![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Though the pace of the novel never slacks, its complexities unfold slowly over 351 pages, as Kellerman peels back successive layers of the mystery on the way to a conclusion that is inevitable but not without haunting surprises. As the case unravels, Delaware and Sturgis unearth a grotesque network of dangerous and well-connected child molesters. homicide detective Milo Sturgis, needs help in questioning a terrified 7-year-old girl who has witnessed a grisly double murder. He thinks he has retired to an easy life in Southern California until he is lured back to reality. His narrator-protagonist, Alex Delaware, 32, is not a cop or a private eye but a child psychologist recovering from burnout. He is as good as the best of them there appears to be no relevant skill he hasn`t mastered. With this, his first novel, Kellerman steps directly into the front rank of American suspense story writers. When the Bough Breaks, by Jonathan Kellerman (NAL/Signet, $3.95). ![]()
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