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Alex Delaware Series

41 primary works • 45 total works
Alex Delaware is a child psychologist. The series is set in Los Angeles.

Book 1

When the Bough Breaks
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4.02 · 68499 Ratings · 1259 Reviews · published 1985 · 89 editions
The first Alex Delaware novel. It's a good one!

We …

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    Book 2

    Blood Test
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    3.87     · 15628 Ratings · 570 Reviews · published 1986 · 2 editions
    When the parents of deathly ill five-year-old Wood…

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    Book 3

    Over the Edge
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    3.96     · 14517 Ratings · 555 Reviews · published 1987 · 74 editions
    When the phone rings in the middle of the night, c…

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    Book 4

    Silent Partner
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    3.90     · 16815 Ratings · 503 Reviews · published 1989 · 22 editions
    At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex the…

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    Book 5

    Time Bomb
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    3.99     · 18157 Ratings · 422 Reviews · published 1990 · 69 editions
    Edgar Award winner Jonathan Kellerman once more ex…

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    Book 6

    Private Eyes
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    3.93     · 11411 Ratings · 346 Reviews · published 1992 · 5 editions
    It's been 11 years since seven-year-old Melissa Di…

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    Book 7

    Devil's Waltz
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    3.97     · 12693 Ratings · 379 Reviews · published 1993 · 67 editions
    The doctors call it 'Munchausen syndrome by proxy,…

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    Book 8

    Bad Love
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    3.91     · 12472 Ratings · 393 Reviews · published 1994 · 21 editions
    It came in a plain brown wrapper, no return addres…

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    Book 9

    Self-Defense
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    3.88     · 9805 Ratings · 275 Reviews · published 1994 · 62 editions
    Dr. Alex Delaware doesn’t see many private patient…

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    Book 10

    The Web
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    3.77     · 10791 Ratings · 413 Reviews · published 1995 · 7 editions
    Dr. Woodrew Moreland, a respected scientist, has i…

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    Book 11

    The Clinic
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    3.89     · 12632 Ratings · 390 Reviews · published 1996 · 8 editions
    Upon his return to Los Angeles from a harrowing ad…

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    Book 12

    Survival of the Fittest
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    3.97     · 11866 Ratings · 384 Reviews · published 1997 · 78 editions
    In this riveting follow-up to the "New York Times"…

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    Book 13

    Monster
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    3.93     · 13624 Ratings · 429 Reviews · published 1999 · 73 editions
    Dr. Alex Delaware muss den brutalen Mord an einer …

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    Book 14

    Dr. Death
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    3.95     · 13914 Ratings · 391 Reviews · published 2000 · 69 editions
    A brutalized corpse discovered in a remote region …

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    Book 15

    Flesh and Blood
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    3.88     · 10915 Ratings · 389 Reviews · published 2001 · 43 editions
    Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline …

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    Book 16

    The Murder Book
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    3.94     · 14230 Ratings · 515 Reviews · published 2002 · 97 editions
    In seventeen consecutive bestselling novels, Jonat…

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    Book 17

    A Cold Heart
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    3.90     · 10969 Ratings · 369 Reviews · published 2003 · 69 editions
    LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis summons his f…

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    Book 18

    Therapy
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    3.85     · 12383 Ratings · 458 Reviews · published 2004 · 71 editions
    Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thri…

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    Book 19

    Rage
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    3.86     · 11795 Ratings · 487 Reviews · published 2005 · 65 editions
    In a host of consecutive bestsellers, Jonathan Kel…

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    Book 20

    Gone
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    3.86     · 13490 Ratings · 557 Reviews · published 2006 · 80 editions
    It’s a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dyl…

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    Book 21

    Obsession
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    3.86     · 12763 Ratings · 554 Reviews · published 2007 · 69 editions
    With scores of millions of books in print, transla…

