Details Regarding Books When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware #1)
| Title | : | When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware #1) |
| Author | : | Jonathan Kellerman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | November 4th 2003 by Ballantine Books (first published April 1st 1985) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller |
Jonathan Kellerman
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.03 | 58346 Users | 844 Reviews
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In the first Alex Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no leads, but they do have one possible witness: seven-year-old Melody Quinn. It's psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware's job to try to unlock the terrible secret buried in Melody's memory. But as the sinister shadows in the girl's mind begin to take shape, Alex discovers that the mystery touches a shocking incident in his own past. This connection is only the beginning, a single link in a forty-year-old conspiracy. And behind it lies an unspeakable evil that Alex Delaware must expose before it claims another innocent victim: Melody Quinn.
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| Original Title: | When the Bough Breaks |
| ISBN: | 0345466608 (ISBN13: 9780345466600) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Alex Delaware #1 |
| Characters: | Alex Delaware |
| Literary Awards: | Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1986), Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1986) |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 58346 Users | 844 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware #1)
Alex Delaware was brilliant in the beginning. A child psychologist who went where no crime 'detective' had been before. Melody Quinn is a seven-year-old witness to crimes committed by a psychiatrist who has manipulated and extorted his patients for years.Jonathan Kellerman had a beautiful beginning with Alex.This is the book that introduced child psychologist Alex Delaware ... along with his girlfriend Robin and homicide Detective Milo Sturgis. Originally published in 1985 there will soon be a 35th book in the series. The later books seemed to have lost direction (perhaps there are only so many story lines for a child psychologist + homicide investigation) but this first book is excellent (and for me well worth a reread).Alex has retired from practice at the age of thirty-three after working with
Thanks Col - somehow I'd missed this one!
Great read! a good storyline with detailed topic that was both sensitive and interesting..had good narrative with some well developed and defined characters (paperback!)
I love Milo Sturgis. I like Dr. Alex Delaware. Kellerman is a great genre author, and I will recommend him highly to everyone unless you are a cozy reader or hung up on propriety. Alex breaks the rules in the manner of 1970's TV private eyes who were fighting the good fight, like in 'The Rockford Files' or 'Magnum P. I.' He is a star, someone who can do anything, except walk away from criminality. He makes mistakes, but he is one of those individuals who is very smart, athletic and lucky.
Based in L.A., it's the first in the Alex Delaware thriller series and revolving around a child psychologist who took early retirement five-and-a-half months ago.In 1986, When the Bough Breaks won the Anthony and Edgar Awards for Best First Novel.My TakeSneaky. Kellerman slides his story under your skin, smooth, easy, no great jolts and with Alexs perspective in first person protagonist point-of-view. Once he has you hooked on the intriguing characters, then he begins to slide in those other
3 ½ stars. Slightly above average. Ok as a mystery.The beginning was very good. I liked the way Alex investigated. Example, Alex needs to talk to a 7 year old girl who saw something. The girls mother is ignorant and poor and keeps the daughter on drugs to keep her quiet. Alex talks to the girls Doctor who prescribes the drugs. The Doctor wont stop the drugs, he has a huge ego, he talks down to Alex. Alex befriends the girl. They go to the beach and a merry-go-round. Theres a whole mini story
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