John Palmer

Shrink-Wrapped Murder John Palmer

It's the Midwest meeting of ASP - the Association of Sex Psychologists. Dr. James Melrose has organized a special session at the conference where he expects people to make presentations singing his praises, but the presenters have something else in mind. Dr. Melrose may have been a dean of his profession thirty years earlier, but he is over the hill and no longer highly regarded by most sex therapists. When Dr. Melrose staggers into the conference room, collapses, and dies, nobody grieves, but there are four primary suspects, all of whom had left the room while Dr. Melrose was out. All four of them had a motive and an opportunity to kill him. But who did it? And how?The task of answering these questions falls to Lieutenant Randall and the homicide team of the Jericho Police DepartmentFrom the early (pre-publication reviews): - "Shrink-Wrapped Murder" presents a welcome departure from the bumbling cops or the brash and pushy cops of most mystery novels. Lieutenant Randall is a decent, above-average homicide cop. The really interesting characters in this novel are the suspects. The investigators are interesting and well-developed, but the mystery unfolds around the people attending the session."- "I saw all the red flags. I even identified them, but I didn't solve it. Good mystery, and a good solution!"- "I've never read a mystery novel like this: it involves so much talk about sex but has no explicit sex scenes. Fascinating!"- "The character development and the smooth writing style leave nothing to be desired. I loved the first book in the series, but this one is even better!"