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    Book 22

    Compulsion
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    3.82     · 12043 Ratings · 687 Reviews · published 2008 · 28 editions
    Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and th…

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    Book 23

    Bones
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    3.88     · 13300 Ratings · 677 Reviews · published 2008 · 6 editions
    When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly c…

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    Book 24

    Evidence
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    3.90     · 14274 Ratings · 565 Reviews · published 2009 · 58 editions
    In a half-built mansion in Los Angeles, a watchman…

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    Book 25

    Deception
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    4.02     · 20150 Ratings · 742 Reviews · published 2010 · 64 editions
    Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling cry fo…

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    Book 26

    Mystery
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    3.93     · 17543 Ratings · 881 Reviews · published 2011 · 61 editions
    Few know the city of Los Angeles the way #1 bestse…

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    Book 27

    Victims
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    4.00     · 18304 Ratings · 1059 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
    Unraveling the madness behind L.A.’s most baffling…

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    Book 28

    Guilt
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    3.95     · 16156 Ratings · 1059 Reviews · published 2013 · 58 editions
    In an upscale L.A. neighborhood, a backyard renova…

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    Book 29

    Killer
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    4.01     · 13783 Ratings · 893 Reviews · 4 editions
    Killer is a mesmerizing L.A. noir portrayal of the…

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    Book 30

    Motive
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    3.89     · 14615 Ratings · 950 Reviews · published 2015 · 10 editions
    Even hundreds of closed cases to his credit can't …

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    Book 31

    Breakdown
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    3.98     · 13696 Ratings · 991 Reviews · published 2016 · 10 editions
    Bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman has been uni…

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    Book 32

    Heartbreak Hotel
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    3.89     · 16042 Ratings · 1206 Reviews · published 2017 · 26 editions
    Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the dea…

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    Book 33

    Night Moves
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    4.01     · 13781 Ratings · 931 Reviews · 24 editions
    Παρά τα πολλά χρόνια εμπειρίας του, ο υπαστυνόμος …

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    Book 34

    The Wedding Guest
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    3.77     · 16761 Ratings · 1409 Reviews · published 2019 · 4 editions
    The electrifying new Alex Delaware thriller from g…

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    Book 35

    The Museum of Desire
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    3.97     · 14483 Ratings · 1139 Reviews · published 2020 · 3 editions
    ONE NIGHT OF HEDONISM. FOUR MURDER VICTIMS.

    A run-d…

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    Book 36

    Serpentine
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    4.17     · 14452 Ratings · 1139 Reviews · published 2021 · 5 editions
    Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Stur…

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    Book 37

    City of the Dead
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    4.20     · 16153 Ratings · 1102 Reviews · published 2022 · 2 editions
    The past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Del…

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    Book 38

    Unnatural History
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    4.08     · 15661 Ratings · 919 Reviews · published 2023 · 2 editions
    "The most enduring detectives in American crime fi…

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    Book 39

    The Ghost Orchid
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    4.18     · 16622 Ratings · 1014 Reviews · published 2024 · 2 editions
    Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Stur…

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    Book 40

    Open Season
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    4.16     · 12567 Ratings · 737 Reviews · published 2025 · 11 editions
    Book #40 from the series: Alex Delaware
    🎧Run Time =…

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    Book 41

    Jigsaw
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    4.16     · 6922 Ratings · 417 Reviews · published 2026 · 8 editions
    The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcom…

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    Book 1-2

    The First Alex Delaware Omnibus
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    4.19     · 117 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    This omnibus comprises the first two novels featur…

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    Book 4, 7-9

    Four Classic Alex Delaware Thrillers
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    4.14     · 104 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1989 · 2 editions
    For decades, thriller master Jonathan Kellerman ha…

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    Book 7-8

    Devil's Waltz / Bad Love
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    4.10     · 602 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 editions
    New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerm…

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    Book 10, 8

    The Web / Bad Love
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    4.18     · 283 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 3 editions
    Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antigued…

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