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Monster is another of the Jonathan Kellerman books to feature the Los Angeles based Dr Alex Delaware and LA homicide detective Milo Sturgis. Delaware is a child psychologist who no longer takes... more

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  • 63 of 64 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Ophelia

    4 Stars Monster Munch 24/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Murders, gore

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Slow start

    Ardis Peake had been a quiet but strange boy. One day he walked into the kitchen, where his mother sat preparing vegetables. He decapitated her and calmly walked up the stairs to the bedroom where the husband and wife of the household lay sleeping. He battered and cut them to death, then continued along the corridor to where their children lay. The 5 year old girl was later found with her eyes removed but of the baby boy there was no sign. The policeman followed the bloody sneaker tracks out of the house to the shack where Peake lay snoozing. There on the stove a pot sat bubbling. The baby had ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 atticusuk

    Member since 22/02/2004

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    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good solid thriller

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None really

    Monster is another of the Jonathan Kellerman books to feature the Los Angeles based Dr Alex Delaware and LA homicide detective Milo Sturgis. Delaware is a child psychologist who no longer takes on patients directly instead he consults on legal cases and also works as a part time consultant for the police on their criminal investigations. Not married he lives with his long term partner Robin who designs and makes guitars and other string instruments. The Central Characters Delaware is portrayed as a bit of a loner and in Sturgis he has a friend who is equally on the outside as he is an openly ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    LukeCroll

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Stars Alex Delaware

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Quite gory

    A minor actor is found dead in the boot of his car - his body sawn in half. A few months later, a psychiatrist at a hospital for the criminally insane dies in the same way. When an inmate's ramblings become predictions for forthcoming deaths, predictions that are borne out, it is down to Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis to try to stop the killer before there are any more murders. Jonathan Kellerman has certainly got writing thrillers down to a fine art. In this novel, he throws Delaware and Sturgis into one of their most gruesome cases yet, a case that is just packed full of ... more
  • 0 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mandynoble

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages gripping, original, wonderful twists, easy to read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    I'm not your usual detective/murder fan but my goodness this book had me awake till all hours, missing my stops on the train and waiting until the very last minute to get off planes. It's a very unusual setting and you become very attached to the characters. Mainly a psychologist, his partner and a detective collegue. Together they solve the mystery of horrifically brutal murders in California that centre around a state mental institution. But don't stereotype this to your usual psycho killer novel, it's totally different. This was my first Johnathon Kellerman novel - I've now made it my ... more

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Author Jonathan Kellerman
Title Monster
Genre Thriller
Type Fiction
ISBN 0345441729; 0375727949; 0751530166; 3442055210; 3442448182; 3442457874; 3442461405

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