num_pages: 320
description: It is a case unlike any psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware has ever encountered. Five-year-old Woody Swope is ill, but the real problem is his parents. They refuse to agree to the one treatment that could save this boy's life.Alex sets out to convince Mr. and Mrs. Swope--only to find that the parents have left the hospital and taken their son with them. Worse, the sleazy motel room where the Swopes were staying is empty--except for the ominous bloodstain. The Swopes and their son have vanished into the sordid shadows of the city.Now Alex and his friend, homocide detective Milo Sturgis, have no choice but to push the law to the breaking point. They've entered an amoral underworld where drugs, dreams, and sex are all for sale...where fantasies are fulfilled at any price--even at the cost of a young boy's life.
language: English
title: Blood Test
titlecomplete: Blood Test (Alex Delaware, #2)
characters: Doug Carmichael, Bette Davis (Blood Test), Baron and Delilah, Dr. Lawrence Daschoff, Augie Valcroix, Augustus McCaffrey, Seth Fiacre, Raymond Houten, Judge Diane Severe, Agent Siegel, Ellen Beckwith and Vangie, The Desk Clerk (Blood Test), The Ayatollah (Blood Test), Carl Jung (Blood Test), Mark Twain (Blood Test), Buffalo Bill Cody (Blood Test), Milo Sturgis, Diane Arbus (Blood Test), Heywood "Woody" Swope, Robin Castagna, Delano Hardy, Ezra Maimon, Walt Whitman (The Moving Target), Beverly Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Swope, Richard Moody, Alex Delaware, Dr. Helen Holroyd, Clark Gable (The Prince of Beverly Hills), Nona Swope, Dr. Raoul Melendez-Lynch, Darlene Moody, Henri Rousseau (Blood Test), Charles Manson (Blood Test), Wyatt Earp (Lullaby), Jan Rambo, Noble Matthias, Prince Stinky
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense, Psychological Thriller
ratings_count: 13250
places: California, San Diego, California, Los Angeles, California
series: Alex Delaware
publisher: Bantam