By Natalie Standiford ** Publication Date 6 April 2021 ** 4.5 stars Trauma can do funny things to our brains. Sometimes we don’t even realize we’re off kilter because we can’t see our behavior. Others can. Others will try to protect us, help us or exploit those crazy days post-trauma. Phoebe has graduated from college …
By Donald Friedman ** Publication Date 29 August 2020** 3.75 stars Owen Berk is called upon to investigate the untimely death of his boss’s cousin, one psychologist named Albert Snaedeker. Albert was in for a routine colonoscopy/polypectomy when he met his end by exploding on the operating table. The hospital maintains that Albert simply neglected …
By Estelle Laure ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 4.5 stars Mayhem Brayburn was 3 years old when her mom fled their home of Santa Maria landing in Taylor, Texas. Taylor and her mom’s second husband Lyle is pretty much all Mayhem has known. Lyle is a southern charmer on the outside and an …
By Mary Pauline Lowry ** Publication Date 7 April 2020 ** Roxy has decided to allow her ex-boyfriend Everett to move in with her while he tries to get on his feet. She leaves him a letter in the kitchen that outlines the rules for his living with her. The rules are fairly comical and …
By Taffy Brodesser-Akner ** Publication Date 18 June 2019 ** Fleishman is a semi-happily married, forty-something, doctor in hepatology. Somehow being a doctor has fallen out of favor with the wealthy and elite in New York City. His wife, Rachel, is clearly not pleased with his vertical trajectory and feels the need to constantly remind …