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Gone (Alex Delaware, Bk 20)
Author: Jonathan Kellerman

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345452627 - ISBN-10: 0345452623
Publication Date: 3/27/2007
Pages: 480

Book Description:
No one conducts a more chilling, suspenseful, thoroughly engrossing tour through the winding corridors of criminal behavior and the secret chambers of psychopathology than Jonathan Kellerman, the bestselling "master of the psychological thriller" (People). Now the incomparable team of psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide cop Milo Sturgis embark on their most dangerous excursion yet, into the dark places where risk runs high and blood runs cold.

It's a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them are found in the remote mountains of Malibu -battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor.

The details of the nightmarish event are shocking and brutal: The couple was carjacked at gunpoint by a masked assailant and subjected to a horrific regimen of confinement, starvation and assault.

But before long, doubts arise about the couple's story, and as forensic details unfold, the abduction is exposed as a hoax. Charged as criminals themselves, the aspiring actors claim emotional problems, and the court orders psychological evaluation for both.

Michaela is examined by Alex Delaware, who finds that her claims of depression and stress ring true enough. But they don't explain her lies, and Alex is certain that there are hidden layers in this sordid psychodrama that even he hasn't been able to penetrate.

Nevertheless, the case is closed - only to be violently reopened when Michaela is savagely murdered. When the police look for Dylan, they find that he's gone. Is he the killer or a victim himself? Casting their dragnet into the murkiest corners of L.A., Delaware and Sturgis unearth more questions than answers - including a host of eerily identical killings. What really happened to the couple who cried wolf? And what bizarre and brutal epidemic is infecting the city with terror, madness, and sudden, twisted death?

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Top Member Book Reviews

Crystal B. (Sunshine) wrote on 6/10/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another good Alex Delaware book. This one kept me guessing.

Sue S. (stak) wrote on 5/7/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

another winner from kellerman- i love this character and again the twists are amazing.

Caryn S. (Caryn9802) wrote on 5/6/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book was okay. I was expecting a lot more and thought it dragged throughout.

Sarah V. wrote on 5/4/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Good continuation of the Delaware series...


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Mary P. (riverratreader) - Hillsdale, IL wrote on 11/2/2009...


Missing acting students Dylan & Michaela are found in the remote mountains of Malibu, battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor. But forensic evidence soon exposes the incident as a hoax, and the kids are charged as criminals themselves. After examining Michaela, psychologist Alex Delaware is certain that there's more to this sordid psychodrama, and his instincts prove dead-on when she is savagely murdered. Casting their dragnet into the murkiest corners of L.A., Delaware & homicide cop Milo Strugis unearth more questions than snswers-and a host of eerily identical killings. What bizarre and brutal epidemic is infecting the city with terror, madness, and sudden, twisted death?

Marjorie T. (avidreeder) wrote on 8/4/2009...


Great series. Little slow. Picked up and got interesting near end.

Sharon D. wrote on 2/4/2009...


A psychological thriller. An exciting read

Maureen G. (Renie) wrote on 10/22/2008...


Lots of twists and turns, but a little tough to start of.

John T. (jstpush) wrote on 8/25/2008...


Alex Delaware is the kind of guy that you'd like to have as a friend.

Bobbie L. (nascargal) wrote on 3/13/2008...


This is a very creepy and also very awesome entry in the Alex Delaware series. Just when you think Alex and Milo have dealt with the most macabre criminals...along comes a book that proves you wrong!

Jane B. (jane1959) - Lexington, NC wrote on 1/2/2008...


Missing acting students Dylan and Michaela, are found in the remote mountains of Malibu, battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor. But forensic evidence soon exposes the incident as a hoax, and the kids are charged as criminals themselves.After examining Michaela, psychologist Alex Delaware is certain that there's more to this sordid psychodrama, and his instinct prove dead-on when she is savagely murdered.

Rachel H. wrote on 9/3/2007...


A slow start to this book, but when it picks up, there is lots of action and many twists.

Donna B. (AppyLover) wrote on 7/18/2007...


Another great Alex Delaware mystery. I really enjoy the banter between Alex and Milo.

Stephanie S. (punkinema) wrote on 6/11/2007...


Alex and Milo team up to find the killer of a young girl that Alex saw as a consult for "pretending" to be abducted. Unfortunately, the real thing happens and she is murdered. Alex and Milo are frustrated at every turn trying to find out what happened and who is responsible. The truth they find is more grisly and horrible than either of them imagined in their worst nightmare. Good read.


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