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april_does_feral_sometimes 's review for:
A Cold Heart
by Jonathan Kellerman
I liked it. It's a splendid mystery genre plot, and guaranteed to spice up sitting on any beach! For those of us reading along in order, it continues shooting nails into his relationship with Robin and brings Petra back into the series with a new partner, a zombie-like man.
I couldn't connect except on an entertainment level because I kept catching a whiff of an older, Perry Mason style plot, plus the victims were never alive, both figuratively and literally. The victims are all artists and actors, and usually that means a lot of cynicism and jokes about Art and Hollywood and agents, so although I was expecting some tongue-and-cheek, it never happened that I noticed, with one exception, perhaps. I think the biggest fault is with so many characters this time Kellerman needed to add a hundred more pages and flesh out these folks a bit. As it was, to me, the victims flashed by too quickly. A cold heart, indeed.....
It's a fine mystery, expertly put together.
I couldn't connect except on an entertainment level because I kept catching a whiff of an older, Perry Mason style plot, plus the victims were never alive, both figuratively and literally. The victims are all artists and actors, and usually that means a lot of cynicism and jokes about Art and Hollywood and agents, so although I was expecting some tongue-and-cheek, it never happened that I noticed, with one exception, perhaps.
Spoiler
the killer's name is A. Gordon Shull, or a garden shill? Maybe the old fashioned plot was the joke, as well.It's a fine mystery, expertly put together.