Alex Delaware · Book 16
The Murder Book
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 545
- ISBN-13
- 9780747265016
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Murder Book" (2002, 545 pages) marks the 16th entry in Kellerman's series -- like every Alex Delaware mystery, it stands alone as a case even as the Alex/Milo partnership and Alex's bond with Robin Castagna develop across the wider series.
Its place in Alex Delaware
The Murder Book is book 16 in the Alex Delaware series. It follows Flesh and Blood. It is followed by A Cold Heart. 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
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