True Detectives: A Novel

I stopped reading this book halfway into it and after a lengthy pause finally managed to finish it. I consider myself a fan of Kellerman’s writing, but this book just wasn’t interesting to me. After introducing the characters of Moe Reed and Aaron Fox in 2008’s Bones, Kellerman decides to give them top billing in True Detectives. They’re interracial half-brothers at odds with one...more

I stopped reading this book halfway into it and after a lengthy pause finally managed to finish it. I consider myself a fan of Kellerman’s writing, but this book just wasn’t interesting to me. After introducing the characters of Moe Reed and Aaron Fox in 2008’s Bones, Kellerman decides to give them top billing in True Detectives. They’re interracial half-brothers at odds with one another. One is a private investigator, and the other one is a L.A. cop. The mystery surrounds a missing college student and tosses in the usual mix of shady suspects and predictability once the brothers are forced to work together. Kellerman also sprinkles in a few cameos from Milo Sturgis, Alex Delaware, and Petra Connor which only makes me wish this book was about them. Like a long running television program whose main characters are suddenly replaced with new faces, I want the old and familiar. I don’t want to have to get to know these new people. Even though the Alex Delaware novels are hit and miss, I usually enjoy them. I didn’t, however, enjoy True Detectives.   hide

This is as usual a great Jonathan Kellerman thriller-some of his favorites are back and it is a very fast read--enjoy!!

Great read, but the ending was just so-so.

Definitely not up to par in my opinion....

Not as good as some of the earlier Delaware books but still a good read

Hard start and not always the fastest moving story but an okay finish.

I have read all of J. Kellermans books. This is a small departure from Alex Delaware but enjoyable. One of my acid test for a book is, "am I tempted to read the last page". I definitely wanted to on this one. I wanted to understand the animosity between brothers and couldn't wait to see if they would find their killer.

Very good Kellerman book, not disappointing at all.

This book is just bad. I love Kellerman and was really disappointed by his lack of "reach out and grab you" in this book. I finally stopped reading it. Normally, I can't put his books down.