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Summary: The Further Adventures of Alex the Android
Review: A little Kellerman goes a long way, though that doesnt stop him being in the upper tier of serial crime novelists. I havent read a Delaware book for several years and found this one more engaging as a result. The good guys among the dramatis personae are an utterly humourless and largely anemic bunch, but Kellermans psychological insights his villains at least are entertaining, and the narrative sustains interest through to the refreshingly muted ending.
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Summary: Intoxicating tale
Review: Jonathan Kellerman has struck gold again. Dr. Alex Deleware is back to assist detective Milo Sturgis. The relationship between Deleware and Sturgis is just as interesting as the story itself-comfortable and weary at the same time. The two are a little more at odds than usual in the murder investigation of a doctor who assists his patients in suicide. There are a large number of suspects in the tale. What makes this book most interesting are the two ethical questions raised; 1. Assisted suicide, and 2. Doctor/patient confidentiality. Kellerman does a very good job of presenting the issues in a balanced way, seeming to take neither side of each issue. This book was absorbing, keeping me awake until long past my normal bed time. Don't let this Kellerman thriller pass you by.
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Summary: Had to finally close the book
Review: I have read every book Jonathan Kellerman has written. This is the only book of his that I finally gave up on. Kept waiting for it to grab me. Didn't happen, but he will continue to be my favorite author.
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Summary: Entertaining, solid, but not too surprising
Review: Dr. Death helps terminally ill people to "travel" to the afterlife. He has done so for more than 60 people before he falls into the hands of a brutal killer. It is up to Milo and Alex Delaware to solve the case. This is all the more difficult because Alex is treating a child of one of Dr. Death's clients and thus has to keep up his client's confidentiality as well. After a lot of false leads they finally succeed in tracing the killer.This is another entertaining, solid Kellerman, but it is not as good and surprising as some of his previous novels. This is mainly due to the number of sub-plots that are present in the book and do not add a lot to the main story.
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Summary: Mulholland Drive
Review: Miles Sturgis, the only gay detective on the LAPD, is dismayed at his new case. Dr. Mate, the reknowned Los Angeles doctor (modeled after Dr. Kevorkian) has been murdered, by being hooked up to his own contraption. Miles, of course, calls in his friend Alex Delaware. Alex has a problem - he has treated a young girl whose mother became one of Mate's "travelers" - and he suspects the girl's father may have something to do with Mate's death. But, Miles has no shortage of suspects other than the girl's dad - Mate's suspicious son, a society cohort, and his shady lawyer all come under the detective's eye. The ultimate who-dunit, however, leaves the reader waiting until the very end. Other story lines tie in at this point, with somewhat more unbelievable results. This isn't Kellerman's best book, but it is an enjoyable afternoon read.
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Summary: What if Kevorkian got his Comeuppance?
Review: Dr. Death is the intriguing mystery about a fictional euthanasia enthusiast--ala the real-life Dr. Kevorkian--who winds up brutally and ritualistically murdered. Who had motive to do such a thing? Plenty. But who could butcher the man in such a gruesome and staged way? Not too many. It's clear from the crime scene gore that the murderer had "issues." Therefore, Kellerman's main character, Dr. Alex Delaware--a practicing child psychologist--is invited by his LAPD homicide detective pal, Milo Sturgis, to assist in solving the bizarre case. The logical place to start is by looking at the survivors of Dr. Death's willing victims--"travelers," as he calls them. Some family members may not agree that mercy killing was the right way to end their loved one's suffering. Delaware develops some good leads and is narrowing the chase to a few of his own patients when a curveball is thrown into the mix. An FBI profiler--agent Fusco--who has been tracking a serial killer for years, contacts Delaware with the news that Dr. Death's demise was curiously similar to his quarry's modus operandi. But Fusco is not who he appears to be. Suddenly the plot thickens. Kellerman is a talented writer. His descriptions are rich and interesting. His knowledge of psychology is easily apparent. This book is one in a series, and was the first of his I've read; but unlike many series, the reader can jump in at any time, as I did, and enjoy the book no less. It stands alone just fine. Although it starts out slowly and never generates the can't-put-it-down level of excitement, Dr. Death is a good choice for all mystery readers, and especially those who enjoy the in-depth study of psychology, and matching wits with a clever writer. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: This was my first Kellerman novel. The book started off well, and kept me interested, but waned badly in the end. Too many subplots left unresolved. The ending was anticlimactic and unresolved. Perhaps future novels will tie the lose strings together, but this novel did not leave me with the desire to continue with the seris.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: This was my first Kellerman novel. I thought it was well written, and enjoyed it until the end. What a disappointment. Very anticlimatic and left too many subplots unresolved. Perhaps these will be tied together in future novels, but it did not leave me with the urge to read any continuing novels.
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Summary: Not the best
Review: This isn't the caliber of book one hopes Kellerman would write.
The characters tend to blend together, and despite 436 pages in which he could have developed some complexity, they are all pretty one-dimensional. Maybe the dad has a trace of goodness in him (wow -- he shows a trace of affection to his children), but most of the book is spent figuring out if someone is "good" or "bad," instead of exploring characters who have a MIX of emotions, motivations, and actions.
Kellerman, or his editor, thankfully did a little bit of research on California, so the book is missing the blatant bloopers, and some of the tediousness, of Monster.
The exact circumstances of Joanne's death come as a bit of a deus ex machina, and the actions of Mate's killer are inconsistent. (I'd elaborate but that would be a spoiler.)
The previous reviews indicating that several characters in this book seem fixated on the idea of weight gain as an obvious symptom of mental illness and something definitely repulsive are accurate. Yet, keep in mind that Joanne was a 5'2" woman who started at 110# and gained roughly 100#. Two hundred pounds at 5'2" is presumably more dangerous than 200# at 5'9".
I don't see this book as advancing the stories or characters of either Alex or Milo. You might pick this book up at the drugstore if you're looking forward to a wait of several hours somewhere (as I did), but it's NOT a book you should run out and buy.
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Summary: Here we go again... But the recepie works, so why not?
Review: Dr Alex Delaware has become a companion of mine over the last ten years, almost. I started with The Devil's Waltz and worked my way backwards while at the same time reading the new ones as they came out. Early in the series, a lot happened to Alex's personal life but now he has pretty much settled down with his girlfriend, house, and dog. What first looks to be the main story of the book is the murder of "Dr Death": you can read this on the cover so it's no spoiler if I say so. But, as often with the Delaware novels, a parallel story appears and takes over more and more of the space. In this case, the story of a former patient of Alex's who had a connection to the murdered doctor/killer. The story follows roads as twisted as the Mulholland Drive, but still follows a logical path and manages to come up with a fairly surprising ending. A side note is that Billy Straight, from the non-Alex Delaware novel a few years ago, comes back on the circumference. This is also the first Delaware novel that I read after visiting Los Angeles for the first time. It's not until now that I realize how good the description of the city really is!
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