When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1) (Windsor Selection S.)

by Jonathan Kellerman

It began with a double murder: particularly vicious, particularly gruesome. There was only one witness: but little Melody Quinn can't or won't say a word. Which is where child psychologist Alex Delaware comes in - and takes the first step into a maelstrom of atrocities...

• ISBN10: 0754017214
• ISBN13: 9780754017219
• Publish Date: 1 May 2002 (first published 1 March 1985)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 27 May 2003
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: AudioGO Limited
• Imprint: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 607
• Language: English

Reviews

[mitabird]

3.5 stars

[ibeforem]

The Alex Delaware series is one of the first I read in this genre, probably 15 years ago. Of course, I started in the middle of the series and had yet to get around to the first books.

This was okay. I got a little bogged down in the mystery because a lot of the characters were similar to each other and I sometimes forgot who was being referred to. There was a lot of “the bad guy explains the entire scheme” at the end. However, it was worth it to see how Alex starts working for the police and the beginnings of his friendship with Milo and relationship with Robin.