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  “I’ll be investigating,” she said. “I probably won’t learn anything.”

  She got up. “I probably won’t care, either.” Laughing. “If I do care and I get all depressed, can I come by for an appointment?”

  I said, “Have your people call my people.”

  She laughed harder. “Your people, huh? Not sure I want to know too much about them. Anyway, I wanted you to hear it from me.”

  “I appreciate it.”

  “You liked him.”

  “He was my patient,” I said.

  Then I walked her to her car.

  Special thanks to Vicki Greene, Esq.

  Books by Jonathan Kellerman

  FICTION

  ALEX DELAWARE NOVELS

  Killer (2014)

  Guilt (2013)

  Victims (2012)

  Mystery (2011)

  Deception (2010)

  Evidence (2009)

  Bones (2008)

  Compulsion (2008)

  Obsession (2007)

  Gone (2006)

  Rage (2005)

  Therapy (2004)

  A Cold Heart (2003)

  The Murder Book (2002)

  Flesh and Blood (2001)

  Dr. Death (2000)

  Monster (1999)

  Survival of the Fittest (1997)

  The Clinic (1997)

  The Web (1996)

  Self-Defense (1995)

  Bad Love (1994)

  Devil’s Waltz (1993)

  Private Eyes (1992)

  Time Bomb (1990)

  Silent Partner (1989)

  Over the Edge (1987)

  Blood Test (1986)

  When the Bough Breaks (1985)

  OTHER NOVELS

  True Detectives (2009)

  Capital Crimes (with Faye Kellerman, 2006)

  Twisted (2004)

  Double Homicide (with Faye Kellerman, 2004)

  The Conspiracy Club (2003)

  Billy Straight (1998)

  The Butcher’s Theater (1988)

  GRAPHIC NOVELS

  Silent Partner (2012)

  The Web (2012)

  NONFICTION

  With Strings Attached: The Art and

  Beauty of Vintage Guitars (2008)

  Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (1999)

  Helping the Fearful Child (1981)

  Psychological Aspects of Childhood Cancer (1980)

  FOR CHILDREN, WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED

  Jonathan Kellerman’s ABC of Weird Creatures (1995)

  Daddy, Daddy, Can You Touch the Sky? (1994)

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  JONATHAN KELLERMAN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of three dozen bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, and True Detectives. With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is also the author of two children’s books and numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California, New Mexico, and New York.

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