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Title: Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0-345-41388-1 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (53 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Avid Mystery Reader from LA
Comment: This is one of Kellerman's best books in years. The plot and characters are well crafted; the suspense and plot twists are what loyal Kellerman fans have come to expect of him, but seemed to be missing in some of his books of late. One of the true testimonials of reader loyalty has always been that Kellerman was able to take the protagonist ( Delaware ) and not give the reader any background into him, yet still make him immensely appealing. The best thing about 'Dr. Death' is that Alex Delaware has been finally fleshed out by his creator. We are finally given insight into the character's heritage and motivations. Perhaps Kellerman, as he gets older, is feeling more comfortable with his writing and his character and no longer feels the need for such anonymity. Whatever the reason for the author's revelations, it made the book a far more enjoyable and insightful read. I would heartily recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well plotted and suspenseful
Comment: Dr. Eldon Mate, a self-styled Dr. Death, is found brutally murdered. Alex Delaware immediately thinks of Richard Doss, the father of one of Delaware's former patients. It seems that Dr. Death helped Doss' wife commit suicide and Doss hates Dr. Death. But as Delaware and Milo Sturgis dig further small ireggularities start to emerge. Why was Doss' wife found dead in a motel room while all of Dr. Death's other assisted suicides were found in rental vans? Why didn't Dr. Death step forward and claim responsibility for Doss' wife like he did in all of his other assisted suicides? And finally, who is Fusco, the renegade FBI agent who brings details of yet another killer who may have wanted to usurp Dr. Death?
Like all Jonathan Kellerman novels this one is well-plotted. Mr. Kellerman knows how to parcel out the clues and he does it honestly. When the murderer is finally revealed you can always go back and see just where it makes sense and how the clues really did point to that particular person, even though they didn't seem to at the time. Kellerman is also good at characterization and to me all of his characters ring true, even the minor ones. I think the only quibble anyone might have is how in real life a psychologist really wouldn't be able to get this involved with a police investigation. But hey, this is fiction. If I can believe a little old lady like Miss Marple can solve mysteries I can certainly go along with Mr. Kellerman. All in all, a good book. Head and shoulders above most of the mysteries being cranked out today. I recommend it highly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Dr. Delaware is on the Trail of Dr. Death's Killer
Comment: Dr. Eldon Mate is the angel of mercy in Los Angeles, or was, because he's found dead in the back of the van, where he had assisted in the suicides of so many, hooked up to his own "Humanitron machine." And just so the police don't think he took his own life, the killer mutilated the body.
Once again Detective Milo Sturges enlists the aid of his old friend Dr. Alex Delaware to consult on a murder case and once again the pair become embroiled in a search for a killer. First off, they ask themselves, who might have had it in for the death doc? Perhaps family members of those he'd assisted into the great beyond. Perhaps the son he'd abandoned as a small child.
And to make matters more interesting, Alex is counseling Stacy and Eric Doss, the children of Joanne Doss, one of the death doctor's assisted suicides. Alex is a child psychologist, after all. Will this potential conflict of interest come between Alex and Milo? And did Doctor Death really do in Joanne, or had she been done by her hubby in a copycat killing?
As usual Kellerman had me glued to his words as I eagerly read on, dying to see what the next page had in store for me in this intriguing book that kept the suspense high right up until the surprise twist at the end.
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Title: Monster : A Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345413873 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 034541389X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345458842 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Devil's Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0553563521 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Web (Alex Delaware Series, No. 10) by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 055357227X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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