~acquired for release~

From the Publisher:
The killers modus operandi is always the same: strangulation. And theres another similarity that Inspector Wilkins cant help noticing. Each and every victim is a psychotherapist. Donald Dorricks is on a mission. Nine shrinks to go and his mission is complete. Yet, even after giving himself up and confessing to the killings, he still protests his innocence. And just as Inspector Wilkins struggles to catch the killer, Dorricks wife Verine attempts to understand the reasoning behind the murders. As her husbands tale emerges, it reveals a past peppered with secrets from which Donald has never been able to escape. Until now Bernice Rubens many novels include the 1970 Booker Prize winner, The Elected Member, and A Five Year Sentence, which was shortlisted for the same award. Among her other books are two that were made into films: I Sent a Letter to My Love and Madame Souzatska.

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This book is being included in a small box of books that's being sent to Kitten22. It's going to be part of her ongoing international m-bag projects -- thank you Kitten for sending my books throughout the world. This book is destined to go to Brazil to BCer Metropolitan. I hope you will enjoy it! :)

Mailed: 22 January 2007

RELEASE NOTES:

Placing in Metropolitan's M-Bag.

Thank you so much for adding this book to my m-bag!

This is a different kind of mystery - it is a whydunit. This is a unsettling story of an English murderer, told by the killer, his wife and the main investigator DI Wilkins. I read the book in two days because I really wanted to find out why this murderer had to go through nine lives before stopping.

Thank you for sharing this book with me, SecurityBlanket, and thanks Kitten22 for adding it to my m-bag.

RELEASE NOTES:

My husband and I traveled to the southern region of Brazil to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, so Spiegel and I set up a mini-meetup at the Porto Alegre airport. The trip was wonderful and the meet up lots of fun.
Hope you enjoy this book, Spiegel.

A surprise book that Metropolitan took to our mini-meetup. Thank you!

That was an engrossing read! I couldn't put it down for two days. Same author as Madame Souzatska? I didn't even know that was a book; I confess that I might've liked the movie better if Shirley MacLaine murdered a few people between lessons. Although pianos aren't very practical weapons. Speaking of which, I think the shattered guitar should've been the first clue of this book, because there aren't many scenarios involving an attic and a rope for someone with a mysterious past (spoilers in white).

I'm ambivalent towards the character of Verry, the wife. She starts and ends the story completely passive and her lack of curiosity in her previous life is astonishing (not in a good way). On the other hand, I liked the portrayal of her denial after the events and her mirror, Mrs. Cox, during the prison visits.

I've given this to a friend who travels a lot.