Alex Delaware

Alex Delaware is a <a href="/facts/Literary_character/nvuzQRyP">literary character</a> created by American writer <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Kellerman/UH5ey5SW">Jonathan Kellerman</a>. The Alex Delaware <a href="/facts/Detective/GfTMSgvw">detective</a> series begins with When the Bough Breaks, published in 1985. Delaware appears in 39 of <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Kellerman/UH5ey5SW">Kellerman's</a> popular murder mysteries. Kellerman set the series in Los Angeles. Delaware is a <a href="/facts/Forensic_psychologist/npHl1bDy">forensic psychologist</a>, although Kellerman wrote a <a href="/facts/Back_story/m5D1J32l">back story</a> in which Delaware practiced as a child psychologist.
Delaware has a friend, Milo Sturgis, who is a gay <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles_Police_Department/P4CvFHdY">LAPD</a> detective. Delaware helps Sturgis in his investigations, and the detective, who eventually reaches the rank of lieutenant, appears in each book in the series. As the series progresses, Delaware's relationship with Robin Castagna evolves, despite two long separations, during which various other romantic interests are introduced. In some of the more recent books in the series, Detective Petra Connor, introduced in Kellerman's standalone novel Billy Straight, also makes an appearance.

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