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Psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware finds terror in one's heart of paradise in this relentlessly sinister novel by America's premier composer of psychological suspense, mcdougal of ten successive Ny Times bestsellers.  Three weeks in paradise, all-expenses paid.  It's an invitation Alex Delaware can not refuse.  Dr. Woodrow Wilson Moreland, a revered scientist and philanthropist on the tiny Pacific island of Aruk, has invited Alex to his home to simply help him organize his papers for publication-- a light workload leaving Alex sufficient time to savor an intimate interlude with Robin Castagna.Quickly, however, secretive houseguests, frightening nocturnal visitors, and the elusive Dr. Moreland himself dim the pleasures of deep-blue water and whitesand.The cases Moreland chooses to generally share--an individual driven to madness by way of a cruel, unspeakable act; a guy who succumbed forty years back to radiation poisoning following a nuclear blast; a woman, brutally murdered, whose mutilated body was located on the beach just 6 months before-- appear unconnected.  And however Alex can not help wondering what the great doctor is attempting to inform him,and what Moreland's real reason behind inviting him to Aruk is.As Alex probes--with only a little long distance help from his friend LAPD detective Milo Sturgis--he involves think the clear answer lies Concealed somewhere on Morelandis huge estate.  Yet when he finally discovers the reality, the revelation will be much more shocking than he might have imagined.  And it'll come too late to stem the tide of violence that threatens guilty and innocent alike on the beautiful lost area of Aruk.Once again, together with his excellent characterizations and quick-fire speed, Jonathan Kellerman has changed the limits of suspense, probing real-life disasters and inner fears in a book that transfixes from first page to last.Also available on BDD Audio Cassette.