Flesh and Blood
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Another amazing mystery/thriller from Jonathan Kellerman. Choice of characters and theme often makes you think about the phrase "the truth is stranger than fiction" and wonder if Kellerman uses items gleamed from the news to create his novels.
From the back of the book:
Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Dr. Alex Delaware's office. Lauren angrily resists Alex's help - and the psychologist is forced to chalk Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of his profession. Years later, when Alex and Lauren come face-to-face in a shocking encounter, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. But the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's killer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry - and then into mortal danger, when lust and big money collide in an unforgiving Los Angeles.
Another amazing mystery/thriller from Jonathan Kellerman. Choice of characters and theme often makes you think about the phrase "the truth is stranger than fiction" and wonder if Kellerman uses items gleamed from the news to create his novels.
From the back of the book:
Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Dr. Alex Delaware's office. Lauren angrily resists Alex's help - and the psychologist is forced to chalk Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of his profession. Years later, when Alex and Lauren come face-to-face in a shocking encounter, both doctor and patient are stricken with shame. But the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's killer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry - and then into mortal danger, when lust and big money collide in an unforgiving Los Angeles.
Journal Entry 2 by vraciousrdr at MBB2 in -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Thursday, May 29, 2003
Released on Thursday, May 29, 2003 at MBB2 in Mystery Book Box 2, postal release USA.
Released into the Mystery Book Box 2 (MBB2)
Released into the Mystery Book Box 2 (MBB2)
I have wanted to read a Kellerman mystery for some time. Thanks for making that possible vraciousrdr!
My biggest complaint is that Kellerman seems out of touch with his characters. The most notable example of this is the dialogue between the various characters... the words he chooses to use and the way that they are written in sentence form are unrealistic. Real people do not talk this way! Also, as noted in one of the other reviews, Robin, Dr. Delaware's girlfriend, is a non-entity in the book, appearing at certain junctures, but making no contribution to the story whatsoever.
As stated before, the story is interesting, involving the murder of a young girl, and the web of money, sex, and lies that surround her death. The story was not too predictable either, and that kept me interested. I may give Kellerman another chance... hopefully it will be a little better.
As stated before, the story is interesting, involving the murder of a young girl, and the web of money, sex, and lies that surround her death. The story was not too predictable either, and that kept me interested. I may give Kellerman another chance... hopefully it will be a little better.
Journal Entry 5 by Seferim at Boardwalk Bench in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware USA on Friday, September 5, 2003
Released on Saturday, October 24, 2003 at Bookbox in Postal Release USA.
Just received this in a Mystery/Thriller bookbox. Will replace it with another one.
