts to close this horrific crime not just impossible but fatalFrom the Hardcover edition.
