![Jonathan Kellerman - The Murderer’s Daughter [Uk Paperback, I think]
Grace leads a two-sided life. At night, she’s the super-sexy woman incognito that makes every man’s heart melt. During the day, she’s a successful psychotherapist in LA. When she...](http://67.media.tumblr.com/1ba7eec7e292433e378bd91c901bac8f/tumblr_o2yivtzIqQ1ubbzkno1_250.png)
Jonathan Kellerman - The Murderer’s Daughter [Uk Paperback, I think]
Grace leads a two-sided life. At night, she’s the super-sexy woman incognito that makes every man’s heart melt. During the day, she’s a successful psychotherapist in LA. When she finds out that her recent encounter turns up inside her office and is killed just one day after - Grace just has to know why he had been killed and why her life is at stake, too.
This is more of a criminal story than an actual thriller. It had some action in it, for sure, but for the most part it was about Grace’s life and just her story and how it is all connected somehow. What I found remarkable, actually, were the psychological aspects that Jonathan Kellerman brought into his novel. I think I’ve read that he’s a psychologist, too - and you can follow Grace’s logic brilliantly. Although some of the clues don’t make sense at first, it all becomes clear later on.
I liked the style of writing and I loved the stories from Grace’s childhood, but sometimes it got a bit too slow for me and there were so many facts and clues one had to memorize to keep track of the whole story (and I get distracted very fast), but even if I hadn’t read in a few weeks’ time, I was able to get back into the story very quickly. I liked that about the book.
What I didn’t like was the ending. Without wanting to spoil anything - Grace talks to a police officer the day after the murder of her client and that police officer is characterized so carefully and the author really made her seem an important character in the story, but then that was her very last appearance in the whole novel. The story missed kind of a frame, if you get what I’m trying to say, and I think the appearance of the police officer would have been a nice frame to conclude the story. Also note that this is a stand-alone.
I would give the book a 3.5 out of 5 stars, because it was interesting and full of tension despite the lack of action - but the style of writing was great and also Grace was characterised perfectly.
(originally posted February 2016)
Grace leads a two-sided life. At night, she’s the super-sexy woman incognito that makes every man’s heart melt. During the day, she’s a successful psychotherapist in LA. When she finds out that her recent encounter turns up inside her office and is killed just one day after - Grace just has to know why he had been killed and why her life is at stake, too.
This is more of a criminal story than an actual thriller. It had some action in it, for sure, but for the most part it was about Grace’s life and just her story and how it is all connected somehow. What I found remarkable, actually, were the psychological aspects that Jonathan Kellerman brought into his novel. I think I’ve read that he’s a psychologist, too - and you can follow Grace’s logic brilliantly. Although some of the clues don’t make sense at first, it all becomes clear later on.
I liked the style of writing and I loved the stories from Grace’s childhood, but sometimes it got a bit too slow for me and there were so many facts and clues one had to memorize to keep track of the whole story (and I get distracted very fast), but even if I hadn’t read in a few weeks’ time, I was able to get back into the story very quickly. I liked that about the book.
What I didn’t like was the ending. Without wanting to spoil anything - Grace talks to a police officer the day after the murder of her client and that police officer is characterized so carefully and the author really made her seem an important character in the story, but then that was her very last appearance in the whole novel. The story missed kind of a frame, if you get what I’m trying to say, and I think the appearance of the police officer would have been a nice frame to conclude the story. Also note that this is a stand-alone.
I would give the book a 3.5 out of 5 stars, because it was interesting and full of tension despite the lack of action - but the style of writing was great and also Grace was characterised perfectly.
(originally posted February 2016)
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