The Webby Jonathan Kellerman
Bantam, $23.95
ISBN 0-553-08921-8
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The Web
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No, The Web has nothing to do with the World Wide Web, the Internet, or anything electronic.
The world's a lot more primordial than that on the tiny Pacific island of Aruk: giant, hairy spiders weave the webs here, and there's no avoiding the creepy creatures (arachnid, human, and otherwise) that inhabit Jonathan Kellerman's newest, The Web.
In his tenth novel featuring the psychologist Alex Delaware, Kellerman spins a story of psychological suspense that will keep readers guessing until the very end.
It's a paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean: a tiny United States territory with not much going on except a dying Navy base. When one of its leading inhabitants, physician Bill Moreland, invites Alex and his companion Robin out from Los Angeles for a few months work on a research project, the offer is irresistable. Sun! Fun! All expenses paid!
But soon enough, strangeness emerges: Stories of patients' strange hallucinations. The recent, unexplained murder of a young woman. In this place, even Dr. Moreland's other houseguests are odd.
With his background in crimesolving and psychology, Alex quickly finds himself snagged in the tangle of unexplained stories. The reader too will find the clues irresistable--Kellerman is a master of the compelling puzzle, and his writing is so assured, so strong that it's tempting to zip through the book.
But take your time, and watch the crafty way he strings the story together.
If you have never read Kellerman, now's the time.
--Ann Shayne
Editor of BookPage
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