Mixed review.

I’ve never really got into the Jonathan Kellerman books.

Open Season (2025) is 40th of his Alex Delaware series.

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis race against time to find a twisted killer …

I found the book slow. There was no real race against time. No rush

The body of an aspiring actress is found dumped near a hospital emergency room.

She’s been drugged and murdered and the motive for the callous crime remains maddeningly out of reach. Until, a prime suspect materializes. Another Hollywood hopeful. Only to be shot dead by a sniper using a weapon that turns out to have been catalogued in a previous murder. And another, before that. It’s not long before more bodies begin piling up.

What makes the murderous spree baffling is the apparent lack of connection among the victims. Is this the work of a random thrill killer, the toughest of all cases to unravel?

Kellerman’s writing style is unusual. Short sentences. Vivid, detailed descriptions.

Smart, sometimes entertaining dialogue.

But — for me — this book was too much police procedural, not enough action.