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Silent Partner (1989)

by Jonathan Kellerman

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Series: Alex Delaware (4)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The bestselling author of When The  Bough Breaks, Blood Test,  and Over The Edge delivers the  most stunning novel yet and featuring  psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party for a  controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex  encounters a face from his own pastâ??Sharon Ransom, an  exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more  than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that he  desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The  next day she is dead, an apparent suicide. Driven by  guilt and sadness, Alex plunges into the maze of  Sharon's lifeâ??a journey that will take him through  the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich,  into the dark closets of a family's disturbing  past, and finally into the alleyways of the mind,  where childhood terrors still hold sway.

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Silent Partner is a good example of an author being puppet master with his characters in order to lengthen the story. It is also an example of the more you write the better you get. Through the years the character of Alex Delaware and Milo Sturges become more defined. A lot of time is spent on describing characters in the book. The story is difficult to follow because of all of the descriptions of people. Only three stars were awarded in this review because the story was so draining to the reader. It was not a believable story. ( )
  lbswiener | Dec 1, 2022 |
So I liked the general theme of twins. Is there such a thing as the evil twin? And the ambiguity in the story. Is it a story of twins, or a story of multiple personality, or both? Who knows. Dr. Delaware manages to solve the mystery although I don't really know how. The story is so convoluted and goes back through history to find the true identity of the victim. So overall this was a confusing read for me, but I still enjoyed it because it was so weird. ( )
  readingover50 | Jun 11, 2019 |
Delaware tries to figure out what happened to someone he used to know. Pre-Facebook, he has to go sleuthing. ( )
  Kaethe | Oct 16, 2016 |
Child psychologist, Alex Delaware, is living life in the dumps temporarily separated from his lover, Robin, who has asked for some space and time to find herself. On a last minute whim, he attends a society soirée and encounters Sharon Ransom, a former girlfriend who makes it abundantly clear that she'd like to meet and re-connect with Alex. Uncertain of either of their motives and feeling to do so would needlessly complicate his life, Alex declines but is horrified to discover the next day that Sharon has taken her own life. No doubt driven by intense feelings of guilt, Alex embarks on an investigation of the circumstances of her suicide and walks into a tangled weave of multiple murder, corporate shenanigans, drugs, sex, pornography and psychological mayhem that only a writer of Kellerman's skill could conceive of and actually keep under control.

his mystery is easy to get into, but hard to get out of! Jonathan Kellerman keeps digging this "mystery hole"... you feel that you'll never find the ending with all the twists and turns and new information that Alex uncovers! Great book... completely engrossing! ( )
  Carol420 | May 31, 2016 |
Alex Del. child psych. good

Pg 132. Borderline Personality Disorder — therapist's nightmare. They never get better — they look normal - hold job - excelling — Constant tightrope between madness + sanity — unable to form relationships. Never free from a deep sense of worthlessness + rage that spills over into self-destruction. They're the chronically depressed, determinedly addicted, compulsively divorced, living one emotional disaster to the next. Egos fragile. Play roles — anyone but themselves. Crave intimacy but repel when found.

At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past--Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that he desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The next day she is dead, an apparent suicide. Driven by guilt and sadness, Alex plunges into the maze of Sharon's life--a journey that will take him through the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich, into the dark closets of a family's disturbing past, and finally into the alleyways of the mind, where childhood terrors still hold sway.
  christinejoseph | Apr 15, 2016 |
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If the rich could hire the poor to die for them,

the poor would make a very nice living.

      —Yiddish saying
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Special thanks to

Steve Rubin, Beverly Lewis,

Stuart Vener

David Aftergood, and Al Katz
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I've always hated parties and, under normal circumstances, never would have attended the one on Saturday.
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In simple terms, the subconscious is a psychic storage bin. That part of our mind where we put experiences and feelings we don't want to deal with. When our defenses are down, the bin tips over and some of the stored material spills out -- dreams, fantasies, seemingly irrational or even self-destructive behaviors that we call symptoms
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The bestselling author of When The  Bough Breaks, Blood Test,  and Over The Edge delivers the  most stunning novel yet and featuring  psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware. At a party for a  controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex  encounters a face from his own pastâ??Sharon Ransom, an  exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more  than a decade earlier. Sharon now hints that he  desperately needs help, but Alex evades her. The  next day she is dead, an apparent suicide. Driven by  guilt and sadness, Alex plunges into the maze of  Sharon's lifeâ??a journey that will take him through  the pleasure palaces of California's ultra-rich,  into the dark closets of a family's disturbing  past, and finally into the alleyways of the mind,  where childhood terrors still hold sway.

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