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false <![CDATA[Compulsion (Alex Delaware Series, #22)]]> 1528385 17 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. From the Trade Paperback edition. 1520360 25 3 2008 Compulsion (Alex Delaware Series, #22) total:1195|5:177|4:433|3:449|2:121|1:15| 1195 4221 1666 182 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 16:29:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 16:51:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 13:16:13 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 12:01:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 06:35:49 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 06:42:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 07:41:19 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 07:44:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 08:31:49 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 09:01:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed May 13 08:36:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 03:51:46 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:36:30 -0700 2009
"I was a double major at U. New Mexico."

THAT IS A LINE SPOKEN BY A SUPPOSED NM NATIVE. AT FIRST I TOTALLY COULD NOT PARSE WTF HE MEANT AND THOUGHT KELLERMAN WAS MAKING UP A UNIVERSITY. It's called UNM! Jesus Christ. Yeah yeah ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 21:56:02 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 15:18:56 -0800 2009
In Compulsion, the first hint that something's amiss is when someone takes a Bentley out ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 09:06:18 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 09:27:04 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:20:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:22:40 -0700 2009
I'm going to reprint my friend Jackie's review, as I think it describes the book really well. "Usual Kellerman here....almost a Kellerman Mad Lib..it is that formula...and as a bookcrossing friend ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:02:51 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:02:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 09 16:24:19 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 10 07:41:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 08:29:38 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 02:51:23 -0700 2008
- inconsistency (Antoine is reported to have "vanished", with his body never found, yet his friends were his "pall-bearers" and "hel...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 25 15:53:44 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 12:37:23 -0700 2008
In direct contrast to this well-crafted book, Patricia Cornwal...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 21:31:16 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 21:31:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 21 01:14:31 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 18:39:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 21:52:49 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 14:25:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 09:11:58 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 09:39:55 -0700 2008
"His spiky (hair) do fit him like lipstick fits a goldfish." page 194-195

I never noticed this about Kellerman's writing before, which makes me think that he was trying something new. He needs to w...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 06:04:11 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 03:16:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 05:41:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 05:43:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 10:07:37 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 10:10:02 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1528385