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Title: Over the Edge: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0-451-20600-2 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good detective story - but too much technical shrink stuff
Comment: This is the third in Jonathan Kellerman's series of detective novels featuring psychologist Alex Delaware. So far, this has been a great series, and this book is no exception. I just wish that Mr. Kellerman hadn't gone into so much detail about the psychological information he presents in his book - that put me to sleep REAL fast.
This story's been done before - but never quite in this way. The plot was totally believable, although the character of Souza the lawyer wasn't - he seemed to be too pompous to be true. But Delaware does ring very true, as does his policeman buddy, Milo Sturgis.
I know that a new Alex Delaware novel has just come out - I look forward to reading it, but I prefer to read series in order, so I don't miss anything. I just hope that Kellerman de-emphasizes the research in the rest of his books. I grant that it's important, but he should know when enough is enough.
Rating: 4
Summary: Best Delaware Story So Far
Comment: Having also read THE BUTCHER's THEATER, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, and BLOOD TEST, this book has only encouraged me to read more of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware. Although it moves slowly at first, the story is rich in detail and characters, and the plot develops very intellegently. Milo Sturgis cas become more complicated and more likeable at the same time, although Robin, Alex's girlfriend, seems irrelevant. Everyone other character emerges as a possible suspect, if even only for the reason that they are all psychologically a little OFF. Certain parts read like a psych textbook, that's true, but it's only at a point that research becomes very important in the discovery process of the case. This should only seem fascinating if you've been paying attention, and if you are, you might be able to figure it out only a step ahead of Dr. Delaware, whou doesn't actually get it all until the end, anyway. Altogethor, I thought this was a terrific advancement of the series, and I can't wait to read SILENT PARTNER.
Rating: 4
Summary: A frantic psychological whodunit.
Comment: When Dr. Alex Delaware is woken up in the middle of the night by an incoherent, frantic call from a former patient, he suspects that not all is well with the world. Things take a decided turn for the worse when said patient is found in the midst of a bloody murder scene, what appears to be one of a long series of sexually-motivated murders. Thrown into the middle of the fray by his desire to find the truth out about his patient, Dr. Delaware once again must put his experiences as psychologist and a sleuth to the test.
The third of Jonathan Kellerman's Dr. Alex Delaware novels, readers will find a cast of familiar characters amongst the throngs of the new and the suspicous. In addition to the good doctor himself, we also have the return of Detective Milo Sturgis as well as luthier and love interest Robin. The familiar characters are comforting, because the rest of the cast of characters are a frantic mess of psychological problems which leaves the reader dizzy.
I found the pacing and the character development in this book to be odd, and somewhat off. It's nothing that I can really quantify, but something didn't feel quite right throughout the work. That being said, Kellerman has once again produces a psychological thriller that is compelling and leaves a couple of bits of mystery left until the end, even for those who can unravel the threads of the tale before the denouement.
Definitely worth reading if this is your genre, though I still find Kellerman's first Alex Delaware novel (When the Bough Breaks) to be my favorite in the series thus far.
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Title: Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0553569635 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0553569619 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 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: Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345460685 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Self-Defense by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345458834 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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