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Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Novel | 
| Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 334985
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0345465288
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345465283
ASIN: 0345465288
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 Another good old Delaware & Milo story August 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is yet another offering by prolific writer Kellerman. It's a bit run of the mill (like the last 10 books or so) but provide 'comfort reading' when you feel like it.
The killer is a bit unusual, there a secondary plot to add a bit of interest and Milo is still my fav character.
Ideal for a rainy weekend or to take on the beach.
 Very readable, very enjoyable May 21, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I thought Kellermann's last offerings had been a bit bland but he is back on form with compulsion. Again Milo and Alex are on the trace of a psychopath but there are some interesting variations in the killings. Yet again they jump at a conclusion that turns out to be true and then the book turns into a really well written police procedural with Alex Delaware as investigator. This makes very entertaining reading and shows Kellermann at the height oh his profession. Very readable, very enjoyable.
Interesting Villain Develops Slowly in a Disjointed Police Procedural May 2, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Why do we like to read about monsters? By bringing them out of the dark, they become merely menacing . . . rather than terrifically frightening. That allows us to relax and feel better. The problem with the police procedural and crime novel genres is that the monsters are pretty predictable. As such, they don't satisfy.
Jonathan Kellerman manages to twist the usual psycho model enough to make Compulsion more interesting reading than the plot that shelters the unique character. The story could have been trimmed down by about 100 pages and the book would have been more entertaining. The police procedural element mostly detracts from the interesting criminal.
If you don't like reading about weird criminals, you will probably think this is a two-star book.
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