The Ghost Orchid: An Alex Delaware Novel

In this New York Times bestselling thriller, psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis investigate a brutal double homicide that uncovers dangerous, long-buried secrets.

A pool boy finds two bodies floating in a Bel Air pool—Gio Aggiunta, heir to an Italian shoe empire, and Meagin March, his beautiful, married neighbor. At first, it looks like an affair gone wrong, but the untouched crime scene and lack of evidence suggest something far more complex.

As Alex and Milo dig into the victims’ pasts, they uncover layers of deceit and hidden identities—especially surrounding Meagin, whose true history may hold the key to the murders. Their search takes them deep into Los Angeles’s dark underworld, where they learn that some secrets are deadly enough to stay buried forever.