Alex Delaware · Book 31

Breakdown

by Jonathan Kellerman

Published
1 January 2016
Pages
350
ISBN-13
9781472206473
Type
novel

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About this book

Published 2016, "Breakdown" (350 pages) is the 31st book in the Alex Delaware series, which pairs the psychologist protagonist with gruff LAPD detective Milo Sturgis in a partnership that has held since When the Bough Breaks in 1985.

Its place in Alex Delaware

Breakdown is book 31 in the Alex Delaware series. It follows Motive. It is followed by Heartbreak Hotel. See the full Alex Delaware reading order.

Alex Delaware is a child psychologist in Los Angeles, semi-retired from private practice by burnout and a healthy trust fund, who keeps getting pulled back into consulting on cases -- almost always at the request of his closest friend, LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis. Jonathan Kellerman, himself a clinical psychologist before he became a novelist, builds each book around the psychology of victims, witnesses and killers as much as the crime itself: cult dynamics, childhood trauma, family pathology and the…

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