SUPERIOR!

Next to Dr. Death, I'd have to say this one was one of my favorite novels.....

This was the best of novels. Lotsa twist and turns and thrills.

Loved it to death and would reccomend it forever everything.

At Last! Kellerman redeems himself

I have been a huge fan of Jonathan Kellerman's Delaware books every since When the Bough Breaks in 1985. Over the past years however, Mr. Kellerman has seemed to be steadily burning out. This was obvious when he introduced Petra Connor as his other series. The Connor books never held my attention much however, and I kept hoping he would do justice to the Alex Delaware series rather than letting them fade away.

Hurrah! Rage is Kellerman in top form. His writing is tight and twisty, his dialogue profound and I was every bit as satisfied as in the old days. He left Rage on somewhat of a T.B.C., and I am taking that as a good sign that he will pick it up where he left off. It could continue very well from that perspective.

A note to another reviewer however: M.S. Butch, I DESPISE haughty Allison with her Jaguar and her Jimmy Choos. Robin is much more quirky and loveable, and funnily enough, I begged Kellerman to Please get rid of Allison in my last review. However I think it would be very interesting if Alex Delaware were without a girlfriend for a while. That would open up a whole new world for old Alex, don't you think? There have been precious few sex scenes in his Delaware books lately.

To end the review, I really loved this book, and hope I don't have to wait out another Petra to get to the next Delaware!

Slow start, but a great finish

Two-year old Kristal Malloy was kidnapped from a mall and murdered. Two teenagers were caught on the security tape and convicted. Alex Delaware is asked to do a psychological evaluation on the teenagers. It is now eight-years later and the now twenty-one year old Rand Duchy calls Alex after he is released from the detention center. Alex nver has the chance to discover what Rand really wanted to see him about. As Alex and Milo look into Rand's murder, they reinvestigate Kristal's murder. Eight years ago the case was a straight forward kidnapping/murder, but upon reinvestigation, motivations are much more complex and ugly than they seemed.

To be perfectly honest it took me a long time to get into this book. I found the set-up of the story to be slow and boring. I'm not sure if is because I had trouble connecting to any of the characters or because of the way the book is plotted. Luckily the second half of the book made up for the slow first half. I would not say one of Kellerman's best works, but the second half of the book is very compelling.