Alex Delaware

he is sensitive, socially involved, loving and passionate about his patients and his family relationships and cynical only about 'bad guys'. Delaware had a difficult childhood with his mother being a manic-depressive and his father a raging, physically abusive alcoholic. His romantic relationship with Robin Castagna, his on and off girlfriend, is evidenced in several of the novels. Delaware has a friend, Milo Sturgis, who is a gay LAPD detective. Delaware often helps Sturgis in his investigations. He is accredited with Western Pediatric Hospital