Cover of When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks

  • 1985 first published
  • 351 pages
  • 14 editions

Published in 1985, When the Bough Breaks is an angel fiction novel by Jonathan Kellerman. The story is set in Los Angeles, Calif. and California, in 1985. Characters include Alex Delaware. Readers will find themes of Johathan Kellerman, series, Alex Delaware and books.

21 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 14 editions.

It runs to roughly 351 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About When the Bough Breaks

**In the first Alex Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation.** Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no leads, but they do have ***one possible witness: seven-year-old Melody Quinn.*** **It's child psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware's job to try to unlock the terrible secret buried in Melody's memory.** But as the sinister shadows in the girl's mind begin to take shape, Alex discovers that the mystery touches a shocking incident in his own past. This connection is only **the beginning, a single link in a forty-year-old conspiracy. And behind it lies an unspeakable evil that Alex Delaware must expose before it claims another innocent victim: Melody Quinn.*--Goodreads***
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Alex Delaware

Subjects

  • Johathan Kellerman
  • Series
  • Alex Delaware
  • Books
  • Stories
  • Story
  • Hardcover
  • Paperback
  • Murder
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Thriller
  • Psychologists
  • Child psychologists
  • Mystery fiction
  • Investigation

Quick answers

Who wrote When the Bough Breaks?

When the Bough Breaks was written by Jonathan Kellerman and first published in 1985.

What genre is When the Bough Breaks?

It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.

How long is When the Bough Breaks?

The median edition has 351 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to When the Bough Breaks?

Readers who like it often enjoy Lost Light, Stalker and The Brass Verdict.

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