Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6597&N=3+6643+6634 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1692917 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741848 In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of historys most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dantes Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science -- vendor summary. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735257 From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps through centuries as it weaves the tales of families whose fates are forever entwined with the City of Lights. The breathtaking multigenerational saga takes listeners on a journey through thousands of years of glorious Parisian history, through intimate and vivid tales of characters both fictional and true, and with the sights, scents, and tastes of Paris come to sumptuous life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739228 Wanting to remarry when her health-care costs eat up all of her money, widow Cassie Jones enlists the grudging help of reclusive fellow patient Jack and devises a pragmatic but unconventional solution when dating proves unsuccessful. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743548 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704723 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743549 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743553 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704724 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714492 Schooled in an exotic form of martial arts, and with the ability to detect the auras of dangerous psychic criminals, Rachel Bonner and her dust bunny companion have found peace and quiet on Rainshadow Island, operating a bookstore and caf. But her tranquil new life is thrown into chaos when Harry Sebastian, the descendant of a notorious pirate, arrives to investigate strange developments in the privately owned woods known as the Preserve. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735305 Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who is particularly loved in her community, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her to question her beliefs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705410 When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains at a neglected Tudor mansion, psychologist Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unspeakable cruelty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743560 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704679 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749035 Victoria McQueen has a knack for finding things. Riding her bicycle through an old covered bridge, she always emerges where she needs to be. Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He takes children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate and they slip away to an astonishing playground he calls Christmasland. But the journey through Charlies twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor. And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble--and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manxs unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx is on the road again, and he wont slow down until hes taken his revenge. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743550 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743554 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704725 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716085 After her husbands death, Susan Lindley moves into her late great-uncles Pasadena mansion and restores his taxidermy collection while being joined in the residence by an equally strange human menagerie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743607 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743561 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704680 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715721 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687170 A tale inspired by the lives of famous twentieth-century female photographers traces the progression of feminism and photography in various world regions as each woman explores private and public goals while balancing the demands of family and creativity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735265 Environmental conservancy advocate Shayne and big city cop Tanner join forces to uncover the truth behind Tanners uncles death. When Shaye becomes a killers target, Tanner realizes hed give up anything to protect her -- including his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743546 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698247 Includes stories that detail Alphabet series heroine Kinsey Millhones origins, as well as true tales of the authors past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704666 As China plans to invade Taiwan, and launches a cyber attack on the U.S., President Jack Ryan, his son, and the team at the Campus have to act fast if they are going to stop the increasingly rogue nation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743551 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743494 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749912 A week after giving birth, Lindsay Boxer is investigating two cases: a grisly murder where the main suspect is an NFL player and an eccentric professor who thinks his dreams of a murder are real. Will Detective Lindsay Boxer be pushed to breaking point? An eccentric professor walks into Lindsays homicide department to report a murder that hasnt yet happened. A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says hes ready to tell where the bodies are buried, but does he have a much more sinister plan in mind? Lindsay doesnt have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding. But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when she is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life.%% http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697516 A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes its hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living. But when the nations economy tanks, taking the construction business with it, all it takes is one phone call to drag him back into the game. It may say Nicholas Edwards on his drivers license and credit cards, but hes back to being the man he always was: Keller. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687374 When a series of blond, pregnant teens go missing from the Magdalene Laundry in 1929 Melbourne and a pushy woman reporter disappears while investigating, Phryne and Dot uncover a dark plot involving piracy, convents, and creepy cellars. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743586 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743555 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704726 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704720 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743557 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696717 Wedding cake decorator and maid of honor in her beloved cousins wedding, Piper Donovan must save the day when the impending nuptials are threatened by the disappearance of a bridesmaid, the discovery of a body on the wedding beach and the arrival of the lecherous, ex-drug dealer best man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696548 The Berlin office of the worlds most renowned investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a seedy nightclub owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743562 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704681 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743547 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704722 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743552 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706150 When Justin and Libby Denbe, along with their beautiful 15-year-old daughter, disappear, investigator Tessa Leone must race against time to expose the Denbes darkest secrets to discover who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family and just how far they are willing to go. