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Bad Love
Bad Love
Author: Jonathan Kellerman
It came in a plain brown wrapper, no return address -- a tape recording of a horrifying, soul-lacerating scream, followed by the sound of a childlike voice delivering the enigmatic and haunting message: — 'Bad love. Bad love. Don't give me the bad love...' — For child psychologist Dr Alex Delaware, the chant, repeated over and over like a twisted ...  more »
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ISBN: 183936
Publication Date: 2/1994
Pages: 386
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Bantam Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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suspenseprincess avatar reviewed Bad Love on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Excellent book. A real page turner. It leaves you guessing up to the very end.
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Helpful Score: 2
I am not a real big Kellerman fan, however, in this book he keeps you
interested and trying to fit the clues together before the ending
of the book. worth the read. Earl H. Meldrim, Ga.
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Helpful Score: 2
what a surprise ending this one has!
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Helpful Score: 2
I was attracted by the title and by the jacket description. "For Alex Delaware, the tape is the first intimation that he is about to enter a living nightmare. Others soon foolow: disquieting laughter echoing over a phone line that suddenly goes dead, a chilling act of trespass and vandalism. He has become the target of a carefully orchestrated campaign of vague threats and intimidation rapidly building to a crescendo as harassment turns to terror, mischief to madness." Wow, sounds like a great read!

It is...if you're into mystery thrillers. I thought it was just okay.

The story opens with Dr. Alex Delaware becoming involved in a complicated visitation case. He is a child psychologist and a consultant to the LAPD. In the beginning of the book, he receives a frightening tape: someone is screaming and then a child's emotionless voice recites: "bad love" over and over. I was hooked for maybe 2/3 of the book but then certain things didn't add up. When they don't add up and when they don't seem real, I become annoyed with the story. I felt Dr. Delaware was too intrusive into people's lives and toward the end he was downright whiny.

There was one teeny little clue as to the perpertrator. It didn't "feel" right to me. Maybe it's the mystery thriller genre thing...

Hopefully the next Dr. Delaware book I read won't leave me feeling as let down
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Helpful Score: 2
From 1994, this is a pivotal Alex Delaware adventure. The villian is nasty, and isn't revealed until it's almost too late. Alex's original abode burns (leading to later reconstruction), and Robin adopts her familiar (to readers of more recent entries) pooch. Det. Milo Sturgis stars, without personal issues in this one. All in all, a good solid read that fills in some blanks for those of us who started this series at the wrong end! Four Stars.
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blackhorsecav avatar reviewed Bad Love on + 27 more book reviews
All Kellermans books are good
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good book
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One of his best. I love this writer and this didn't disappoint.
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Very good
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One of his better books. Had some truly frightening moments in it.
keyi avatar reviewed Bad Love on + 46 more book reviews
Another great Alex Delaware novel.
bobinprovincetown avatar reviewed Bad Love on + 15 more book reviews
Worth reading. An intricate tale, twists and turns and a plot that is Jonathan Keller's trademark. My issue with this, otherwise it's five stars, is that by the end of the book, so many characters have been introduced it's hard to keep track of who the main characters are talking about. I see this more and more with authors who get deeper into their projects and go all Robert Ludlum on us and aim for complex plots with gobs of characters.
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I enjoyed the story and characters. Alex Delaware is given a little too much free rein and the crimes were too well planned, considering the circumstances, to be believable, but it was still a fun read.
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Someone is killing psychiatrists. When Alex Delaware receives a tape with screams and the chant "Bad Love, he realizes he has been targeted as well. With the help of Milo Sturgis, they trace down the mystery before Alex becomes the next victim. I like Kellerman's characters of Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis and always enjoy reading anything from the series. This particular book relates the story of how Alex's french bulldow, Spike, comes into his life.


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