Synopses & Reviews
In this auspicious debut, Alex Dolan announces himself as a virtuoso of psychological suspense and a rightful heir to masters of the genre like Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott. A young woman helps to end the lives of people with terminal diseases, her reasons her own. When she helps the wrong person, she will be roped into a plot to gain vengeance on behalf of dozens. Her journey will make her question everything she ever thought she knew about herself. And the last life she ends may be her own.
They know her as Kali. She is there to see them off into the afterlife with kindness, with efficiency, and with two needles. She's been a part of the right-to-die movement for years, an integral member, complicit in the deaths of twenty-seven men and women, all suffering from terminal illnesses.
And she just helped the wrong patient.
Leland Moon has been with the Bureau for his entire career, but even as a respected agent, he was unable to keep his own son from being kidnapped on his way to school. When his boy finally came home, he told terrifying stories of his captors, and his nightmares haven't stopped since.
Moon draws Kali into his mission, a mesmerizing cat-and-mouse game with two ruthless predators--one behind bars, one free--who hold the secrets that could bring comfort to the families of their victims. This powerful journey towards grace and towards peace will force both Leland and Kali to question everything they believe to be true and just.
Review
"Alex Dolan's The Euthanist grabbed me from the first page and showed no signs of letting go. Dark and sinewy, topical and timeless, laced with rich characterization and gallows humor, it showcases Dolan as a thriller writer to watch and follow." -- Louis Bayard, author of Roosevelt's Beast
Review
"Fast, fierce, complex and compassionate, The Euthanist is an extraordinary performance from a writer full of both fire and heart." --Scott O'Connor, author of Half World and Untouchable
Review
"Reading Alex Dolan's The Euthanist is like cutting open a pearl; you negotiate through well crafted layers to get to the dirty little secret that put it all in motion." -- Robert Pobi, author of American Woman
Synopsis
In this debut psychological thriller, a young woman named Kali helps terminally-ill clients end their lives peacefully. She has overseen the deaths of 27 people in California. For her, euthanasia offers fair, humane treatment that is only available outside the law. Posing as a dying client, federal agent Leland Moon cuffs Kali and coerces her into a bargain: to win her freedom back, Kali must euthanize a woman she's never met, pushing her outside the boundaries of what she feels is right and merciful.
Synopsis
In this auspicious debut, Alex Dolan announces himself as a master of psychological suspense and a rightful heir to masters of the genre like Gillian Flynn and Megan Abbott.
About the Author
Alex Dolan recently completed a master's degree at Columbia University. Alex was an editor and reader for the Reece Halsey North Literary Agency (now Kimberley Cameron and Associates), and the Book Editor for SOMA Magazine. He has worked as a literary critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and a contributor to several magazines, including Writer's Digest.