Dante's Wood
A Mark Angelotti Novel
Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · January 15, 2013
A troubled psychiatrist turns investigator when a young patient confesses to murder.
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- Who it’s for
- A psychiatrist’s search for the truth puts trust, diagnosis, and genetic certainty on trial.
- Themes
- Murder investigation, Unreliable genetic evidence, Proving an accused patient's innocence
- Genres
- Psychological Thrillers, Medical Thrillers, Legal Thrillers
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A troubled psychiatrist turns investigator when a young patient confesses to murder. Psychiatrist Mark Angelotti knows that genes don't lie. Or do they? Back at work after a devastating illness, Mark believes he has put his past behind him when he is asked to examine Charlie Dickerson, a mentally handicapped teenager whose wealthy mother insists he is a victim of sexual abuse.
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Mark diagnoses a different reason for Charlie's ills, but his prescription turns deadly when a teacher is murdered and Charlie confesses to the police. Volunteering to testify on Charlie's behalf, Mark's worst fears are realized when paternity tests show the victim was pregnant with Charlie's child. Now it's up to Mark to prove Charlie's innocence in a case where nothing is as first meets the eye. Not even genes--Mark's or Charlie's--can be trusted to shine a light on the truth.
Truth Under Pressure
A psychiatrist’s search for the truth puts trust, diagnosis, and genetic certainty on trial.
Come here for
- A crime mystery threaded through psychiatric and legal questions
- Suspense built around a confession and an uneasy diagnosis
Expect
- A troubled investigator caught between professional judgment and doubt
- A case where appearances—and genes—may mislead
Where it sits
| Psychological Thrillers | 60% |
|---|---|
| Medical Thrillers | 42% |
| Legal Thrillers | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Police Procedurals
- Legal Thrillers
- Medical Thrillers
- Authors
- Lynne Raimondo
- Publisher
- Seventh Street Books
- Published
- January 15, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Murder investigation · Unreliable genetic evidence · Proving an accused patient's innocence
- Reading lane
- Police Procedurals