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Unnatural History (2023)

por Jonathan Kellerman

Series: Alex Delaware (38)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The most enduring detectives in American crime fiction are back in this electrifying thriller of art and brutality from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.
Los Angeles is a city of stark contrast, the palaces of the affluent coexisting uneasily with the hellholes of the mad and the needy. That shadow world and the violence it breeds draw brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis into an unsettling case of altruism gone wrong.
On a superficially lovely morning, a woman shows up for work with her usual enthusiasm. She’s the newly hired personal assistant to a handsome, wealthy photographer and is ready to greet her boss with coffee and good cheer. Instead, she finds him slumped in bed, shot to death.
The victim had recently received rave media attention for his latest project: images of homeless people in their personal “dream” situations, elaborately costumed and enacting unfulfilled fantasies. There are some, however, who view the whole thing as nothing more than crass exploitation, citing token payments and the victim’s avoidance of any long-term relationships with his subjects.
Has disgruntlement blossomed into homicidal rage? Or do the roots of violence reach down to the victim’s family—a clan, sired by an elusive billionaire, that is bizarre in its own right?
Then new murders arise, and Alex and Milo begin peeling back layer after layer of intrigue and complexity, culminating in one of the deadliest threats they’ve ever faced.
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Alex and Milo investigate the case of a wealthy, young photographer being murdered in his nondescript home. The photographer was working on a "dream" project of inviting homeless people to his studio and recreating them in the way that they wish their life had gone. Is one of the Wishers guilty of murder?

The characterizations in this book are particularly well done. Each of the homeless has a personality making this a very good read. ( )
  phoenixcomet | Feb 27, 2024 |
Acceptiple read; Kellerman formulaic plot. Mildly unexpected ending, although there were strong hints in the last 1/4th of the boo. ( )
  fwbl | Jan 4, 2024 |
The dialogue just drives me nuts but an interesting story with nice twists ( )
  shazjhb | Oct 25, 2023 |
You can never go wrong with a Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis book! Another very good installment in this series! ( )
  Dianekeenoy | Sep 17, 2023 |
Whenever I pick up an Alex Delaware Murder mystery it takes me a bunch of pages to embrace the cadence and jargon that Kellerman employs in each installment. His writing is different than many other crime fiction authors, not in a bad way, just different. Anyway, once I am on track, his books are hard to put down and this one was no exception. The long look into the mental psychoses of his characters is awe inspiring in a troubling way. It allows for divergent tangents that not only come together but give the reader a better understanding how things can go wrong in a heartbeat. The gritty underbelly of Los Angeles, the homeless, mental illness and family relationships that are beyond bizarre all find their place in this book and are treated with a cold hard unembellished stare. So scary that this is often viewed as the norm.

Kellerman reveals the killer long before the end but that didn’t makes me turn away it just lit the path forward. Equally satisfying are the quiet musings, introspection and reasoning that Kellerman imbues in Alex Delaware.

Thank you Random House/Ballantine Books and NetGalley for a copy. ( )
  kimkimkim | Jul 2, 2023 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:The most enduring detectives in American crime fiction are back in this electrifying thriller of art and brutality from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.
Los Angeles is a city of stark contrast, the palaces of the affluent coexisting uneasily with the hellholes of the mad and the needy. That shadow world and the violence it breeds draw brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis into an unsettling case of altruism gone wrong.
On a superficially lovely morning, a woman shows up for work with her usual enthusiasm. She’s the newly hired personal assistant to a handsome, wealthy photographer and is ready to greet her boss with coffee and good cheer. Instead, she finds him slumped in bed, shot to death.
The victim had recently received rave media attention for his latest project: images of homeless people in their personal “dream” situations, elaborately costumed and enacting unfulfilled fantasies. There are some, however, who view the whole thing as nothing more than crass exploitation, citing token payments and the victim’s avoidance of any long-term relationships with his subjects.
Has disgruntlement blossomed into homicidal rage? Or do the roots of violence reach down to the victim’s family—a clan, sired by an elusive billionaire, that is bizarre in its own right?
Then new murders arise, and Alex and Milo begin peeling back layer after layer of intrigue and complexity, culminating in one of the deadliest threats they’ve ever faced.

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