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Jonathan Kellerman. Bantam, $7.99 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-553-57227-8

Sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware discovers that a respected scientist's offer of an expense-paid vacation is too good to be true. Kellerman's latest thriller spent 11 weeks on PW's bestseller list. (Oct.)

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