Retired child psychologist and LAPD consultant Alex Delaware is back to solve another mystery in Jonathan Kellerman's Compulsion. When a series of women turn up murdered and a school teacher is stabbed to death, Delaware and Los Angeles detective Milo Sturgis discover that the link between them could be a killer's weakness for luxury cars.

Kellerman's Alex Delaware Series has been ongoing for more than 23 years. Delaware is a retired child psychologist who lends his expertise as a consultant to the Los Angeles police department and detective Milo Sturgis. Delaware retired from his profession as a child psychologist when he was rather young. His retirement was brought on by the shock of discovering the dead body of a well-known child molester. He was drawn in as a police consultant when Sturgis called upon him for help with a child witness, which sparked a powerful professional relationship that would span across over twenty sequels.

1. Born: August 9, 1949
2. Received a PhD in psychology from the University of Southern California
3. Married to fellow mystery writer Faye Kellerman
4. Father of author and playwright Jesse Kellerman
5. Relies heavily on his psychology degree to create psychological fiction