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by Jonathan Kellerman (Author), John Rubinstein (Reader)
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Kellerman devises a psychologically complex, highly satisfying plot in this latest mystery (after Time Bomb ) to feature child psychologist Alex Delaware, although we wait too long for the best parts and although Delaware, his love life on hold, seems less emotionally present than in previous cases. Harvard-bound, 18-year-old heiress Melissa Dickinson, whom Delaware had successfully treated for anxiety 10 years earlier, calls him with concerns about leaving her wealthy mother, an agoraphobe. Years before Melissa's birth, Gina Dickinson Ramp had been disfigured by acid thrown for never-revealed reasons by a former lover, now out of prison and back in town. Widowed for many years, recently remarried and making progress in her own intensive therapy with a noted husband-and-wife team of behaviorial psychologists, Gina is still fragile. When she disappears, Melissa enlists Delaware's help and that of his friend, Milo Sturgis, on leave from the LAPD (for having slugged, on TV, a homophobic superior). Kellerman deftly handles the strings of his plot, keeping in question the plight of Gina and the identities of those wishing her ill, until final events make what came before seem inevitable. A brief reunion with his former lover Robin will leave readers hoping for a reconciliation in Delaware's next appearance. 150,000 first printing; major ad/promo.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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"Vividly realistic ... explores the subject with  haunting emotional power."-- Playboy

"A page-turner from beginning to  end." --Los Angeles Times

"A gut-wrenching scenario... might well be  Kellerman's finest."  --Booklist


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2.0 out of 5 stars Silly Premise, Jan 22 2004
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This review is from: Private Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)
This is one of Kellerman's poorest books. When you FINALLY get to what is going on, it is ridiculous. Don't waste your time on this.
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2.0 out of 5 stars These eyes need Visine..., Mar 9 2003
By Mark Wagenschutz (Battle Creek, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Private Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)
After eight different tries with Kellerman, I removed him from my "authors to read" list. Then a friend gave me Private Eyes and I thought I'd give him another shot. 525 pages later, I haven't changed my mind. Private Eyes is extremely slow going, and if not for my need to finish every book I start, I would have gladly given the book back without reaching the very disappointing ending.

Alex Delaware is called by a former child patient after nine years. He is drawn into a severly dysfunctional family with secrets galore, a missing person, her former attacker now free from prison, greedy bankers and lawyers, odd-ball psychiatrists - all of whom could be guilty of the possible kidnapping/murder...if there was actually a kidnapping/murder. With his loyal minion Milo Sturgis, Delaware tries to untangle the intricate web Kellerman weaves for the reader. Great premise.

Unfortunately, what I found was more of Kellerman's verbose writing style in which he goes to great length to describe the highways and byways that Delaware takes to go to wherever he's going. I realize in reading other reviews, many readers enjoy Kellerman. Beyond Billy Straight and Survival of the Fittest, I can't say I'm in that same group of fans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars fresh life into the series, Feb 4 2003
By RachelWalker "RachelW" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Private Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)
Nine years ago, Alex Delaware successfully treated Melissa Dickinson, a tormented and phobic young girl, irrationally scared of almost everything. After two years of treatment, Melissa seems almost totally recovered, so her need for Dr Delaware ceases, and she becomes one of his most spectacular triumphs. Now, Melissa contacts Alex again, this time seeking advice concerning her mother. Gina Dickinson is a recluse, an ex-actress hiding away from the world ever since a vicious acid attack that left her scarred for life, even after extensive and traumatic plastic surgery. Even though Gina is now seeing, with some effect, a psychiatrist of her own, Melissa wants to know if Alex feels her mother could cope if she went away, accepting her place Harvard. Then, one day, Gina inexplicably climbs into her car, and drives off into thin air, leaving a tangled mystery to be unravelled in her wake.

I had started to think that this series was in danger of going stale. The prose is adequate and easy to read, but hardly full of spirit and at times seems a little perfunctory, and Alex Delaware has also remained a rather static - if very likeable - character. But now, after reading Kellerman's excellent standalone "The Butcher's Theatre", I returned to the series with "Private Eyes", and found it a wonderfully invigorating experience. This may be his lone of his longest Delaware books to date, but every word is fascinating, and there seems to me to be fresh fire in the writing. The characters are all very well developed, and although Kellerman never really takes any risks with his well-structured plot, it's a complex and clever book that really kicks the brain into gear, and presents one or two nice surprises along the way.

The psychology is dead-on, the relationships are all fascinating, the characterisation is acute, and the resolution is exciting, well-done, and satisfying. This may well turn out to be the rock of the Delaware series. To find out, i shall have to read on...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read
This books is a great read, it is a wonderful mistery novel that keeps you reading. I have not yet read any Kellerman book that I did not feel this way about.
Published on Jul 30 2002 by diamondsale

4.0 out of 5 stars Good character development
I liked this book a lot. It had a good amount of relationship issues in here and I enjoy that. I found it interesting to see the relationship between the mother and daughter... Read more
Published on Jul 5 2001 by V. VanCamp

5.0 out of 5 stars FACE TO FACE
This story is set in 1989, eleven years after Dr. Delaware treats 7-year-old Melissa Dickinson, a child living a nightmare. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2001 by BeatleBangs1964

3.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre
Very different. It was not one of the most memorable thiller's I read. The characters, however, were well written. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2001 by Kimberly R. Cole

4.0 out of 5 stars Admittedly slow for a while, but builds
I think you have to be a fan of Kellerman to really enjoy this one. I have read several other Alex Delaware novels and know that the stories are generally pretty solid. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2001 by Mark S. Winger

4.0 out of 5 stars A new meaning to the phrase "private eyes"
Private Eyes was the second book of the Delaware series I read. I thought it started out a little slower then the first book I read (bad love) but it kept me reading. Read more
Published on Jul 13 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down..hoping it would get better
I read the "hype" on the book jacket and thought that this book would eventually get better. It didn't. Three quarters of the book draged on and on. Read more
Published on Jun 4 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT psychological thriller!!
This was the second of many book I have read by Jonathan Kellerman, and is
the best to date. Kellerman shows his expertise in psychology and suspense in this
page turner... Read more
Published on Mar 23 1997

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT psychological thriller!
This was the second of many book I have read by Jonathan Kellerman, and is
the best to date. Kellerman shows his expertise in psychology and suspense in this
page turner... Read more
Published on Mar 23 1997

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