Compulsion
- Published
- 1 January 2008
- Pages
- 337
- ISBN-13
- 9780375432408
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Compulsion" is Jonathan Kellerman's 22nd Alex Delaware novel, published 2008 at 337 pages -- part of a series built on dense, dialogue-driven plotting and a strong sense of Los Angeles geography and class stratification.
Key facts about Compulsion
Jonathan Kellerman wrote Compulsion, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2008. The book has 337 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780375432408 to find the main one.
Compulsion is book 22 of 41 in the Alex Delaware series. The series has 40 published books. However, the series starts with When the Bough Breaks (1985).
Additionally, Jonathan Kellerman writes Clay Edison as a separate series. Those series sit on our mystery shelf.
About Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman is an American author and clinical psychologist whose Alex Delaware series -- begun with When the Bough Breaks in 1985 -- helped popularize the psychologist-detective as a crime-fiction archetype. See every Jonathan Kellerman book in order.
Its place in Alex Delaware
Compulsion is book 22 in the Alex Delaware series. It follows Obsession. It is followed by Bones. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345465283
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780739307212
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780375432408