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Main Character as Doorstop

Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman

July 8, 2024 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

Alex Delaware is a child psychiatrist who helps the police–particularly Milo Sturgis, homicide detective–solve crimes. Evidence, however, does not feature any children. It also doesn’t really feature Alex Delaware. The whole book is Delaware tagging along with Sturgis, while Sturgis interviews suspects and picks apart the crime. Seriously, Delaware has a mere handful of dialogue and contributes virtually nothing to the plot. This might have well been in third person for all the first person insight we get. It’s unclear why Delaware is brought in at all. […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Jonathan Kellerman

esmemoria's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Jonathan Kellerman ·
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Serviceable mystery requiring some suspension of disbelief

Rage by Jonathan Kellerman

December 11, 2022 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Years ago I read a Faye Kellerman novel and hated it, which colored my expectations for this one (the two are married and both Faye and Jonathan write detective fiction). Despite my misgivings, this one was sitting on my shelf when I was looking for a Los Angeles setting, so into my reading rotation it went! (We had a fall trip to LA planned and I like to match my reading to the destination to build anticipation). Verdict: this was a serviceable mystery that had […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Jonathan Kellerman, rage

Wanderlustful's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Jonathan Kellerman, rage ·
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This wig is made for murder

July 21, 2015 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: I received this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Murderer’s Daughter (3.5 stars) is an enjoyable, well-plotted thriller fronted by an intelligent protagonist named Grace Blades. It’s structured so that we learn about her backstory concurrently while she’s solving a murder and, in fact, protecting herself, since she is connected to the victim. Grace, we learn, was born into a dirt-poor, abusive family, and one of her parents ends up murdering the other. Grace is bounced around in foster care […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Jonathan Kellerman

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:78 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Jonathan Kellerman ·
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