Phantom Limb: A Daniel Rinaldi Mystery
Dennis Palumbo
Poisoned Pen, Sep 1 2014, $24.95
ISBN 9781464202568
In Pittsburgh, Lisa Harland, a former Playboy centerfold three
decades ago and a failed starlet when she was still a Campbell, visits the
office of Dr. Daniel Rinaldi. Married to
much older wheelchair-bound and affluent Charles, Lisa tells the psychologist
she shortly plans to commit suicide.
Daniel desperately tries to persuade her not to kill herself.
Not long afterward Pittsburgh PD informs Daniel that someone
kidnapped Lisa outside his office. A
consultant to PPD, Daniel may have important information on the victim’s state
of mind just prior to her abduction, but is hesitant to say anything due to
patient confidentiality. Selected by the kidnapper to do the ransom drop,
Daniel arrives at the Harland estate where he finds a dysfunctional
untrustworthy extended family. As he
works with the gloomy Harland brood and PPD, Daniel also fears for another
patient, a potentially suicidal veteran.
The fourth Daniel Rinaldi mystery (see
Fever Dream and Mirror Image), is an enjoyable police procedural as once again the
protagonist, as happened in Night Terrors, struggles between patient
confidentiality and law enforcement needs with a life at stake. Fast-paced throughout, readers will appreciate this terrific twisting thriller as seen through the
observant eyes of Dr. Rinaldi.
Harriet Klausner
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