A Cold Heart (Alex Delaware series, Book 17): A riveting psychological crime novel

Murder stalks the LA art world in A COLD HEART, a page-turning and perturbing novels from No. 1 international bestselling Jonathan Kellerman, author of KILLER, MOTIVE and BREAKDOWN. ''Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of psychological thriller'' (People), and his powerful stories will appeal to all those who love John Grisham and David Baldacci.

Juliet Kipper, a gifted painter, is strangled in the LA gallery where her first solo show has opened to critical acclaim, and Milo Sturgis takes on the murder investigation as a favour to an old friend. He consults Alex Delaware, who, researching parallels with other deaths, looks for artists killed when on the verge of a breakthrough or comeback. And he finds two others.

The investigation points to a gruesome, sadistic pattern of death, taking Milo and Alex into the dark side of the art world, and Alex''s ex-lover Robin into terrible danger.