Alex Delaware · Book 12
Survival of the Fittest
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 485
- ISBN-13
- 9780786212835
- Type
- novel

About this book
"Survival of the Fittest" (1997) continues Kellerman's long-running series at 485 pages -- self-contained as a mystery, though Alex's friendship with Milo and his relationship with sculptor Robin Castagna keep evolving quietly in the background.
Its place in Alex Delaware
Survival of the Fittest is book 12 in the Alex Delaware series. It follows The Clinic. It is followed by Monster. 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 9780786212835
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345463715
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786212828