DR. DEATH

John Rubinstein continues his remarkable interpretations of Jonathan Kellerman's works in the latest thriller featuring psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis. This time they're investigating the murder of a Jack Kevorkian-like character who has very publicly assisted in scores of suicides. Rubinstein uses Delaware's voice as the story's unifying thread. He then peppers the narrative with distinctive voices and characterizations for the novel's other players. A gratingly unpleasant voice for an officious police bureaucrat is a guilty pleasure, while his reading of the doctor's drug-addled son is unexpectedly moving. G.N. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 01]