Blurb:
A
brilliant, deeply dedicated psychologist, Grace Blades has a gift for treating
troubled souls and tormented psyches—perhaps because she bears her own invisible
scars: Only five years old when she witnessed her parents' death in a bloody
murder-suicide, Grace took refuge in her fierce intellect and found comfort in
the loving couple who adopted her. But even as an adult with an accomplished
professional life, Grace still has a dark, secret side. When her two worlds
shockingly converge, Grace's harrowing past returns with a vengeance.
Both
Grace and her newest patient are stunned when they recognize each other from a
recent encounter. Haunted by his bleak past, mild-mannered Andrew Toner is
desperate for Grace's renowned therapeutic expertise and more than willing to
ignore their connection. And while Grace is tempted to explore his case, which
seems to eerily echo her grim early years, she refuses—a decision she regrets
when a homicide detective appears on her doorstep.
An evil
she thought she'd outrun has reared its head again, but Grace fears that a
police inquiry will expose her double life. Launching her own personal
investigation leads her to a murderously manipulative foe, one whose warped
craving for power forces Grace back into the chaos and madness she'd long ago
fled.
About the Author:
Jonathan
Kellerman
is one of the world’s most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a
clinical psychologist to three dozen New York Times-bestselling crime
novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy
Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, and True Detectives. With
his wife, novelist Faye Kellerman, he also co-authored the bestsellers Double
Homicide and Capital Crimes. He is the author of numerous essays,
short stories, scientific articles, two children’s books, and three volumes of
psychology, as well as the lavishly illustrated With Strings Attached: The
Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and
Anthony Awards, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Jonathan and Faye
Kellerman live in California, New Mexico, and New York City. Their four children
include the novelists Jesse Kellerman and Aliza Kellerman.
Review by Rochelle:
I have
been a long-time fan of Jonathan Kellerman. His books always keep me guessing and
burning through the pages whether I’m reading a true whodunit or a
Columbo-style mystery where we know who but not how or why. The Murderer’s
daughter is a little of both. There’s some deep psychopathy going on in The Murderer’s Daughter—characters who
have suffered major trauma in childhood and have dealt with it in very
different ways. Sometimes, I wish I lived in a house instead of an apartment,
as I like to read late at night and my outbursts must surely disturb my
neighbors. I yelled a lot while I read The
Murderer’s Daughter. My neighbors
heard a lot of “Oh my God!” “Oh no!” and “I can’t believe it!” I also missed a
deadline or two reading all night when I should have put the book down and gone
to sleep.
The
reason I’m only giving The Murderer’s
Daughter four roses is that it was full of comma splices. I realize the
copy I read was an advanced review copy from Balantine that I received through
Net Galley, but it seems many of today’s editors don’t know what a comma splice
is. You’d think people working in New York for a major publisher would be able
to afford to keep current with their subscription to The Chicago Manual of Style and look up such basic grammar issues.
And one would think that someone Mr. Kellerman’s age would have learned about
comma splices in elementary school back when they still taught grammar in all
eight grades. Sorry for the rant, but the plethora of comma splices in modern
fiction is one of my pet peeves.
Heat Rating: R
Length: 385 Pages
Prices:
Hardcover: $19.01
Paperback: $20.21
Digital: $13.99
Audible: $26.95
Author Web Site: http://www.jonathankellerman.com/
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