Compulsion

By Jonathan Kellerman

Compulsion - Jonathan Kellerman
  • Release Date: 2008-03-25
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 312 Ratings

Description

Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman’s brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern Sherlock Holmes of the psyche, Dr. Alex Delaware.

A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology are linked only by the killer’s use of luxury vehicles and a baffling lack of motive. The ultimate whodunits, these crimes demand the attention of LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and his collaborator on the crime beat, psychologist Alex Delaware.

What begins with a solitary bloodstain in a stolen sedan quickly spirals outward in odd and unexpected directions, leading Delaware and Sturgis from the well-heeled center of L.A. society to its desperate edges; across the paths of commodities brokers and transvestite hookers; and as far away as New York City, where the search thaws out a long-cold case and exposes a grotesque homicidal crusade. The killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification, leaving behind dazed witnesses and death–and compelling Alex and Milo to confront the true face of murderous madness.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Victims.

Reviews

  • Compulsion

    2
    By Halsterx
    2/5 stars Pretty lame. Hal R
  • Compulsion

    5
    By Christianmurray
    In true kellerman style, a page turner right up to the last page. Another great Delaware/Sturgis adventure.