Kellerman Jonathan. Private Eyes

Publisher: Ballantine Books.
Date: 2003-04-01.
Pages: 560.
The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. AlexA A Delaware remembers a little girl. It is elevenA A years since seven-years-old Melissa Dickinson dialedA A a hospital help line for comfort-and found it inA A therapy with Alex Delaware. Now the lovely youngA A heiress is desperately calling for psychologist'sA A help once more. Only this time it looks likeA A Melissa's deepest childhood nightmare is reallyA A coming true .A A Twenty years ago, Gina Dickinson, Melissa'sA A mother, suffered a grisly assault that left the buddingA A actress irreparably scarred and emotionallyA A crippled. Now her acid-wielding assailant is out ofA A prison and back in L.A.-and Melissa is terrifiedA A that the monster has returned to hurt Gina again.A A But before Alex DelawareA A can even begin to soothe his former patient'sA A fears, Gina, a recluse for twenty, disappears. AndA A now, unless Delaware turns crack detective toA A uncover the truth, Gina Dickinson will be just oneA A more victim of a cold fury that has already spawnedA A madness-and murder.