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Alex Delaware · Book 16

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman
Published
1 January 2002
Pages
545
ISBN-13
9780747265016
Type
novel
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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.

Key facts about The Murder Book

Jonathan Kellerman wrote The Murder Book, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2002. The book has 545 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780747265016 to find the main one.

The Murder Book is book 16 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

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…

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