Ellroy Reads – When The Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
March 30, 2025
For the latest episode of Ellroy Reads I look at Jonathan Kellerman’s debut novel When The Bough Breaks. I dive into Kellerman’s friendship with Ellroy and my interview with him when I was researching Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy.
Enjoy the show. As Ellroy would put, ‘Ellroy Reads rules, all other YouTube shows drool!!!’
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The Venetian Vase 
The Butcher’s Theater is the only Kellerman book I read and that was back in the 90’s. However I remember reading it a few times back then and need to give it a re-read at this point. Definitely recommend if you haven’t read it already- it was a pivotal book for my early crime fiction reading alongside Caleb Carr before I finally found Ellroy in late 2003.
Kellerman is good. He was nothing like what I expected in person, but he’s the real deal as a writer.