Blood Test (Alex Delaware Series #2)

A good Alex Delaware read.

I have read several of the Alex Delaware books but not in sequence. This is one of the earlier reads and is very good, but not as good as many of the later ones. Always enjoy books that have my favorite characters in them.

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Great Series

This second book in the Alex Delaware series is great! The plot thickens all along as you read it. You never really have a good idea as to "who done it"!! which makes it so special. I can't wait to read all of them!

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One of the finest mainstream books I've read

Kellerman is one of the best authors I know of when it comes to plotting story and sufficiently developing characters. The answer to the big mystery was right there in front of your eyes, but I never saw it. In fact, I was positive I had the book figured out completely a hundred pages before finishing it, and thought that this was one of the weakers mystery novels I'd read, but then the answer came and it blew me out of the water, but it made perfect sense and I couldn't believe I didn't think of it before. A truly enjoyable experience, although the ending within the ending was a little too Hollywood for my tastes.

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Rune

A small she cat pads out of the shadows. She looks up. And up. And up and up and up. She takes a deep breath. She shook her head and muttered. "I am a cat. I am jut like any other. Just because i am all does not mean I can not be a cat." She staightened her shoulders and padded towards the base of the huge mountain. She looked for a way up before she actually climbed. She saw a little path slanting upwards so it would not be a deep incline. She started there. Hooking her claws as hard as she could she started. One foot after the other she reapeated to herself. About halfway to the end of the path that was a small portion of the mountain she looked down. She then realized she was scared. She trembled but pulled herself together. I can do this. Or i can try my best. She shivered then kept going. At the end of the path she stopped. Her legs were not yet tired but shaky. She looked quickly about for another path. She saw one but it was a littoe ways away. She had to jump. She searched or another way but vthere was none. She tensed. Then he jumped. She flew for a little then she hit the rocks. Hard. She managed to hold on with one paw but she dangled. She gulped and pulled. Inally for what seemed like hours but was only minutes she got all four holds. She was trembling but she continued. This time th path was easier. She de it to the end in ten minutes. By then she was sore. She gave herself a prep talk and searched for another path. She foujd on straight up tjis time. With on paw hold inbetween. She gulped and jumped. Her left hind paw managed to cath the hold and hoist herself up. She managed two paws an pulled herself up. She was panting. Her whooe boy trembled. And she was only a third up. She spotted a small ledge big enough to fit a small cat. She was a sll cat. She leaped to it and managed to paws again and hoisted her danglijg legs up. She could only fit three paws though. So she took a quick rest revolving her paws to let them all have a rest. She then sighed. Now to figure out how to get out. She came up with she had to lose some ground. So she slid down and lost morevth she thought unil her paws caught and she could continue again. She made it again to the ledge but she went right. The path continued on until about two thirds. There it got tricky. For the paw holds were smaller and farther apart. She tensed and dug her claws. She hosted herself up and jumped. She continued that to almost the top. She got holds with one or two paws. One time she got none but her back legs caught her. When she reached the end of that she had abiut five tail lengths to go. An there were no more holds. She shivered. Jumping was the only option. So she jumped. But she mis calculated. Only three claws caught. She yowled horrified but her eyes were both determined and scared. She knew he uld just fall and skid down to end in defeat. But she snarled. She never backed down from a challenge that she could win in the least injury possibl she backtracked. Well. If it dealt with her and only her she would get injury with pride. So she pulled. Se managed to grab hold with another paw. And usikg her back legs she scarbbled up. She stood panting on the top of the mountain. She was scarpped and bleeding and two claws were gone but she was victorious. She smiled. For she knew that evn if she was not chosen for she new that was a xlear possibility she would have won a great battle today. She sat down to regain her strangth and try to lick the grit from her wounds.

Owlfeather to Eaglewing

"Thank you." He says. "What is my next est?"

To Rune

Youre good enough to be in my hero school. You could be the 1 studant there!! Go to school 1 result to join.

Wildspirit

She looked at Eaglewing. I will enter. She nodds and accepts the challenge. She looks up at the cliff examining the ledges and curves. She starts by rearing on her hind legs and dug her claws into the cliff. Carefully she moved her left paw up still tightly hanging on. She dug her claws in. She carefully and swiftly did this process all up the cliff. Whrn she neared the flat surface she dug her claws on the ground and kicked with her hind legs off the cliff pulling herself onto the ground. She smiles. "Done." She purred

Butterflystar to owlfeather

Its all over. I won. I freed him from a curse. Owlfeather i know your owlpaw. Your name is not owlfeather. Lets go home.

Dappleheart

I'll enter. *looks at the cliff analyzing it* hm..... lets see.... *she decides on what Eaglewing knows to be the hardest way up* *she jumps onto a narrow ledge that isnt very visible from below and it starts breaking under my weight* uh oh... *she quickly leaps from pawhold to pawhold trying to find another way up with no success and is quickly getting worn out, not even getting higher but just staying around the same height* is this even possible? *she looks at rune at th top* if she can do it then so can i. *she finally leaps to a solid pawhold while looking for a way up* well theres no good way up so i guess ill hav o take my chances with this. *she leaps to a smaller, but higher pawhold but miscalculates the leap and is dangling with one paw on the ledge* *she slowly manages to get another paw onto the ledge but the original paw slips off* am i really gonna be able to do this? *she manages ti get both front paws onto the ledge, and over time gets her hind legs onto the ledge* take that cliff! *as she mews this she slips off the ledge and onto a sharp rock and is now bleeding on her front paw* *finds a path that rune used and climbs it* finally some luck. -she locates some more short paths up the mountain and leaps to them, all th time getting higher and higher* *as she starts dragging herself onto the top she slips on some loose rocks and loses a lot of ground* thats just great. *she is now exhausted an thinking about quitting but se pushes this thought to he back of her head and resumess climbing* *as she slowly approaches the "top" she realizes he has been going sideways and not up* *she now sets herself straight and starts leaping up the mountainside* almost there... *now she realizes that she has been going in circles* this is like a labrynth! *she sets herself straight (again) an climbs the mountain hoping to get to the top before she faints from exhaustion* *when she is very close to th top she notices a small shrub and leaps onto the mountain right above it to prevent herself from falling as she rests for a moment* *now she resumes getting to the top and manage to get a paw onto the top an slowly gets her oher front paw onto the top, then drags her hind paws onto the top and looks at rune* how did you ever get up here? She asks then gently its to clen herself, since her pelt is very ragged and dusty from the long hard climb*

Cass

Kk. :)

Pretty good

Good story. This is for those who like dective stories.I probablywill read other stories by this author. Good for book doscussions.

More Vintage Kellerman. Hooray!

Further character development & excellent plot.

Merlin

Lets go home.

Cole

Annie r u okay Annie r u okay r u okay Annie u been hit by u been struvk by a smooth crimanil

Zane

7-7

Full moon

'Flys in her white wings flowing with the wind'

Well

Maybe its a good story but i dont like .

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