Obsession

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With millions of books in print and translations in two dozen languages, Jonathan Kellerman is celebrated as the “master of the psychological thriller” (People). In his latest novel, he crafts a poignant and chilling narrative set in a world ruled by impulse. Tanya Bigelow, once a solemn girl treated for obsessive-compulsive symptoms by Dr. Alex Delaware, now at nineteen, grapples with deeper issues. Her adoptive mother, Patty Bigelow, has made a shocking deathbed confession of murder, urging Tanya to seek Delaware's help. Recalling Patty as a devoted E.R. nurse, Delaware is perplexed by her admission of a "terrible thing." To ease Tanya's mind, he agrees to investigate, enlisting LAPD detective Milo Sturgis. They embark on a quest for the elusive victim of a crime that may not have happened, navigating from L.A.’s seedy districts to lavish mansions. Their journey retraces the puzzling lives of Patty and Tanya, leading them to a troubled heroin addict, a lecherous real-estate broker, and a brilliant physics student. As they delve deeper, a real murder emerges, unveiling a dark tunnel into the past filled with buried secrets and bodies. The mounting tension reveals a complex history of desperation, vengeance, and death—a legacy of evil that refuses to fade.