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| Book Title | Dr. Death |
| Series | Alex Delaware |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Jonathan Kellerman |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Published | 2001 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Mass-market paperback in Good condition with moderate overall reading and shelf wear. The front cover shows numerous surface scratches, rubbing, scuffs, and light handling marks across the red finish. There is noticeable edge wear, especially along the bottom edge and corners, with small chips and finish loss. The upper-right corner is bumped and creased, and the spine-side edge shows additional rubbing. The cover remains complete, firmly attached, and fully readable. Overall, a well-read but still presentable copy. |
| Condition | Good |
Controversial physician Eldon Mate has become infamous as “Dr. Death,” helping terminally ill people end their lives. To supporters he is compassionate; to his enemies he is a killer hiding behind medicine.
Then Mate himself becomes the victim.
His brutally murdered body is discovered in a rented van in the Hollywood Hills, attached to the very equipment he used to end the lives of his patients. LAPD detective Milo Sturgis asks psychologist Alex Delaware to help unravel a case overflowing with potential suspects—grieving relatives, angry opponents, former patients, and people with intensely personal reasons to hate Mate.
But Alex has a problem of his own. He has counseled a family connected to one of Mate’s patients, giving him information he cannot ethically reveal to Milo. As the murder investigation closes in on that family, Alex finds his professional obligations colliding with his friendship with Milo.
The result is a psychologically complex mystery in which determining who wanted Dr. Death dead is easy. Determining who actually killed him is another matter entirely.
EugeneBookStore Summary
A particularly strong Alex Delaware mystery for readers who enjoy psychological suspense mixed with difficult moral questions.
Dr. Death gives Kellerman an intriguing premise: a controversial physician who has helped numerous people die is himself murdered using his own equipment. That immediately creates a large and emotionally charged group of suspects.
The story becomes even more compelling when Alex’s confidential knowledge puts him at odds with Milo’s investigation. Their friendship and professional responsibilities become part of the mystery rather than simply operating in the background.
Readers who enjoy character-driven crime fiction, medical ethics, psychology, complicated suspects, and methodical murder investigations should find this a satisfying entry in the series.
Collector Notes
This copy is the 2001 Ballantine Books mass-market paperback, ISBN 9780345413888, and is Book #14 in the Alex Delaware series. The edition was released August 28, 2001 and originally carried a $7.99 list price. It is a common reading edition rather than a scarce collectible, but its matching Ballantine format makes it useful for customers building a chronological Alex Delaware paperback collection. The visible rubbing, scratching, corner creasing, and edge wear on this particular copy keep it firmly in the Good category rather than Very Good.
