Imagined crossover · Forensics and profilers
What if Rachel Walling met Alex Delaware?
The profiler and the psychologist. Two experts in the minds of dangerous people, one trained by the Bureau and one in the clinic.
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The pair
Alex DelawareChild psychologist who consults for the LAPDBy Jonathan Kellerman · Alex Delaware · first in When the Bough Breaks
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Where and when
Los Angeles
The 2000s
The story
- How they might meet
- The FBI sends Agent Walling to Los Angeles when a series of letters to the police echoes a case she once worked, and the LAPD’s psychologist has already written his own profile.
- Why they would work
- Two experts in the minds of dangerous people, one trained by the Bureau and one in the clinic.
- What each brings
- Walling has the FBI’s resources and experience of the worst offenders. Delaware has deep clinical insight and the trust of the LAPD.
- Where they would clash
- Each would think the other’s profile was wrong in one crucial detail.
Strengths compared
Rachel Walling Alex Delaware
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The PoetMichael Connelly · 1996 · Rachel Walling's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- When the Bough BreaksJonathan Kellerman · 1985 · Alex Delaware's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
