Settle in for the night- you'll love this one!
Rating:
5 / 5
12/12/03 I bought the book and started reading it last Friday night during the snowstorm and I didn't put it down until I was finished a few hours later! Dr. McGrath succeeds in wrapping you up in the daily grind of Dr. More's life and his ensuing battles. With every turn of the page you become more entwined in his world and the chaos around him...you want to help him! Dr. McGrath has given us a true psychological thriller in 'Beyond Hate'. I look forward to his next effort!
Reminds us that there are a lot of loonies out there...
Rating:
5 / 5
Daniel More is a forensic psychiatrist who has escaped New York to live in the western part of the state, where he feels life will be more calm. But his marriage is crumbling, his wife jealously keeps his daughter from him, and then his life takes on a bizarre twist when someone flattens his tires and he gets mugged. Then one morning he wakes up to find his wife dead in the bed beside him. Naturally, he is the prime suspect: "'Maybe,' Howell said, lifting an empty coffee cup to his lips. He stared into it a moment then placed it on the desk. 'I have my own doubts about this case. But, so far, nothing's come up to make me feel I could convince myself, let alone somebody else, More's not guilty. All you've got are doubts. There's nothing concrete to work with. You're looking from the angle that somebody could have had access to More's property from the back without being noticed. You've found a house that was empty for a few weeks and the garage door was messed with. So what? What you need is evidence that the person or persons you think killed More's wife and kid exist. And we don't have any of that." McGrath uses his considerable writing skills and psychiatric skills to lead the reader into a labyrinth of murder and deceit. We are treated to life inside of a state psychiatric hospital; life inside a courtroom; and are introduced to a whole host of insidious characters, who leads us around by the nose. McGrath plays his plot close to the cuff, not enlightening the reader until the very end, when we are positive we have the picture. Naturally, we are wrong, and that is what makes for a great murder mystery. Beyond Hate is a good read, which reminds us that there are a lot of loonies out there...and not all of them are locked up.
Each Page Will Leave You On The Edge Of Your Seat
Rating:
5 / 5
Dr. Michael McGrath is at the top of his game as a murder mystery writer. A leading forensic psychiatrist in Upstate New York who gives us a compelling look into the world of madness with a plot that twists and turns till the very last page.
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