PublishedText Publishing, January 2015 |
ISBN9781922182647 |
FormatSoftcover, 336 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.3cm |
Forensic psychiatrist Natalie King works with victims and perpetrators of violent crime. Women with a history of abuse, mainly. She rides a Ducati a size too big and wears a tank top a size too small. Likes men but doesn't want to keep one. And really needs to stay on her medication.
Now she's being stalked. Anonymous notes, threats, strangers loitering outside her house. A hostile former patient? Or someone connected with a current case? Georgia Latimer - charged with killing her three children. Travis Hardy - deadbeat father of another murdered child, with a second daughter now missing. Maybe the harrassment has something to do with Crown Prosecutor Liam O'Shea - drop-dead sexy, married and trouble in all kinds of ways. Natalie doesn't know. Question is, will she find out before it's too late? Anne Buist, herself a leading perinatal psychiatrist, has created an edge-of-the-seat mystery with a hot new heroine - backed up by a lifetime of experience with troubled minds. 'An intelligent, well paced thriller about Natalie King, a gifted forensic psychiatrist who works with the victims and sometimes the perpetrators of violent crime. Fans of CSI and Law & Order SVU will enjoy getting to grips with what is sure to be a successful and long running series of books.' Adrian McKinty
Barbara is an award-winning bookseller who has a special interest in fiction, especially Australian fiction and children’s books for all ages.
Professor Anne Buist is the Chair of Women’s Health in Victoria and although she is now not a practicing psychiatrist, Anne still teaches and does research. Anne is married to the novelist Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect. Medea’s Curse is Anne’s first psychological thriller. The main protagonist is forensic psychiatrist Natalie King, who is a fascinating character with many personal and professional issues confronting her. She lives alone with Bob Dylan, a very cheeky sulphur crested cockatoo, whose antics and voice adds colour and humour to the novel. She also sings in a band which relieves the tension of everyday life and rides a Ducati. Natalie is receiving threatening hand written notes which become an integral part of Medea’s Curse as the threats become more physical. Is the perpetrator someone involved in her current case or someone from her past? Medea’s Curse is a thoroughly engrossing read, you develop a great empathy for the brilliant, yet flawed main character. I am looking forward to Anne’s next novel featuring the complex Natalie King.
