Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22)
by Jonathan Kellerman
Book Summary Information
Author: Jonathan KellermanEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-26
ISBN: 0345465288
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780345465283
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22)
Book Review: Easy read with a happy ending!
Summary: 3 Stars
If you are looking for a quick and easy read, Compulsion might be the book for you. This is a true whodunit featuring Kellerman's popular characters Alex Delaware (psychologist) and Milo Sturgis (LA PD). The plot is well developed with "clues" peppered throughout enabling astute readers to determine who the bad guy is before it is actually revealed. Although I liked the book, I have two complaints. First, the killer's motive for killing is a little weak. And, second, I didn't like the introduction of new characters right at the end of the book. There really wasn't any need for introducing new characters...Alex/Milo could have caught the bad guy in a different and more creative way. But, all-in-all, a pleasurable read.
Summary of Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22)
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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