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« Un divertissement de haute volée. » The Times
Ellie Barker n’a jamais connu sa mère. Quand elle avait trois ans, le corps de cette dernière a été découvert dans une Cadillac en feu, sur Mulholland Drive. Un banal accident de voiture ? Pas si on en croit la balle qui était logée dans la tête de Dorothy Swoboda.
Trente-six ans plus tard, Ellie, toujours obsédée par l’affaire, demande la réouverture du cold case. C’est le lieutenant du LAPD, Milo Sturgis, qui est chargé de l’enquête. Mais les pistes sont maigres : aucune preuve matérielle, aucun témoin, aucun mobile apparent. Pas le moindre indice. À court d’idées, Milo s’en remet à l’expertise de son ami et brillant psychologue, Alex Delaware, pour réussir là où de nombreux détectives avant eux ont échoué.
Alors que le duo commence à exhumer le passé, une terrible vérité s’impose. Le tueur sévit toujours et la menace qui plane sur eux n’a jamais été aussi réelle.
Né en 1949 à New York, Jonathan Kellerman est l’auteur d’une quarantaine de thrillers psychologiques traduits en vingt-cinq langues, figurant régulièrement sur la liste des best-sellers du New York Times.
Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Éric Betsch.
Ellie Barker n’a jamais connu sa mère. Quand elle avait trois ans, le corps de cette dernière a été découvert dans une Cadillac en feu, sur Mulholland Drive. Un banal accident de voiture ? Pas si on en croit la balle qui était logée dans la tête de Dorothy Swoboda.
Trente-six ans plus tard, Ellie, toujours obsédée par l’affaire, demande la réouverture du cold case. C’est le lieutenant du LAPD, Milo Sturgis, qui est chargé de l’enquête. Mais les pistes sont maigres : aucune preuve matérielle, aucun témoin, aucun mobile apparent. Pas le moindre indice. À court d’idées, Milo s’en remet à l’expertise de son ami et brillant psychologue, Alex Delaware, pour réussir là où de nombreux détectives avant eux ont échoué.
Alors que le duo commence à exhumer le passé, une terrible vérité s’impose. Le tueur sévit toujours et la menace qui plane sur eux n’a jamais été aussi réelle.
Né en 1949 à New York, Jonathan Kellerman est l’auteur d’une quarantaine de thrillers psychologiques traduits en vingt-cinq langues, figurant régulièrement sur la liste des best-sellers du New York Times.
Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Éric Betsch.
431 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2025
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About the author
Jonathan Kellerman
203 books5,822 followersJonathan Kellerman was born in New York City in 1949 and grew up in Los Angeles. He helped work his way through UCLA as an editorial cartoonist, columnist, editor and freelance musician. As a senior, at the age of 22, he won a Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for fiction.
Like his fictional protagonist, Alex Delaware, Jonathan received at Ph.D. in psychology at the age of 24, with a specialty in the treatment of children. He served internships in clinical psychology and pediatric psychology at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and was a post-doctoral HEW Fellow in Psychology and Human Development at CHLA.
IN 1975, Jonathan was asked by the hospital to conduct research into the psychological effects of extreme isolation (plastic bubble units) on children with cancer, and to coordinate care for these kids and their families. The success of that venture led to the establishment, in 1977 of the Psychosocial Program, Division of Oncology, the first comprehensive approach to the emotional aspects of pediatric cancer anywhere in the world. Jonathan was asked to be founding director and, along with his team, published extensively in the area of behavioral medicine. Decades later, the program, under the tutelage of one of Jonathan's former students, continues to break ground.
Jonathan's first published book was a medical text, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, 1980. One year later, came a book for parents, HELPING THE FEARFUL CHILD.
In 1985, Jonathan's first novel, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, was published to enormous critical and commercial success and became a New York Times bestseller. BOUGH was also produced as a t.v. movie and won the Edgar Allan Poe and Anthony Boucher Awards for Best First Novel. Since then, Jonathan has published a best-selling crime novel every year, and occasionally, two a year. In addition, he has written and illustrated two books for children and a nonfiction volume on childhood violence, SAVAGE SPAWN (1999.) Though no longer active as a psychotherapist, he is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.
Jonathan is married to bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman and they have four children.
Like his fictional protagonist, Alex Delaware, Jonathan received at Ph.D. in psychology at the age of 24, with a specialty in the treatment of children. He served internships in clinical psychology and pediatric psychology at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and was a post-doctoral HEW Fellow in Psychology and Human Development at CHLA.
IN 1975, Jonathan was asked by the hospital to conduct research into the psychological effects of extreme isolation (plastic bubble units) on children with cancer, and to coordinate care for these kids and their families. The success of that venture led to the establishment, in 1977 of the Psychosocial Program, Division of Oncology, the first comprehensive approach to the emotional aspects of pediatric cancer anywhere in the world. Jonathan was asked to be founding director and, along with his team, published extensively in the area of behavioral medicine. Decades later, the program, under the tutelage of one of Jonathan's former students, continues to break ground.
Jonathan's first published book was a medical text, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, 1980. One year later, came a book for parents, HELPING THE FEARFUL CHILD.
In 1985, Jonathan's first novel, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, was published to enormous critical and commercial success and became a New York Times bestseller. BOUGH was also produced as a t.v. movie and won the Edgar Allan Poe and Anthony Boucher Awards for Best First Novel. Since then, Jonathan has published a best-selling crime novel every year, and occasionally, two a year. In addition, he has written and illustrated two books for children and a nonfiction volume on childhood violence, SAVAGE SPAWN (1999.) Though no longer active as a psychotherapist, he is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.
Jonathan is married to bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman and they have four children.
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