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Title: The Devil's Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0-553-56352-1 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Careful -- you'll be hooked and he's written a lot more !!!
Comment: This is a chilling mystery (the twist - the protagonist is a child psychologist) about parents suspected of harming their baby. It is a completely engrossing book -- I started to read it at a world-class resort in Hawaii, and I saw very little of the resort! After finishing Devil's Waltz, I read most of the other books in the series (there are quite a few) and I already have "EYES" looking for his next one!
It is brilliant to have the main character be someone OTHER than a cop or a jaded P.I.!! Having now read most of the books in the series, I am delighted by the development of all the leading characters across the years of the series. This book, I think, is still my favorite, though.
Kellerman is really skillful at maintaining continuity and evolving their personalities at the same time. I strongly suggest reading the whole series. I hope Mr. Kellerman never tires of Alex Delaware (the psychologist).
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting and Exciting
Comment: Starting with the first Alex Delaware novel "When the Bough Breaks", I have read all of his thrillers in chronological order, enjoying the Delaware character development as well as the individual stories (the same applies to Stephen White's equally brilliant Alan Gregory books, by the way).
I still consider "Devil's Waltz" to be the best effort in a very good series of novels - believeable characters, interesting storylines and lots of mystery are always guaranteed when starting a Kellerman novel, but "Devil's Waltz" is the one I remember as especially tight and exciting. This book about damage inflicted on a helpless child and layer after layer of secrets within an L.A. hospital will keep you guessing right up to the final pages and is absolutely flawless.
Rating: 1
Summary: WHAT AM I MISSING?
Comment: This is my first Alex Delaware novel and I don't understand why Kellerman has such a following. While I found the premise of the story, Munchausen by proxy, interesting, I was frustrated by the overwriting. Take a hundred and fifty pages from this book and you still have the same story.
There is too much unnecessary detail. Conversations go on and on and on to no end.
Kellerman seems to have a need to force every social issue into his story regardless of whether it is part of the story or not.
Does he always write like this or did I just pick the wrong book to test the waters?
I did not find the book thrilling,suspensful or mysterious. Just tedious.
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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: Self-Defense by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345458834 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Time Bomb by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345460693 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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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: Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345460685 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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