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A review by shelf_love
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
4.0
Five plus years ago I read the 16th book in this series, I didn’t know it was the 16th one. I enjoyed that story and have wanted to read the series since then. I listened to this via Overdrive and I loved it! Lots of trigger warnings for this book, so be aware if you are a sensitive reader.
It was unique starting this series as an audio book on my smart phone. The novel was first published in 1985 and the technology and concerns regarding technology were interesting to read about. Moving into the meat of the story, Alex Delaware is a recently retired, young, child psychologist. A huge case caused burnout and he left his field to relax the days away after then main suspect in a huge child abuse scandal was found by him in his office with his head blown off.
Early retirement though hardly works for the highly driven and curious people and when Dr. Morton Handler, another psychiatrist is brutally murdered and the only witness is 7 year old Melody Quinn, Delaware is dragged out of retirement by the police. As he works with the young girl he finds that her current nightmare is linked to his own recent experiences.
The plot was steady and the twists and turns came out of nowhere, no surprise why this was an Edgar Award for Best First Novel! I cannot wait to pick up the rest of the series.
It was unique starting this series as an audio book on my smart phone. The novel was first published in 1985 and the technology and concerns regarding technology were interesting to read about. Moving into the meat of the story, Alex Delaware is a recently retired, young, child psychologist. A huge case caused burnout and he left his field to relax the days away after then main suspect in a huge child abuse scandal was found by him in his office with his head blown off.
Early retirement though hardly works for the highly driven and curious people and when Dr. Morton Handler, another psychiatrist is brutally murdered and the only witness is 7 year old Melody Quinn, Delaware is dragged out of retirement by the police. As he works with the young girl he finds that her current nightmare is linked to his own recent experiences.
The plot was steady and the twists and turns came out of nowhere, no surprise why this was an Edgar Award for Best First Novel! I cannot wait to pick up the rest of the series.