She was found stabbed to death on a quiet, shaded street in one of Los
Angeles' safest neighbourhoods. For three months the police have found
no clues to the murder of Hope Devane, psychology professor and
controversial author of a pop-psych bestseller, and angry indictment of
men. Now homicide detective Milo Sturgis, newly assigned to the case,
turns to his friend, psychologist Dr Alex Delaware, looking for insights
into Devane's life. To both men the cold stalking of Hope Devane
suggests calculation fuelled by hate - an execution. They discover why
as they unlock, one by one, the very private compartments of her life:
her marriage, her shadowy work for a Beverly Hills clinic, the Conduct
Committee she ran with an iron hand at the University, and her baffling
link to another murder victim. But it is when Alex delves into her
childhood that he begins to understand the formidable woman she was -
and the ties that entangled her life until the horrifying act of
betrayal that ended it.
Description:
She was found stabbed to death on a quiet, shaded street in one of Los Angeles' safest neighbourhoods. For three months the police have found no clues to the murder of Hope Devane, psychology professor and controversial author of a pop-psych bestseller, and angry indictment of men. Now homicide detective Milo Sturgis, newly assigned to the case, turns to his friend, psychologist Dr Alex Delaware, looking for insights into Devane's life. To both men the cold stalking of Hope Devane suggests calculation fuelled by hate - an execution. They discover why as they unlock, one by one, the very private compartments of her life: her marriage, her shadowy work for a Beverly Hills clinic, the Conduct Committee she ran with an iron hand at the University, and her baffling link to another murder victim. But it is when Alex delves into her childhood that he begins to understand the formidable woman she was - and the ties that entangled her life until the horrifying act of betrayal that ended it.