Alex Delaware Series - Jonathan Kellerman in general

After writing five books about child psychologist Alex Delaware Kellerman's breakthrough in this country came in the wake of the success of Silence of The Lambs, and public enthusiasm for all things psychopathic. Kellerman is a better author than this would suggest, however, and his books are of a remarkably high and even quality, with only the odd lapse (The Web, to be specific). Starting in 1985 with When the Bough Breaks, nearly all of Kellerman's books are set in LA and deal with childhood trauma resulting in criminal activity, sometimes horrific. In Kellerman's books the past prefigures the future, often consuming it, and it is no surprise that he ...