Serpentine : an Alex Delaware novel / Jonathan Kellerman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525618553
- ISBN: 0525618554
- Physical Description: 351 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2021.
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Subject: | Delaware, Alex (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Sturgis, Milo (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Police > California > Los Angeles > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. |
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Available copies
- 99 of 102 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Putnam County Library System.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 102 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Putnam County Public Library | M KEL (Text) | 33192000091492 | Mystery Fiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Serpentine : An Alex Delaware Novel
Publishers Weekly
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In Edgar winner Kellerman's top-notch 36th Alex Delaware novel (after 2020's The Museum of Desire), a cold case preoccupies the L.A. consulting psychologist and his friend and colleague, Lt. Milo Sturgis of the LAPD: the death of Dorothy Swoboda, whose burned body was found in a car below Mulholland Drive 36 years earlier. Dorothy's 39-year-old daughter, Ellie Barker, who recently sold her lucrative exercise wear business for millions, remains haunted by the loss of her mother, who abandoned her when she was three. Now Ellie wants an explanation for what one report at the time called a murder and another a one-vehicle accident. Armed with the thinnest of case files, Milo and Alex uncover a disturbing number of murders that seem related to Dorothy, and they realize that the killing spree might not yet be over. Kellerman maintains pace and suspense through the interactions of the characters--witnesses, detectives, relatives of the victims--all of whom are rendered in striking and precise detail. This entry is pure pleasure, intelligently delivered. (Feb.)
BookList Review
Serpentine : An Alex Delaware Novel
Booklist
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Money talks, leaving L.A. homicide detective Milo Sturgis forced to investigate the 36-six-year-old murder of an athleisure mogul's mother. It's a case that begs for Alex Delaware's expertise, as much for helping Milo deal with the mogul, Ellie Barker, as for his insight into murder. Ellie doesn't remember much about her mom besides her father's lingering resentment, and now she wants answers about her mother's death. Ellie's mother, Dorothy Swoboda, was shot, and her body dumped off a Hollywood cliff in a mysterious playboy's car. According to the retired detective whom Milo and Alex track down, there isn't much to the case besides dead ends. But as they dig into 1970s Hollywood, ties to a wealthy doctor's harem of young women and the disappearances of two more women in Dorothy's circle emerge. Alongside the enduring allure of Milo and Alex's partnership (36 novels strong), Kellerman's portrayal of older, wealthy men playing on aspiring starlets' desires is compassionate but unflinching, and the final twist is masterful.