Over the Edge

Schizophrenia – “a malignant disorder, cancer of the thought processes, the scrambling and erosion of mental activity” “Schizophrenic symptoms – delusions, hallucinations, illogical thinking, loss of touch with reality, bizarre speech and behavior – embody the layman’s notion of crazy.They occur in......more

I have yet to read an Alex Delaware novel that I didn't like, but some stand out more than others. This was particularly unique and intriguing as it related to use of "natural" hallucinogens, among other drugs, to alter and control a person that had a very loose grip on reality to begin with. Amazin......more

3 Stars. There were times during my read that I had to check. Had I picked up a medical text from 1987 on drug abuse? Required for 2nd year medical students? With many newer drugs being abused these days, such a text might be in its 14th (2021) edition! No, the novel is clearly one of the interestin......more

I have read all of Jonathan Kellerman's novels, starting with WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS back in 1986, two years before I began writing a novel of my own. I had to wait a while for BLOOD TEST, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, and THE BUTCHER'S THEATER to come to a bookstore near me because I was in Europe at the......more

Dr. Delaware receives a surprise middle of the night call from a patient he treated years ago. This young man is incoherent and Alex feels he must follow up and find out what is going on. What follows is a confusing, talk-heavy novel, that required a bigger suspension of disbelief than I was willing......more