Jonathan Kellerman. (2007). Dr. Death: An Alex Delaware Novel. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Jonathan Kellerman. 2007. Dr. Death: An Alex Delaware Novel. Books on Tape.

Jonathan Kellerman, Dr. Death: An Alex Delaware Novel. Books on Tape, 2007.

Jonathan Kellerman. Dr. Death: An Alex Delaware Novel. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2007.

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   • bioText: Jonathan Kellerman has brought his expertise as a child psychologist to numerous bestselling tales of suspense, including thirteen previous Alex Dleaware novles, translated into two dozen languages. He is also the author of numerous essays, short stories, and scientific articles, two children's books, and three volumes on psychology. He and his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, live in Los Angeles with their four children.
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Who killed the killer? In his brilliant and startling new novel, Jonathan Kellerman, perennial bestselling author and premier proprietor of the psychological thriller, gives a sharp and timely twist to homicide's central question.
Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate—a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores of assisted suicides. In a burst of bloody irony, the killer chooses to dispatch the doctor in the back of Mate's own suicide van, hooking him up to the killing apparatus dubbed "the Humanitron"—and adding some butchering touches of his own. The case is assigned to veteran LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis, who turns, once again, to his friend Dr. Alex Delaware. But working this case raises a conflict of interest for Alex so profound that he can't even discuss it with Milo. The tension that develops between cop and psychologist further complicates an already baffling and complex murder investigation—one whose suspects include the families of Dr. Mate's "travelers," Mate's own son, and a psychopathic killer who relishes the geometry of death.
Dr. Death is a rich brew of unforgettable characters, labyrinthine plotting, page-turning prose, and the unique insights into the darkest corners of the human mind that have earned Jonathan Kellerman international accolades as the master of psychological suspense.

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   • content: "Kellerman is in peak form. . . . A surprising and complex story of festering evil--a tale that snakes its way to a stunningly dramatic conclusion."
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   • source: USA Today
   • content: "Billy Straight is everything a thriller ought to be. The writing is excellent. The plotting is superior. The characters ring true. . . . A taut, compelling story."
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   • source: Detroit Free Press
   • content: "Jonathan Kellerman doesn't just write psychological thrillers--he owns the genre."
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   • content: "Often, mystery writers can either plot like devils or create believable characters. Kellerman stands out because he can do both. Masterfully."
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   • source: Los Angeles Times
   • content: "Kellerman excels at plotting, dialogue, procedural detail and insight into
     abnormal states of mind."
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   • content: "Kellerman is the acknowledged king of the psychological thriller."
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   • content: But for John Rubinstein's versatile performance of the new Alex Delaware mystery, the listener would succumb to boredom long before the plot takes off. What begins as an intriguing tale, the murder of a Kevorkian-type character in a van by a death machine, no less, bogs down in much talk, recovering only toward the end. Until then, Rubinstein's solid characterizations and upbeat style support, and even bolster, this whodunit. As suspicion for the good doctor's death focuses on the family members of one of his former "patients," Rubinstein's slightly gravelly, slightly nasal voice makes Delaware come alive. This is one thriller that's better because of the reading. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
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   • content: John Rubinstein continues his remarkable interpretations of Jonathan Kellerman's works in the latest thriller featuring psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis. This time they're investigating the murder of a Jack Kevorkian-like character who has very publicly assisted in scores of suicides. Rubinstein uses Delaware's voice as the story's unifying thread. He then peppers the narrative with distinctive voices and characterizations for the novel's other players. A gratingly unpleasant voice for an officious police bureaucrat is a guilty pleasure, while his reading of the doctor's drug-addled son is unexpectedly moving. G.N. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
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     December 4, 2000
     A series of well-publicized gentle deaths are the work of self-appointed angel of mercy Dr. Eldon Mate, who attends to the terminally ill in cheap hotel rooms or in the back of his van. Now Mate himself is dead, carved up and found by two joggers and their dog on a high road above Los Angeles. Like Kellerman's previous bestsellers, this title features psychologist Alex Delaware, whose self-righteous pomposity blends neatly, as it has before, into a narrative liberally dosed with psycho-angles and agreeably warped murder motives. This time out, Delaware works with cop Milo Sturgis and counsels Stacy and Eric Doss, two teenage children getting over their mother Joanne's death, which Dr. Mate seemingly helped to hasten. In his dual role, Delaware encounters a rogue FBI agent tracking a killer obsessed with Mate; Mate's disturbed son; and Richard Doss, the kids' father, who by slipping cash to a shady character in a dark bar is marked as a prime murder suspect. Joanne's illness too proves mysterious. But Kellerman isn't in top form here. Most annoyingly, the FBI guy does the bulk of the sleuthing legwork, while Delaware spends much of the book either making love or pontificating on motivations for characters all very similarly flawed. The ending is agreeably tricky, but by then great gobs of Delaware have either delighted Kellerman's faithful or else turned readers' stomachs in a way that serial deaths, gentle or otherwise, may have somehow failed to do. Kellerman's rep and the book's strong, geometric cover will send this one on to the lists.

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