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Dr. Jean Montrose #7
A Hidden Cause of Murder
Horrified when her partner is murdered, Dr. Jean Montrose believes that one of the victim's addict clients is responsible, but police inspector Douglas Niven believes that Jean herself is the killer. Original.
- GenresMystery
235 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1996
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January 23, 2019
Just not my cup of tea.
April 30, 2015
"Dr. Jean Montrose deals with human weakness and death as a natural part of her profession. But the blood running from under Dr. Diane Shulman's office door suggests something very unnatural. Scotland's Dr. Montrose is terrified when she finds her partner's body. The young physician was a difficult colleague, disrupting their shared office by treating drug addicts and alcoholics. Now she fears Diane's choice of patients got her killed.
"Perth police inspector Douglas Niven thinks something else may have led to Diane's murder -- like the malpractice that caused a distraught patient to threaten her life. Unfortunately the only person with means, motive, and opportunity is Dr. Montrose herself. In danger of being indicted, Jean Montrose realizes the case needs her expert diagnosis of the hidden causes of this brutal killing: bare bones of jealousy, dangerous secrets of the heart, anjd wicked passions of the floesh that usually begin with love ..."
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A very clever plot combined with the usual excellent and realistic characterizations make this a mystery to keep you on the edge of your seat, and in the dark until the very last pages ...
"Perth police inspector Douglas Niven thinks something else may have led to Diane's murder -- like the malpractice that caused a distraught patient to threaten her life. Unfortunately the only person with means, motive, and opportunity is Dr. Montrose herself. In danger of being indicted, Jean Montrose realizes the case needs her expert diagnosis of the hidden causes of this brutal killing: bare bones of jealousy, dangerous secrets of the heart, anjd wicked passions of the floesh that usually begin with love ..."
~~back cover
A very clever plot combined with the usual excellent and realistic characterizations make this a mystery to keep you on the edge of your seat, and in the dark until the very last pages ...
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August 6, 2011 A fair to good plot - my main complaint with this book is that the police seemed very lax in their procedures, starting with having Dr. Jean verify the death of her colleague when she was actually a suspect in the murder. The author had a medical background and that side of the story was believable however the police side was less so. Despite all this, not a bad read.
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