When the Bough Breaks

Jonathan Kellerman

1985 • 432 pages

Ratings25

Average rating3.5

Alex Delaware, a child psychologist, is drawn to a case that endangers first his career and then his life. He is asked to help get information from the little girl who was the only witness to a gruesome double murder. He examines a disturbed young girl and uncovers evidence of a brutal double murder, a child molester's grisly suicide, and a horrible forty-year old secret that continues to have an effect today.--Aurora Canadian Library.

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Alex Delaware is a 40-book series with 40 released primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Jonathan Kellerman.

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Kelly Corn

Well, it's no surprise that this novel is about a very touchy subject. This is not a cozy mystery, not in the slightest.

Dr Alex Delaware: attractive, genius, smart, __ you can fill in the blank with any number of inspiring characteristics. He's a recently retired psychologist at the young age of early 30-something. He's also not hurting financially.

He has a perky, cute, tiny, wonderfully devoted artist girlfriend. He has a cop friend who gets him involved in a case that doesn't end up quite where I thought it would go.

The mystery is good, everything comes full-circle and I love that in a book. Something mentioned on page 3 will get resolved before the end, trust me. I did not really like Alex, I wouldn't hang out with this guy. But, I probably wouldn't hang out with Stephanie Plum either.

This book is ok. It's between and 2 and a 3, for now I'll stick with 3.