Blood Test: An Alex Delaware Novel - Softcover

Kellerman, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345540123 ISBN 13: 9780345540126

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2013

Synopsis

It is a case unlike any psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware has ever encountered. Five-year-old Woody Swope is ill, but his parents refuse to agree to the one treatment that could save him. Alex sets out to convince Mr. and Mrs. Swope—only to find that the parents have left the hospital and taken their son with them. Worse, the sleazy motel where the Swopes were staying is empty—except for an ominous blood stain. They have vanished into the sordid shadows of the city.
 
Now Alex and his friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, have no choice but to push the law to the breaking point. They are forced to enter an amoral underworld where drugs, dreams, and sex are all for sale and fantasies are fulfilled at any price—even at the cost of a young boy’s life.
 
Praise for Blood Test
 
“A suspenseful thriller whose solution lies in the darker recesses of the human soul.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“Gripping . . . peopled with vivid characters . . . pulsing with suspense.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
 
“Establishes Jonathan Kellerman as a master of suspense.”—The Charlotte Observer
 
Don’t miss the excerpt of Jonathan Kellerman’s Guilt in the back of the book!

About this title

From the Publisher:

"It is a case unlike any psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware has ever encountered. Five-year-old Woody Swope is ill, but the real problem is his parents. They refuse to agree to the one treatment that could save this boy's life.

Alex sets out to convince Mr. and Mrs. Swope--only to find that the parents have left the hospital and taken their son with them. Worse, the sleazy motel room where the Swopes were staying is empty--except for the ominous bloodstain. The Swopes and their son have vanished into the sordid shadows of the city.

Now Alex and his friend, homocide detective Milo Sturgis, have no choice but to push the law to the breaking point. They've entered an amoral underworld where drugs, dreams, and sex are all for sale...where fantasies are fulfilled at any price--even at the cost of a young boy's life.

A suspenseful thriller whose solution lies in the darker recesses of the human soul." -- The Wall Street Journal

From the Back Cover:

"A suspenseful thriller whose solution lies in the darker recesses of the human soul." -- The Wall Street Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0345540123
• ISBN 13: 9780345540126
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 384