Dr. Alex Delaware first meets beautiful and emotionally fragile actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. But tragedy strikes and shortly after her release, Zelda is discovered dead. Alex turns to his friend, LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis, for help in finding the perpetrator. From the master of psychological suspense.