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IS THE DOCTOR IN?, Feb 14 2001
This is a very riveting, compelling mystery. Alex Delaware is called in to determine the psychological aspects of the murder of author Hope Devane. A veteran of the talk show circuit, brilliant psychologist and scholar, Hope Devane was the survivor of maternal abuse. Married to a remote, aloof scholar who is not too different in temperament from herself, Devane continues teaching, writing and appearing on talk shows. One of Devane's latest capers may have been the catalyst for her murder. She created a kangaroo court in a local college ostensibly to protect women from date rape. She badgers the girls to come forward and one stupid girl named Cindy protects and declares love for her attacker, one Ken Storm, Jr. He threatens her, pushes her out of his car and forces her to fend for herself one night. Even after Storm becomes involved with prostitutes and other violent behavior, silly Cindy defends him. The other women involved in the kangaroo court hearings demand that the men in question be prosecuted. In reading the transcrips of the hearings, one can't help noticing how Devane and her panel of "kangaroos" press the women to press charges and show an antagonism towards men in general. Delaware probes deeper, and, like a carbuncle, discovers many festering layers beneath the surface. He uncovers an abortion clinic, shady family connections, murder, extortion and theft. Each mystery is a segue to the next and the multiple conclusions are always several steps ahead of the reader. I thought this was an excellent thriller.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
IS THE DOCTOR IN?, Feb 14 2001
This is a very riveting, compelling mystery. Alex Delaware is called in to determine the psychological aspects of the murder of author Hope Devane. A veteran of the talk show circuit, brilliant psychologist and scholar, Hope Devane was the survivor of maternal abuse. Married to a remote, aloof scholar who is not too different in temperament from herself, Devane continues teaching, writing and appearing on talk shows. One of Devane's latest capers may have been the catalyst for her murder. She created a kangaroo court in a local college ostensibly to protect women from date rape. She badgers the girls to come forward and one stupid girl named Cindy protects and declares love for her attacker, one Ken Storm, Jr. He threatens her, pushes her out of his car and forces her to fend for herself one night. Even after Storm becomes involved with prostitutes and other violent behavior, silly Cindy defends him. The other women involved in the kangaroo court hearings demand that the men in question be prosecuted. In reading the transcrips of the hearings, one can't help noticing how Devane and her panel of "kangaroos" press the women to press charges and show an antagonism towards men in general. Delaware probes deeper, and, like a carbuncle, discovers many festering layers beneath the surface. He uncovers an abortion clinic, shady family connections, murder, extortion and theft. Each mystery is a segue to the next and the multiple conclusions are always several steps ahead of the reader. I thought this was an excellent thriller.
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IS THE DOCTOR IN?, Feb 14 2001
This is a very riveting, compelling mystery. Alex Delaware is called in to determine the psychological aspects of the murder of author Hope Devane. A veteran of the talk show circuit, brilliant psychologist and scholar, Hope Devane was the survivor of maternal abuse. Married to a remote, aloof scholar who is not too different in temperament from herself, Devane continues teaching, writing and appearing on talk shows. One of Devane's latest capers may have been the catalyst for her murder. She created a kangaroo court in a local college ostensibly to protect women from date rape. She badgers the girls to come forward and one stupid girl named Cindy protects and declares love for her attacker, one Ken Storm, Jr. He threatens her, pushes her out of his car and forces her to fend for herself one night. Even after Storm becomes involved with prostitutes and other violent behavior, silly Cindy defends him. The other women involved in the kangaroo court hearings demand that the men in question be prosecuted. In reading the transcrips of the hearings, one can't help noticing how Devane and her panel of "kangaroos" press the women to press charges and show an antagonism towards men in general. Delaware probes deeper, and, like a carbuncle, discovers many festering layers beneath the surface. He uncovers an abortion clinic, shady family connections, murder, extortion and theft. Each mystery is a segue to the next and the multiple conclusions are always several steps ahead of the reader. I thought this was an excellent thriller.
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