Breakdown (Alex Delaware Series #31)

by Jonathan Kellerman Narrated by John Rubinstein

Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ¿ Jonathan Kellerman has been universally hailed as the master of psychological suspense, and the blockbuster new thriller featuring Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis confirms his status as today's preeminent practitioner of saber-sharp storytelling.

Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. Shortly after Zelda's release, an already sad situation turns tragic when she is discovered dead on the grounds of a palatial Bel Air estate. Having experienced more than enough of L.A.'s dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to his friend LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda's broken life.

At the same time, Alex is caught up in another quest: the search for Zelda's missing son. And when other victims vanish from the same upscale neighborhood, worry turns to terror.

As Alex struggles to piece together the brief rise and steep fall of a gorgeous, talented actress, he and Milo unveil shattered dreams, the corruption of a family, and a grotesque betrayal of innocence. With each devastating revelation and damning clue, Alex's brilliant mind is challenged as never before-and his determination grows to see a killer caged and the truth set free.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Breakdown
 
“This is a book you should not miss. . . . A master  craftsman at the top of his game . . . one of his best to date.”—Bookreporter
 
“Gripping . . . an exhilarating masterclass in the art of plotting, suspense, characterization and brilliant mind games.”—Blackpool Gazette

Praise for Jonathan Kellerman
 
“Jonathan Kellerman’s psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“Kellerman doesn’t just write psychological thrillers—he owns the genre.”—Detroit Free Press

Library Journal

09/01/2015
No need to introduce No. 1 New York Times best-selling author Kellerman or his beloved protagonists, Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis. Here, Delaware is contacted when famed TV actress Zelda Chase is found raving and mostly undressed in Los Angeles's rural Westside. When she turns up dead, Delaware calls in Sturgis.

FEBRUARY 2016 - AudioFile

When Dr. Alex Delaware jumps out of a case involving an actress and her young son, he thinks it’s finished. But several years later, it pops up again—and turns into a full-blown investigation. Narrator John Rubinstein guides listeners through a tapestry of characters as the story moves through its twists and turns. After many years of narrating Kellerman’s series, Rubinstein fluidly provides different voices for every single character, minor and major. He singlehandedly keeps a complicated plot from getting out of hand, while making every step of Delaware’s fact-finding journey more interesting. M.B. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169063431
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	02/02/2016
Series:	Alex Delaware Series
Edition description:	Unabridged

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