Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

I am a long time fan of Jonathan Kellerman. Therefore, when I saw Rage parked in amongst the new releases it was a given that I would buy it.

Much to the relief of die-hard Kellerman fans, Rage features Kellerman’s most infamous character psychologist Dr Alex Delaware. Once again Delaware finds himself caught up in a murder investigation, though this one is harder to swallow than most as the victim was a two-year-old girl.

Visiting a mall, little Kristal was torn from her mother’s grasp and murdered by 12-year-old Troy Turner and 13-year-old Randolph ‘Rand’ Duchay. Troy didn’t survive his stretch, but the recently released Rand, now 21, wants to see psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware, who examined him during his trial. Unfortunately, someone murders Rand before the two can meet. An investigation by Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis reveals that there was more to the circumstances of Kristal’s death than was apparent at the time.

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.

Rage finds Kellerman in his usual brilliant form, orchestrating a relentlessly twisting plot which, in true Kelleramn style, reaches a completely unpredictable finale.