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NIGHT TERRORS
There is something spooky about this one, even for the dark side of L.A. A child molester's grisly suicide. A shockingly brutal double murder. A hidden network of perversion in high places. And a terrified seven-year-old girl who could put it all together...if child... read more
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Summary edit
In the first Alex Delaware novel, Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Dr. Alexander Delaware: Child psychologist that is the protagonist of the book.
- Milo Bernard Sturgis: Police officer and friend of Alex Delaware.
- Dr. Morton Handler: Psychiatrist and murder victim.
- Melody Quinn: possible murder witness; Milo asked Alex to try and hypnotize her.
- Bonita Quinn: Melody's mother.
- Robin Castagna: Alex's lover and girlfriend.
- Elaine Gutierrez: Hander's lover, she was killed along with him.
- Lionel Willard Towle: M.D., one of the most established and respected pediatricians on the West Side; in reality, he is a prick.
- Raquel Ochoa: she was Elena's roommate.
- Augustus J. McCaffrey: a Reverend, he started La Casa de los Niños.
- Stuart Hickle: he was a retired lab technician, but it was discovered that he was a pedophile.
- Kim Hickle: she was Stuart Hickel's wife; she had no idea of her husbands actions.
- Edna: Towle's faithful secretary.
- Sandi: one of Towle's employee.
- Ronnie Lee Quinn: Melody's father.
- Delano Hardy: a detective at the L.A.P.D.
- Rick Silverman: a doctor, Milo's lover.
- Olivia Brickerman: a friend of Alex's, she worked as a social worker.
- Albert D. Brickerman: Olivia's husband.
- Andre Jaroslav: Alex's friend and a karate teacher.
- Maurice Bruno: he was one of Handler's patients, Alex found him murdered.
- Timothy Krueger: he works for La Casa de los Niños.
- Edward Biondi: aka Ned, a friend of Alex's; he is as a senior writer for the L.A. Times.
- Lilah Towel: she was Towle's wife; she died in a car accident.
- Margarert Dopplemeier: she works for the Jedson University.
- Garth Van der Graaf: a ninety-years-old professor at Jedson University.
- Ray: Add a description of this character.
- Popeye
- Grandma
- André Jaroslav
- Rafael
- Mr. Minassian
- Wally
- Arthur M. Gershman
- Margaret
- Willie Junior
- Jim Halstead
- Otto
- Doug
- Henry Bork
- Bill Roberts
- Lenny
- Jeffrey Saxon
- Clark Kent
- Cary Nemeth
- Lionel W. Towle
- Michael Penn
- Rodney Broussard
- Andy Gutierrez
- Cruz Gutierrez
- Earl
- Edwin G. Hayden
- Denise
- Gretchen Chaplain
- Julie
- Marianne
- Cora
- Timothy Kruger
- Brian Adams
- Roy Longstreth
- Josiah T. Jedson
- Lilah Towle
Quotes edit
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“I put up the coffee, and the fly and I share an onion bagel.”
Alex Delaware -
“Like half the people in this town, you're functioning on a six-years-old level." "And you're making me this offer - to get involved in blood and crud - as a form of occupational therapy.”
Milo and Alex -
“Alex, you can break your ass trying to achieve Nirvana Through Inertia, but it won't work.”
Milo to Alex -
“Don't let anyone ever tell you different: Psychotherapy is one of the most taxing endeavors known to mankind.”
Alex Delaware -
“You don't look wonderful. Maybe I should call a doctor, Doctor?”
Milo to Alex -
“Alex, do you really want to get into something like this?" "Do I have a choice? I see that kid's eyes in my sleep. I was a fool for getting sucked in, but now I'm stuck.”
Robin and Alex -
“The Old Alex wasn't such a bad guy. No. The old Alex was a bore. I promise not to brink him back, okay.”
Alex to Robin -
“It must be the poison in the air, I decided. It caused brain damage, eroded the cerebral cortex to the point where simple facts took on an aura of profundity.”
Alex Delaware -
“A child psychologist. We could use you around here." "I don't know what i could do - help you tie them down?”
Raquel and Alex -
“No. There's no reason to suspect anything. I guess I'm just fishing." "Well don't go fishing for minnows and come up with a shark, darling.”
Alex and Robin -
“Doctor. Pardon the expression, bur you're prick-teasing. I'm a professional snoop. Dangle something weird in front of me I get a hard-on.”
Ned to Alex -
“Bendi's words of gratitude made me entertain a moment's doubt about my own retirement. Then I thought of bloody bones and doubt got up and took a seat in the rear of the hearse.”
Alex Delaware -
“You don't look like Clark Kent." "I beg you're pardon." "Aren't newspaper reporters supposed to look like Clark Kent?”
Garth and Alex -
“You're a dreadful liar.”
Garth to Alex
First Sentence edit
It was shaping up as a beautiful morning.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 30
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 29 in Alex Delaware. (standard series)
Followed by Blood Test.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jonathan Kellerman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 978-0451178039
Page Count: 293
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 978-0451178039
Page Count: 293
Awards edit
- Anthony (1986: Best First Novel, winner)
- Edgar Award (1986: Best First Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
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