Solid Suspense and Intrigue w/Comic Relief

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	• Survival of the Fittest (Alex Delaware) Jonathan Kellerman Ballantine Books, 2002 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 71 reviews view larger image
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Well Done!

I disagree with many of the other reviews. I think this novel was very well done, and Jonathan Kellerman delivered--like usual!
This novel starts out with a policeman that commits suicide--in public--which comes together much better later in the novel.
Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis go on an unbelievable journey to solve their mystery of a murderer killing people who are mentally challenged! This novel's plot will keep you guessing until the very end!

Solid Suspense and Intrigue w/Comic Relief

Kellerman's Alex Delaware novels never fail to deliver entertainment. Survival of the Fittest is no different. The plot carries a sustained suspense to the climax that will satisfy all the amateur detectives amongst you. The special treat for readers of Delaware novels is the comic relief provided by the interactions of Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware...or for that matter Milo Sturgis and just about any other character. Have fun with this and get your dose of intrigue, too. And if you enjoy some comic relief with your suspense novels, check out the characters of Benny Post and Tim DeMornay in the thriller, Evil, Be Gone.

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OHMYGOSH!

This one is sooooooo GOOD! First off, several characters from other book
series pop up in this one. We meet an Israeli detective named Daniel
Sharavi who first appeared in J Kellerman's non-Delaware novel The
Butcher's Theater; we meet Hollywood detective Petra Connor who would go
on to have her own series (well, two books of her own so far: Billy
Straight and Twisted), and there is even a mention of detective Peter
Decker who was created by JK's wife, Faye Kellerman. I love a good
crossover, so this was fun. This is the first Delaware novel I've read
that switches POV. Most of it is still told in the first person by Alex,
but there are some chapters told in the third person from other
character's POV. That's the way Billy Straight is told and it kind of
irritated me with that book, but really didn't bother me as much with
this one. Plus, we get an actual description of Alex, who never
describes himself.

It starts with a young policeman killing himself in public. This
policeman's sister is a nurse at Cedars-Sinai, where Rick (Milo's lover)
works and Rick asks Alex to talk with her because she is really shook up
by it all. But then, Milo asks for some help with a cold case he's been
assigned - a case with international overtones. The daughter of an
Israeli diplomat was murdered and the original investigators got
nowhere. This is where Daniel Sharavi comes in.

The investigation leads to some shocking revelations and Alex agrees to
go undercover to investigate. This almost gets him killed. MAN, does he
come close to kicking the bucket in this one! Both Daniel and Milo are
more-or-less abducted by their respective superiors, which keeps them
from backing up Alex and there is a BRILLIANT scene where Milo fakes a
heart attack to get away. I mean it - who knew Milo was such a good actor? And we've
never seen Milo so frightened and upset and flat out angry because, of
course, he blames himself for endangering Alex in the first place, even
though it was Alex who talked him into it.

All's well that ends well, though, so I won't give anything else away.
These books just keep getting better!

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Excellent.

Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman is not only an engrossing, fast paced murder mystery it also contains a brief and very enlightening history of eugenics. Does anyone have the right to decide another person should die because their life isn't worth living? In this story someone is deciding and is killing the handicapped. The already cold case of an Israeli diplomat's slightly retarded daughter is dumped on Milo, who enlists the help of his psychologist friend Alex. Because of its international overtones the homosexual cop and the heterosexual shrink are forced to team up with an Israeli police Inspector to solve case. It's a great mix of characters, each bringing his own unusual talents into the battle against a gang of killers who feel their high IQ's give them the right to decide the fate of others. Each new murder seems unrelated, but Alex sees an ugly thread tying them all together and that thread is eugenics. The ending is especially creepy as Milo and Sharavi struggle to save Alex's life and the true motives behind the murders is unveiled.

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Great purchase!

Thank you for this great purchase! The book is in great shape and I couldn't beat the price!

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?FEVERISH IN PACE AND RICH IN CHARACTERS . . . THIS IS A CHILLING AND IRRESISTIBLE THRILLER.?
?People

The daughter of a diplomat disappears on a school field trip?lured into the Santa Monica mountains and killed in cold blood. Her father denies the possibility of a political motive. There are no signs of struggle, no evidence of sexual assault, leaving psychologist Alex Delaware and his friend LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to pose the disturbing question: Why?

Working together with Daniel Sharavi, a brilliant Israeli police inspector, Delaware and Sturgis soon find themselves ensnared in one of the darkest, most menacing cases of their careers. And when death strikes again, it is Alex who must go undercover, alone, to expose an unthinkable conspiracy of self-righteous brutality and total contempt for human life.

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