"Time Bomb" by Jonathan Kellerman : The R R & R Review

I was disappointed with this one. The premise sounded good : psychologist Alex Delaware is called in by his detective buddy Milo when a sniper opens fire on a crowded school playground, to assist with the traumatized children ; later is asked by the sniper's father to do a "psychological autopsy" of her. In the middle of that, uncovers a bizarre, elaborate Nazi conspiracy. In the meantime, strikes up a romance with the principal. Sounds like it would be exciting, but much of this is a talk fest, on top of that, a lot of the dialogue and stereotypes are downright silly. The principal Dr Linda Overstreet drones on for pages about something that happened in her past to Alex, and it ends up not having anything to do with anything in the story. This is all too bad ; it could have been an interesting story if handled right. By the way, have you ever heard an adult bad guy call his foe a "turd"... well, it happens here(groan). It is kind of redeemed at the end by one of those twists at the end that I like... all in all, though, I would not recommend this highly...

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