博客來具有心理學博士學位的作者強納森．凱勒曼，以其多年心理醫師執業經驗深刻描繪隱藏在人心底層最深沉黑暗的慾望，並運用心理學專業為每個角色注入鮮活的生命力，塑造出一幕幕震撼人心的情節。再加上饒富創意的推理過程，抽絲剝繭帶領讀者品味一場餘韻繞樑的紙上電影饗宴。他的作品主角亞力士是一位專業的心理醫生，透過亞力士抽絲剝繭的心理分析，創造出一個個懸疑緊張且膾炙人口的偵探故事。骨血暴力是亞力士偵探系列中最具引人入勝且暢銷的小說之一。
第一次相遇，她是個美麗、叛逆、行為乖張的不良少女，傲慢堅拒亞力士的治療。第二次相遇，她成了一個運用自己年輕美麗肉體換取金錢的脫衣舞孃，在舞台上搔首弄姿，擺動身體。第三次相遇，她慘不忍睹的屍體被棄於巷子內的垃圾箱裡，歹徒兇殘的手段令人髮指，恐怖的事件也相繼爆發。她是心理醫師亞力士行醫生涯中一個難以挽救的遺憾，為了追查兇手，亞力士不顧密友洛杉磯警探米羅的勸諫，甚至惹惱了交往多年的女友。然而，一旦揭開女病患的傷痛過往，便也走進色情產業的陰暗面。當金錢與性在罪不可赦的洛杉磯相互撞擊之際，亞力士也一步步踏入死亡陷阱。
Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created his most riveting and memorable work to date in the Alex Delaware novel about a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forces the brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his own fallibility.
Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resists—angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are sticken with shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California.
Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil, seductive, erotic, and unforgiving, and Flesh and Blood is mind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest, breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettable characters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspense fiction at its finest.
作者簡介
強納森．凱勒曼（Jonathan Kellerman）
全球頂尖暢銷作家之一，鬼才的他是漫畫家、是作家、擁有心理學的學位、是執業心理醫師，也是業餘音樂工作者。22歲便獲得了山繆高德溫寫作獎（Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award），24歲取得美國南加大心理學博士學位，專攻兒童心理學。凱勒曼將自己心理醫師執業多年的經驗融入作品當中，創造出一位智慧與行動力兼具的醫師偵探──亞力士．達拉威。
《亞力士心理探案系列》不僅在市場上獲得讀者熱烈的迴響，屢屢登上紐約時報暢銷書排行版之列，更囊括美國推理界各大重要獎項，包括最具指標性意義的「艾倫坡獎」（Edgar Award），以及「安東尼獎」（Anthony Awaed），並獲夏姆斯獎（Shamus Award）提名。除此之外，他也撰寫了為數眾多的散文、短篇故事、學術論文、兩本童書以及相關的心理學術叢書，亦與同為暢銷小說家的妻子Faye Kellerman合力創作了Double Homicide。除了暢銷作家身分之外，凱勒曼目前任教於美國南加大醫學院（Keck School of Medicine of USC），擔任臨床小兒科教授（Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology）。
Jonathan Kellerman is one of the world’s most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a child psychologist to numerous bestselling tales of suspense (which have been translated into two dozen languages), including sixteen Alex Delaware novels; The Butcher’s Theater, a story of serial killing in Jerusalem; and Billy Straight, featuring Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor. His new novel is The Murder Book. He is also the author of numerous essays, short stories, and scientific articles, two children’s books, and three volumes of psychology, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. He and his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, have four children.
