About this title: Kellerman's #1 "New York Times"-bestselling adventures of psychologist Alex Delaware and police detective Milo Sturgis continue as the duo pursues the skeletal trail of a bizarre killer. Now in a tall Premium Edition.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 10/2008
ISBN-13:9780345495136ISBN:0345495136
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 353 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m...02305189 _ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Very Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m...02609057 _ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Very Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m...02305153 _ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Very Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m...02305188 _ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-13:9780345495174ISBN:0345495179
Description: Good. 0345495179 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m...02305162 _ read more
"The mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in a protected marsh area in Los Angeles. Veteran LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis is called in to assist a rookie Detective by the name of Moses Reed. Naturally Milo brings his friend, psychologist Alex Delaware, along for the ride. A few more bodies are uncovered and there are hints that a prominent local family might be involved in the grizzly deaths.I stopped reading this series somewhere around book 9 or 10 due to their repetitive nature. And I chose this one from my local library's meagre selection of audio books on the grounds that ...well...it's a meagre selection of audio books. So I'm admitting up front that I was undoubtedly going to struggle to love this book, although I am ever the optimist. Sadly I found the story dull and lacking credibility and it's another that I'd like to assign the one-word review: meh.
People killing other people for garden variety motives like jealousy or the prospect of a large inheritance isn't enough for Kellerman. If the world was as populated by knife-wielding psychopaths as he'd have us believe I'd never leave the house. Of course this is fiction and it doesn't have to be realistic but I think Kellerman constantly ascribing his murders to the most twisted of people (who of course aren't like 'us') allows him to avoid exploring an actual human emotion within the context of his stories.
The plot is equally uninspiring. It's convoluted (I'm convinced that he added one of the evil doers at the end and then inserted them randomly in the story already written) and has all the suspense of a tax return. This time there isn't even a fabrication of a reason why child psychologist Alex Delaware is involved in the case. In the earlier books there was at least be a pretence of a reason: a client of Alex's or the relative of one would be involved or the case would somehow relate to the mistreatment of children for example, but here it just seemed to be universally accepted that a private sector psychologist would be involved in every facet of an investigation.
In short the book was formulaic, the characters stereotypical and the brand-name laden writing was plodding. Kellerman can do much better, in a standalone novel called The Butcher's Theatre he tells a gripping tale and tackles some weighty political and social issues in the Jerusalem setting even though it too features a serial killer, but perhaps he lacks the incentive now that he's a brand name all of his own."
"It's been a while since I've read a book by Jonathan Kellerman, and I've forgotten how much I like this author.
This is another Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis book, and the interplay between these two men is fascinating, as always. I can't help but like the two of them, as they work together to solve serial killer crimes.
Although the ending of this book was not particularly unexpected, how the finale was accomplished was quite exciting, and I could NOT put the book down until I had completed it.
"This was standard Jonathan Kellerman, and quite honestly that is why I gave it a three instead of a four. It is exactly like everyone of his other books, where I find myself daydreaming in the middle of the book and then finding myself stopping and saying, "Wait, who are they talking about??" This isn't to say I didn't like it, it just wasn't anything special.
A phone call comes into a volunteer at a marsh that tips off that there is a body buried in the marshland. When this body is uncovered, more bodies are discovered and Alex and Milo are on the case again, but now with a rookie detective named Moses. Good, but not great, mystery."
"Crafting a plot isn't easy, and some authors--even some of the very good ones--occasionally stretch credibility by having characters do things that are out of character.
That doesn't happen with Jonathan Kellerman. In Bones, as in all his books, the people are, for the most part, as real and consistent as those we see on the street every day. It's evident from the way he develops motivation and relationships that Kellerman is as good a psychologist as he is a writer. I would no more miss an installment of the Delaware/Sturgis series than I would skip a chance for a visit with an old friend who's a great story teller."
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