Gretchen was instant like, she didn't hide her personality at all and in a way it's the same as everyone trying to reel the dark desires we have and being a sociopath and a psychologist damn winner combination on my book.

Something I need to address here, is that at the beginning this one it's a slow burner so you need to be a little patient on that, but it has a very interesting plot. What called me to this one really was the premise, a sociopath solving crimes, you see this very little in thriller books in my opinion, usually it's just always the detective and that's that but, Gretchen added a spark in all this.īeing a domestic thriller is pretty easy to imagine this happening anywhere at any moment, it's very relatable even if you haven't lived it, so it helps to paint the picture. I would like to read the next book in this series but hope that now we know about Gretchen’s personality more emphasis will be put upon the actual story.Įlite Book Group received a copy of the book to review This distracted me from the actual story which was full of twists and turns and kept me guessing throughout the book. However, the book is ruined for me by the constant references to Gretchen’s personality and the way she rates every person that she meets as a potential sociopath or empath as she calls people who understand her problems. We are drawn into the problems with Viola from her early childhood and how Reed has struggled to suppress her attacks not only on himself but also on his younger sons. The book jumps about between the here and now and from the perspective of both Gretchen and Reed Kent who is the father.

However, Gretchen is not sure that this murder is as straightforward as it seems.Īs Gretchen and Detective Shaughnessy probe into this troubled family things become known, and I did think this had all the makings of a fascinating thriller. A 13-year-old girl with multiple problems of her own has been accused of killing her mother, Claire, and is awaiting trial. She must assist in a particularly violent murder. Detective Shaughnessy uses her because although Gretchen is a sociopath herself and he believes that she got away with murdering her aunt years ago, she is brilliant at dealing with crimes committed by sociopaths and he feels that he can control any urges that she may have. She assists Detective Patrick Shaughnessy as a consultant. A book more about sociopaths than the actual story.ĭr Gretchen White is a psychologist and criminologist specialising in violent crime.

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