Over the Edge (Alex Delaware)
by Jonathan Kellerman
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Author: Jonathan KellermanEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-02
ISBN: 0345466624
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Most technical of Kellerman's first three novels
Summary: 4 Stars
Over the Edge, the third book in Jonathan Kellerman's highly successful series starring psychologist Alex Delaware, is more technical and clinical, though no less exciting, than the first two. Like its predecessors, the book addresses dark acts committed by disturbed individuals, but unlike the first two books, Over the Edge focuses more on the psychology behind the acts than on the acts themselves or the investigations that follow.
When Delaware is awakened in the middle of the night by a frantic and disjointed phone call from Jamey Cadmus, a former client, his concern leads him to the institution where the Jamey is hospitalized. Upon arriving, he finds that Jamey has escaped and is now being sought in connection with a series of grisly murders. When Jamey is apprehended, his lawyer hires Delaware as a psychological consultant in his defense. But the more Delaware researches Jamey's condition, the less likely it seems that Jamey actually committed the crimes of which he is accused, despite the indicting physical evidence. As the investigation continues, Delaware must embark on a frightening virtual journey into the dark depths of the human mind.
All three of Kellerman's early fiction books focus on the evils that people do to each other, but this one takes it a step further and explores the evil a person can do to himself. Schizophrenia, drug abuse, and suicide are prominently featured with lots of technical descriptions and jargon, slowing down the pace a bit in the middle of the book. But as always, the first-person narrative style and compelling interpersonal conflicts drive the story, and the unexpected ending is a tribute to the author's storytelling prowess.
Unsurprisingly, there is little in the way of redemptive or uplifting content beyond the eventual triumph--for the most part--of human good over human evil. Depictions of drug abuse, some sexuality, and an entirely secular worldview are cause for caution in reading, but Kellerman is an excellent writer, and fans of the psychological thriller will not be disappointed.
Summary of Over the Edge (Alex Delaware)
When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. Driving through the dream-lit San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, the patient he had failed five years before?and who now calls with a bizarre cry for help. But by the time Alex reaches Canyon Oaks Psychiatric Hospital, Jamey is gone, surfacing a day later in the hands of the police, who believe Jamey is the infamous Lavender Slasher, a psychotic serial killer. Wooed by a high-powered attorney to build a defense, Alex will get a chance to do what he couldn?t five years ago. And when he peers into a family?s troubled history and Jamey?s brilliant, tormented mind, the psychologist puts himself at the heart of a high-profile case. Because Alex knows that in a realm of money, loss, and madness, something terrible pushed Jamie over the edge?or else someone is getting away with murder.Literature & Fiction Books
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