Rage: An Alex Delaware Novel

by Jonathan Kellerman

2013

Status

Available

Publication

Ballantine Books (2013), Edition: Reprint, 448 pages

Description

Troy Turner and Rand Duchay were barely teenagers when they kidnapped and murdered a younger child. Troy, a remorseless sociopath, died violently behind bars. But the hulking, slow witted Rand managed to survive his stretch. Now, at age twenty-one, he's emerged a haunted, rootless young man with a pressing need to talk once again with psychologist Alex Delaware. But the young killer comes to a brutal end, that conversation never takes place. Or has someone waited for eight patient years to dine on ice-cold revenge? Both seem strong possibilities to Sturgis, but Delaware's suspicions run deeper and darker. Because fear in the voice of the grownup Rand Duchay, and his eerie final words to Alex "I'm not a bad person" betray untold secrets. Buried revelations so horrendous, and so damning, they're worth killing for. As Delaware and Sturgis retrace their steps through a grisly murder case that devastated a community, they discover a chilling legacy of madness, suicide, and multiple killings left in its wake, and even uglier truths waiting to be unearthed. And the nearer they come to understanding an unspeakable crime, the more harrowingly close they get to unmasking a monster hiding in plain sight.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member FMRox
Alex Delaware, foresenic psychologist to the LAPD works with Milo Sturgis, LA Detective to solve a case that began with a phone call from a former child killer. Eventually the case involves eight dead bodies, abuse of the foster care system, and a rift with Alex's new girlfriend , Allison.
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get the ending of this story. The who dunnit was all supposition. And, the why was never fully disclosed. The resolution was weak and only brought more questions then answers. Kellerman likes to bring backcharactes but I don't think he's going to finish this story in another book. Also, the whole strain on his relationship with Allison seemed forced and out of place.
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LibraryThing member Fantasma
I really like Kellerman's books, but I was always feel he goes on and on for too long...
LibraryThing member jenspeaks
Audiobook - listening to it on commute.

Typical Kellerman - good stuff if disturbing subject matter.
LibraryThing member youthfulzombie
I can go a few years between reading Kellerman’s books, as the main character and his detective friend are clear, familiar characters that are uncomplicated enough, so even if you miss a novel, you won’t be missing much and can be up to speed after a few chapters. This book (the 19th in the
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series) is so convoluted and full of “twists” that it all ends up in a predictable knot.
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LibraryThing member dutchmarbel
Another who-dunnit with Alex Delaware. A few weird assumptions and people who are not respondit entirely believable, but for fans another nice read.
LibraryThing member Darrol
Very confused motivations. Good for 1 time through, but not good enough for the number of re-reads it would take to sort it all out. Very nasty premise. Lots of bad sexual abuse. Delaware is at his best when he ignores his love interests--as the mythic detective should.
LibraryThing member MarthaHuntley
I read Jonathan Kellerman books years ago and really liked them, and then for some reason stopped. This one I got as an audio book, and find that, for me, Kellerman is perfect for listening-in-the-car. The dialogue is engaging, very interesting and clips along and there is enough of it that it
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simplifies trying to keep the somewhat complicated plot in mind. This story was bloody and sad, but certainly held my attention and had me rooting for the good guys and "agin" the villain. I thought the ending,which was criticized by some other readers, indeed left a lot of things up in the air, but was very satisfying. I liked Rage so much as an audio read that I went out and bought three more Alex Delaware audio books.
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LibraryThing member christinejoseph
Dr. Alex Delaware — everybody mixed up — crazy lives, people — kill young child — make a movie? — ministers — really controlling one on one — Bizarre — is this the real world?

Troy Turner and Rand Duchay were barely teenagers when they kidnapped and murdered a younger child. Troy, a
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remorseless sociopath, died violently behind bars. But the hulking, slow-witted Rand managed to survive his stretch. Now, at age twenty-one, he’s emerged a haunted, rootless young man with a pressing need: to talk–once again–with psychologist Alex Delaware. But the young killer comes to a brutal end, that conversation never takes place.
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LibraryThing member allthesedarnbooks
Fast, twisted Kellerman. A good read.
LibraryThing member lbswiener
Rage is a difficult book to plow through. Anytime child molestation, child rape, infidelity, drugs and murder are involved, it is all difficult subject matter to read about but all together makes it even more difficult. This book makes one think about the law enforcement and child psychiatrists
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desire to keep on performing in their careers. How does one continue? Probably catching the people who did it, makes the professionals able to continue. Four stars were given to this book in this review.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2005

Physical description

448 p.; 4.16 inches

ISBN

9780345535146

Barcode

1601900
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