Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: The Clinic indeed Review: Once again Jonathan Kellerman delivers another fantastic thriller. The storyline was edgey, intense, and overall enjoyable. I look forward to reading Survival of the Fittest.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Captivating read! Review: The "'Clinic" was the first novel I read by Jonathan Kellerman, but it won't be the last! I thought the Clinic was a fun read. Alex & Milo team up to solve the murder of the brilliant professor/author Hope Devane. The book unravels the real life of Hope Devane, and reveals a private life far removed from her public image. In unraveling Hope's 'private life', it takes us through twists and turns, many possible suspects, to reveal her killer. A fun, fast paced read. I really enjoyed it.
Rating: ![3 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-3-0.gif) Summary: Disappointing end to a well started book. Review: The book sarted well and had a very good plot and riveting pace. But at about the mid-point of the story Kellerman became too caught up in the possibilities and his attempts at twisting and turning the plot became uninteresting and tedious, in the end I was struggling to finish it. The ending is very frustrating because it is not as exciting as the synopsis on the indicated. This being the first (and probably last) Kellerman book I have read I cannot compare it to his others but I hope this is one of is worse efforts.
Rating: ![3 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-3-0.gif) Summary: Not enough action Review: The book starts with murder of of psychologist/talkshow host/author/college professor named Hope Devane. The murder is already old news and the original investigators lost interest. Enter Milos Sturgis and Alex Delaware. Milos and Alex explore different angles ranging from Hope's controversial talk show to her book to a university disiplinary committee she worked on. As the plot moves ahead, two other murders are tied to Hope's and we have connections to a seedy lady's clinic. Some of the biggest clues to solving this case come from Hope's long forgotten childhood.The book does have some interesting moments. The harvesting of body parts from unsuspecting victims bein one of those moments. I found very little empathy for Hope or any of the victims of the novel. I found the pace of the book to be excrutiatingly slow. All along I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing exciting ever does. The book also seemed to end leaving a lot of loose ends behind.
Rating: ![1 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-1-0.gif) Summary: Slow and without any suspense Review: The Clinic features Alexander Delaware, who endlessly inverviews victims and possible suspects. Being slow and boring, the Clinic makes great bed-time reading if you normally have a hard time getting to sleep.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Just one question unanswered Review: The Clinic is the first Kellerman book I have read. Just finished it, and am left wondering why Kellerman didn't follow up on the whereabouts of the doctor (Cruvic). Is there no justice for him? Overall, the plot had a steady pace and makes the reader want to know the next link in the chain of evidence/next character's role in the mystery. I look forward to the next Kellerman and would recommend The Clinic as a first-time crime/mystery read.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: A superb reading, but not unflawed. Review: This book is a detective thriller story and this is short of a surprise from a Kellerman who had us accustomed of his psychological thrillers. And I would say it's a superb detective thriller. The core of Kellerman's work is concetrated on how to bind the clues that come up one by one and from twists you never expect of them to come from. The core characters (Milo, Delawear, Robin, Spike) are approached and analysed, but now more weight is given to all the side ones. Kellerman had presented to us with the core characters and now just updates their profile, adding up to the ones presented with this story. Narration is still a ttrademark of Kellerman, putting you there, in the pictures he describes, directly. And intellectualy since we have said that Kellerman is neither easy, nor "digestive" in his ideas, characterisations and narration (has a "brain" touch for the more demanding readers). Putting his story in a real detective frame, brings us the elements of arcs that tie somewhere up, not visible untill he wants to ("When time is right" for the Babylon 5 fans)and his plot in this way becomes steady and flowing with a crescento of escalation a little before the middle and with twists that make it so interesting that you just can't put the book down. But. A few chapters before the end, he presents a clue that has not been backed up previously (as plot) nor heavily justified as an action (afterwards) and this is a kind of dicontinuity in the whole flow of the book. But after that, where you think that all will end at a happy end, he comes back to one of his side characters and finalises his detective story with a twist of juristical elements and contradicting profits, where he becomes cynical at the conclusion of the story (the killer's confession part) and the end is that of a sweet and sour taste. Finally it's a must read book, for both Kellerman and other fans of books of this kind, cause it excells, but watch it our Mr. Kellerman. Such mistakes not expected from you.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: By far, the best of all his books. Review: This book is just great. At last, someone with insight writes about cruelty to women, a sensitive subject. He is not afraid to "teach" the reader about what happens in the real world. As a professional psychologist, as well as a writer, Jonathan Kellerman stands alone in his vision to make the public aware of issues that are many times glanced over and not taken seriously. He does so in an entertaining and fascinating way, however, in the form of a mystery. Not everyone has the skill necessary to entertain and teach at the same time. I eagerly look forward to his next book.
Rating: ![3 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-3-0.gif) Summary: Not his best Review: This book was entertaining (as all his books are) but I miss Alex Delaware's involvement with children. I think those are his best books, not just your run-of-the-mill average murder mystery, there's enough of those out there. I will continue to buy Kellerman books as soon as they come out but I really hope he goes back to what he knows best
Rating: ![1 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-1-0.gif) Summary: Booooooooring Review: This is a boring novel. It's badly written. The less said about it, the better.
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