Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex’s most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman.
At nearly 100 years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel with a checkered history.
What Thalia wants from Alex are answers to unsettling questions – about guilt, patterns of criminal behavior, victim selection. When Alex asks the reason for her morbid fascination, Thalia promises to tell all during their next session. But when he shows up the following morning, he is met with silence: Thalia is dead in her room.
When questions arise about how Thalia perished, Alex and homicide detective Milo Sturgis must peel back the layers of a fascinating but elusive woman’s life and embark on one of the most baffling investigations either of them has ever experienced. For Thalia Mars is a victim like no other, an enigma who harbored nearly a century of secrets and whose life and death draw those around her into a vortex of violence.
Heartbreak Hotel is classic Delaware and classic Kellerman.
Every Reliable Kellerman has again written a highly entertaining, well written tale based on the interactions between his usual protagonists. Is it great literature? Of course not, but it’s a fun read, an excellent story, with plenty of evolving twists and turns, and an excellent way to spend a couple of hours.
32nd Dr. Alex Delaware thriller Boy, how the years have flown by. I find it hard to believe that I’ve been reading this engaging series by author Kellerman for 30+ years but it’s true. I can even remember reading the first book in the series – WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS – and calling my mother to tell her about this new author I’d “discovered”. I have read all the series and my mother did too – at least up to her passing a few years ago.Â
An enjoyable book in the Alex Delaware series for fans familiar with the characters This book is, if I am counting correctly, the 32nd book in the Alex Delaware series. I have read most, if not all of them (after all this time it’s a little hard to keep track of them all). This book assumes that the reader is extremely familiar with the main characters — Milo Sturgis, Alex Delaware, and Alex’s girlfriend Robin Castagna. There is very little background on the characters, and how Milo and Alex started working together, what Alex’s professional background is, what Milo’s…