Multiple Wounds
by Alan Russell
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Nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel of the YearHolly Troy's mind is a complex maze of myth and reality, multiple personalities vying for time in the spotlight. As an artist, she is creative and compelling. As a witness, she is painfully unreliable, unsure of even which person she was the night of the murder. Even Holly can't be sure of her own innocence. Homicide detective Orson Cheever never thought he would find himself playing psychologist to a Greek show more goddess in a modern-day murder investigation, but many of Holly's personalities come straight from classical mythology, from Cronos and Pandora to the Fates. As Cheever attempts to unravel truth from myth, he learns that there is even more to Holly than meets the eye. One personality in particular--that of a five-year-old girl--hits a little too close to home, and Cheever is forced to finally pull back the dark curtains of his own past in order to uncover the truth in this psychological thriller. show lessTags
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Multilayered police detective thriller. Just happened upon this book, but found it a surprisingly interesting read. I don't think I've ever read such a thoughtful presentation of "dissociative identity disorder" in this type of fiction. Layer of romance/sex seemed gratuitous.
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- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Orson Cheever; Holly Troy
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 1
