In Jonathan Kellerman’s gripping novels, the city of Los
Angeles is as much a living, breathing character as the
heroes and villains who roam its labyrinthine streets.
Sunny on the surface but shadowy beneath, this world of
privilege and pleasure has a dark core and a dangerous
edge. In True Detectives, Kellerman skillfully brings his
renowned gifts for breathless suspense and sharp
psychological insight to a tale that resonates on every
level and satisfies at every turn.
Bound by blood but divided by troubles as old as Cain and
Abel, Moses Reed and Aaron Fox were first introduced in
Kellerman’s bestselling Bones. They are sons of the same
strong-willed mother, and their respective fathers were
cops, partners, and friends. Their turbulent family history
has set them at odds, despite their shared calling. Moses—
part Boy Scout, part bulldog, man of few words—is a no-
frills LAPD detective. Aaron, sharp dresser and smooth
operator, is an ex-cop turned high-end private eye. Usually
they go their separate ways. But the disappearance of
Caitlin Frostig isn’t usual. For Moses, it’s an ice-cold
mystery he just can’t outrun, even with the help of
psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis. For
Aaron, it’s a billable-hours bonanza from his most
lucrative client. Like it or not, Moses and Aaron are in
this one together–and the rivalry that rules them won’t let
either man quit till the case is cracked.
A straight-arrow, straight-A student from Malibu, Caitlin
has only two men in her life: her sullen single father and
her wholesome college sweetheart, who even the battling
brothers agree seems too downright upright to be true.
Reluctantly tag-teaming in a desperate search for fresh
leads, Moses and Aaron zero in on Caitlin’s white knight as
their primary “person of interest,” hoping that, like most
people in L.A., he has a secret side.
But they uncover more than just a secret as they descend
into the sinister, seamy side of the City of Angels after
dark, populated by a Hollywood Babylon cast of the
glamorous and the damned: a millionaire movie director
turned hatemongering eccentric; a desperate Beverly Hills
housewife looking for an exit from the fast lane; a
heartthrob actor being eaten alive by personal demons; a
hooker who’s probably seen it all . . . and might just know
too much. And at the center, a dead young woman whose
downward spiral and brutal end loom over Moses and Aaron
like an omen of what may come to be if the dark end of the
street claims another lost soul.
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