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Title: The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0-345-41390-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (80 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Continues to Excell
Comment: Jonathan Kellerman continues to crank out novels that are considered on the top rung when it comes to deeply-layered, well-constructed psychological thrillers.
In MURDER BOOK he educates us about detective Milo Sturgis, the best friend of Alex Delaware. It's like finally getting to know the "second fiddle" and discovering he's a Stradivarius, capable of making music every bit as melodious and captivating as "first chair" Delaware.
Kellerman takes us back to Milo's early years on the force when he was struggling with his sexuality. He was partnered with a crass, lazy, chemically dependent detective who appeared to not care about his job and left Milo to do the scut work. The vehicle Kellerman uses to return to Milo's past is a murder book of unsolved crimes including the rape and murder of 6 y.o. Janice Ingalls.
The bulk of the story is Milo's recollection of the crime and tracking down clues, interviewing witnesses and getting their perceptions of the past. Milo and Alex work at solving the crime and in the process uncover the past of some very important people including the current Chief of Police.
By revealing the personal histories of the characters who populate his novels, Kellerman gives his characters depth and personality making his stories realistic and entertaining. By learning about each character, Kellerman's thrillers are developing the quality of a series, carrying over threads of interest from one novel to the next. Add THE MURDER BOOK to the mosaic of inventive, well-written novels by one of the best. It is Highly Recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Jonathan's best!
Comment: It begins when Alex recieves something odd in the mail. When he opens it, he finds a elaborate album filled with qrotesque pictures taken at various crime scence's, a terrible scrapbook neatly entitled THE MURDER BOOK.
Alex immediately calls Milo, who is puzzled at first until he notices one of the pictures are familar. A young woman who was brutally tortured and dumped in muddy ditch by a freeway.
It was the eighth case Milo had worked on as a rookie detective, with his first partner, Pierce Schwinn. It had been a difficult case, but just as they had began to work it out, he and Pierce were taken off, because Pierce had upset some very important people in the precinct.
Now years later, someone wants to bring up the past. As Alex and Milo try to figure out who killed the girl years ago, they find that there might be more to it than one single murder.
THE MURDER BOOK was a great read. In this novel, Kellerman took a diffrent twist, and gave some of the book from Milo's point-of-view. It was interesting to see what really went on inside Milo's head. And how he really feels about Alex sometimes. Anyway, you really need to pick this book up. It's a great treat.
Rating: 5
Summary: Page Turner, TERRIFIC plotted whodoneit
Comment: I sat up all night and read this one in a single 'sitting'. Could not put it down. Very well written. I am new to Mr. Kellerman's work, and have also read Cold Heart which I read in two sittings (had work to do -- smile), and am buying more of his work. As good as the Raymond Chandler and P.D. James books for sure. Enjoy!
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Title: A Cold Heart: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345452550 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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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: Private Eyes by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345460707 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 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: 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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