The Ghost Orchid. Jonathan Kellerman. 2024.

Some secrets are worth killing for.

In an upscale Bel Air property, two lovers are dead in a swimming pool. One is the playboy heir to a business empire, and the other is his even wealthier married neighbour.

An illicit affair is the perfect motive. But the house is untouched - no forced entry, no forensic evidence - and so LAPD asks homicide lietenant Milo Sturgess and psychologist Alex Delaware to help unpick the case. 

It quickly becomes clear that both victims had trouble pasts. Now Alex and Milo must confront LA’s darkest side as they unravel a trail of deadly secrets…