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Blood Test

by Jonathan Kellerman

ISBN: 0553569635
ISBN-13: 9780553569636
Format: Paperback

Summary

Determined to save the life of a young boy, psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis enter an amoral underworld where fantasies are fulfilled at any price-even at the cost of a boy's life.

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"Alex Delaware...can certainly have as long a run as the author wishes....Kellerman is-more than any other contemporary hardboiled writer-a strict and witty follower of Raymond Chandler."

   -- Los Angeles Times

"The authenticity of its setting in the world of abnormal psychology is the key to the success of 'Blood Test.' But Kellerman is also unusually good at making his characters seem genuine humans and at telling a story of multiple murder which holds your attention."

   -- Washington Post

"A crackling good mystery thriller...murder, attempted murder and spine-chilling family secrets."

   -- Tulsa World

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Bantam Books
Published date: 1995
Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches
Weight: 0.3 pounds

Publisher's Notes

It is a case unlike any psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware has ever encountered. Five-year-old Woody Swope is ill, but the real problem is his parents. They refuse to agree to the one treatment that could save this boys life.Alex sets out to convince Mr. and Mrs. Swope--only to find that the parents have left the hospital and taken their son with them. Worse, the sleazy motel room where the Swopes were staying is empty--except for the ominous bloodstain. The Swopes and their son have vanished into the sordid shadows of the city.Now Alex and his friend, homocide detective Milo Sturgis, have no choice but to push the law to the breaking point. Theyve entered an amoral underworld where drugs, dreams, and sex are all for sale...where fantasies are fulfilled at any price--even at the cost of a young boy's life.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster (1986) - from $12.71
Paperback Reprint - Bantam Books (1995) - from $1.00

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