Private Eyes - Johnathan Kellerman

Such is the size of my book collection that I have started re-reading some of my favorite authors work partly as a means to reducing my outgoings and also as a way of reminding myself of the reason why my collection boasts so much of their work. I have always enjoyed the writing of Jonathan Kellerman despite the recent very poor joint effort with his wife Faye which was very disappointing. In particular I have enjoyed those novels that feature the character Alex Delaware, a child psychologist who works alongside the LAPD as a consultant and often in the company of Milo Sturgis a homicide detective. The Characters Delaware is portrayed as ...  Read the complete review

Let me begin by taking you into the book without commiting plagarism, i'll start at the beginning and try not to give away too much. A THERAPISTS WORK IS NEVER OVER ******************************** This is the first sentence in the book, Alex Delaware is a psychologist who is contacted by one of his former patients Melissa Dickenson. Melissa was referred to him when she was seven years old after she had phoned a helpline in tears as she was scared of everything, when she turned nine she sent a note to Alex explaining that she was ready to handle things on her own after all she was nine years old. It is now nearly a decade later ...  Read the complete review

Private Eyes - Johnathan Kellerman Description: Author: Jonathan Kellerman / Genre: Crime / Thriller Private Eyes is part of the Alex Delaware series. Delaware is a child psychologist who also does consultancy work for the LAPD. As with the other books in the series, this one also features his best friend and sidekick Milo Sturgis (a rough and ready cop, who is often discriminated against for being gay), a LAPD detective who is currently on leave from the force, having punched a superior officer in the face on national television. This story centers around an ex patient of Delaware's called Melissa. He treated her at aged 7 for ...  Read the complete review

Private Eyes is a rather disappointing psychological thriller of a book that features Alex Delaware a child psychologist who also does consultancy work for the LAPD. Often this involves him working with his cose friend Detective Milo Sturgis who is a bit of an outsider in the police force due to his sexual orientation. This partiucular story sees Delaware rather isolated and depressed following the break up of his long term relationship while Sturgis is suspended after punching a senior officer. When Delaware is contacted by a former patient he treated as a child, Melissa sufferred from many demons and her rich family were little help as her father was dead ...  Read the complete review