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Kellerman, Jonathan, 1949-

The ghost orchid / Jonathan Kellerman - [S.l.] : Century, 2024. - 290 pages ; 25 cm. - Alex Delaware 39 . - Alex Delaware novels ; bk. 39 .

Los Angeles is a city of reinvention. Many come to start anew, to strike it big. Many kill the person they once were, the person they left behind. And in turn, someone else can turn around and kill them, too--permanently. A housekeeper enters a secluded, upscale home and discovers two bodies floating in the The heir of an Italian shoe empire and an unknown woman. The house is untouched, but a "double" in Bel Air certainly makes this case stand out from the usual. No forced entry means this could have been an inside job. After all, the woman floating in the pool is revealed to be Meagin March, a married neighbor from down the street, who lives in an even more opulent and sprawling mansion. Married woman having an affair? That's a perfect motive. But not everything is as it seems. At her wedding, Meagin had no family and a tip from Meagin's mother-in-law raises their suspicions. Who was she, exactly?

ISBN: 1529900379 9781529900378 1529900360 9781529900361

Subjects--Personal Names:
Delaware, Alex (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Sturgis, Milo (Fictitious character) --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychologists--Fiction.
Police--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Police--California--Los Angeles--Fiction.
Psychologues--Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54