Self-Defense
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 520
- ISBN-13
- 9780345463722
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Self-Defense" (1995) is the ninth entry in Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series, in which the semi-retired LA child psychologist keeps getting pulled back into consulting for LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis. It runs 520 pages.
Key facts about Self-Defense
Jonathan Kellerman wrote Self-Defense, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1995. The book has 520 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345463722 to find the main one.
Self-Defense is book 9 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
Self-Defense is book 9 in the Alex Delaware series. It follows Bad Love. It is followed by The Web. 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 9780345463722
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780553572209
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781568952062