Name: Time Bomb
ISBN: 9780385415781

Jonathan Kellerman

When a sniper opens fire on a California schoolyard and is killed by the bodyguard of a visiting politician, the gunwoman's father asks LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis to clear his daughter's name

Time Bomb

Edgar Award winner Jonathan Kellerman once more explores the corruption of California's golden coast and produces a novel of complex characterizations and nonstop suspense. By the time psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware reached the school the damage was done: A sniper had opened fire on a crowded playground, but was gunned down before any children were hurt. While the TV news crews feasted on the scene an Alex began his therapy sessions with the traumatized children, he couldn't escape the image of a slight teenager clutching an oversized rifle. What was the identity behind the name and face: a would-be assassin, or just another victim beneath an indifferent California sky? Intrigued by a request from the sniper's father to conduct a "psychological autopsy" of his child, Alex begins to uncover a strange pattern of innocence, neglect, and loss. Then suddenly it is more than a pattern -- it is a trail of blood. In the dead sniper's past was a dark and vicious plot. And in Alex Delaware's future is the stuff of grown-up nightmares: the face of real human evil. Also available on BDD Audio Cassette.

Nadine 

Fascinating to think when this was written in the 90s school shootings were unusual

Fran Lewis

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Susan Forsythe

When a sniper opens fire on a California schoolyard and is killed by the bodyguard of a visiting politician, the sniper's father asks LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware to clear his child's name.

Time Bomb

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