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Dennis Lehane meets Tess Gerritsen in a psychological thriller written by and from an M.D.'s insider perspective
A psychiatrist and homicide profiler learns more about his mentor than he ever wanted to know. Dr. Joel Ashman consults regularly for the Seattle PD-studying murder scenes, creating profiles of the killers. His latest case, though, is different; this time, it's personal. Ashman's mentor and former partner Stanley Kolberg has been found in his office mutilated nearly beyond recognition. Seeing that the good doctor specialized in patients suffering rage and violence issues, there's no shortage of suspects, but after a little digging, it becomes clear that he wasn't quite so innocent as first assumed. For one thing, he seems to have had a thing for S&M and routinely included his patients, against their will. For another, these unfortunate patients had a way of showing up dead. The more Ashman and his police counterparts Ethan Devonshire and Claire Shepherd learn about Kolberg, the more it seems he simply got what was coming to him. But between interviewing witnesses and bedding the lovely but vulnerable Shepherd, Ashman's good-guy facade starts to slip. The clues are subtle, but as Kalla (Pandemic, 2005) lets them drop, his protagonist shifts from helpful doc to highly unreliable narrator. It turns out he's known the real story all along. Murderer? More like murderers-and the once-tidy little case becomes a tangled mess. Ashman's transformation does provide a redeeming twist to what, with its stock characters and stale love story, would have been just one more competent but forgettable thriller. A clever twist on an otherwise familiar tale.
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Stephanie Knott
reviewed Rage Therapy on June 15, 2015
Rage Therapy
Kalla is a pretty good writer and his story moves along at a good clip. I'm not sure why psychologists/psychiatrists are such popular characters for mysteries; perhaps because they are privy to more secrets and scandals than the average person. In any case, this book is not exactly flattering to the psychiatric profession, but does use it effectively as a springboard for a mystery. The plot is convoluted enough to keep the reader guessing and at the end you'll likely find yourself thinking you should have seen it coming. There are clues from the beginning, but they only make sense in retrospect, which says something for Kalla's ability to plot. There are some pretty gruesome scenes (but nothing so gory as Kellerman, for example), so beware if that bothers you and the plot has to do with S&M which may be a deterrent for some readers. This is a quick read, just a few hours, and never boring. The characters are fairly stock. The protagonist is ok, nothing special--you wouldn't invite him over for dinner if you were looking for an interesting conversation. You won't be greatly enriched by reading this thriller, but you'll be entertained.
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