Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Guilt.

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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.
 
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While the TV news crews feasted on the scene and 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? Intrigued by a request from the sniper�??s father to conduct a �??psychological autopsy�?� of his child, Alex begins to uncover a strange 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