Sarah Lovett Knihy

Forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange has matched wits with some of the most twisted minds in the American criminal system, and survived. Now, she finds herself struggling to reach a ten-year-old girl found by police who has been terrified into utter silence. As Sylvia slowly works her way into the girl's scarred psyche and gains her trust, she realizes that what her patient witnessed may still pose a threat to someone very powerful. Someone who may want the child dead. Her suspicions are confirmed when an attempt is made on the girl's life by a hired assassin, and Sylvia discovers a conspiracy that reaches from a death row inmate to the drug lords of Mexico. Now, Sylvia must protect her helpless ward, and unravel the mystery of the young girl's life -- before a ruthless killer ends it....

A different kind of serial killer is terrorizing the city of Santa Fe. All of the victims have one thing in common: they were violent sex offenders who slipped through the cracks in the justice system, and walked on legal technicalities. Someone has decided to make them pay. Forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange is called upon to help catch the killer, even if she has mixed feelings about the victims. She must uncover the pain of a madman -- pain that has driven him over the edge and into the depths of sadistic retribution.But Sylvia soon draws the attentions of the vigilante, who decides that anyone who tries to stop justice must be dealt with as any other criminal -- with a sentence of death.Includes exciting excerpts from Sarah Lovett's thrillers featuring Dr. Sylvia Strange: "Dangerous Attachments, A Desperate Silence, Dantes' Inferno" and her lastest hardcover, "Dark Alchemy," coming soon from Simon and Schuster

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sylvia Strange is enlisted to learn the identity of a murderous bomber launching a campaign of terror in Los Angeles. The prime suspect is John Dantes, a brilliant madman already serving a life sentence for another bombing. Sylvia, a genius at accessing the most tortured psychiatric cases, is the only person who can unlock Dantes' secret from his twisted mind--but it could cost her her own sanity.

In her work within the justice system, forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange has dealt with some of the most twisted and depraved minds ever documented. Now, one of those minds wants to deal with her. Lucas Watson has escaped from prison. A grotesque embodiment of homicidal dementia, Watson is not trying to get away. He's got something far more sinister in mind -- playing a deadly game of wits and wills with the beautiful doctor. Now, Sylvia must employ all of her courage and knowledge of the criminal mind to survive the attentions of one of the most violent killers ever known....

Describes several unusual mammals, including the Tasmanian devil, three-toed sloth, anteater, and musk-ox.

Gerichtspsychologin Sylvia Strange untersucht brutale Verbrechen, die auf Selbstjustiz hindeuten. Doch bald wird sie selbst zum Ziel des Killers. Die wahren Motive des Mörders bleiben unklar. Sarah Lovetts Romane bieten intelligenten Plot, lebensechte Charaktere und hohe Spannung.

Specialista di psicologia criminale, nella sua carriera Sylvia Strange si è trovata ad affrontare i casi più complessi e disperati, ma quello che le si presenta ora nella persona della piccola Serena sembra quasi impossibile. Muta, terrorizzata e chiusa in se stessa, Serena è appena scampata a un incidente di macchina nel deserto intorno a Santa Fe. Sono molti i misteri che la circondano: è un'immigrata clandestina dal vicino Messico? Cosa contiene il misterioso quadernetto che tiene gelosamente con sé? E perché di comporta come se fosse inseguita da demoni assassini? Quando un cadavere viene rintracciato non lontano dal luogo dell'incidente e Serena subisce un tentativo di omicidio, Sylvia capisce che quei demoni sono vivi e reali, che la bambina è l'innocente pedina di una spietata lotta di potere. E comincia a indagare...