Alex Delaware · Book 39
The Ghost Orchid
- Published
- 1 January 2024
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-13
- 9780593497678
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published 2024, "The Ghost Orchid" (304 pages) is the 39th 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
The Ghost Orchid is book 39 in the Alex Delaware series. It follows Unnatural History. It is followed by Open Season. 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 9780593497678