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Author: Jonathan Kellerman
Genre: Mystery (Detective Fiction)
Rating: **** (4 Stars)
Summary:
Jonathan Kellerman is a child psychologist who has written a series of novels featuring the partnership Milo Sturgis, a Los Angeles police detective, and Alex Delaware, a psychologist who consults for the LAPD. The psychologist, Alex Delaware, often goes well beyond mere consulting, and occasionally endangers his own life in pursuit of the bad guys.
Flesh and Blood begins ten years in the past, with Dr. Delaware’s treatment of Lauren Teague, a teenage girl with behavior problems. The skeptical father ends treatment after just two visits, and Alex remembers the case as one of his professional failures. Six years later, while making a token appearance at a colleague’s bachelor party, Alex sees Lauren, who is now a stripper. He leaves feeling ashamed of himself.
