The Web: An Alex Delaware Novel

By Jonathan Kellerman

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Psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware finds terror in the heart of paradise in this relentlessly sinister novel by America's premier writer of psychological suspense. Three months in paradise, all expenses paid. It's an invitation Alex Delaware can't refuse. Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland, a revered scientist and philanthropist on the tiny Pacific island of Aruk, has invited Alex to his home to help him organize his papers for publication--a light workload leaving Alex plenty of time to enjoy a romantic interlude with Robin Castagna.

Quickly, however, secretive houseguests, frightening nocturnal visitors, and the elusive Dr. Moreland himself dim the pleasures of deep blue water and white sand.

The cases Moreland chooses to share--a patient driven to madness by a cruel, unspeakable act; a man who succumbed forty years ago to radiation poisoning after a nuclear blast; a young woman, brutally murdered, whose mutilated body was found on the beach just six months before--seem unconnected. And yet Alex can't help wondering what the good doctor is trying to tell him... and what Moreland's real reason for inviting him to Aruk is.

As Alex probes--with a little long-distance help from his friend LAPD detective Milo Sturgis--he comes to believe the answer lies hidden somewhere on Moreland's vast estate. Yet when he finally discovers the truth, the revelation will be more shocking than he could have imagined. And it will come too late to stem the tide of violence that threatens guilty and innocent alike on the lovely lost island of Aruk.

With his brilliant characterizations and rapid-fire pace, Jonathan Kellerman has redefined the boundaries of suspense, probing real-life horrors and innermost fears in a novel that transfixes from first page to last.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345530861
• ISBN13: 9780345530868
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 7.5"

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Another great book!

Dr. Alex Delaware's new house still isn't finished yet and the lease is up for the little beach house in Malibu, so Alex, his girlfriend Robin and their pooch Spike are about to be out on the street. That's why Dr. Moreland's invitation for Alex to come stay a few months in a tropical paradise to help the old man organize his notes is a very tempting proposition. And since Robin is under doctor's orders to give her wrist a rest so her tendonitis can heal, why not take a little vacation to the tiny island of Aruk? Thus begins a very tangled web indeed. Alex is really sucked into this one, though. He doesn't even have a choice when it comes to snooping because nothing is as it seems in paradise and Dr. Moreland is fond of games. When murder and mayhem invade the island, Alex's LAPD Detective pal Milo can help only so much from thousands of miles away (but he does try), and it soon becomes clear that Dr. Moreland had ulterior motives for inviting Alex - motives that do not include organizing his notes. The danger becomes very real, though, and Alex does something ... Agh, I don't want to give anything away, but he is forced to do something he is definitely not proud of and he does it in front of Robin, which only makes it worse. MAJOR Angst! Great, creepy story.

Wow

This book was twisted, confusing, misleading, and I loved it. Kellerman went to the other ends with this one. This book took on a direction that was completely baffling; yet, that was the beauty of it.

Kellermans paradise vacation goes SAVAGE!

I couldn't put this novel down. Alex Delaware is a marvel dealing with the eccentric Dr. Moreland and his protege. The widowed and estrange daughter of Dr. Moreland and his exotic collection thats kept under lock and key. The cannibalistic murders of two locals. The sighting of an evil being within the forest separating the military and its reclusive leader from the declining natives. The unraveling treachery between politics and big business. A must read for those who dare.

A tropic ocean, a beautiful woman, an ugly dog, and death.

Kellerman, a psychologist and author, provides recreation therapy for everyone in this well written thriller. Alex Delaware has it all - a comfortable life style; a warm and beautiful woman; and a professional reputation which earns him an all expense paid holiday in Paradise. At least it was Paradise, before the U.S. military moved in and left a legacy of death, despair, and destruction which has been hidden for years. Knowing what's expected of him, Kellerman blends suspense, humor, and just enough scientific facts to make it all seem chillingly possible. If you believe the stories about psychogenic drug testing on unsuspecting college students, this one just might seem too real to be fiction