Jonathan Kellerman

In Los Angeles, the law is anything other than an open-and-shut matter. There are those who think it's flexible, and those who strive to enforce it above all else.

The most beloved and enduring duo in American crime fiction is back.

Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered....

When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. Driving through the dream-lit San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, the patient he had failed five years before....

Who killed the killer? In his brilliant and startling novel, Jonathan Kellerman gives a sharp and timely twist to homicide's central question....

A new patient, 24-year-old Lucy Lowell, has come to the semi-retired psychologist Alex Delaware, straight from the jury of a serial killer's grisly trial....

Having experienced more than enough of LA's dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda's broken life....

"Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit," homicide detective Milo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware....

Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past....

Even having hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't keep LAPD police lieutenant Milo Sturgis from agonizing over the crimes that don't get solved - and the victims who go without justice....

For three months, the police find no clues in the death of Hope Devane, a pop-psychology author. So they turn to Dr. Alex Delaware to study the case for insights that might point to a killer....

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide that leads them to long-buried secrets worth killing for....

A disturbing murder with shocking consequences sets in motion the new book in the best-selling suspense series starring psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis....

In his most frightening case, Dr. Alex Delaware may have to prove that a child's own mother or father is making her sick....

Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve.

Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware confronts a killer who takes as much pleasure in matching wits with the police as in taking lives....

At nearly 100 years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet....

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....

Brilliant, beautiful, and stunningly effective, psychologist Dr. Grace Blades has a special gift for treating troubled souls and healing tormented psyches....

The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. Alex Delaware....