I'm guessing this is the first Alex Delaware book. Creepy tale of child abuse and murder. A good read.

The Alex Delaware series is one of the first I read in this genre, probably 15 years ago. Of course, I started in the middle of the series and had yet to get around to the first books. This was okay. I got a little bogged down in the mystery because a lot of the characters were similar to each other and I sometimes forgot who was being referred to. There was a lot of "the bad guy explains the entire scheme" at the end. However, it was worth it to see how Alex starts working for the police and the beginnings of his friendship with Milo and relationship with Robin. ( )

Fairly good tale with psychopathic child molesters as bad guys. The ending is a little too much. ( )

This is the first Alex Delaware novel. As a beginner, it is a good novel. It introduces us to Alex Delaware, and Milo Sturgis, his detective friend. The story itself is pretty dark, with a little girl witnessing a murder. Overall a good read and very good start to the Alex Delaware series. ( )

This is the first of the Alex Delaware novels. In this one, we get the background on how Alex and Milo Sturgis met - over a child abuse case - and details their semi-first case together.

The plot's a somewhat improbable one; Melody Quinn possibly saw murderers on their way to commit a crime, so Milo calls Alex in to talk to her, that being his specialty. The plot wanders up to - perhaps over - that line between 'complex' and 'ridiculously unlikely with one coincidence too many'. Workmanline, certainly readable and enjoyable. ( )

nr 9, Alex Delaware, Milo Sturgis

Good but too much kiddie perversion for me...I will try another book from the author. ( )

A friend of mine lent me the early books of this series a few years ago and I've just decided to re-read them and then continue with the more recent ones.
Re-reading this book, it's clear to me that the plot is a bit neither here nor there. There's no particularly surprising twist and it's been unsatisfying that our narrator Alex kind of pulls a rabbit out of the hat at the last minute, keeping something from us that he's worked out himself. It also seems unlikely that the police would have let him carry on his investigations for so long on his own.

Anyway, what makes this and the other books so worth recommending is their readability. The pages just turn themselves. ( )

Great crime thriller. Alex Delaware is one of my favorite "heroes" in this genre. Well done, with interesting plot twists. Delware attempts to solve a murder mystery in which the only witness is a 7-year-old girl. ( )