Time Bomb (1990)

by Jonathan Kellerman

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Series: Alex Delaware (5)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Guilt. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the time psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware reached the school the damage was done: A sniper had opened fire on a crowded playground, but was gunned down before any children were hurt. �??Virtually impossible to put aside until the final horrifying showdown.�?��??People While the TV news crews feasted on the scene and Alex began his therapy sessions with the traumatized children, he couldn�??t escape the image of a slight teenager clutching an oversized rifle. What was the identity behind the name and face: a would-be assassin, or just another victim beneath an indifferent California sky? Intrigued by a request from the sniper�??s father to conduct a �??psychological autopsy�?� of his child, Alex begins to uncover a strange pattern�??it is a trail of blood. In the dead sniper�??s past was a dark and vicious plot. And in Alex Delaware�??s future is the stuff of grown-up nightmares… (more)

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After a school shooting, Detective Milo Sturgis calls in his friend and LAPD consulting psychologist, Dr. Alex Delaware, to provide counseling for the traumatized kids. The unlikely shooter, a young girl, is killed, but her death leaves more questions than answers for the police. Things morph quickly into political rivalry, racist pro-nazi groups, and strange cloak-and-dagger operatives. The first part of the book goes slow while Alex does his thing at the school and starts a new relationship with the principal, Dr. Linda Overstreet, but once the action begins, there are lots of it, along with a couple of plot twists that I didn’t see coming. There are so many issues in this book that I found it hard to keep up and still hang onto the storyline. To bring it all together, Mr. Kellerman does a lot of explaining at the end. It worked—barely. (

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PaulaGalvan | Apr 4, 2024 |

Time Bomb is a book about the Nazis in the state of California. There is a lot of racist dialogue that is quite upsetting. A murder happened and it was allegedly in defense. All of the pieces of the story are tied together in the end of the story. Obviously a lot of research was conducted by the author. It is quite scary to know that these people are thriving. Four stars were given to this book. (

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lbswiener | Dec 3, 2023 |

Wasn't fond of the ending. Almost gave it a 2 star. (

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Brian-B | Nov 30, 2022 |

A little more far-fetched than usual but still a good Delaware story. (

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Rockhead515 | Jan 11, 2022 |

This went incredibly slowly for me; I had to force myself to finish it. I'm maybe overdosed on Alex Delaware, since I've read a number of the early books this summer. But this was maybe my least favorite of the series. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Jonathan Kellerman	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Adams, Alexander	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rubinstein, John	Reader	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Snel, Mariëlla	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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Wannsee Conference (20 January 1942)

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"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together."
—Jonathan Swift

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To my sister, Hindy Tolwin, with much love

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Back to school.

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Guilt.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

By the time psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware reached the school the damage was done: A sniper had opened fire on a crowded playground, but was gunned down before any children were hurt.

�??Virtually impossible to put aside until the final horrifying showdown.�?��??People

While the TV news crews feasted on the scene and Alex began his therapy sessions with the traumatized children, he couldn�??t escape the image of a slight teenager clutching an oversized rifle. What was the identity behind the name and face: a would-be assassin, or just another victim beneath an indifferent California sky? Intrigued by a request from the sniper�??s father to conduct a �??psychological autopsy�?� of his child, Alex begins to uncover a strange pattern�??it is a trail of blood. In the dead sniper�??s past was a dark and vicious plot. And in Alex Delaware�??s future is the stuff of grown-up nightmares

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