<p>Edgar Award winner Jonathan Kellerman once more??explores the corruption of California's golden??coast and produces a novel of complex??characterizations and nonstop suspense.??By the time psychologist Dr. Alex??Delaware reached the school the damage was done:??A sniper had opened fire on a crowded playground，??but was gunned down before any children were??hurt.??While??the TV news crews feasted on the scene an Alex??began his therapy sessions with the traumatized??children， he couldn't escape the image of a slight??teenager clutching an oversized rifle. What was the??identity behind the name and face: a would-be??assassin， or just another victim beneath an??indifferent California sky? <br />

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Intrigued by a request from the sniper's father??to conduct a &quot;psychological autopsy&quot; of??his child， Alex begins to uncover a strange??pattern of innocence， neglect， and loss. Then suddenly??it is more than a pattern -- it is a trail of??blood. In the dead sniper's past was a dark and??vicious plot. And in Alex Delaware's future is the??stuff of grown-up nightmares: the face of real??human evil.<br />

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