Mystery

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Few know the city of Los
Angeles the way #1 bestselling author and acclaimed suspense master
Jonathan Kellerman does. His thrilling novels of psychological drama and
criminal detection make the capital of dreams a living, breathing
character in all its glamour and infamy. That storied history of fame,
seduction, scandal, and murder looms large in Mystery, as Alex Delaware finds himself drawn into a twisting, shadowy whodunit that’s pure L.A. noir—and vintage Kellerman. The
closing of their favorite romantic rendezvous, the Fauborg Hotel in
Beverly Hills, is a sad occasion for longtime patrons Alex Delaware and
Robin Castagna. And gathering one last time with their fellow faithful
habitués for cocktails in the gracious old venue makes for a bittersweet
evening. But even more poignant is a striking young woman—alone and
enigmatic among the revelers—waiting in vain in elegant attire and dark
glasses that do nothing to conceal her melancholy. Alex can’t help
wondering what her story is, and whether she’s connected to the silent,
black-suited bodyguard lingering outside the hotel.Two days
later, Alex has even more to contemplate when police detective Milo
Sturgis comes seeking his psychologist comrade’s insights about a grisly
homicide. To Alex’s shock, the brutalized victim is the same beautiful
woman whose lonely hours sipping champagne at the Fauborg may have been
her last.But with a mutilated body and no DNA match, she remains
as mysterious in death as she seemed in life. And even when a tipster’s
sordid revelation finally cracks the case open, the dark secrets that
spill out could make Alex and Milo’s best efforts to close this horrific
crime not just impossible but fatal.