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When the Bough Breaks: An Alex Delaware Novel Audiobook
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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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"Intense and morbid. You feel a bit sickly after reading it, but Jonathan Kellerman really did a good job at make you feel the story. This book got me hooked into the rest of his series... which I am still trying to get through. I can't do too many Alex Delaware novels in a row, they are dark."
— Sara (4 out of 5 stars)
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" This book got me started with Alex and Milo. I've read the whole series. "
— Kathy, 2/6/2014 -
" Good enough for a fluff read but I wasn't overly impressed. He could have done more with less -that, and the Scooby Doo "I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids" throughout the last five chapters... I guess I always expect more from someone who has written so many books (Kellerman, Patterson, Roberts). I should know better. "
— Lauren, 1/25/2014 -
" LOVE Jonathan Kellerman - all of the Alex Delaare novels, at any rate "
— Poppy, 1/24/2014 -
" First book in the Alex Delaware and it was a good beginning. The story was well written and the relationship between Alex and Milo is intersting. Good book. "
— Dominique, 1/20/2014 -
" series beginner with alex delaware solving crimes as child psychologist "
— Sandi, 1/19/2014 -
" Great book - kinda odd to read about fictional islands and universities in King County - halfway through the story I realized I had seen this as a made-for-tv movie starring Ted Danson in the 80s. "
— Merwyn, 1/15/2014 -
" Not bad. Believability is affected somewhat in that the retired psychologist turned vigilante is able to investigate and do better at catching bad guys than the police are. There's also very few repercussions for the various things he does. "
— Mike, 1/14/2014 -
" This was the first book I ever read that wasn't a romance...and it blew my mind! Gripping, heart breaking and exciting. I could not recommend it more. "
— Lainey, 1/9/2014 -
" This first book was a surprise. Meeting Alex Delaware, learning Jonathan Kellerman's style...I was ready for the next book. "
— Jessica, 1/3/2014 -
" I really liked this book. Kellerman does an excellent job letting you get in touch with the characters. "
— Arwen, 12/21/2013 -
" Jonathan Kellerman is one of my all time favorite authors. Love all his books, except "The Web". Skip that one! "
— Barbara, 12/11/2013 -
" It's a good thing this was not the first Alex Deleware novel I read. I started with #21 in the series and thought I'd go back and see where the character started. But I found the storyline of this book a little too full of unrealistic action, expecially toward the end. "
— Michele, 10/20/2013 -
" Loved it!!! Absolutely great for Alex Delaware fans...The first story of their series... "
— Dawn, 9/30/2013 -
" I have read all the books in this series and really enjoyed them. If you like psychological mystery, you'll like these. "
— Julie, 8/16/2013 -
" Classic Kellerman. I really enjoy his earlier books. "
— Denise, 5/14/2013 -
" I have enjoyed all of the books by this author. Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining. "
— Dwayne, 4/6/2013 -
" Love the Alex Delaware series. I cannot read them when I am alone because they FREAK ME OUT. But I love the weird psychological stuff. "
— Elizabeth, 10/5/2012 -
" This is a great first book in the series with lots of action, drama and plenty of suspense in every page of the book. A good read. "
— Kristen, 10/2/2012 -
" I really enjoy Jonathan Kellerman's character, Alex Delaware. I've found that when I like the characters so much, I have a hard time finishing books. "
— Kristen, 9/17/2012 -
" I just started reading this series of books. The main character is a psychologist, so it is murder mystery style from his perspective. It can get a little graphic, but it is a new take on the same old stuff. I really like the series. "
— Jill, 8/21/2012 -
" This is the first Kellerman novel I read and I've been an Alex Delaware fan ever since! "
— Katie, 7/20/2012 -
" Another series of serial psychological/mystery thrillers. Protagonist is a child psychologist who works with a detective to solve crimes. "
— Dani, 6/6/2012
About Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty crime novels. His unique perspective on human behavior has led to the creation of the Alex Delaware series. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association. With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored six novels.
About Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.