Jesse Kellerman – författare

Gloria Mendes is 36, single and obsessed with her boss, Carl. For him, she is the ''world''s best secretary''. For her, he is her future husband and the man she thinks about every waking hour. So when Carl disappears and is later found murdered while on a mysterious trip to a small town in Mexico, Gloria''s world falls apart.Distraught and restless, she travels to Mexico in an attempt to make some sense of his death. But what she discovers about the man she was in love with shocks her to the core. Nothing about him was as it seemed - from his business interests, to his family background, to his very identity. And the more she discovers about Carl, the closer Gloria comes to the dark forces which claimed her boss''s life - and now threaten her own . . .A page-turning, highly accomplished thriller, SUNSTROKE marks the emergence of one of the most distinctive new voices in the genre.

It''s late at night, and all Jonah Stem wants to do is to get home and fall into bed. Working long hours as a medical student, he''s seen enough drama - not to mention enough blood - for one day But when he hears a scream ring out in the darkness, and an injured woman is on her knees and begging for her life, Jonah finds himself drawn into a dangerous and irrevocable situation. And this situation means trouble. Jonah''s intervention will change not only his own life, but also the lives of those he cares about, in ways he never thought possible.A heart-stopping thriller, masterfully told, Trouble is the story of what can happen when you find yourself in way over your head . . .

Things aren''t going well for Joseph Geist. He''s broke. His graduate school advisor won''t talk to him. And his girlfriend has kicked him out of her apartment, leaving him homeless and alone. It''s a tough spot for a philosopher to be in, and he''s ready to give up all hope of happiness when an ad in the local paper catches his eye.''Conversationalist wanted'', it reads. Which sounds perfect to Joseph. After all, he''s never done anything in his life except talk. And the woman behind the ad turns out to be the perfect employer: brilliant, generous, and willing to pay him for making conversation. Before long, Joseph has moved in with her, and has begun to feel very comfortable in her big, beautiful house. So comfortable, in fact, that he would do anything to stay there-forever.

When the world''s bestselling thriller writer, William de Vallée, disappears from his luxury yacht while sailing off the LA coast, his best friend and fellow writer Arthur Pfefferkorn decides to pick up where he left off. But little does Arthur know that this impulsive decision is about to change his life for ever...We want to tell you more about this novel. We wish we could explain how spectacular and absolutely unexpected it is; how it will burn itself onto your brain for ever. But the truth is we could never do it justice...The only way you''ll understand it is to read it.

One exhausted detective. One mysterious woman. One terrifying monster. From Jonathan Kellerman, the No 1 New York Times bestselling author and master of psychological suspense, and Jesse Kellerman, the international No 1 bestselling author of The Genius, comes The Golem of Hollywood, one of the most remarkable novels of the year. Perfect for fans of Stephen King and David Baldacci.''Brilliant, page-turning fiction with mythic underpinnings... The book is like nothing I''ve ever read before. It sort of took my breath away'' - Stephen King A burned-out L.A. detective... a woman of mystery who is far more than she seems... a grotesque, ancient monster bent on a mission of retribution. When these three collide, a new standard of suspense is born.The legend of the Golem of Prague has endured through the ages, a creature fashioned by a sixteenth-century rabbi to protect his congregation, now lying dormant in the garret of a synagogue. But the Golem is dormant no longer.And for Detective Jacob Lev, the mystery of how he spent last night pales in comparison to the one he''s about to be called upon to solve... What readers are saying about The Golem of Hollywood: ''[An] absolutely brilliant book''''Beautifully written and absorbing''''Fascinating, eminently readable and totally engrossing''

Missing for months after a tragic boating accident, William de Vallée, the superstar thriller writer, is pronounced dead. His oldest friend, Arthur Pfefferkorn, receives the news with an unsettling mix of grief and envy. A middle-aged college professor with long-dead literary aspirations, Pfefferkorn can’t help but feel outshone by his friend’s success—especially since he married the woman Pfefferkorn loved.

But now Bill is gone, and Pfefferkorn is there to comfort Carlotta in her time of grief. Reconnecting with de Vallée’s widow makes more than one of his dreams come true . . . until it plunges him into a shadowy world of intrigue and double crosses, where no one can be trusted—and nothing can be taken seriously.