#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman
writes unforgettable tales of crime and detection that expose the
shadowy side of glittering Los Angeles. And in Evidence, readers
are once again in the dexterous grip of a master storyteller and
stylist equally skilled at teasing your brain and taking your
breath away. In the half-built skeleton of a monstrously vulgar
mansion in one of L.A.'s toniest" "neighborhoods, a watchman
stumbles on the bodies of a young couple-murdered in flagrante and
left in a gruesome postmortem embrace. Though he's cracked some of
the city's worst slayings, veteran homicide cop Milo Sturgis is
still shocked at the grisly sight: a twisted crime that only Milo's
killer instincts-and psychologist Alex Delaware's keen insights-can
hope to solve. While the female victim's identity remains a
question mark, her companion is ID'd as eco-friendly architect
Desmond Backer, who disdains the sort of grandiose superstructure
he's found dead in. And the late Mr. Backer, it's revealed was also
notorious for his power to seduce women. The rare exception is his
ex-boss, Helga Gemein, who's as indifferent to Desmond's death as
she apparently was to his advances. Though Milo and Alex place her
on their short list of suspects, the deeper they dig for clues the
longer the list grows. An elusive prince who appears to harbor
decidedly American appetites, an eccentric blueblood with an ax to
grind, one of Desmond's restless ex-lovers and her cuckolded
husband-all are in the homicidal mix spiced with eco-terrorism,
arson, blackmail, conspiracy, and a vendetta that runs deep. But
when the investigation veers suddenly in a startling direction,
it's the investigators who may wind up on the wrong end of a
cornered predator's final fury. "From the Hardcover edition."
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