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The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. It is eleven years since 7 year old Melissa dialed a hospital help line for comfort.
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Jonathan Kellerman's character of Alex Delaware is very well developed. You care about him and know that he will do what it takes to help his patients. In this story a former patient, who was just seven years old when he first worked with her, is needing his help again...not for herself, but her agrophobic mother, a beautiful woman haunted by demons from her past. As the story develops, the reader is drawn into a world of terror that reaches a chilling conclusion. A real page-turner!!
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A really intelligent psychological thriller about a child psychologist assisting a former patient locate her missing mother before the monster that assaulted and maimed them 20 years before can strike again.
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Ok book. Alex Delaware book, but a little slow and very detailed in his writing.
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Alex Delaware once again to the rescue, this time of one of his former patients, a young girl who called a help line at age 7. Now 18, she needs Delaware's help again, to deal with a fear that's all too real. A late-night page-turner - don't start it if you have to get up early!
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I read this book a couple years ago, during my Jonathan Kellerman phase. The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. Its been 11 years since 7 yr old Melissa dialed the hospital for comfort and therapy with Alex.Now the lovely young heiress is deperately calling for the psychologist's help again. This time it looks like her childhood nightmare is coming true.
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"A gut-wrenching scenario. A page-turner from beginning to end. Vividly realistic and explores the subject with haunting emotional power." Great Book!
Really a good mystery and very intriguing but the ending is somewhat bazaar.
A friend of mine gave me a Jonathan Kellerman book and I was hooked instantly! Now I am going back and reading all of his books.
This story was griping and left me on the edge of my seat! Fabulous
This story was griping and left me on the edge of my seat! Fabulous
"A GUT-WRENCHING SCENARIO...MIGHT WELL BE KELLERMAN'S FINEST." --Booklist
The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. It is eleven years since seven-year-old Melissa Dickinson dialed a hospital help line for comfort--and found it in therapy with Alex Delaware. Now the lovely young heiress is desperately colling for the psycologist's help once more. Only this time it looks like Melissa's deepest childhood nightmare is really coming true...
"A PAGE-TURNER FROM BEGINNING TO END." --Los Angeles Times
Twenty years ago, Gina Dickinson, Meliss'a mother suffered a grisly assault that left the budding actress irreparably scarred and emotionally crippled. Now her acid-wielding assailant is out of prison and back in L.A.--and Melissa is terrified that the monster has returned to hurt Gina again.
"VIVIDLY REALISTIC...EXPLORES THE SUBJEST WITH HAUNTING EMOTIONAL POWER." --Digby Diehl, Playboy
But before Alex Delaware can even begin to soothe his former patient's fear, Gina, a recluse for twenty years, disappers. And now, unless Delaware turns crack detective to uncover the truth, Gina Dickinson will be just one more victim of a cold fury that has already spawned madness--and murder.
The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. It is eleven years since seven-year-old Melissa Dickinson dialed a hospital help line for comfort--and found it in therapy with Alex Delaware. Now the lovely young heiress is desperately colling for the psycologist's help once more. Only this time it looks like Melissa's deepest childhood nightmare is really coming true...
"A PAGE-TURNER FROM BEGINNING TO END." --Los Angeles Times
Twenty years ago, Gina Dickinson, Meliss'a mother suffered a grisly assault that left the budding actress irreparably scarred and emotionally crippled. Now her acid-wielding assailant is out of prison and back in L.A.--and Melissa is terrified that the monster has returned to hurt Gina again.
"VIVIDLY REALISTIC...EXPLORES THE SUBJEST WITH HAUNTING EMOTIONAL POWER." --Digby Diehl, Playboy
But before Alex Delaware can even begin to soothe his former patient's fear, Gina, a recluse for twenty years, disappers. And now, unless Delaware turns crack detective to uncover the truth, Gina Dickinson will be just one more victim of a cold fury that has already spawned madness--and murder.
This was a real page turner. One of those books where you think you know who did it and how, but then it throws a few more twists at you. It was a really great read, to say the least. A little slow to start out, though. Once the story really started to unfold though... wow.
Alex Delaware is the kind of guy that you'd like to have as a friend.
Another great one by Kellerman. His plot twists, intrigue, and compelling characters make him a big favorite of mine.
Another excellent Alex Delaware novel.
great read
Zero stars; dull; only read first 35 pages
One of my favorite authors...
Psychologist Alex Delaware at his best
This was a great read.
Psychologist must become detective to locate and save his patient from acid-wielding assailant.
Kellerman is another of those authors that ou wish you could read it al in one sitting!
This might be Kellerman's best work yet.
Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis retrace the steps of a grisly murder that devastated a community.
The SIXTH book in the series featuring Alex Delaware who is a child psychologist in Los Angeles, California.
Great suspense-fun and fast read. More of the great Alex Delaware.
Dr. Delaware is contacted by a patient from 20 years ago. Can he help her solve the mystery of her mothers disappearance?
The voice belongs to a woman, but Dr. Alex Delaware remembers a little girl. It is eleven years since seven-year-old Melissa Dickinson dialed the hospital help line for comfort--and found it in therapy with Alex. Now the lovely young heiress is desperately calling for the psychologist's help once more. Only this time it looks like Melissa's deepest childhood nightmare is really coming true.
There's a really good reason this was a National #1 best seller. An excellent, excellent read.
I love the Alex Delaware novels so I really enjoyed it.
Great book; but then I seem to really enjoy everything Jonathan Kellerman writes.
love the book and the whole series
One of Kellerman's best books...a pape turner. From a little girl to her grown up. Always excitement.
Haunting and suspensful
