Crime Scene: A Novel (Clay Edison)

back again. Would highly recommend this read. Well written mystery, that keeps your attention with interesting, likeable characters and a well developed, believable plot. I hope this becomes a series, as I would like Clay Edison to come back again. Would highly recommend this read

I have read great books written by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman both individually and as a team.

This was not one of them. The prose was solid, but plain. Ditto for the plot and characters. Compared with any other book in this genre, I'd say it's a excellent read. Compared to what these two have written in the past, however, it's just passable.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good who-done-it novel, but not to those who are expecting Kellerman-quality writing because this one just doesn't quite meet that standard.

Detective Edison is introduced as working for the coroner. However, his only co tact with the bodies is to decipher their surroundings and transport them to the coroner's more. Henceforth it is his task to determine the cause of death according to five categories. However, some cases lead him to lengthy investigations. In this case it leads him to reinvestigating two other closed but related cases.

His personal life includes a family that is no longer closely knit. He visits his parents occasionally and has less contact with his brothers. Fortunately a retired officer who worked in the coroners case treat him like family. He and his wife invite this handsome, former basketball player now a deputy investigating deaths to dinner on a regular basis. They enjoy their time together. They have a daughter away at college working on her dissertation, an "ABD" until she receives a PhD.

Through his investigations of deaths he meets a variety of interesting people. Many cases are straight forward and close quick!y. Others take more investigation. Some he pursues on his hunches against his bosses directions.

Thus, this is a well written book as one expects from the Kellermans. It has potential to lead into a series of interesting investigations.

Kellerman and fils have written another magnificent adventure. The constant tantalizing seeping of clues, combined with the myriad of fascinating characters, makes putting this book down for any length of time, impossible.