Gone. An Alex Delaware novel

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No one conducts a more chilling, suspenseful tour through the winding corridors of criminal behavior and psychopathology than Jonathan Kellerman, the bestselling “master of the psychological thriller.” The incomparable team of psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide cop Milo Sturgis embarks on their most dangerous excursion yet into dark places where risk runs high. Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and acting students, vanish after a rehearsal. Three days later, they are found in the Malibu mountains, battered and terrified after a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor. They were carjacked at gunpoint and subjected to confinement, starvation, and assault. However, doubts arise about their story, and forensic details reveal the abduction to be a hoax. Charged as criminals, the couple claims emotional problems, leading to a court-ordered psychological evaluation for both. Michaela is examined by Alex, who finds her claims of depression credible but insufficient to explain her lies. The case is closed, only to be violently reopened when Michaela is murdered, and Dylan goes missing. Is he the killer or a victim? As Delaware and Sturgis dig deeper, they uncover eerily identical killings and a bizarre epidemic infecting the city with terror and madness. What truly happened to the couple who cried wolf?