Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22) | Jonathan Kellerman

Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22) | Jonathan Kellerman | Middle of the Road for me.

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	Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22) Jonathan Kellerman Ballantine Books, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 73 reviews view larger image
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Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman?s brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern Sherlock Holmes of the psyche, Dr. Alex Delaware.

A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology are linked only by the killer?s use of luxury vehicles and a baffling lack of motive. The ultimate whodunits, these crimes demand the attention of LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and his collaborator on the crime beat, psychologist Alex Delaware.

What begins with a solitary bloodstain in a stolen sedan quickly spirals outward in odd and unexpected directions, leading Delaware and Sturgis from the well-heeled center of L.A. society to its desperate edges; across the paths of commodities brokers and transvestite hookers; and as far away as New York City, where the search thaws out a long-cold case and exposes a grotesque homicidal crusade. The killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification, leaving behind dazed witnesses and death?and compelling Alex and Milo to confront the true face of murderous madness.

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Very good read...

Compulsion does follow along the same lines as all the Alex Delaware novels but, that's why we enjoy reading them right? I thought the book had a great flow that really kept me reading into the wee hours of the night. I think it had a good twist at the end, and really enjoy Milo's character, I think he gets better in every book.

Middle of the Road for me.

To me a Alex Deleware novel is usually a big treat. His writing is crisp and
the dialog is sharp as usual. However, for some reason this book is
merely middle of the road neither exceptionally good or dismally bad.
Somewhere or some how something is just missing. Maybe he (Kellerman)
needs to take a break from Deleware or do like Sandford and start another
character in the same vein. Kellerman has long been an excellent author and
I will continue to buy his books but maybe just in paperback.

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Weak

I thought the plot was weak and plodding. This was my first Delaware book and I found him puzzling. I mean, he kinda just hangs around with this detective, like a dilettante. Meanwhile, the plot lacked intensity. The whole book was mostly Delaware and Milo talking to this person then this person then this person then that person.....and finally they catch the bad guy. Very little action. I found the plot barely believeable. The characters were interesting and the writing was crisp, but when I got to the end of the book I wondered why I bothered reading it.

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