description: To tie in with Kellerman's current mass market release Bad Love, here is his very first riveting suspense novel starring child psychologist Alex Delaware. A disturbed young girl leads to evidence of a shocking double murder, a child molester's gruesome suicide, and a web of evil stretching from an urban barrio to an elite island community.
language: English
title: When the Bough Breaks
titlecomplete: When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1)
characters: Olivia Brickerman, Maurice Bruno, Marty Minassian, Stuart Hickle, Earl (When the Bough Breaks), Augustus McCaffrey, Rodney Broussard, Dr. Morton Handler, Delano Hardy, Professor Van der Graaf, Jeffrey Saxon, Edwin G. Hayden, Cora (When the Bough Breaks), Elaine / Elena Gutierrez, Tim Kruger, Jim Halstead, Cary Nemeth, Kim Hickle, Margaret Dopplemeier, Milo Sturgis, Dr. Lionel Willard Towle, Rick Silverman, Bill Roberts (When the Bough Breaks), Michael Penn and Roy Longstreth, Mrs. Bonita Quinn, Robin Castagna, Alex Delaware, Ned Biondi, Raquel Ochoa, Melody Quinn
genres: Mystery, Adult, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 64980
places: Washington (state), Pacific Northwest, Los Angeles, California, Seattle, Washington
series: Alex Delaware
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Random House Audio