false 127219 21 Tanya Bigelow was a solemn little girl when Dr. Alex Delaware successfully treated her obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Now, at nineteen, she still seems older than her years–but her problems go beyond hyper-maturity. Patty Bigelow, Tanya’s aunt and adoptive mother, has made a deathbed confession of murder and urged the young woman to seek Delaware’s help. The doctor recalls Patty as a selfless E.R. nurse struggling to raise a child on her own–a woman seemingly incapable of the “terrible thing” she has admitted. But for Tanya’s peace of mind, Delaware agrees to investigate, and he enlists LAPD detective Milo Sturgis in the search for the phantom victim of a crime that may never have occurred. Armed with only the vaguest details, psychologist and cop follow a trail twisting from L.A.’s sleaziest low-rent districts to its overblown mansions, retracing Patty and Tanya’s nomadic and increasingly puzzling life to the doorsteps of a sullen heroin addict; a randy real-estate broker; and a brilliant, enigmatic physics student. Suddenly a very real murder tears open a terrifying tunnel into the past, where secrets–and bodies–are buried. As the tension mounts, Delaware and Sturgis uncover a tangled history of desperation, vengeance, and death–a legacy of evil that refuses to die. Dramatic, action-packed, and filled with the psychological detail that only Jonathan Kellerman can provide, Obsession is a whodunit, a whydunit–and something unique: a did-it-even-happen? This is Kellerman at his heart-racing best. 1520366 27 3 2007 Obsession (Alex Delaware Series, #21) total:1388|5:207|4:504|3:542|2:111|1:24| 1388 4923 1865 144 5 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 14 08:19:03 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 08:22:03 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Fri Nov 30 20:38:25 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 20:38:35 -0800 2007
While the usual elements are there -- a previous client needs help, and Delaware and his detec...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 15:42:48 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 15:51:46 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 10 23:00:47 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 23:01:03 -0700 2008
When Dr. Delaware is contacted by a former patient after her mother ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 06:16:22 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 06:06:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 12:25:52 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 16:11:52 -0700 2008
This book is about a young woman (20 or so) who's mother just died and confessed to hurting someone on her deathbed. The intere...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 15:34:48 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 16:04:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 11:52:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 11:52:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 21:54:30 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 22:03:01 -0700 2008
I'm actually reading two other books right now, but my name came up on the library hold list for Obsession.

It's a good book, not one of Kellerman's best. Obsession ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 15 23:51:22 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 23:55:01 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 10:53:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 10:54:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 20:57:04 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 21:00:57 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 20:58:57 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 10:45:47 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 21:59:35 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 09:12:42 -0700 2008
It's okay, but only because Kellerman is an accomplished author, and knows how to tell a tale, but his characters are all seeming, well, stale. Nothing is new here. I didn't really guess "who dunnit" but I also didn't care a lot. His vill...more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 07:34:05 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 05:22:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 05 14:19:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:19:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Sat Jan 17 02:20:34 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 02:21:57 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 13 13:28:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 13:29:53 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 06:53:32 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 06:55:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:28:18 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:30:48 -0700 2008 more...]]>