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716081 A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster revealed to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that hed once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, the news story created a brief but embarrassing sensation and heralded the beginning of the end of his career. More than two decades later, Cage, now a lonely, disillusioned PR man, receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702014 A young New York lawyer and his wife link their destinies forever in a follow-your-dream move to rural Wyoming. Thirty-eight years later a Manhattan publisher and a young Amish woman become irresistibly drawn together through her writing. Somehow these two remarkable relationships come together in unexpected and surprising ways as lovers are lost, and find each other again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716084 Red Cross nurse Nina Borg risks her marriage to assist her friend Peter at a camp of mysteriously ill Roma refugee children whose circumstances prove more complicated and dangerous than originally believed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743606 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743493 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743565 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711928 Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and hes made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer, hes called to investigate a second crime. All of Washington, D.C., is in a panic, and when a third body is discovered, rumours of three serial killers send the city into an all-out frenzy. Alexs investigations are going nowhere, and hes too focused on the cases to notice that someone has been watching him--and will stop at nothing until hes dead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743587 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696579 Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743556 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704721 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743558 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739434 Suffering an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his soon-to-be-ex-wifes murder, Boston lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a centuries-old family home and falls in love with resident housekeeper Abra Walsh, with whom he is entangled in an old, life-threatening mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687336 Zookeeper Teddy Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay-area Renaissance Faire. When she discovers the body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his royal robes as Henry the Eighth, it appears as if Aljandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the mans back. And the reverend is really an escaped convict, and every marriage hes performed in the past twenty years is null and void! When Teddys mother Caro becomes the chief suspect, Teddy puts her crime solving skills to work. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743605 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743492 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743564 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704704 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743491 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743563 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735890 For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career, her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: Shes been let go and must rebuild her entire life...starting now. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735763 The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man is a Cynster lady who believes love is not her destiny. Famously known in London society as the Matchbreaker, Henrietta Cynster has an uncanny skill in preventing ill-fated nuptials, not in falling victim to Cupids spell. But when she disrupts one match too many, she feels honor bound to help dashing James Glossup find a suitable bride for a marriage-of-convenience--a task infernally complicated by the undeniable, unquenchable attraction that flares between James and Henrietta, who continues to believe she will never fall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743490 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735762 After journalist Spencer-Wendel learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrigs disease, she embarks on several adventures. This includes taking her fourteen-year-old daughter, Marina, to New York Citys Kleinfelds Bridal to shop for Marinas future wedding dress-- an occasion Spencer-Wendell knows she will never see. This is her account of living a full life with humor, courage, and love, accepting death with grace and dignity, and showing the people we love and care about how very much they mean to us. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743489 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685008 In a groundbreaking biography that draws on unprecedented access to Springsteen and those closest to him, acclaimed music critic Peter Ames Carlin presents the most revealing account yet of New Jerseys favorite son. With contributions from band members past and present, Bruce encompasses the breadth of the Bosss astonishing career and explores the inner workings of an American icon right up through his most recent sold-out tour and #1 album. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518839 Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family-until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: How did ur mother die? The answer is murder, and Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades. His familys dark past unfurls in dead ends. The texter, who insists the killer is out there, refuses to be identified. The cat-and-mouse game leads Hunt across the country and eventually to places far more exotic and dangerous. As the chase escalates, so does the threat, for the killer has a secret that can only be trusted to the grave--P. [2] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568811 PI Regan Reilly and her husband Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigate an L.A.-based business scam that extends up and down the coast of California. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682362 Tracking down a porn star-turned-psychic who has promised to reunite an eccentric billionaire with her dead child, a suspicious Sarah Booth goes undercover as a maid at the billionaires estate, where she discovers multiple murders and a host of suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1512081 Theres an uneasy and unholy alliance building across the Caribbean. Few in the U.S. government want to believe that a Third World country and its chest-thumping leader could pose a credible threat-but then why are the Chinese helping to train its special forces? Why are the Russians helping to build a nuclear power plant? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684999 Love and tomato sauce are thick in the Scottoline/Serritella household, and Lisa and Francescas mother-daughter turned best-friends bond will strike a familiar note to many. But now that Lisa is a suburban empty-nester and Francesca is an independent twenty-something in the big city, they have to learn how to stay close while living apart. Youll laugh out loud as they face off in another hilarious collection of essays about motherhood, daughterhood, and womanhood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684182 When a CIA black ops master with ties to disreputable figures in Afghanistan goes missing, Mitch Rapp is ordered to track down the missing man at all costs and finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous plot involving the interests of numerous countries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1662114 When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667720 When a peaceful monastery in Qubec is shattered by the murder of their renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Surete du Qubec are challenged to find the killer in a cloistered community that has taken a vow of silence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649548 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1536756 Lynley is sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Creswell at the request of the mans wealthy uncle. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise, but when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trios digging finds that the clan is awash in secrets, lies and motives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557945 When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, Ali Reynolds classmate from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows theres much more to it, and soon Reyes and his pregnant wife are both under suspicion of wrong-doing. Ali Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude, and when shes summoned to his hospital bedside, its impossible for her to turn away. Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, working as a patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim. Ali becomes determined to seek justice in both cases-- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680118 Granted, an albino alligator on the loose in San Francisco is pretty darn exciting. But my two cats, Rupert and Isabella, and I have better things to do than tail a reptile from Nob Hill to Fishermans Wharf. Were investigating the mysterious Steinhart brothers--the 1900s-era benefactors who provided the original funding for Clive the alligators aquarium. Follow the money, as my uncle Oscar used to say. In the media circus surrounding Clive, one clown gets a little too close to the renegade gator--our very own aspiring mayor, Montgomery Carmichael. Wed hate to see Monty meet an undignified end, but were on a hunt of our own--for Uncle Oscars latest treasure. Of course, thats assuming the whole thing isnt a crock. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698402 Shares insights into the iconic rock-and-roll performers life, from his substance abuse challenges and his bisexual history to his connections to the British royal family and the secret attempt on his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682464 The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about Americas future ... As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes a piece in a greater puzzle -- the ramifications of which will even alter the course of world history.--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1665610 In an underground club, a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon, its her job to fulfill them. But shes playing a far more dangerous game-- one of blackmail, politics, and murder that reaches into the shadow world of the GhostWalkers, and the creation of a spectacular, one-of-a-kind new weapon of defense. But when a dictator makes his own catastrophic moves, the GhostWalkers have no choice but to bring in two major players: a man and woman both driven by passion and revenge. Both expendable. Both with nothing left to lose. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674379 In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved. Now Boschs ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal, and connected to a deeper intrigue. Like an investigator combing through the wreckage after a plane crash, Bosch searches for the black box, the one piece of evidence that will pull the case together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545188 When the keyboard player for the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band is murdered after a tour bus accident on the way to Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah Swensen investigates and comes up with several local suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668411 Helping her friend launch her new line of cosmetics and dealing with her daughters wedding preparations, Toots, in the middle of so much change, is almost too busy to notice her own unexpected romance even though she has sworn off men after eight husbands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671097 Detective Zach Jordan investigates a series of brutal, public crimes that coincide with the arrival of dozens of glamorous celebrities in town for parties and premieres. NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattans wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival called Hollywood on the Hudson, they are the first ones called. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682039 When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvias provocative questions to alleviate respective personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681816 Struggling to start over after a failed relationship and her sons entry into drug rehab, a struggling Lucy Bloom tackles an unexpectedly challenging job clearing the cluttered home of a reclusive artist and hoarder who hides an astonishing secret. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604882 Best friends Annette and Rhoda find their lives in turmoil as Annette tries to balance her new found love life as she tries to reconcile with her husband Pee Wee and discovers a devastating secret while Rhoda must deal with her daughter Jade, whose antics lead Rhoda to throw her out of the house. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566644 Determined to protect her historical family home from Emperor Napoleons orders to renovate 1860s Paris, Rose Bazelet establishes a defense in the basement of her house on rue Childebert and records her experiences in letters to her late husband. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671815 Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy know that an angels work is never done, especially during a time as wondrous as New Years Eve. With an apprentice angel, Will, under their wings, they descend upon Times Square in New York City eager to join in the festivities. And when Will spies two lonely strangers in the crowd, he decides midnight is the perfect time to lend a heavenly helping hand. Lucie Farrara and Aren Fairchild meet after bumping into each other--seemingly by accident--in Times Square on New Years Eve. They immediately hit it off and find they have a lot in common: Lucie is a burgeoning chef and Aren is a respected food critic. But just as quickly as theyre brought together, another twist of fate tears them apart, leaving Lucie and Aren with no way to reconnect. A year later, Lucie is the head chef of an acclaimed new restaurant and Aren is a successful columnist for a major New York newspaper. For all the time thats passed, the two have not forgotten their one serendipitous evening--and neither have Shirley, Goodness, Mercy, and Will. To reunite the young couple, the angels cook up a brilliant plan: mix true love, a second chance, and a generous sprinkle of mischief to create an unforgettable Christmas miracle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1535743 Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on the future of God. One is an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitous encounter and the contentious -- but respectful -- clash of worldviews that grew with their friendship. In War of the Worldviews, these two great thinkers battle over the cosmos, evolution and life, the human brain, and God as they probe the fundamental questions that define the human experience. How did the universe emerge? What is the nature of time? What is life? Did Darwin go wrong? What makes us human? What is the connection between mind and brain? Is God an illusion? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1680000 Ryan Kelly spends plenty of time at The Bridge--the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin, Tennessee--remembering the times he and Molly Allen--who moved to Portland--once spent there, and now, with the bookstore in deep financial trouble, it will take a miracle to keep tragedy from unfolding. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545192 Unraveling the madness behind L.A.s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best. By all accounts, acid-tongued Vita Berlin hadnt a friend in the world, but whom did she cross so badly as to end up arranged in such a grotesque tableau? One look at her apartment-turned-charnel house prompts hard-bitten LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to summon his go-to expert in hunting homicidal maniacs, Alex Delaware. But despite his finely honed skills, even Alex is stymied when more slayings occur in the same ghastly fashion. yet with no apparent connection among the victims. And the only clue left behind--a blank page bearing a question mark--seems to be both a menacing taunt and a cry for help from a killer baffled by his own lethal urges. Under pressure to end the bloody spree and prevent a citywide panic, Milo redoubles his efforts to discover a link between the disparate victims. Meanwhile, Alex navigates the secretive world of mental health treatment, from the sleek office of a Beverly Hills therapist to a shuttered mental institution where he once honed his craft--and where an unholy alliance between the mad and the monstrous may have been sealed in blood. As each jagged piece of the puzzle fits into place, an ever more horrific portrait emerges of a sinister mind at its most unimaginable--and an evil soul at its most unspeakable. This one was different, Alex observes at the start of the case. This one will haunt his waking life, and his darkest dreams, long after its end.