Alex Delaware, The Crime Reader, returns in A Cold Heart - a compulsive novel from Jonathan Kellerman, the master of psychological suspense.

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.

"Strong insights into the quirks of human and criminal behaviour" - Guardian

"Filled with insight" - Stephen King

"Coolly intelligent" - GQ

"A sense of humanity and justice" - Publishers Weekly

"An alert eye for detail" - New York Times