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Summary: Complicated thriller that unravels at the end.
Review: I have always liked Dr. Alex Delaware. He is a sensitive and compassionate psychologist and amateur detective. Delaware's back, helping Detective Milo Sturgis solve the grisly murder of "Dr. Death," whose real name is Eldon Mate. Mate is an assisted-suicide doc who specializes in hastenening people to their final journey. Wo killed and mutilated Mate? The list of suspects mounts throughout the book. Is the murderer a relative of one of Dr. Death's victims? Or the murdererer the son of the deceased, angry at Dad for rejecting him? To make things more complicated, Sturgis and Delaware find out that there is another Dr. Death around. This person also has an M. D.; he is a man who enjoys killing people even though they are not necessarily ready to die. There is a possiblity that this other Dr. Death knew Eldon Mate. What was their relationship? The problem with this novel is that it is overstuffed with too many characters and too many plot lines. Delaware floats through the book interviewing suspects, trying to put two and two together, and the ending turns out to be more than a little bizarre. Too bad, because some of the characters are interesting and well-drawn. Others are just cardboard cut-outs, thrown into the mix to thicken the plot. "Dr. Death" is so-so as a suspense novel. It starts out better than it ends.
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Summary: Delaware Is Still Ticking...'Dr. Death' is a riveting treat
Review: Fans of Patricia Cornwell we're forced to stand back and shake their heads in sorrow as their beloved Kay Scarpetta became irrettrievably lost in a mire of plot killing self absorbtion and paranoia. With 'Dr. Death', Jonathan Kellerman makes it clear that his fans won't have to suffer a similar fate. This is a series that refuses to lose it's edge and momentum. Each entry is a stand-alone, tautly executed exercise in probing the darkest realms of the human psyche, capable of absorbing readers unfamiliar with the previous adventures of Dr. Delaware and Det. Milo Sturgis. Kellerman's talents previal; razor-sharp dialouge, vivid and precise characterization, and the ability to paint setting with only a scant number of finely honed sentences. 'Dr. Death' has thrills, but they come in equal proportion with motivation and insight, so the reader doesn't end up feeling guilty for enjoying them when they fly out from the page in all their gory splendor. Kellerman continues to be the master of the genre, as each of his new novels tackles a different set of psycho-pathologies with riveting narrative and page-turning suspense.
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Summary: ALEX AND MILO ARE BACK!
Review: I believe that "Dr. Death" was one of Jonathan Kellerman's best novels that he has ever written. Alex and Milo are such great characters, they make such a great team, although I can't understand why Kellerman made Milo like men. Alex and Milo are on the case of "Dr. Death," aka Dr. Eldon Mate. Dr. Mate helped over fifty, sick or depressed people end their lives with various methods of death, including euthuansia, and drug induced methods . Dr. Mate is found brutally murdered in the back of his van, with some of his body parts hacked off. It is very difficult for Alex and Milo to narrow down a suspect because there are over fifty families that could hold a grudge. They start investigating Richard, a long time aquatinence of Alex's. Richard's wife, Joanna, was thought to have been Dr. Mate's latest victim, and Richard was very angry. Unfortunately for Alex, he gets stuck to counsel Richard's son and daughter because of there problems at home and with their mother. Who killed the famous Dr. Death? Was it Richard or his family? Was it another one of the 49 families? Or was it someone else, someone with a sick obsession of Dr. Death, who was jealous of him? I guarantee you, if you're a Kellerman fan, than you'll fullfilling enjoy "Dr. Death." Brad Stonecipher
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Summary: NOT HIS BEST!
Review: Dr. Eldon Mate, better known as Dr. Death, helps with the aid of killing terminally ill people, but when he is found butchered in his DEATH van, Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware are called onto the case to find out who killed the killer. As Delaware and Sturgis begin looking into the dark corners of the late Dr. Death's life they find any number of suspects...from relatives of those he killed, to his own family members. "Dr. Death" is a disappointment from this bestselling author; the novel has too many characters, and drags on SLOWLY in too many spots. Fans of the previous novels in this series will be bored with this new book. Jonathan Kellerman has been the leading practioner of the pyschological thriller, but with his last few novels he is losing steam...his novels are no longer the page-turners they once were, instead they are slowly paced character studies with some suspense thrown in. Nick Gonnella
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Summary: Dr. Death Meets Dr. Delaware
Review: This latest offering from Jonathan Kellerman finds both Milo and Dr. Alex Delaware working together to find, pay attention now, the killer of a killer. It's a great device and along the way we learn a lot of psychology, and get to read wonderful dialogue. It's a satisfying, quick read and will please Kellerman fans and new readers alike.
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Summary: My introduction to this author
Review: Having had Jonathan Kellerman recommended highly to me, I gave him a try with this book. Without reviewing the plot, I'll admit it moves quickly, despite extraneous information on virtually every page. I could have done without Dr. Delaware's sexual unions with his wife, for example, and without his detailed word maps of Los Angeles streets. These are minor flaws. The major flaw is that there is not one single character here that a reader can like or find entertaining. The victim, the cops, Dr. Delaware himself, the young woman Dr. Delaware is counseling, her nasty brother, her nasty father, etc. The novel left a rather bitter aftertaste, as if I had eaten something that was on the verge of being spoiled and vaguely poisonous. Would I read another by Kellerman? Perhaps--just to see if this is the norm or if Dr. Mate's death (see matar in a Spanish dictionary) brought out the worst in people.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Dr. Death by Johathan Kellerman was a tremendous disappointment for me. It is the last Kellelrman I will read and I am just thankful I did not purchase the book. I am really tired of his distortion of Los Angeles...some of the simpler folks that read his books might take the info as fact when it is not. I think he should be ashamed of himsefl, but he sells so I guess thats not a possibility, too bad. I am downtown most every weekend enjoying the music center, the new Cathedral, extending out to the beaches and the valleys.
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Summary: The Further Adventures of Alex the Android
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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