Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
With her energies focused on a baffling, vicious gang slaying and her personal life in shambles, Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has a full plate. The last thing she needs is a whiz-kid grad student claiming to have stumbled upon a bizarre connection between several unsolved murders.

The victims had nothing in common, yet each died by the same method, on the same date -- a date that's rapidly approaching again. And that leaves Petra with little time to unravel the twisted logic of a cunning predator who's evaded detection for years -- and whose terrible hour is once more at hand.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780345540263 (May, 2013), 455 p., $9.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
A page-turning blockbuster from the internationally bestselling and world's number one psychological thriller writer, Jonathan Kellerman
TWISTED is the second Petra Connor novel and a superb example of Jonathan Kellerman's mastery of the psychological thriller

Detective Petra Connor is struggling with a baffling drive-past murder when Isaac Gomez, a young research prodigy, tells her he's found something she might want to see. His theory that there's a connection between six unsolved murders committed in the LAPD area over the past six years, all at around midnight on June 28, seems fanciful at first - but soon the links become clearer.

Something evil has managed to conceal itself between the dry pages of the files: a series of killings so meticulously constructed that the mind behind them would have remained invisible without Isaac's sharp probing. And June 28 is just a month away - will Petra be able to stop the murderer from striking again?

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted. A Petra Connor Thriller. Headline, ISBN: 9780755307395 (November, 2009), 531 p., £7.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
Overburdened homicide detective Petra Connor joins forces with the LAPD's eccentric but brilliant intern, Isaac Gomez, to uncover a serial killer who has been stalking the streets of the city, cleverly remaining undetected for years because his ingenious homicidal pattern has gone unnoticed, up to now.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0345465261 (September, 2005), 399 p., $7.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted (UK 2005)

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted. A Petra Connor Thriller. Headline, ISBN: 0755307399 (May, 2005), 531 p., £6.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past. And in Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times bestseller Billy Straight she took the lead in the desperate hunt for a teenage runaway stalked by a vengeful murderer. Now the complex and wryly compassionate Petra is once again at the center of the action, in a novel of cunning twists and page-turning suspense.

Lifeless bodies sprawl in a dance-club parking lot after a brutal L.A. drive-by. Of the four seemingly random victims, one stands out: a girl with pink shoes who cannot be identified -- and who, days later, remains a Jane Doe. With zero leads and no apparent motive, it's another case destined for the cold file -- until Petra decides to follow her instincts and descends into a world of traveling grifters and bloodthirsty killers, pursuing a possible eyewitness whose life is in mortal danger.

Finding her elusive quarry -- alive -- isn't all Petra has on her plate: departmental politics threatens to sabotage her case, and her personal life isn't doing much better. If all that wasn't enough, Isaac Gomez, a whiz-kid grad student researching homicide statistics at the station house, is convinced he's stumbled upon a bizarre connection between several unsolved murders. The victims had nothing in common, yet each died by the same method, on the same date -- a date that's rapidly approaching again. And that leaves Petra with little time to unravel the twisted logic of a cunning predator who's evaded detection for years -- and whose terrible hour is once more at hand.

"Why is it so hard to put down a Kellerman thriller?" asks Publishers Weekly. "It's simple: the nonstop action leaves you breathless; the plot twists keep you guessing; the themes... are provocative." Those in need of still further proof that "Kellerman has shaped the psychological mystery novel into an art form" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) need look no further than Twisted.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted. Ballantine, ISBN: 0345465253 (November, 2004), 372 p., $26.95.

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
A year has passed since the Cold Heart murders and Detective Petra Connor is, once again, working Hollywood Homicide solo. She has just solved three gang-related killings and is feeling pretty good about herself ? about life in general ? when Isaac Gomez waltzes into her office and tells her he's found something she might want to take a look at.

A twenty-two-year-old prodigy researching a Ph.D. in sociology, Isaac has gained access to LAPD case files. But while combing the files, the brilliant young man has come upon a series of apparently unrelated murders all committed shortly after midnight on the exact same date: June 28. Can this be purely coincidence?

As Petra's curiosity leads her to investigate further, she becomes convinced that something evil has managed to conceal itself within the dry pages of the cold-case files. Killings so diabolical and meticulously constructed that they would have remained invisible but for the probing mind of a young, na?ve genius. To make matters worse, June 28 is only a month away...

Jonathan Kellerman: Twisted. Headline, ISBN: 0755307372 (October, 2004), 406 p., £17.99.