VICTIMS
VICTIMS: Signed hardcover editions now available.
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The image came to me late at night: a faceless medical building in an obscure section of Beverly Hills, comings and goings suggestive of macabre secrets. Toss in political correctness gone creepily wrong, the smarmiest side of academia, organized and disorganized crime, and Delaware at his sharpest. The story is catalyzed by [...]
Readers who love THE BUTCHER’S THEATER often ask me if I’ll ever set another novel in Israel. Probably not; I’ve said what I wanted to say about Jerusalem. However, nearly a decade after introducing Daniel Sharavi, I did find myself missing him. It sounds trite but when one constructs a novel, the [...]
In 1995 I felt the urge to get Alex out of L.A. and I itched to see how he’d do without Milo. Looking back, I’m wondering if my motivation might’ve stemmed from becoming a father for the fourth time at age 43, in ’92, and realizing it was going to be a [...]
In this one, I set out to address a theme that has intrigued me for years: the lack of correlation between artistic talent and nobility of character. I’ve addressed the issue in an essay for the British arts journal, MODERN PAINTER, and in my non-fiction book SAVAGE SPAWN: REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENT CHILDREN. [...]
Time for another look at Alex Delaware’s personal life and history. I suppose I need to do this every few years to make sure I’m delivering authentic goods to my readers. This time, AD is the target of a shadowy psychopath intent on carefully-crafted revenge, for reasons unknown to our dear doctor. [...]
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MONSTER
A good deal of this book is set in a state hospital for the criminally insane. I spent some time in a state hospital for the criminally insane – doing research, not as a patient. The deal was I was allowed entry if I agreed to lecture on writing to a group [...]