Well if you are a Jonathan Kellerman fan I would advise you to skip this book! I had read all of his books feverishly up till this one. This book has traveled with me for 17 years during a marriage, a divorce, 3 jobs, lots of trips, finishing numerous other books, finding other authors I enjoyed, and bottom line took up a huge part of my life. Did you ever have one of those books that stalled you, one that stalemated in your life, and set on your nightstand for years? Well this was the one for me, kind of sad as all the previous books by Kellerman leading up to this one I really enjoyed and read quickly. After re-starting Self-Defense about a month ago, once again for what seemed like the millionth time (maybe it was). I eventually endured and got to the end, I am finally glad to end my own chapter in my life of reading. The ending of this book was actually satisfying (maybe just because I finished it), it just took so long to get there with a lot of filler in between, and a whole lot of stopping, re-starting, and clawing to get to the end. The story is about a daughter haunted by glimpses of her past, tragic nightmares of a possible murder, trying to sort what is real and not in her mind and life. Lucy turns to Alex Delaware to help her sort it all out. The story stalls and I kept finding myself dis-interested along the way until the very last few chapters, finally it all came together. Funny thing along the way I have found other authors that knocked Jonathan Kellerman from the top spot of my favorite authors, with many others coming along, and taking up spots on my bookshelf. That said I have still purchased most of his books along the way, guess it's time to find out if his next in the Alex Delaware series takes another 17 years to finish. Funny thing is I finish most books in about 2-4 weeks, reading about 15-25 a year-this one being the exception.
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