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literary character created by American writer Jonathan Kellerman
Books in this series
Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Jonathan Kellerman
A 1985 mystery novel by Jonathan Kellerman in which retired psychologist Alex Delaware reluctantly treats a seven-year-old eyewitness to murder who…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Jonathan Kellerman
An Israeli girl is among several young people murdered in Los Angeles, and the killings share one common trait: each victim had a mental or physical…
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Buy on Amazon1989 · Jonathan Kellerman
Psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware, at a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, runs into Sharon Ransom, a former lover who left…
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Gunfire shatters a California schoolyard one autumn day. No children are hurt, but a sniper is shot down, and psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware is…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Jonathan Kellerman
Twenty-one-month-old Cassie Jones appears bright and healthy, yet her parents repeatedly rush her to the emergency room with symptoms no doctor can…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware receives an anonymous audiocassette of a horrifying scream followed by a childlike voice chanting "bad love." As threats escalate into…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Jonathan Kellerman
Dr. Alex Delaware does not see many private patients anymore, but makes an exception for a young woman called Lucy, referred to him by LAPD detective…
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Psychologist Alex Delaware and his wife are invited to a remote South Pacific island to help a scientist organize his research files, expecting three…
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Returning to Los Angeles from an adventure in the South Pacific, Alex Delaware is asked by his friend Milo Sturgis to help solve the murder of…
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A second-rate actor is found mutilated in a car trunk. Later, a psychologist at a Los Angeles hospital for the criminally insane is murdered in a…
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Someone has murdered Dr. Eldon Mate, a self-styled "Dr. Death" responsible for scores of assisted suicides, killing him in the back of his own…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Jonathan Kellerman
Years after failing to help troubled teen-turned-stripper Lauren Teague, psychologist Alex Delaware ignores friends' advice and sets out to solve her…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Jonathan Kellerman
In 2002, Jonathan Kellerman published The Murder Book, a psychological thriller featuring Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and his…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Jonathan Kellerman
Milo Sturgis summons psychologist Alex Delaware to a gallery where a young artist has been garroted on the night of her first major showing, with no…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Jonathan Kellerman
Therapy is a novel by Jonathan Kellerman published in 2004, in which psychologist Alex Delaware probes a double murder. A siren lures Delaware and…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman's Rage follows Dr. Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis as they revisit a past crime involving two teenagers, Troy Turner…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman's novel follows psychologist Alex Delaware and homicide cop Milo Sturgis as they investigate the disappearance and subsequent…
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Jonathan Kellerman, a #1 New York Times bestselling author known as the "master of the psychological thriller," presents Obsession, a novel that…
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Bones is a psychological thriller by Jonathan Kellerman about a series of murders in Los Angeles. A young woman's body is found in Bird Marsh, and…
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A tipsy young woman disappears from a desolate highway, a retired schoolteacher is stabbed in broad daylight, and two women are killed after hours in…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Jonathan Kellerman
Moe Reed and Aaron Fox follow the twisted trail of a missing girl, a case that forces the two brothers to set aside their mutual animus and confront…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Jonathan Kellerman
Elise Freeman's chilling cry for help on a DVD found near her body comes too late to save her, chronicling a year-and-a-half ordeal of abuse by three…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Jonathan Kellerman
Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis investigate the brutal killing of acid-tongued Vita Berlin, found arranged in a grotesque…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Jonathan Kellerman
A series of disturbing events occurs in the same upscale Los Angeles neighborhood: a backyard renovation unearths an infant's body buried sixty years…
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Psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes after his report to the court thwarts her…
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LAPD lieutenant Milo Sturgis agonizes over unsolved cases such as Katherine Hennepin, strangled and stabbed in her home, whose sole suspect had a…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Jonathan Kellerman
This thriller features psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis. Delaware meets fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when asked to…
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At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars, a charming and witty woman, seeks help from child psychologist Alex Delaware, requesting answers to…
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Buy on AmazonHeartbreak Hotel: An Alex Delaware Novel
2017 · Jonathan Kellerman
At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is unlike the patients child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats, but she convinces him to meet…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Jonathan Kellerman
LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis calls on psychologist Alex Delaware for a case as baffling as it is brutal: a disfigured corpse with no face or…
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Buy on Amazon2025
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now! Psychologist…
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now! Psychologist…
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Malice📅 Expected Feb 2, 2027
Psychologist Alex Delaware and Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis face one of their most baffling and troubling cases in this riveting thriller from the #1 New…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Alex Delaware books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “When the bough breaks”.
How many books are in the Alex Delaware series?
We list 44 books by Jonathan Kellerman , published between 1985–2026.
When is the next Alex Delaware book released?
The next book is “Malice”, book 42 in the series, expected Feb 2, 2027. That is the publisher's announced date and can change; this page updates when it does.
Where can I buy the Alex Delaware books?
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