When a ten year old girl disappears in a sleepy suburban town in Connecticut, it shocks everyone. Leia, an FBI agent in the agency's children's unit, is perplexed as to why she's called to step into the case the day after the disappearance as no signs of foul play have yet been found. Nevertheless, she ends her vacation early and returns back to work, a little more nervous and with a feeling of the need to prove after her last case went so dismally wrong. When she arrives she finds out the reason she was called in. The girl's backpack was found on a Senator's land. Not just any Senator, the likely next President.
No sooner does she arrive than word comes out that a body was found. They quickly identify the body, and the state of the body when it's found is shocking. Leia realizes there is a sign the killer left to someone in the way the body was found. After scouring the records of the town, she finds there was another killing exactly like this some 40 years ago.
Dr. Peter Gram, a child psychiatrist, was on call one night when a seven year old girl was rushed into the ER by her worried parents. She'd been dreaming, and in a hallucination tried to jump off of the second floor balcony to fly away with the doves who told her in the dream that she was able to do so. Worried there could be more to this, Dr. Gram submits her to an in patient program where they will test her to rule out medicinal issues. As she is witnessed by doctors during her sleep, it becomes apparent that her dreams are not normal. As Dr. Gram sits with her one morning, she draws a picture of her dream, describing in detail to him things about the murder case that nobody knows about.
There's a lot going on in A Circle of Souls. Sometimes, the amount of sub plotlines in this book could overwhelm a story completely. And yet in A Circle of Souls, it kept me glued to the pages from the beginning. At around page 160, I felt a little disappointed because I thought the author had given away too many clues so I was sure I knew who the killer was. With half of the book still to be read, I wondered where it could go from there. The trial? Unearthing some secrets that would explain why he did this? But the rest of the book was as fascinating as the first half. Dr. Grandhi threw in a bit of each genre without taking away from the integral storyline.
Dr. Grandhi is a child psychiatrist at Bronx 5 and his expertise in the field and his personal involvement in taking care of children in the regard really was evident in the writing. He emigrated from India at age five, and I loved that he showcased a little bit Indian culture and beliefs in the novel also. My only complaint with the book, and it's a very slight one was that at times the narrative when focused on Pete could be a bit stilted. Aside from that, the book was absolutely intriguing. You know it has to be good if Judge Judy is recommending it right?
Big thanks to Dr. Grandhi for the advanced copy! I look forward to more of your novels!
No sooner does she arrive than word comes out that a body was found. They quickly identify the body, and the state of the body when it's found is shocking. Leia realizes there is a sign the killer left to someone in the way the body was found. After scouring the records of the town, she finds there was another killing exactly like this some 40 years ago.
Dr. Peter Gram, a child psychiatrist, was on call one night when a seven year old girl was rushed into the ER by her worried parents. She'd been dreaming, and in a hallucination tried to jump off of the second floor balcony to fly away with the doves who told her in the dream that she was able to do so. Worried there could be more to this, Dr. Gram submits her to an in patient program where they will test her to rule out medicinal issues. As she is witnessed by doctors during her sleep, it becomes apparent that her dreams are not normal. As Dr. Gram sits with her one morning, she draws a picture of her dream, describing in detail to him things about the murder case that nobody knows about.
There's a lot going on in A Circle of Souls. Sometimes, the amount of sub plotlines in this book could overwhelm a story completely. And yet in A Circle of Souls, it kept me glued to the pages from the beginning. At around page 160, I felt a little disappointed because I thought the author had given away too many clues so I was sure I knew who the killer was. With half of the book still to be read, I wondered where it could go from there. The trial? Unearthing some secrets that would explain why he did this? But the rest of the book was as fascinating as the first half. Dr. Grandhi threw in a bit of each genre without taking away from the integral storyline.
Dr. Grandhi is a child psychiatrist at Bronx 5 and his expertise in the field and his personal involvement in taking care of children in the regard really was evident in the writing. He emigrated from India at age five, and I loved that he showcased a little bit Indian culture and beliefs in the novel also. My only complaint with the book, and it's a very slight one was that at times the narrative when focused on Pete could be a bit stilted. Aside from that, the book was absolutely intriguing. You know it has to be good if Judge Judy is recommending it right?
Big thanks to Dr. Grandhi for the advanced copy! I look forward to more of your novels!
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This sounds really good! Thanks for the nice review -
Sue
I really need to know - is there gruesomeness in this book? I read the first chapter and was concerned. I don't like to read books where kids are the victims. Does it get "messy"?
It doesn't get messy per se, but it does get descriptive. I have to say though that I feel like the description is more clinical than anything. It seemed like it was told from a doctor's standpoint. I need to check the book again, but I think the worst of it is in Chapter 1.
I absolutely have to get to this book! I have it on my shelf and seems like with blog tours, book club, and other book related things I keep pushing this one back.
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