Rating:  Summary: IS THERE A DOCTOR AVAILABLE? Review: One-year-old Cassandra has been hospitalized repeatedly. She appears to be thriving in the hospital, but once she is returned home, problems crop up. Her loving mother dotes on her and almost never leaves her side.The question of Munchausen by Proxy is seriously investigated. Is baby Cassie being injured and made ill by her mother so she, Cassie, will receive extra attention from hospital personnel? Is someone in the hospital harming the baby? Is Cassie just naturally susceptible to illnesses? These are the questions that keep the story moving and readers riveted. Cassie is an interesting baby; her father is an heir in a family known to have acquired their wealth by hard work. She is a member of the "nouveau riche," and money is certainly a possible motive regarding her frequent hospitalizations. Dr. Delaware once again makes the rounds to crack the Case of the Sick Baby and related cases. This is truly an excellent mystery and avid Dr. Delaware fans won't be disappointed. I know I wasn't. I highly recommend this one.
Rating:  Summary: IS THERE A DOCTOR AVAILABLE? Review: One-year-old Cassandra has been hospitalized repeatedly. She appears to be thriving in the hospital, but once she is returned home, problems crop up. Her loving mother dotes on her and almost never leaves her side. The question of Munchausen by Proxy is seriously investigated. Is baby Cassie being injured and made ill by her mother so she, Cassie, will receive extra attention from hospital personnel? Is someone in the hospital harming the baby? Is Cassie just naturally susceptible to illnesses? These are the questions that keep the story moving and readers riveted. Cassie is an interesting baby; her father is an heir in a family known to have acquired their wealth by hard work. She is a member of the "nouveau riche," and money is certainly a possible motive regarding her frequent hospitalizations. Dr. Delaware once again makes the rounds to crack the Case of the Sick Baby and related cases. This is truly an excellent mystery and avid Dr. Delaware fans won't be disappointed. I know I wasn't. I highly recommend this one.
Rating:  Summary: Interesting and Exciting Review: Starting with the first Alex Delaware novel "When the Bough Breaks", I have read all of his thrillers in chronological order, enjoying the Delaware character development as well as the individual stories (the same applies to Stephen White's equally brilliant Alan Gregory books, by the way). I still consider "Devil's Waltz" to be the best effort in a very good series of novels - believeable characters, interesting storylines and lots of mystery are always guaranteed when starting a Kellerman novel, but "Devil's Waltz" is the one I remember as especially tight and exciting. This book about damage inflicted on a helpless child and layer after layer of secrets within an L.A. hospital will keep you guessing right up to the final pages and is absolutely flawless.
Rating:  Summary: An erie gripping piece of fiction Review: This book will keep you in suspense. It is such an unthinkable premis. You will not be sorry if you select this book.
Rating:  Summary: A wonderful a child and his parents, the most exciting book. Review: This book works the imagination like no other I have read. Once you start this book you will not want to put it down. It makes you imagine things that are not real and it broadens your mind. I would recimend that every one that likes books to read this one. I loved it
Rating:  Summary: Careful -- you'll be hooked and he's written a lot more !!! Review: This is a chilling mystery (the twist - the protagonist is a child psychologist) about parents suspected of harming their baby. It is a completely engrossing book -- I started to read it at a world-class resort in Hawaii, and I saw very little of the resort! After finishing Devil's Waltz, I read most of the other books in the series (there are quite a few) and I already have "EYES" looking for his next one!It is brilliant to have the main character be someone OTHER than a cop or a jaded P.I.!! Having now read most of the books in the series, I am delighted by the development of all the leading characters across the years of the series. This book, I think, is still my favorite, though. Kellerman is really skillful at maintaining continuity and evolving their personalities at the same time. I strongly suggest reading the whole series. I hope Mr. Kellerman never tires of Alex Delaware (the psychologist).
Rating:  Summary: WHAT AM I MISSING? Review: This is my first Alex Delaware novel and I don't understand why Kellerman has such a following. While I found the premise of the story, Munchausen by proxy, interesting, I was frustrated by the overwriting. Take a hundred and fifty pages from this book and you still have the same story. There is too much unnecessary detail. Conversations go on and on and on to no end. Kellerman seems to have a need to force every social issue into his story regardless of whether it is part of the story or not. Does he always write like this or did I just pick the wrong book to test the waters? I did not find the book thrilling,suspensful or mysterious. Just tedious.
Rating:  Summary: Sloooow starter!! Review: This was the 3rd book I read of the Delaware series. I was very unentertained with the introduction. I think if the introduction would have been shorter it wouldn't have been so easy to put it down in the beginning. When the climax finally arrived it held my interest the rest of the book. I hadn't heard of Munchausen syndrome by proxy before so that helped keep my interest. This book has you playing detective in your own mind while you read only to find out in the end that you better keep your day job. It was written good on the terminology lingo, you didn't yearn for a medical dictionary to be able to pronounce the lingo. It is a good book if you can force yourself to keep reading during the introduction.
Rating:  Summary: Another J.K. book Review: Well, another great Jonathan Kellerman book, here, I'll tell you about it. When Alex gets a call from a doctor from a hospital where he used to work, asking for help, he agrees. When he goes, he finds that things have changed, and the hospital is a little dangerous. He is asked to avaluate a young couple who brings their young child in, with a range of sicknesses, almost every night, and the doctor suspects that they are making their own child sick. But Chip Jones and his wife are pleasent people, not at all the type to try and hurt their daughter. But Alex must find out soon, before a innocent child is harmed
Rating:  Summary: Another J.K. book Review: Well, another great Jonathan Kellerman book, here, I'll tell you about it. When Alex gets a call from a doctor from a hospital where he used to work, asking for help, he agrees. When he goes, he finds that things have changed, and the hospital is a little dangerous. He is asked to avaluate a young couple who brings their young child in, with a range of sicknesses, almost every night, and the doctor suspects that they are making their own child sick. But Chip Jones and his wife are pleasent people, not at all the type to try and hurt their daughter. But Alex must find out soon, before a innocent child is harmed
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