When She Was Bad

A return for Dr Irene Cogan and ex FBI agent E.L Pender. This tale picks up some years after the events in "The Girls He Adored" and tells the story of Lily deVries one of Cogan's patients suffering from dissociative identify disorder and what happens after she meets the pyshopathic Ulysses Maxwell at a treatment centre.

I actually enjoyed this more than the The girls he adored - the writing is sharp and the charcaters well written including Lissy and Lily and their alter egos. All too often a crime tale will use an illness such as DID as a useful foil at the end of a story. Here it is the story and one that is all the better for it.

An great read.

Ulysses and Lilly, two people suffering with multiple personality disorder, fall in love. This story starts there and goes full tilt until the very end. One personality is a serial killer, another a hard-edged biker babe unafraid to kill. Then there's the sweet, naive man-child and the trusting, hopeful young woman. Personalities fight for dominance and the good and bad guy are all wrapped up in one package.

Nasaw is an excellent writer. He tackles a fascinating subject with sizzling suspense that kept me on the edge throughout the book. If you enjoy psychological suspense, this is one book you shouldn't miss.

This was a very average book from Nasaw. It was more of a 'tying up loose ends' than a story in itself and could realistically have been used as sub plot in another story rather than have it's own book. Saying that, it did finish things up nicely with the recurring bad guy and leave it nicely open for the good guys to carry on. Hurrah!

sometimes good, sometimes not so good ..