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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Certainly not one of his best. Didn't Alex finally get rid of that boring, wood-cutting, truck driving wife or girlfriend of his?  ckavich | Aug 28, 2009 |  Ahhhh, the familiarity of characters in a series. I like Alex and Milo very much, even after reading all 23 of the books in this series. Sure, there is some predictability, but the story is always a good one. I particularly like the books with troubled youth in them, and this is another one. Well done! (  ) hemlokgang | Jul 30, 2009 | I have this ambivalence about Kellermen. He is eminently readable, and I feel confident enough to take his books on planes. But somehow, he's just not memorable for me. So I read, am pleasantly engaged in his world, but the pay offs to his mysteries are always so convoluted and often unlikely. And then I just forget the plots all together. I also think I'm a bit bored with Alex and his so pleasant life with Robyn. I'm not interested in their relationship, in his non committed approach to life. He sort of works, he sort of solves crimes, he sort of skims on the surface, not really engaged. This book starts with a weird crime - corpses found in a protected marsh, but who was the young pianist and why was she targeted. The end was pretty predictable, once other characters had been knocked out. I like Kellerman's descriptions of his side characters and it's clear to me that he is getting tired of Milo, because he seemed to be setting up a new partner with his own convoluted family history who could be a new partner for Alex. I’m also bored with all students from private high schools in LA being louche worms, but that’s a side note. So I read this in 2 days but had to think for a minute to recall the plot when I wrote this up, 2 days later… (  ) amf0001 | Jul 16, 2009 | I've read most of this series about a psychologist, Alex Delaware, who works with the police, specifically his friend Milo Sturgis. This is the 23rd in the series, and it shows signs of age, but is still a good read. Alex and Milo are still excellent characters, but the rest of the characters in this volume were not pleasant. A box holding bones from three human hands is found, near the same time that four women's bodies are found in a marsh, all missing their right hands. (  ) reannon | Jun 4, 2009 | I've read almost all of the Alex Delaware series and found this one on a par with the others. Alex and Milo are investigating murders where the bodies are dumped in a wetlands area, protected by an environmentalist. When he is found dead, the investigation picks up, then seems to go nowhere. I love visiting the characters book after book, including Blanche, the French bulldog. (  ) LeHack | May 29, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345495136, Hardcover)When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly coiled novels of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman reigns supreme as “master of the psychological thriller” (People). Now, Kellerman has worked his magic again in this chilling new masterpiece.The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something “real dead . . . buried in your marsh.” The eco-volunteer on the other end of the phone thinks it’s a prank, but when a young woman’s body turns up in L.A.’s Bird Marsh preserve no one’s laughing. And when the bones of more victims surface, homicide detective Milo Sturgis realizes the city’s under siege to an insidious killer. Milo’s first move: calling in psychologist Alex Delaware. The murdered women are prostitutes–except the most recent victim; a brilliant young musician from the East Coast, employed by a wealthy family to tutor a musical prodigy, Selena Bass seems out of place in the marsh’s grim tableau. Conveniently–perhaps ominously–Selena’s blueblood employers are nowhere to be found, and their estate’s jittery caretaker raises hackles. But Milo’s instincts and Alex’s insight are too well-honed to settle for easy answers, even given the dark secrets in this troubled man’s past. Their investigation unearths disturbing layers–about victims, potential victims, and suspects alike–plunging even deeper into the murky marsh’s enigmatic depths. Bizarre details of the crimes suggest a devilish serial killer prowling L.A.’s gritty streets. But when a new murder deviates from the pattern, derailing a possible profile, Alex and Milo must look beyond the suspicion of madness and consider an even more sinister mind at work. Answers don’t come easy, but the darkest of drives and desires may fuel the most devious of foes. Bones is classic Kellerman–relentlessly peeling back the skin and psyches of its characters and revealing the shadows and sins of the souls beneath. With jolt after jolt of galvanizing suspense, it drives the reader through its twists and turns toward a climax as satisfying as it is shattering. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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