Deception: An Alex Delaware Novel
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Masterly storytelling and practiced insight into the darkest of human compulsions make #1 New York Times bestselling leader Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware novels as compelling as they are addictive. And just when you reflect he has taken his spellbinding tales of mystery and psychological suspense to the limit, with Deception he takes a bold leap into terrifying and uncharted new territory.
Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling weep for help—to whoever may be listening—comes too late to save her. On a DVD establish near her lifeless body, the emotionally and physically battered woman chronicles a year-and-a-half-long suffering of monstrous abuse at the hands of three sadistic tormentors. But even more shocking than the juicy details is the revelation that the offenders, like their victim, are teachers at one of L.A.’s most prestigious prep schools. With Elise now dead by uncertain means, homicide detective Milo Sturgis is assigned to probe the hallowed halls of Windsor Prep College. And if ever he could use Dr. Alex Delaware’s psychological prowess, it’s now.
From the get-go, this case promises to be an uphill climb for truth and a down and dirty fight for justice. Allegations of rape, assault, and possibly murder at this esteemed institution renowned for molding Ivy Leaguers make for a social and political time bomb—especially agreed that one of the students has relations high up in City Hall. As the scandal-conscious elite of L.A. close ranks around Windsor Prep, Alex and Milo must penetrate the citadel of wealth and erudition to expose the hidden anguish, dirty secrets, and deadly sins festering among society’s manor-born. But power and position are not easily surrendered, for that’s when the best and the brightest turn brutal and hideous. Searching for predators among the privileged, Alex and Milo may well be walking into a highly polished death trap.
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Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I am assigning my one-star rating to this leader’s writing about gay characters, not to the quality of his writing in all-purpose. (I’d give this book as a whole about 3 stars. It’s Kellerman’s best effort in years, although not up to the standards of the early Alex Delaware canon.)
“Deception” conveys the most insidious kind of homophobia: the kind that casts itself as tolerance (and probably believes itself to be tolerant). I marvel if Kellerman prides himself on building one of his central characters in this series, Milo Sturgis, gay. After reading the first few Delaware novels, I felt pleased that gay people were represented by this intelligent, effectual policeman, who just happens to be gay. But after more than 20 books, I am mad that Kellerman has gone out of his way to make Milo sexually repugnant, to deny him (or any additional gay characters) any kind of perceptible sexuality, and to invest him and additional characters with the most out-dated attitudes towards homosexuality imaginable.
Most of the additional main characters in Kellerman’s books – Alex, Robin, and nearly all of the police protagonists – delight in Hollywood excellent looks. They’re generally fit, healthy, and gorgeous, whether male or female, white or of color. Perhaps Kellerman wanted to avoid a gay “pretty-boy” stereotype for Milo, but he seems to glory in building him disgusting to us readers, and therefore not in danger of apt sexualized in our minds. Milo has pock-marked skin, terrible eating habits, a lack of refinement or even basic manners, a weight problem, no sense of fashion, and slovenly personal hygiene. OK, I get it, not all gay men are effeminate gym bunnies with model-perfect faces, but does Kellerman need to go so far to convince us that he understands that the stereotype doesn’t permanently hold?
Perhaps Milo’s distasteful habits and appearance help to hold our – and Kellerman’s – possible discomfort over gay sexuality at bay. If no additional character in the books as well as no reader could possibly consider Milo sexy, than we don’t have to worry about the intrusion of gay sex into this very straight literary world. All the (attractive) straight characters in the books are described as performing sexual acts, albeit usually not in explicit language, and as having sexual thoughts about additional characters. After appearing in over 20 books, poor Milo has (to my recollection) received nary a kiss from his not-very-deeply-limned partner, Rick. And even though we get Alex’s testosterone-fueled response to every pretty woman who appears (sometimes negative, but still a sexual impression), we never read about Milo finding a studly man hot or commenting about some guy’s physique to his excellent friend Alex. Wouldn’t Milo’s tacky personal style extend to building the occasional crude sexual remark? He’s never tried to hide his sexuality in additional ways, after all.
The desexualization of Milo I could have nonstop to live with, but some of Milo’s comments in “Deception” go beyond what I consider honest. I’ve ongoing wondering whether Kellerman has ever been close with any real gay people, or had a gay friend or two review his drafts for authenticity. In this latest novel, Milo and his fellow characters suspect a man of being gay for…get this…wearing pastel colors. In what universe does the color powder blue signify same-sex preferences? This attitude seems drawn directly from mid-Twentieth-Century Hollywood movies. I live in the heart of Chelsea in NYC, one of the gayest neighborhoods in the world, and I can assure you that powder blue enjoys no special prominence here. I would reflect that in L.A., where “Deception” is set, things would be similar.
Compounding the insult, the powder blue character is suspected of having juicy thoughts about an powerful high school student. Here we learn about a (possibly) gay character’s sexual tastes in detail, when we are supposed to be disgusted by them. In all fairness, this representation could have been balanced by having a positive gay character admit to finding some additional man hunky. Couldn’t Milo just once casually mention how handsome Rick looked in his suit that morning, or even come to work in the morning looking bleary-eyed and tell Alex that he was up all night “celebrating” with Rick?
I’m not looking for soft-core gay porn from Kellerman’s pen, just the same consideration he gives his straight audience, acknowledgment of their healthy sexuality. Kellerman seems to want to have it both ways (so to speak): to placate his gay fans with a major gay character, while not distressing his more conservative fans with having to contemplate that gay people really have a sexual life. Sadly, we seem to have progressed small since the days in which asexual fruits played by such actors as Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly described gay people in a palatable way for the consumption of the masses.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I kept thinking this book was going to live up to the additional Alex Delaware novels and it certainly did not. I didn’t even end it. I thought it was dull, dull, dull.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Fantastic who-dun-it, as usual. Jonathan Kellerman has been my absolute favorite mystery writer for many years. The relatively fleeting chapters are also an appealing feature. Permanently a fantastic read.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Windsor Preparatory College teacher Elise Freeman is establish dead in her apartment in Studio City. The victim is establish lying in a tub of dry ice. Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Weinberg assigns the homicide investigation to Lieutenant Milo Sturgis with a stern warning to keep the exclusive Brentwood school out of the inquiry as much as possible though he offers no explanation; veteran cop Milo is used to personal agenda restrictions from superiors..
Milo is concerned with his boss’ admonition because Elise left behind a DVD accusing three of her peers of sexual harassment. He believes the case must start with them. Psychologist Alex Delaware assists Milo on the case and soon the pair find a teacher with plenty of skeletons that persons involved with her want to remain interred. But, one of them has killed before and is willing to kill again to keep the bones buried.
As permanently in this remarkable police procedural, the lead pair of Milo and Alex make for a fine tale line as they debate the merits of the case and much more. The investigation is really hampered by Chief Weinberg placing a major stipulation on Detective Sturgis; this adds depth and a sense of realism to the whodunit. Fans of the long running series will delight in Deception as the investigators seek Evidence while walking the tightrope of brass interference.
Harriet Klausner
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5