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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A compelling psychological thriller that probes the darkest compulsions of the human mind. Dr. Stanley Kolberg was not just murdered. His lifeless body was battered and broken almost beyond recognition, as though his unknown killer had been driven by a ferocious rage that had exploded madly out of control. As far as the Seattle police are concerned, there is no shortage of suspects. A distinguished psychiatrist, Kolberg specialized in anger management and often treated violent offenders with severe psychiatric disorders. His client list is a virtual lineup of sociopaths, psychotics, and convicted murderers, any one of whom might have unleashed their homicidal fury on the doctor. For Dr. Joel Ashman, who consults as a profiler for Seattle Homicide, the shocking crime strikes particularly close to home. Not only was the victim a fellow psychiatrist, but Kolberg was also his former partner and mentor--he was practically a second father to Joel, who soon finds himself the target of a faceless stalker as well. Who killed Stanley Kolberg and why? The answers lie hidden in a lurid underworld of depraved sex and violence--and in the tortured past of one disturbed young woman. Review:"A thriller that will pull you into a world of sexual deviancy, murder, and mind games. A very good read." Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author Review:"In the tradition of other gifted moonlighters (Kathy Reichs, John Grisham, Patricia Cormwell, etc.) Kalla successfully blends an inventive story with intimate, detailed insight into the medical profession… a credible and satisfying thriller." Quill & Quire Review:"High-concept mix of sordid content and ramped-up suspense." Booklist Review:"{Kalla} navigates the emerging fields of impulse and rage control therapy, and the issue of doctor/patient abuse, turning it all into an ingenious thriller." The Ottawa Citizen Review:"With Kalla, even an ordinary death has plenty of intrigue." Globe & Mail Review:"{Kalla} continues his rapid rise in the thriller-writing ranks with his first novel issued in hardback; this one shifts from past novels on infectious disease to psychotherapy and powerfully explores a tale of patient abuse set in Seattle." The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Review:"It's an interesting story that intelligently dramatizes the sexual abuse of patients by psychiatrists, and a romantic subplot nicely counterpoints Kalla's concern with ethics and corruption… indeed, gripping." The Vancouver Sun Synopsis:Dr. Stanley Kolberg was not just murdered; his lifeless body was battered and broken almost beyond recognition. Who killed him and why? The answers lie hidden in a lurid underworld of depraved sex and violence--and in the tortured past of one disturbed young woman.
About the AuthorBorn, raised, and still residing in Vancouver, Daniel Kalla spends his days (and sometimes nights) working as an Emergency Room Physician at an urban teaching hospital.
The idea for his first medical thriller — the bestseller Pandemic — sprang from his clinical and administrative experience in dealing with the SARS crisis of 2003. In his next novel, Resistance, a superbug immune to antibiotics — unleashed intentionally — threatens the unsuspecting public. His books have been or will be translated into eight languages so far. Both Pandemic and Resistance have been optioned for feature film, and Dan has written the first draft of the script for Pandemic. His fourth novel, Blood Lies, will be released in summer 2007, to be followed in 2008 by the medical thriller, Prion. His latest release, Rage Therapy (a psychological thriller), came out in hard cover from Forge Books in October 2006. In it, Kalla plumbs the depths of forensic psychiatry and the emerging fields of impulse and rage control therapy. Dr. Kalla has handled media questions across North America on various medical and writing related issues. In 2005, he was featured on the front page of the Globe & Mail Review section and was interviewed on national TV on the Vicki Gabereau Show. CNN, CBC radio, the National Post, City TV, and the Vancouver Sun have also interviewed him. He is married and the father of two young girls, and received his B.Sc. in mathematics and his MD from the University of British Columbia. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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