Monster: An Alex Delaware Novel

I'm a big fan of Stephen White, who, like Kellerman, writes mysteries with a psychologist main character who helps the police track down the bad guy. I really hoped that I would like Mystery as much as I like White's books, and as much as I have liked Kellerman's other books, but this one wasn't quite up to that level. For one thing, I failed to understand why Dr. Delaware was involved in the investigation; by all accounts, he really shouldn't have been a part of the process. The premise of the book is that a heavily medicated psychotic who is locked up in a secure mental hospital is able to predict horrific murders. Dr. Delaware and Det. Sturgis are called in to solve the crimes. It becomes clear that the murders are part of a pattern, and apparently involve snuff films, but it isn't until the end of the book that we learn how it is that the inmate (the Monster) is involved in the crimes. It's a race against the clock as Dr. Delaware tries to uncover the truth before more people are murdered. The jacket describes the book as "incomparably deft characterizations and dazzlingly dark plot twists." I didn't see any of that in this book, which was too bad, but for long-time Kellerman fans, you shouldn't pass this one up.

Though im just halfway of the book now hehe. I love alex Delaware

Monster