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Self-Defense
  

Self-Defense [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Jonathan Kellerman (Author)
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Returning in top form, Kellerman's semi-retired psychotherapist, Dr. Alex Delaware, who was introduced in When the Bough Breaks (1985), traces a young woman's dreams back to crimes committed 20 years earlier. A few months after serving on an L.A. jury that finds a landscape laborer guilty of a series of grotesque mutilations and killings, Lucy Lowell is beset by a recurring nightmare in which she, as a youngster, watches three men bury a young woman in the woods. Referred to Alex by Milo Sturgis, the LAPD detective in charge of the serial killer case, Lucy proves a game and eager patient, leading the psychologist into a past that centers around her father, a monumentally egotistical literary lion who had sponsored the writing career of a notorious ex-con at a California art colony in the '70s. Still warmhearted and earnest, Alex, in his ninth appearance, has lightened up some as he has aged, showing a readier humor and more chutzpah (e.g., posing as a writer-named Sandy Del Ware-to infiltrate closed Hollywood circles) as he facilitates Lucy's exploration of the past. With its nicely orchestrated twists, Kellerman's plot will keep readers guessing right up to the well-prepared resolution. BOMC selection.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Psychologist and amateur sleuth Alex Delaware, who saved the day in last year's best-selling Bad Love (LJ 10/15/93), helps a woman whose repressed memories may solve a murder.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Positive reviews are from the author himself !, Jul 12 2004
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This review is from: Self-Defense (Paperback)
I've picked up this book at an airport just before heading off to the beach - it looked like a light read with the added bonus of being a "psychological thriller." And from that perspective, it met my expectations. However, the whole book is no more than a written version of a cheap crime chapter from a TV show from the 1970s (like Kojak, Baretta, or Miami Vice). Silly dialogues and the usual stereotypes abound (e.g., the tough-talking, swearing police detective). The twists in the story are no more than people doing or being at the end what they were not supposed to be doing or being.

The other reviews here in Amazon (all of them positive) are impossible to believe, and can only be assumed to be written by either the author himself or the publisher!

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5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite Delware book so far, Jun 10 2003
By RachelWalker "RachelW" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Self-Defense (Paperback)
I loved this book. Previously, "Bad Love" And "Private Eyes" had been favourites, but now this one in his great series has usurped both absolutely. These few books after "Private Eyes" seem to have achieved a greater maturity than some of his earlier ones, and it benefits them very well, lifting from five star great reads to ive start great books. He is [occasionally] able to create characters who seem so real and normal but have such great psychological depth that they are absolutely fantastic. In any other novel they might be dull, but because of Kellerman's probing and analytical style that become 3D and interesting.

The plot here is basically summarised thus:

Alex Delware is treating Lucy Lowell, having been referred to him by his friend Ilio Sturgis, a police Detective. Lucy was a juror in the trial of a vicious serial killer, and helped to put him away. Now, the horrid details of his killings are disturbing her, coming back to haunt her.

But, then, something far more sinister emerges during her therapy...She has been having a disturbing recurring dream - which Alex thinks is likely to have been stimulated by memories awoken by events of the trial - about a young girl, alone in the woods, a secret witness to three men disposing of the body of a young woman...

It's a cracking plot, it really is. Kellerman builds it up so that it's all very satisying. It weaves in and out of itself like a complex tapestry. The pace is absolutely perfect, and the reader is compelled to keep returning eagerly to the book after having put it down.

Delware is a good central character, and is keep nicely fresh because of the continuous movement of his personal relationship with girlriend Robin (soon, though, more than this will be required to stop him from going stale in a few books time, but, for now, he's quite quite safe).

I'd reccomend this to every lover of thrillers and crime/mystery novels. It's the best of the series so far, which means that it is absolutely excellent.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good story,, Oct 14 2001
By V. VanCamp "lovesbookslovesmusic" (Ithaca, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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but not nearly as good as several other Jonathan Kellerman books I have read. This one is interesting as it really gets into some pyschology.

Dr. Alex Delaware breaks away from his usual work and takes on a private patient... a young woman, Lucy. She had been on jury duty full of horrible and frightening details and she is now suffering from a very troublesome dream.

As Alex works with her he begins to wonder if her dream stems from a childhood memory and he starts to dig deeper. He finds out that Lucy has had a very difficult and sad life.

This mystery novel takes us into con-men's games, pay-offs and multi-murders. Plenty of people have things to hide and Alex and Milo uncover them. At one point Alex's life is on the line!

Happy reading!

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5.0 out of 5 stars NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE
Lucy Lowell is literally living a nightmare. Her mother died when she was a child, her brother became a drug addict and her father, a disgusting, vile recluse was an aging 1960s... Read more
Published on Feb 14 2001 by BeatleBangs1964

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as "The Clinic"...
...but still a pretty good read. Very unexpected twist right at the end to what was an extremely psychological story. Recommended book, but not as highly as "The Clinic".
Published on Feb 19 2000 by Spock

5.0 out of 5 stars A DEFINITE PAGE-TURNER
Just when I was to set the book down, another twist comes up. Then I find myself turning 20 or so pages on and on. Read more
Published on April 18 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Great on the edge of my seat novel!
I read this book in one night.I couldn't put it dow
Published on April 9 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Alex Delaware is a great character!
This is the first Alex Delaware novel and it was a very fast and enjoyable read! The idea of the dream haunting Lucy and then the dream was something that actually happened to her... Read more
Published on Mar 26 1999 by jstulac@enteract.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful character study, with suspense...
The best thing about Kellerman's novels is the experience as a psychologist he brings to his writing. Read more
Published on Sep 1 1998 by Book critic

4.0 out of 5 stars My first try -- good choice
This is the first Jonathan Kellerman book that I have read. It was very hard to put down. I'm always excited to find a good author--- I will definitely try more of his books
Published on Aug 19 1997 by lynnt@bellsouth.net

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book
This is the fourth Alex Delaware novel I have read and it is as good as the others. Kellerman's books are extremely intelligent and well written. Read more
Published on April 13 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars Delaware thrills again....
I thought this book was well written with awesome characters and a great plot. The storyline kept me on my toes, and had a great twist to it, will keep the reader guessing... Read more
Published on Feb 22 1997

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