Kellerman, Jonathan - Conspiracy Club

Dedicated young psychologist Dr. Jeremy Carrier is unschooled in the
ways of violent crime and incalculable evil - until his life is
irreversibly touched by both. When his romance with nurse Jocelyn Banks
is cut short by her kidnapping and brutal murder, he is left emotionally
devastated and being warily eyed by police seeking a prime suspect in
the unsolved killing. To escape the pain, he buries himself in his work.
But when more women turn up murdered in the same gruesome fashion as
Jocelyn, the suspicion surrounding Jeremy intensifies and the only way
for him to prove his innocence is to follow the trail of a cunning
psychopath.
Spurring on Jeremy's investigation is Dr. Arthur
Chess, an enigmatic pathologist who harbors a keen fascination with the
darker deeds committed by the living. Arthur draws Jeremy into the
confidence of a cryptic society devoted to matters unknown and unspoken.
But when Arthur suddenly slips away, Jeremy is left to contend with an
onslaught of anonymous clues - and the growing realization that a
harrowing game of cat and mouse has been set in motion.