Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defense (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
Dr. Alex Delaware doesn't see many private patients anymore, but the young woman called Lucy is an exception. So is her dream. Lucy Lowell is referred to Alex by Los Angeles police detective Milo Sturgis. A juror at the agonizing trial of a serial killer, Lucy survived the trauma only to be tormented by a recurring nightmare: a young child in the forest at night, watching a strange and furtive act.

Now Lucy's dream is starting to disrupt her waking life, and Alex is concerned. The power of the dream, its grip on Lucy's emotions, suggests to him that it may be more than a nightmare. It may be the repressed childhood memory of something very real. Something like murder.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defense. An Alex Delaware Novel. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780345540140 (January, 2013), 454 p., $9.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defence (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Alex Delaware, The Crime Reader, returns in Self-Defence - a compulsive novel from Jonathan Kellerman, the master of psychological suspense.

Lucy Lowell is traumatised after serving jury duty on the trial of a depraved killer. Horrific images haunt her waking life and at night she's terrorised by the recurring nightmare of a small child watching a terrible scene unfold in a darken wood.

Lucy's terrified that she's losing her grip on reality. Her psychologist, Alex Delaware, thinks her dreams are repressed memories of something very real - a very real murder. Alex knows that delving into Lucy's mind might awaken past terrors but nothing could have prepared him for the horrors about to be unleashed.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defence. Headline, ISBN: 9780755342938 (November, 2008), 503 p., £7.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defense (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
Dr. Alex Delaware doesn't see many private patients anymore, but the young woman called Lucy is an exception. So is her dream. Lucy Lowell is referred to Alex by Los Angeles police detective Milo Sturgis. A juror at the agonizing trial of a serial killer, Lucy survived the trauma only to be tormented by a recurring nightmare: a young child in the forest at night, watching a strange and furtive act.

Now Lucy's dream is starting to disrupt her waking life, and Alex is concerned. The power of the dream, its grip on Lucy's emotions, suggests to him that it may be more than a nightmare. It may be the repressed childhood memory of something very real. Something like murder.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defense. An Alex Delaware Novel. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0345458834 (October, 2002), 511 p., $7.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defense (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
Dr. Alex Delaware doesn't see many private patients anymore, but the young woman called Lucy is an exception. So is her dream. Lucy Lowell is referred to Alex by Los Angeles police detective Milo Sturgis. A juror at the agonizing trial of a serial killer, Lucy survived the trauma only to be tormented by a recurring nightmare: a young child in the forest at night, watching a strange and furtive act.

Now Lucy's dream is starting to disrupt her waking life, and Alex is concerned. The power of the dream, its grip on Lucy's emotions, suggests to him that it may be more than a nightmare. It may be the repressed childhood memory of something very real. Something like murder.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defense. An Alex Delaware Novel. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553572202 (November, 1995), 511 p., $6.99.

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defence (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
Dr Alex Delaware doesn't see many private patients any more, but for a young woman called Lucy Lowell he's prepared to make an exception. Referred to him by the police detective Milo Sturgis, Lucy had been a juror at the harrowing trial of a serial killer, and having survived that trauma is now being subjected to further emotional stress: a recurrent nightmare of a young child in a forest at night, watching something as furtive as it is disturbing. Now Lucy's dream is starting to disrupt her waking life, and Alex believes the power of the dream and its grip on her emotions may be a repressed childhood memory of something very real. Something like murder...

Jonathan Kellerman: Self-Defence. Featuring Alex Delaware. Warner Books, ISBN: 0751512184 (June, 1995), 503 p., £5.99.