Murder Suicide by Keith Ablow offers more mystery than the title implies. These words also made a little shudder of horror run through the little heart every time I read them. Usually, this combination of words implies the horrible act of killing innocents before one takes ones own life. In a way, this title could hint at that, but the underlying story reveals so much more.
Dr. Frank Clevenger, a forensic psychiatrist, tries to unravel the twisted threads of what happened to renowned inventor named John Snow. He wished to commit a strange form of suicide (I suggest reading the book to discover what I mean), but his plans get superseded by someone else's desire to take his life. Dr. Clevenger sets out to discover who killed Snow and finds that every important person in the dead man's life could make a case for taking the troubled inventor's life.
As he follows the pointing fingers of each person he interviews, he discovers a connection to his newest patient, Grace Baxter. When she turns up dead by an apparent suicide, guilt over not keeping her from taking her own life sends Dr. Clevenger chasing after clues about how the the two deaths may be connected. The deeper he delves into the secrets kept by Snow's family and friends as well as Baxter's husband, the closer he gets to being the victim of a third death.
Obviously, I found the story intriguing. However, his writing style sometimes left me wanting a little more finesse or description but overall I found this to be a good read. I was a little disappointed that the next book on the shelf will introduce me to another new author.
Hopefully all this reading brings my inner muse back out to play, so you can read some more entertaining prose...
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