I’ve read several of the earlier Alex Delaware mysteries, though certainly not all 30+. I pretty much knew what to expect in this case and that’s what I got: a sufficiently diverting read to keep my eye off the clock as I did my 50 minutes a day on the elliptical machine. I did wonder if, after so many books, Kellerman figures he and we are already familiar enough with Milo, Robin, and (of course) Blanche, the bulldog with personality. The latter two put in the briefest of pretty pale appearance...

4 Stars. Not right there, but close. This one's like peeling an onion; there are few surprises but many layers ahead of you. That's not to say you'll find no surprises as you approach the core, but the last layer is still onion, not apple! An enjoyable read. Doc Delaware is tending to invoices on a June morning when he gets a call. From this wonderful old lady Thalia Mars. Three weeks from her 100th. You know the kind, with a twinkle in her eye and a hint of sauciness in her voice, she can convi...

ARC for review - expected publication date February 14, 2017. Not the greatest entry in this long-running series. Thalia Mars, nearly one hundred years old, consults Dr. Alex Delaware, but doesn't really get to the meat of the matter before she is killed at the seen-better-days hotel where she lives. We start to find out whodunit about a third of the way through the book (though the final reveal is saved for the end, the reader won't really care) and the only saving grace in this one is the char...

Child psychologist Alex Delaware receives a call from Thalia Mars who is 3 weeks away from her 100th birthday. After Alex explains he treats children, Thalia entices him to come meet her in the old Ventura hotel where she has rented a bungalow since the 50s. She asks him a few ambiguous questions but tires easily and promises to tell him why she is asking when she meets with him again the next day. As Alex pulls up to meet with her the next day, he instead meets the police because Thalia was kil...

Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis are back on form, albeit a little out of Alex's normal purview. Thalia Mars, an old lady universally liked (or so it appears), calls Alex for a consultation, but is murdered before they can meet a second time. As they start to dig, it becomes apparent that things aren't quite as they seemed, yet each lead seems to bring nothing but more questions, some of them decades in the making.There are always surprises, nothing is straightforward, and yet everything fits toge...

This was a well written, great mystery book, This is the first book read by the author and I am loving it. This book was about Alex (the child psychologist) and Milo (the homicide detective) who are investigating the murder of 99 year old Thalia Mars. Who would want to murder Thalia Mars? Clues lead all over the map, but it is Alex and Milo is put to the test to find the answers. My only reservation is that I did not have background information on the characters but I read this book as a standal...

Very run-of-the-mill Alex Delaware/Milo Sturgis mystery...that being said you get the expected solid Kellerman writing, as well as his observations of human behavior & the environs of LA...Alex & Milo are drawn into the murder investigation of a, soon-to-be centenarian, who, as it turns out is the moll of a notorious early LA gangster...just good solid reading!

This series started off really great for me............but I think that it's gone on far too long.........I mean, Heartbreak Hotel is #32 in Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware Series and I guess how much more can we get about Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis!!!The plot is about a 100 year old - Ms Mars - who is killed after having a very short conversation with Alex. Lots of suspects. Horrible characters. Molls and Gangsters, Bugsy Malone, blah blah blah.Hell, I miss the magic between Milo and Ale...

Thalia Mars is a couple weeks short of her one hundredth birthday, and so when she calls psychologist Alex Delaware and asks for an appointment, Delaware can hardly refuse. Delaware calls to see Thalia at the aging L.A. luxury hotel where she has been in residence for years. She knows that Alex specializes in child psychology and also knows that he often consults with the police, and the combination of these things is why she has called upon him. She doesn't want to be analyzed herself, she says...

I think this may have been my last Jonathan Kellerman book. At least from the Alex Delaware series. It's all just gotten too formulaic after 32 installments and this felt like a chore to read. It's always the same thing:Go talk to a witness.Milo wants to go eat. Get a call to go see another witness. Sit in LA traffic for hours.Go back to the house/office look stuff up on the computer.Milo is hungry. Sit in LA traffic for hoursTalk to a witness. Milo wants to go eat.Spend hours Googling.Robin say...

I have read all of the Alex Delaware stories and I am never disappointed. In this new book Alex has been called to the Adventura by a nearly 100 year old Thalia Mars for a consult even though he has explained to her he normally only treats children. The witty and charming Thalia talks him into a consult anyway. After meeting with her he is intrigued and agrees to return for a second meeting but when he arrives it first appears that she has passed away in her sleep but on closer examination she w...

Ah, it's great to welcome an old friend to my Kindle again. Actually, make that two old friends; after all these years (and something like 30-plus books), I've come to know both child psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and Los Angeles Police Department detective Milo Sturgis pretty doggone well. Not nearly as well as they know each other, though; Alex is a fairly frequent consultant to the LAPD, mostly with cases Milo is honchoing - and they're now at the point at which meaningful conversation happe...

This is the 32nd book in the Alex Delaware series. According to GoodReads I have read most, but not all, of the books. Most of the books in the series that I have read are earlier books so I was looking forward to catching up with Alex and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis. For those not familiar with the series Alex is Dr. Alex Delaware, child psychologist. He is also a consultant with the LAPD although he only appears to work with Milo. How a child psychologist became a consultant with the LAPD is n...

Alex Delaware receives a call from a woman who is just weeks away from turning 100. Since Alex is a child psychologist, he fails to see just why she wants to see him. Somehow she charms him into agreeing to see her at the hotel where she lives.Thalia Mars lives in a cottage, of sorts, and has been there many many years. What she wants is for Alex to answer some rather disquieting questions .. but she doesn't really go into details. She promises those details when she next sees Alex .. the next d...

This is my favorite of Kellerman's Alex Delaware series in some time...the story, the characters and how everything played out. There is the same basic relationship in place between the characters, Alex and Milo, but the situation is somewhat different and drew me in. I have actually given up on a few series that are on the thriller side of mysteries...too much violence (sometimes it seemed for its own sake), some misogyny, just general over the top and unnecessary unpleasantness that I don't ca...

A marked departure from recent books in this long-running series, Dr. Alex Delaware is asked to visit with an almost 100-year old woman, who lives in a bungalow at the aging Aventura Hotel. After an initial consult, she dies and a vigilant EMT suspects foul play: enter LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and Dr. D. Everyone seems to have loved her, and her caring eccentricity. Alex and Milo dig into her past, wondering how a retired county employee can afford such luxury. Meanwhile, the hotel is barely