Time Bomb

Edgar Award winner Jonathan Kellerman once more??explores the corruption of California's golden??coast and produces a novel of complex??characterizations and nonstop suspense.??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.??While??the TV news crews feasted on the scene an 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 of innocence, neglect, and loss. Then suddenly??it is more than a 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: the face of real??human evil.

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Jonathan Kellerman is one of the world’s most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to thirty bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, and Twisted. With his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored the bestsellers Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is the author of numerous essays, short stories, scientific articles, two children’s books, and three volumes of psychology, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children, as well as the lavishly illustrated With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California and New Mexico. Their four children include the novelist Jesse Kellerman.