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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The most enduring detectives in American crime fiction are back in this electrifying thriller of art and brutality from the 1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense

Los Angeles is a city of stark contrast the palaces of the affluent coexisting uneasily with the hellholes of the mad and the needy That shadow world and the violence it breeds draw brilliant psychologist Dr Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis into an unsettling case of altruism gone wrong

On a superficially lovely morning a woman shows up for work with her usual enthusiasm Shes the newly hired personal assistant to a handsome wealthy photographer and is ready to greet her boss with coffee and good cheer Instead she finds him slumped in bed shot to death

The victim had recently received rave media attention for his latest project images of homeless people in their personal dream situations elaborately costumed and enacting unfulfilled fantasies There are some however who view the whole thing as nothing more than crass exploitation citing token payments and the victims avoidance of any longterm relationships with his subjects

Has disgruntlement blossomed into homicidal rage Or do the roots of violence reach down to the victims familya clan sired by an elusive billionaire that is bizarre in its own right

Then new murders arise and Alex and Milo begin peeling back layer after layer of intrigue and complexity culminating in one of the deadliest threats theyve ever faced