博客來威尼斯區，歐冗街，女性藝術家被鄰居的狗攻擊。他們彼此仇視了三年。......銀行搶匪，傑佛遜大道及菲格魯亞街口。出納員抵抗，中彈六槍。......強壯的街頭搶匪，百老匯大道和第五街口。被害人頭部中槍，嫌疑犯先在附近遊盪，被發現後仍然執意搶奪被害人。......回音公園，女性在廚房被丈夫刺傷致死。因為湯煮得太差。一頁接著一頁，全都是同樣殘酷的照片和各種姿勢。
洛杉磯心理醫生同時兼任偵探的亞力士．達拉威收到一本奇特的相本，裡面裝滿犯罪現場屍體的照片。當他的老友和夥伴──重案組警探米羅．史特吉斯翻閱相本中的照片時，其中一張卻讓他震驚不已：一位年輕女性被折磨勒死，棄屍在高速公路邊。那是米羅剛調任重案組，還是菜鳥警官時經手的其中一樁謀殺案，未決的懸案糾纏他至今。如今，二十年後，某人卻要掀開過去。亞力士和米羅為了挖掘二十年前的真相，堅持不懈的深入洛杉磯過去與現在的權力及財富核心進行調查。不堪入目的秘密被層層揭穿，發現這場陳年謀殺案中被遺忘的女孩另一段悲慘的生活內幕。
L.A. psychologist-detective Alex Delaware has received a strange, anonymous package in the mail. Inside is an album filled with gruesome crime-scene photos. When his old friend and colleague, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, views the compendium of death, he is immediately shaken by one of the images: a young woman tortured, strangled, and dumped near a freeway ramp. The murder was one of Milo’s first cases as a rookie homicide cop: a vicious killing that he failed to solve—and has haunted him ever since. Now, two decades later, someone has chosen to stir up the past. As Alex and Milo set out to uncover what really happened twenty years ago, their relentless investigation reaches deep into L.A.’s nerve centers of power and wealth—past and present. While peeling back layer after layer of ugly secrets, they discover that the murder of one forgotten girl has chilling ramifications that extend far beyond the tragic loss of a single life.
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.
