Devil's Waltz

The doctors call it Munchausen by proxy, the??terrifying disease that causes parents to induce??illness in their own children. Now, in his most??frightening case, Dr. Alex Delaware may have to prove??that a child's own mother or father is making her??sick.

Twenty-one-month-old Cassie Jones??is bright, energetic, the picture of health. Yet??her parents rush her to the emergency room night??after night with medical symptoms no doctor can??explain. Cassie's parents seem sympathetic and??deeply concerned. Her favorite nurse is a model of??devotion. Yet when child psychologist Alex??Delaware is called in to investigate, instinct tells him??that one of them may be a monster.

Then??a physician at the hospital is brutally murdered.??A shadowy death is revealed. And Alex and his??friend LAPD detective Milo Sturgis have only hours??to uncover the link between these shocking events??and the fate of an innocent child.

Jonathan Kellerman is one of the world’s most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to more than thirty bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, and True Detectives. With his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored the bestsellers Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is the author of numerous essays, short stories, scientific articles, two children’s books, and three volumes of psychology, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children, as well as the lavishly illustrated With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California, New Mexico, and New York. Their four children include the novelists Jesse Kellerman and Aliza Kellerman.