This is book 40 in the Alex Delaware series. I haven’t read them all (it’s a work in progress and not sure I’ll ever catch up), so I decided to give this a go as normally I enjoy them. Unfortunately I found this to be really confusing as to who everyone was and the links just felt so tedious. Everything felt long winded and if I’m honest boring. Every few chapters there was lengthy chapters about the traffic and the exact route they were taking. On a positive note it was good to catch back up with Alex and Milo and their lives. For to the nature of this serial killer book we didn’t get much in character progression or hear about their lives in great detail. All in all I’m glad I read it but I didn’t enjoy it enough to pick up the series I left off.

Thank you to the publisher, Cornerstone and NetGalley for this digital arc.

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This the latest in the Alex Delaware novels, the 40th of the series. I have read many of the early books in the series, but this is my first in many years so I was keen to revisit the characters.

I settled quickly back into the lives of Milo and Alex, along with Alex's wife Robin, in a well written story about a number of seemingly unrelated kills, all with a rifle. Can Milo and Alex work out a link and catch a killer before they strike again?

I enjoyed the story, and will definitely go back and read some of the others that I've missed. Easy to read and flows at a good pace - perfect for fans of crime fiction.

Although I have read Kellerman's books before I had not read any Alex Delaware books and did not realise it was the 40th in the series. I found it very difficult to get into the book especially as the pace slowed in the middle. There seemed to be a lot of police characters and several abbreviations for departments etc. This book wasn't for me.

I've been a long time reader of the Alex and Milo books, and this was right up there with the author's best. As ever there are loads of twists, a good story and a satisfying ending. I've read a few more recent Alex Delaware books which I felt weren't as good, but this kept my interest throughout.

I have always enjoyed this authors books. He comes from a writing family and I like to imagine that their dining time is spent sharing ideas, plots and so on.

This book is well written. It has a slow pace but I like that and the drama is just enough to keep me interested.

I haven't yet finished it as it is my night time read but I love it and can't wait to see how it ends.

I am always so happy to read a new Alex Delaware novel, I can’t believe this is number 40 in the series and I’ve read them all !
Open Season begins with Milo and Alex investigating the murder of an aspiring actress but their investigation soon widens to include what appear to be multiple victims of an assassin.
As ever it was great to be back with Alex and Milo and many other familiar characters from this series. The plot moved along at a good pace, I did lose a little interest half way through but the pace picked up again fairly quickly and I was soon drawn back into the hunt for the killer. It’s not one of the best in the series but Kellerman remains one of my favourite crime writers and I adore the character of Alex. It can be read as a stand-alone but I’d highly recommend the other 39 books!
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC.