- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; First Edition edition (April 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345452593
- ISBN-13: 978-0739442838
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,742,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Sophisticated, cleverly plotted and satisfying'
(Sunday Telegraph )'High-octane entertainment'
(The Times )'Exceptionally exciting'
(New York Times )'Ingenious and horrifying'
(The Sunday Times ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.Product Description
Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping province with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, Delaware’s new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on a harrowing exploration into the realm he knows best: the human psyche, in all its complexity, mystery, and terrifying propensity for darkness.
“Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit,” homicide detective Milo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware. But there’s definitely nothing nice about the brutal tableau behind the yellow crime-scene tape. On a lonely lover’s lane in the hills of Los Angeles, a young couple lies murdered in a car. Each bears a single gunshot wound to the head. The female victim has also been impaled by a metal spike. And that savage stroke of psychopathic fury tells Milo this case will call for more than standard police procedure. As he explains to Delaware, “Now we’re veering into your territory.”
It is dark territory, indeed. The dead woman remains unidentified and seemingly unknown to everyone. But her companion has a name: Gavin Quick—and his troubled past eventually landed him on a therapist’s couch. It’s there, on familiar turf, that Delaware hopes to find vital clues. And that means going head-to-head with Dr. Mary Lou Koppel, a popular celebrity psychologist who fiercely guards the privacy of her clients . . . dead or alive.
But when there’s another gruesomely familiar murder, Delaware surmises that his investigation has struck a nerve. As he trolls the twisted wreckage of Quick’s tormented last days, what he finds isn’t madness, but the cold-blooded method behind it. And as he follows a chain of greed, corruption, and betrayal snaking hideously through the profession he thought he knew, he’ll discover territory where even he never dreamed of treading.
As provocative as it is suspenseful, Therapy is premier Kellerman that finds the award-winning author firing on all creative cylinders—and carrying readers on an electrifying ride to a place only he can take them, for an experience they won’t soon forget.
“Been a while since I had me a nice little whodunit,” homicide detective Milo Sturgis tells Alex Delaware. But there’s definitely nothing nice about the brutal tableau behind the yellow crime-scene tape. On a lonely lover’s lane in the hills of Los Angeles, a young couple lies murdered in a car. Each bears a single gunshot wound to the head. The female victim has also been impaled by a metal spike. And that savage stroke of psychopathic fury tells Milo this case will call for more than standard police procedure. As he explains to Delaware, “Now we’re veering into your territory.”
It is dark territory, indeed. The dead woman remains unidentified and seemingly unknown to everyone. But her companion has a name: Gavin Quick—and his troubled past eventually landed him on a therapist’s couch. It’s there, on familiar turf, that Delaware hopes to find vital clues. And that means going head-to-head with Dr. Mary Lou Koppel, a popular celebrity psychologist who fiercely guards the privacy of her clients . . . dead or alive.
But when there’s another gruesomely familiar murder, Delaware surmises that his investigation has struck a nerve. As he trolls the twisted wreckage of Quick’s tormented last days, what he finds isn’t madness, but the cold-blooded method behind it. And as he follows a chain of greed, corruption, and betrayal snaking hideously through the profession he thought he knew, he’ll discover territory where even he never dreamed of treading.
As provocative as it is suspenseful, Therapy is premier Kellerman that finds the award-winning author firing on all creative cylinders—and carrying readers on an electrifying ride to a place only he can take them, for an experience they won’t soon forget.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Oh dear. This had such a promising start, but then quickly deteriorated into a long and rather dull conversation between the 2 main characters about what was happening - unfortunately this took up the last 2/3rds of the book. This is a great shame, as Milo and Alex and their respective lives are usually very interesting - here they become just mouthpieces with no outside life. The plot too is much too convoluted and I was doing serious skipping at the end. Please, for the next one, could we have more character and less plot!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Normally a fan of Kellerman, I grabbed 'Therapy' with both hands and settled down for what I expected to be a good yarn in typical Kellerman fashion. The book starts promisingly but begins to fall off near the middle. Links become obscure and theories Sturgis and Delaware come up with turn into truth in a not altogether convincing way. Sometimes confusing, 'Therapy' lacks Kellerman's usual can't-put-it-down style. It is a good book, but I feel that the Sturgis-Delaware arrangement needs something new injected into it. It almost seems that the characters themselves are becoming bored themselves (with themselves???) Read this book, but don't expect something in the same vein as previous Kellerman bestsellers.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A very welcome return to form by Jonathan Kellerman. In recent years Alex Delaware has not fizzed, and has dwindled as rapdily as Alex's relationship with Robin. Perhaps a return to tried and tested territory with a plot involving the psychology profession has not only given Jonathan Kellerman a new breath of life, but has reinvigorated Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis.
The plot is excellent with many twists and turns and sorry for the cliché, but leaves the reader guessing until the end. Definitely the most unputdownable, non-stop page turning read of the year.
I am definitely looking forward to the next one.
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