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Title: A Cold Heart: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0-345-45255-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (41 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I Miss Spike!!!
Comment: I always enjoy reading an Alex Delaware book but the author made a huge mistake breaking Alex and Robin up (I thought that even with all their trials and tribulations they were much better together than this new relationship) If he had to get rid of Robin, at least let Alex have partial custody of Spike!!! He was one of the main reasons I was so fond of these books. His descriptions of his comical French bulldog face and personality were wonderful. I loved Spike and Milo's love/hate relationship.
Aside from that, I liked the book - good story line that held my interest right til the end.
Rating: 5
Summary: In a series, comparisons are misleading
Comment: This is an excellent Alex Delaware novel. It has pathos, the breakup of the lovely, artistic Robin and Dr. D; it has confusuion in new loves, for both, it has great dialogue between the angry Petra and the new Eric; it has just the hint of things to come without readers being able to say "I knew it!"; and of course it has 'murder most foul' and not one and not two and not three but four reasonable perps.
When we have a series that has withstood the test of time, Crais' Elvis and Joe, Parker's Spenser and Hawk come to mind, there's bound to be an occasional letdown. Some authors like Lehane merely stop, saying, inter alia, "I don't want to do these folks anymore." (I kind of miss Patrick and Angie.)
But we as readers can't have it both ways. The alternative to us knowing every nuance of the protagonist(s) (this is #17 for Alex and Milo) is cessation. I don't want that; I'll take the once-in-awhile predictable storyline.
This isn't it. Someone is killing the artists, blues musicians, dancers, potters, painters, and the only clue in a limited field is that the victims appear to have won it all, lost it all, and are making a comeback.
Great dialogue, nice characters, good dose of unpredictability. Highly recommended. Five stars. Larry Scantlebury
Rating: 3
Summary: It's an okay read for the series.
Comment: I've been following the Delaware series for a while now, and while I don't think A Cold Heart measures up to The Murder Book, I think it was an okay read. Kellerman incorporates other characters into the series, such as Petra Connor. This has been a long time coming. As much as I enjoy reading about Milo, as he is a favorite of mine, I liked switching it up a little. I also liked how he kept Rick Silverman around with some dialogue too. After The Murder Book, I'd hate to see him fade into the background as he has for so many novels previous.
I also like the fact that Robin's out. Hopefully for good. Allison just seems like a better fit, somehow.
One thing I have noticed, as it seems the rest of you have as well, that Kellerman is repetative in his character descriptions. But I think he's trying to stop. Notice that Milo didn't "Run his hand over his face as though washing without water"? He did rub his face once in A Cold Heart, but the 'washing without water' bit wasn't there. The fact I even noticed tells me Kellerman's used the sentence much too often, but I've noticed it's been gone in the later novels.
I still remain a fan, and A Cold Heart isn't a horrible book. In fact, I found my attention easily kept throughout the whole novel. If you're a fan of the series, read it. My favorite still remains the Murder Book, but A Cold Heart is pretty enjoyable.
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Title: Naked Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0399150439 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Big Bad Wolf: A Novel by James Patterson ISBN: 0316602906 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 17 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Blow Fly: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0399150897 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 13 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345452577 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Street Dreams by Faye Kellerman ISBN: 0446531316 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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