The Web: An Alex Delaware Novel - Softcover

Kellerman, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345530861 ISBN 13: 9780345530868

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2011

Synopsis

Psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware finds terror in the heart of paradise in this relentlessly sinister novel by America's premier writer of psychological suspense. Three months in paradise, all expenses paid. It's an invitation Alex Delaware can't refuse. Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland, a revered scientist and philanthropist on the tiny Pacific island of Aruk, has invited Alex to his home to help him organize his papers for publication--a light workload leaving Alex plenty of time to enjoy a romantic interlude with Robin Castagna.

Quickly, however, secretive houseguests, frightening nocturnal visitors, and the elusive Dr. Moreland himself dim the pleasures of deep blue water and white sand.

The cases Moreland chooses to share--a patient driven to madness by a cruel, unspeakable act; a man who succumbed forty years ago to radiation poisoning after a nuclear blast; a young woman, brutally murdered, whose mutilated body was found on the beach just six months before--seem unconnected. And yet Alex can't help wondering what the good doctor is trying to tell him... and what Moreland's real reason for inviting him to Aruk is.

As Alex probes--with a little long-distance help from his friend LAPD detective Milo Sturgis--he comes to believe the answer lies hidden somewhere on Moreland's vast estate. Yet when he finally discovers the truth, the revelation will be more shocking than he could have imagined. And it will come too late to stem the tide of violence that threatens guilty and innocent alike on the lovely lost island of Aruk.

With his brilliant characterizations and rapid-fire pace, Jonathan Kellerman has redefined the boundaries of suspense, probing real-life horrors and innermost fears in a novel that transfixes from first page to last.

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Review:

Another gripping Alex Delaware novel from Kellerman, the king of psychological suspense and author of ten successive New York Times bestsellers. The setting is tropical but the atmosphere is sinister as Delaware probes the secrets of a wealthy scientist/philanthropist and unleashes an uncontrollable chain of violence.

From the Publisher:

Psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware finds terror in the heart ofparadise in this relentlessly sinister novel by America's premier writer ofpsychological suspense, the author of ten successive New York Timesbestsellers.

Three months in paradise, all expenses paid. It's an invitation Alex Delawarecan't refuse. Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland, a revered scientist andphilanthropist on the tiny Pacific island of Aruk, has invited Alex to his hometo help him organize his papers for publication-- a light workload leaving Alexplenty of time to enjoy a romantic interlude with Robin Castagna.

Quickly, however, secretive houseguests, frightening nocturnal visitors, andthe elusive Dr. Moreland himself dim the pleasures of deep blue water and whitesand.

The cases Moreland chooses to share--a patient driven to madness by a cruel,unspeakable act; a man who succumbed forty years ago to radiation poisoningafter a nuclear blast; a young woman, brutally murdered, whose mutilated bodywas found on the beach just six months before-- seem unconnected. And yet Alexcan't help wondering what the good doctor is trying to tell him...and whatMoreland's real reason for inviting him to Aruk is.

As Alex probes--with a little long-distance help from his friend LAPD detectiveMilo Sturgis--he comes to believe the answer lies hidden somewhere onMoreland's vast estate. Yet when he finally discovers the truth, therevelation will be more shocking than he could have imagined. And it will cometoo late to stem the tide of violence that threatens guilty and innocent alikeon the lovely lost island of Aruk.

Once again, with his brilliant characterizations and rapid-fire pace, JonathanKellerman has redefined the boundaries of suspense, probing real-life horrorsand innermost fears in a novel that transfixes from first page to last.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0345530861
• ISBN 13: 9780345530868
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448