Special review: True Detectives from April 2009

In Jonathan Kellerman's True Detectives,  a spinoff from the Alex Delaware mystery series, this story focused on two brothers who weren't cut from the same cloth--Moses Reed, a LAPD detective, and Aaron Fox, a former cop turned PI--and both shared a troubled family history in the line of law enforcement. But the two of them come together to work on a most disturbing cold case of Caitlin Frostig, who disappeared years ago. With the help of Milo and Alex, Moses and Aaron would crack open this case of this straight-A student's life with two men in her life and would go into the darkest crevices of the sultry glamorous Hollywood culture with many shadowy secrets and an array of sinister characters. Before someone else became a lost soul, they would get down to the root of this problem and solve this case.

This was something different from the Alex Delaware series, since they took a back seat to this mystery. I loved the California connection as well, when it focused on Aaron and Moses for a change. I did feel bad for them and for Caitlin's family, when they didn't get any solid answers back then. I loved how they worked with Alex and Milo to crack this case and get it solved, one way or another.  I cared about the characters and how they worked together to come to the same conclusion. Great drama with a twist, nice suspense, and fantastic action to turn that cold case to warm.

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Special Review: When the Bough Breaks from July 2008

In Jonathan Kellerman's stellar Alex Delaware mystery series debut, When the Bough Breaks, we were introduced to Alex Delaware, a burned out psychologist. For his first case as a police consultant, it became the toughest one of them yet. When Dr. Morton Handler was killed in his own home, Alex learned what kind of psychologist he was--the devious and sick kind--when he paid for his sins. With no leads, they  had one potential witness, a seven-year-old girl named Melody Quinn. It was up for Alex to unlock the mystery behind the murder in her mind. As more sinister dark shadows took shape in her mind, Alex discovered it touched on the similar incident in his past. Later on, they discovered how this shocking connection was only the beginning and linked to a 40-year-old conspiracy and the growing evil behind it. For Alex, he needed to expose it before it claimed poor Melody Quinn.

This was a fantastic Alex Delaware mystery series debut. I loved Alex's role as a police consultant for the police as a psychologist. From the start, we do get to care about him as a whole and learn more about his personal life. I did feel for poor Melody Quinn, when someone wanted to harm her. That was insane to me. I loved the California backdrop of Los Angeles. I thought Milo Sturgis was an excellent hands-on detective to work with Alex. Great suspense, terrific writing, and a compeling storyline.

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Victims

In the 27th installment, Alex Delaware was on the scene in the most toughest and grossest murder mystery yet. In Victims, it all started with the one female victim and had escalated from there. From one crime scene to another, we watched how Alex and Milo were perplexed on who committed the crimes and who left the question marks on the crime scenes. They had a lot of guesswork there, too, when we discovered who was behind the madness and how they stopped him. They worked their way backwards to the history and a minor connection to Alex's psychology days. They would uncover his backstory and what made this unsub your unlikely and unusual suspect and who was his accomplice. This one was enthralling and shocking at once. Don't eat before you read this.

This was another great Alex Delaware mystery. This had a nice angle to Alex's psychology past to use in the plotline. I continued to love how Alex worked with the LAPD with Milo. This was another disturbing and complex mystery for them to solve. I continued to love the Los Angeles locale as well.  I didn't like how the killer killed his victims, either. Great intense action, a terrific suspenseful dramatic twist to this compelling mystery.

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Bad Love

If you love the earlier classic Alex Delaware novels, this one is another good mystery from Jonathan Kellerman. It started with a child's voice on a tape, mentioning about "Bad Love." That sent Alex on a journey all over California, searching for answers, while he worked on another deposition for another case, when it got heated up. We watched when Alex discovered the connection between the symposium and the murders that happened over the years. And then he realized his life was endangered as  one of the last targets, when someone came after him and Robin. We were on for a wild ride, when they connected the dots in a strange line of "suspicious deaths", which it wasn't as it appeared. And it was even more stranger that it looked with a wicked twist at the end.

This was a wacky and wild classic early Alex Delaware mystery. This one had a mysterious backdrop on someone seeking revenge on past psychologists. I continue to love how Alex interacted with Milo and with the police. I liked his relationship with Robin and her love for guitars.  I didn't care for much as how they were killed, which was pretty much disturbing to me. It sent me the chills. The California backdrop from Los Angeles and all the way down to San Francisco was pretty much amazing in my book. Great drama, intense action, and plenty good stuff for a good mystery to read.

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Gone

This is another great Alex Delaware mystery by Jonathan Kellerman. In Gone,  when two drama students turned up missing, it ended up as a hoax. When they later do turn up missing, it was up to Alex and the police to pick up the pieces of their lives, with an eclectic cast of characters, including the Dowds. When other cold cases turned up with missing people, they wondered if it was connected to the same crime or not. Not only that, Alex's relationship with Robin got closer, when they wound up hurt by a disgruntled psychologist.  In the end, they uncovered a shocking discovery of where the missing went, and why. This would keep you really guessing to the end.

This was another excellent Alex Delaware mystery. This storyline was captivating and compelling at the same time. This would make you gasp and sigh at every twisted turn. I liked how Alex worked with Milo and had gotten closer to Robin. The Dowds were a bit creepy and suspicious in my opinion. I hated it, when they tried to target Alex's dog. I loved the California backdrop and how it played out everywhere. Great drama, tons of suspense, and a gripping storyline to keep you up all night.

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Deception

In the 25th installment of the Alex Delaware mystery series, Deception dealt with the death of Elise Freeman, a prep school teacher, who was tortured and killed by her tormentors. It was up to Alex and Milo to discover what remained behind closed doors of the well-esteemed prep school. They later learned her killers were also killers at the same school, too. While the school close ranked against the scandal, they unearthed some rather disturbing and shocking dirty secrets. When they were ready to apprehend her killers, they might step into the halls of a booby-trapped death trap in the school.  There were many twists and turns to take you on a wild ride. This is another fine page-turner for sure. You'll love it.

This was another compelling mystery to read. Of course, the crime scenes of this murder was a bit gruesome in nature as well. I continued to root for Alex and Milo as they face the head of danger dead on. I liked the idea of how a prep school become the backdrop, while the California location was an ideal spot to place the series. I did become worried about Alex and Milo in the school. This had plenty of twists and turns to keep reading  right to the end. Plenty of intrigue and action to balance the mystery out, too.

Don't be deceived. Take a change by checking this out today!

Evidence

In the 24th installment of the Alex Delaware series in Jonathan Kellerman's Evidence,  Alex and Milo had gotten themselves caught up in another difficult case. When a watchman came across a brutally slain couple in a compromising embrace, they were both caught up in the  grisly crime scene at an unfinished mega-home owned by an Islamic prince. While they were able to identify the eco-inclined architect who had the power to seduce woman, while his female companion remained a mystery and unidentified. They believed this murder was personal with political charged scandals and a cold case of an European woman's disappearance from years ago. The bigger they dug themselves into the truth, the more in peril they find themselves with a growing list of suspects and the direction spiraling towards them into the killer's path.

This was another riveting Alex Delaware mystery.  This one had some gruesome parts that might make you a bit nauseating to your stomach. I continue to love the  California backdrop for the series. I cared about Alex and his relationship to Robin as I did for Milo and Rick as well. I loved how Milo and Alex took on a disturbing case to compare it to an unsolved one. This one was gripping from the first page and right to the end.  Good strong mystery, good intrigue and plenty of dramatic action to keep you reading all day long.

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