Is it just my imagination or are Kellerman‘s books getting longer? I have listened to the audio version of the last several books that I’ve read in this series; so I had to check how many pages in this book. This one is not a long book—378 pages. There are several interesting cases following similar aspects that Alex and Milo confront. Still I continue to enjoy Kellerman’s writing and Alex Delaware’s keen observation of the cases.

3.5/5Guilt is the 28th (!) entry in Jonathan Kellerman's long running Dr. Alex Delaware series. I've been following this series for many years, but the last few books have fallen short for me. But, old habits are hard to break, so I was willing to see what was in store with this latest offering.Alex is a psychologist who consults with the LAPD - specifically with Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis. "Most homicides are mundane and on the way to clearance within a day or two. Milo sometimes calls me

Excellent addition to the Alex Delaware series. Alex has become the central character again, starting with being called to assist with a pregnant woman's discovery a dead baby buried decades ago in her recently purchased backyard. Shortly thereafter, another baby and a woman are discovered in different spots in a nearby park in the ritzy neighborhood. Unclear whether or not the two are related because only the baby's bones are found while the woman was shot execution style, Alex begins his obses...

This is the strongest entry of the series that I've read in a while with a mystery that requires both Milo's police skills and Alex's psychological expertise. The gore is mostly off stage but the impact on people is front and center. The story and plot develop organically; we watch as clues are discovered and meaning is hashed over. Developments are earned, not granted by an overseeing "detective god". I have been reading this series for many years now and it's pleasantly surprising to find that...

3 Stars. 3.5 if I had that option. There are really two cases on the go here and the question of their connection pops up throughout the novel. First, the body of a child is found when a bronze box is unearthed and it turns out to have been there since the 1950s. Who lived in the house back then? Is the father the man who parked his beautiful Duesenberg in the driveway so many years ago? More importantly, is this murder or even a serious criminal incident? And then two criminal certainties hit A...

This was definitely one his better books in the past couple of years and less predictable and graphic. The depth of his characters combined his grasp of what motivates them makes all of his books worth reading.

This is the 28th book in Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series and the first one I've read. There are a lot of series that you can join in progress and be able to follow everything perfectly. This is not one of them. It didn't really interfere with my enjoyment of the series, but there were more than a few references to previous books and I think I would've appreciated this book more if I had read the other 27 books.Still, you CAN start the series here, and it was definitely an enjoyable boo...

I can’t resist this series and I had to start reading Guilt, 28th book in Alex Delaware/Milo Sturgis series the moment I had it. For me, he’s the master in the physiological crime/mystery/thriller genre.This is probably one of the most poignant, violent and sad cases that Alex & Milo have worked on. A skeleton of a dead infant is discovered in someone’s garden and it sets off a chain of events that will pull at your heartstrings.The writing is so amazing…..the dialogue and the descriptions are s...

I've been a fan of this series from the very beginning and thought that the early entries were really very good. I have mixed emotions about the later books in the series, some of which are still pretty good and others of which just don't work very well for me. The 28th, Guilt, falls into the latter category.The story opens with the discovery of a child's skeleton that was buried in a strong box beneath a tree in a wealthy L.A. neighborhood. When the tree goes over in a storm, the box is unearth...

First I have to admit to having not read any of the other books in the series so this may affect the rating.However, I found this novel to be boring. It took my twice as long to get through the book as it normally takes me. I didn't find any of characters compelling and in fact the lead character seem quite "blah". I think the plot was a good idea but the pacing was so bad that I found myself just wanting to get through the book.I'm not sure if this series is going the way m any long series go w...

Guilt is Kellerman's best book in quite some time. I'd long given up on the author and on the series; things had just gotten too graphic, too gross, too judgmental. In short, Kellerman had gotten lazy, and his prose spoke of too much self-opinion and attitude and not enough mystery and characterization--you know, the reasons you read series like this to begin with.Finally, he returns here with a book that is more mystery than attitude, more puzzle and who-dun-it than gross-outs and psychos who c...

I have long been a fan of Jonathan Kellerman's Dr. Delaware/Milo Sturgis series, but was very disappointed by this latest installment. The plot was slow to develop and really only started getting interesting toward the last few chapters. The ultimate resolution was very unsatisfying, like a red herring that was never fully developed. There was no motive for the killer's depravity and no depth to his character at all beyond the fact that he slurred his words and was promiscuous! The way the reade...

As usual with an Alex Delaware novel, I found myself reading this book at every possible opportunity including traffic light stops! The mystery and the buildup to the solution were all very engaging but the payoff was more anticlimactic and not as satisfying a conclusion as I had hoped for. Additionally, I was puzzled by the motivation and possible involvement of one of the more vital characters with regard to the murders which occurred in the book. I wasn't sure if Kellerman was leaving an inte...

Ok, for starters I have to say I have been a fan of this series for many years now and religious read each and every Alex Delaware book that comes out. Here is the thing about an Alex Delaware book, it is similar to watching an episode of CSI or Law and Order, you are very entertained while you are engaged in it, after it is over though it leaves no lasting impression on you. If you asked me to give you the plots of four Alex Delaware books I don't think I could do it, and this one is no differe...

Uncorrected ARC/Fiction: Book 28 of Alex Delaware series. In the past, I have always listened to Kellerman novels, via John Rubinstein (aka “The Greatest Narrator, Ever!”), so reading this was a first to me. I liked that I had the voices and inflections that Rubinstein brings to a book were still in my head. I am giving this book three stars, but not in a bad way. It was good and entertaining and I did want the mystery solved. It was the usually L.A. craziness that always works well in Delaware

From Lilac Wolf and StuffLet's see...it's the 28th novel in the Alex Delaware series. I think it rocks, honestly. The main characters are Alex Delaware (duh) and Milo Sturgis, Milo is the detective that Alex helps out on occasion (in every single book - *giggle*). There was much more tension between Alex and Milo in this book. In the last novel Alex had saved Milo's life, add to that all the extra footwork Alex put into this one that the captain noticed and commented on while criticizing Milo.We...

An infant's body is found buried beneath a tree in a new homeowner’s backyard. It has been there for decades. Then another infant’s bones are found in a park (although this one is revealed to be recent and the bones cleaned). Are these two bodies related; that is what Detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware is trying to determine. What makes matters worse is that a woman is found murdered across the park form the second infant’s remains. Now are all three related? The investigation...

Written very sparsely, which normally ups the pace, but in this case just slaughtered everything. Didn't leave room for characterization. And I hate, hate, hate when thrillers are written in tiny chapters because so much of the page is blank and it could've been 200 pages without those gaps.