Delaware and Sturgis have a sobering encounter with an array of homeless people and frustrating interviews with family members. The initial murder is of a wealthy photographer on the north side of Venice Boulevard: Adonis ‘Donny’ Klement, shot in the chest in his bed.

With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored The Golem of Hollywood and The Golem of Paris. While I didn’t find it as hard to put down as previous books in this series, I felt like it was a good mystery. As usual, this is packed with intrigue and funny one-liners from Milo which moves the story right along. His writing style is warm and welcoming, and his descriptives flow seemlessly and without being forced.He had been photographing homeless people who he had costumed as the person they had fantasized being. Homelessness is a significant problem in cities on the US west coast today, and Unnatural History sends our detectives into the slums and camps looking for clues. This is the 38th book in the Alex Delaware series and while I haven’t read them all I have read several and I enjoy these characters a lot. This time it explores the very sensitive, current topic of homelessness in and around the gritty Los Angeles area.

The 38th installment of the Alex Delaware series and he is once again paired up with Milo Sturgess and consulting on a murder. Alex Delaware and his longtime friend and colleague Los Angeles Police Detective Milo Sturgis are older, wiser and perhaps a titch more cynical, but otherwise it's pretty much same old, same old - just the way I like it. Setting his novels in the Southern California area (mainly LA County), he is able to describe the idiosyncrasies and nuances of every day life with authenticity. Unless his publisher sees fit to get a decent editor for his next novel, this will probably be the last Jonathan Kellerman novel I read.We learn about Kate’s possibly stalling career and Leo’s plan to apply to acting schools against his mother’s wishes. The book takes you through the tent city scattered around Los Angeles looking for clues, and we are guests on the journey toward resolution.