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Over the Edge (Hardcover)

by Jonathan Kellerman (Author)
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The third novel to feature child psychologist Alex Delaware begins with a desperate, garbled phone call from former patient Jamey Cadmus, genius of record and heir to a construction fortune. The next day, Jamey is accused of the Lavender Slashings, a series of grisly homosexual murders that have rocked Los Angeles. The teenager's lawyer asks Alex to examine Jamey's recent history with the hope that a plea of diminished capacity will protect Jamey from a prison sentence. Though soon fired, Alex continues his investigation, motivated by the compassion and intelligence previously demonstrated in When the Bough Breaks and Blood Test. Tracing the rocky road of Jamey's emotional development, Alex crisscrosses L.A., moving from Beverly Hills mansions to biker cabins, from the old Haight district to mountain canyons, with stops at the U.C.L.A. medical library, the high-security section of the L.A.P.D. jail and some exquisitely appointed legal offices. Aided by his friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, Alex ignores warnings to stay away from the case and begins to discern an ominous pattern in Jamey's family history, connecting esoteric South American hallucinogens, a massively irresponsible real-estate scam and the ageless human motivations of revenge and greed. The first two Alex Delaware books were very good indeed. This one, more complexly plotted, more richly psychological and filled with convincing financial and pharmacological details, is the best yet. Paperback rights to NAL; Mystery Guild main selection; Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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YA Kellerman, a contemporary master of psychological thrillers, has created a story of building suspense about a psychotic teenage boy, Jamey Cadmus, who is accused of six murders. Dr. Delware, local psychologist, receives a late night phone call from Jamey, drawing upon him to help defend the teenager. The plot slowly unravels and the conspiracy of Jamey's family to create his madness is revealed. Readers will be drawn into this suspenseful drama by vivid descriptions of a psychotic, details of family greed, and the hope for the teenager's sanity. Susan Penny, Houston Public Library
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but not the best from Kellerman, Mar 12 2004
By J. Gielow (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over the Edge (Mass Market Paperback)
I have been reading all of the Alex Deleware books in order and actually had a hard time finding this one. The story intself will keep you interested. There is A LOT of technical jargon and big words used when talking about different types of drugs. If you can get past all that and get the main point it is a nice little book. Not one of his best but he is still better then most authors.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A frantic psychological whodunit., Sep 13 2002
By Mary J. Alderdice "geek, book lover, craft fiend" (Centreville, VA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over The Edge (Paperback)
When Dr. Alex Delaware is woken up in the middle of the night by an incoherent, frantic call from a former patient, he suspects that not all is well with the world. Things take a decided turn for the worse when said patient is found in the midst of a bloody murder scene, what appears to be one of a long series of sexually-motivated murders. Thrown into the middle of the fray by his desire to find the truth out about his patient, Dr. Delaware once again must put his experiences as psychologist and a sleuth to the test.

The third of Jonathan Kellerman's Dr. Alex Delaware novels, readers will find a cast of familiar characters amongst the throngs of the new and the suspicous. In addition to the good doctor himself, we also have the return of Detective Milo Sturgis as well as luthier and love interest Robin. The familiar characters are comforting, because the rest of the cast of characters are a frantic mess of psychological problems which leaves the reader dizzy.

I found the pacing and the character development in this book to be odd, and somewhat off. It's nothing that I can really quantify, but something didn't feel quite right throughout the work. That being said, Kellerman has once again produces a psychological thriller that is compelling and leaves a couple of bits of mystery left until the end, even for those who can unravel the threads of the tale before the denouement.

Definitely worth reading if this is your genre, though I still find Kellerman's first Alex Delaware novel (When the Bough Breaks) to be my favorite in the series thus far.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Am I the only one?, April 4 2001
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This review is from: Over The Edge (Paperback)
Okay, I have been reading a lot of Kellerman's books lately (4 in the past three weeks) and like a lot of other mystery novels, they are compulsively readable. But am I the only one who thinks his plots are just TOO conveniently convoluted? In this book and Monster as well there are plots that go back 40 years that conveniently spring up just in time for Delaware to dig them up. Why does everything have to be soooooooo complicated all the time? Why can't it just be interesting? Part of the fun of having a shrink sleuth character would be in examining WHY people behave the way they do but this often just becomes a plot device. Still, a great series but it could be so much better!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars So intensely good
This is the first Kellerman novel I have read. I picked it up having no idea what it was about and could not put it down. It is so intense from the first page to the last. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004 by K. L. Obrien

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Delaware Story So Far
Having also read THE BUTCHER's THEATER, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, and BLOOD TEST, this book has only encouraged me to read more of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Proably his best book so far
Jonathan Kellerman's may not be the most impassioned writing, or the most elegaic, elegant, beautiful, etc, but it has that one quality which all great writing should have:... Read more
Published on Sep 7 2002 by RachelWalker

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretentious? Vous?
Listen, I basically like the plots of these stories and the action. But poor Alex himself is getting so pretentious, he's verging on the insufferable! Read more
Published on Jan 25 2002 by jay stephen jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of His Best
I haven't read all of Jonathan Kellerman's books and usually lose interest three quarters of the way through, but I found Over The Edge great right through the perfect ending. Read more
Published on Nov 22 2001 by Anna Klein

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Climax and Ending
For a while I had lost interest in the book, but the last 100 or so pages were excellent. OVER THE EDGE becomes too complicated at times, with many characters. Read more
Published on Jul 28 2001 by Lee Markowitz

5.0 out of 5 stars GLASS HOUSES
Dr. Alex Delaware's world is jolted by a surprise telephone call from a former client. Jamey Cadmus, 17, was part of a pilot project of highly gifted adolescents 5 years earlier... Read more
Published on Feb 17 2001 by BeatleBangs1964

5.0 out of 5 stars A boy's nightmare
A psychologist unrolls a case here and develops it to one of the finest thrillers I have ever read. I do not know whether the case of this boy is realistic, but the story is... Read more
Published on Jan 19 2001 by Peter Werner

4.0 out of 5 stars Third time's a charm!
Although "Over the Edge" is a bit talky at times, Jonathan Kellerman's third Alex Delaware novel finally places the author as a major contender in the thriller genre... Read more
Published on Jan 17 2001 by tlcyrol

5.0 out of 5 stars GENIUS OVER THE EDGE
Jamie is a tormented young genius. At twelve, he was a client of Dr. Delaware's and also the youngest member of a pilot study called Project 160, a program for teens with IQs... Read more
Published on Jan 16 2001 by Tuesday's Child

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