The Venus Fix
A Dr.
Morgan Snow Mystery
M. J.
Rose
Mira Books (Mass Market Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-7783-2317-X (077832317X)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-2317-4 (9780778323174)
Publication Date: July 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. From high-profile
clients with twisted obsessions to courageous survivors, the
Butterfield Institute is the sanctuary to heal battered souls.
Morgan Snow's newest patient is a powerful, influential man -- secretly
addicted to watching Internet Web cam pornography. He's not alone in
his desires. She's also working with a group of high school teenagers
equally and dangerously obsessed with these real-time fantasies.
Fantasies that are all too accessible.
Then the women start dying online, right in front of their eyes.
Now it's all about murder.
Review: M. J.
Rose continues to impress readers with her latest thriller to feature
Dr. Morgan Snow, The Venus Fix.
In this mystery, the third in the series, Rose has created an intricate
set of relationships around a series of unexplained and seemingly
unrelated murders that makes for a very suspenseful novel.
Morgan is still struggling with the various issues in her personal life
in The Venus Fix, but this
time her professional life is focused on her work with two cases that
deal with webcam pornography. That these cases have something in common
and are connected in some way to the murders is a given; what, how, and
why form the basis of the mystery. Rose very creatively allows the
reader to make assumptions that may or may not be relevant to the
resolution of these online murders all the while subtly laying a
foundation for the surprising denouement.
Apart from the mystery itself, Morgan's obsession with protecting her
daughter is so passionately written that one wonders if Rose is
projecting some personal aspect of her life into the pages of her
books. If not carefully contained, or better yet settled, this
simmering mother-daughter conflict has the potential to detract from
Rose's finely developed suspense plots in the future.
Special thanks to Mira Books for providing a copy of The Venus Fix for this review.
Review Copyright © 2006 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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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.
