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Nanosynergy
Nov 03, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mysteries-thrillers-espionage, series, reviewed, fiction, 2009read, fiction-1980s
(Book 1 of author's Alex Delaware/Milo Sturgis series.) This book apparently is Kellerman's first successful, published book. Kellerman fans of the Delaware series should enjoy it, but I don't rank it among his best books. When the Bough Breaks debuts Alex Delaware (child psychologist, now in early retirement) and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and initiates their friendship. The central crime is a distasteful one - pediphiles. This and child abuse are predictable, unimaginative, and over-used plot ...more
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Rachel N.
Dec 02, 2023 rated it liked it
Shelves: series, read-in-2023, mystery, california
Psychiatrist Morton Hander and his partner are found brutally murdered with the only witness being a young child. Milo Sturgis is assigned to the case and he convinces his friend, retired psychologist Alex Delaware, to try to help the girl remember what she saw. Alex retired at a young age after dealing with a child molestation case. The beginning part of the book is good but the ending went a bit off the rails into macho action land. There is also some really outdated opinions on Down Syndrome, ...more
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