The
Delilah Complex
A
Dr. Morgan Snow Mystery
M.
J. Rose
Mira
Books (Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-7783-2215-7 (0778322157)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2215-3 (9780778322153)
Publication Date: January 2006
List Price: $6.99
Synopsis (from
the publisher): As one of New York's top sex therapists, Dr. Morgan
Snow sees everything from the abused to the depraved. The Butterfield
Institute is the sanctuary where she tries to heal these battered souls.
The Scarlet Society is a secret club of twelve powerful and sexually
adventurous women. But when a photograph of the body of one of the men
they're recruited to dominate -- strapped to a gurney, the number 1
inked on the sole of his foot -- is sent to the New York Times, they
are shocked and frightened. Unable to cope with the tragedy, the women
turn to Dr. Morgan Snow. But what starts out as grief counseling
quickly becomes a murder investigation, with any one of the twelve
women a potential suspect.
The case leads Detective Noah Jordan -- a man with whom Morgan has
shared a brief, intense connection -- to her office. He fears the
number on the man's foot hints that the killings have just begun. With
her hands tied by her professional duty, Morgan is dangerously close to
the demons in her own mind -- and the flesh-and-blood killer.
Review:
The
Delilah Complex is the second
mystery (after The Halo Effect)
to feature sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow, a specialist at The
Butterfield Institute in New York City.
This is an unusually effective mystery. Though there is very little
action in the book, the pace of the story is brisk. The characters are
all believable and their interrelationships true to both the story and
each other. Though the author is generous with clues throughout the
book, the somewhat lurid ending will no doubt come as a surprise to
some readers.
Dr. Morgan Snow is a very interesting character. Her education and
experience has taught her to help others come to terms with their
problems, yet she, herself, is full of conflicts: she has the normal
issues of being the divorced parent of an adolescent who may be on
better terms with her father than her mother; she is unsure of the
personal relationship she has with the detective handling the case; she
is torn between treating her mentor at the institute as both a
mother-figure and a colleague; and her professional ethics dictate a
course of action that may be at odds with solving the mystery. This is
a character that has the potential of continuing to grow and be of
interest to readers for many mysteries to come.
Special thanks to Book Trends for providing an ARC of The Delilah Complex for this review.
Review Copyright © 2005 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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Mysteries in this series ...
The
Halo Effect
Mira Books (Trade Paperback), July 2004
ISBN-10: 0-7783-2080-4 (0778320804)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2080-7 (9780778320807)
The Delilah Complex
Mira Books (Mass Market Paperback), January 2006
ISBN-10: 0-7783-2215-7 (0778322157)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2215-3 (9780778322153)
The Venus Fix
Mira Books (Mass Market Paperback), July 2006
ISBN-10: 0-7783-2317-X (077832317X)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2317-4 (9780778323174)
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Location(s) referenced: New York City.
