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ldquoAn extraordinary work of detection suspense and supernatural mystery I spent three days totally lost in the world Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman have created This is brilliant page-turning fiction with mythic underpinnings that give it a special resonance a rare collaboration where the sum is truly greater than the parts The book is like nothing Irsquove ever read before It sort of took my breath awayrdquomdashStephen King From Jonathan Kellerman the New York Timesndashbestselling author and master of psychological suspense and Jesse Kellerman the international bestselling author of The Genius comes one of the most remarkable novels of the year A burned-out LA detective a woman of mystery who is far more than she seems a grotesque ancient monster bent on a mission of retribution When these three collide a new standard of suspense is born The legend of the Golem of Prague has endured through the ages a creature fashioned by a sixteenth-century rabbi to protect his congregation now lying dormant in the garret of a synagogue But the Golem is dormant no longer Detective Jacob Lev wakes one morning dazed and confused He seems to have picked up a beautiful woman in a bar the night before but he canrsquot remember anything about the encounter and before he knows it she has gone But this mystery pales in comparison to the one hersquos about to be called on to solve Newly reassigned to a Special Projects squad he didnrsquot even know existed hersquos sent to a murder scene far up in the hills of Hollywood Division There is no body only an unidentified head lying on the floor of a house Seared into a kitchen counter nearby is a single word the Hebrew for justice Detective Lev is about to embark on an odysseymdashthrough Los Angeles through many parts of the United States through London and Prague but most of all through himself All that he has believed to be true will be upendedmdashand not only his world but the world itself will be changedFrom the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Jonathan Kellerman is one of the world's most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to more than thirty bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher's Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted,and True Detectives. With his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored the bestsellers Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is the author of numerous essays, short stories, scientific articles, two children's books, and three volumes of psychology, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children, as well as the lavishly illustrated With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and has been nominated for a Shamus Award.Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California and New Mexico. Their four children include the novelist Jesse Kellerman.
