Bad Karma

by Douglas Clegg

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"Darden State is taking its toll on Trey Campbell, a psychiatrist who treats the insane. His dreams are filled with the sight of their dead eyes, by the sound of their anguished screams. He is haunted by images of blood-stained uniforms, broken bodies, and broken minds. The stench of madness has clung to him every night for fourteen years. Trey Campbell needs to get away." ""You shouldn't have left me alone."" "Between the jagged cliffs of San Pedro and the crystal blue waters off Catalina show more Island there is nothing but peace and isolation. For Trey, his wife, and their two children, it is just the sanctuary they need. For two weeks, life will be good. Better than good. And the best part is no one will be able to find them..." ""I will not be ignored."" "Once, Agnes Hatcher was a suburban school teacher, a member of the Junior League and a subscriber to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She also had a fondness for knives that earned her the nickname, the Surgeon. Today she is the most brilliant and brutal psychopath at Darden State. In her twisted fantasy life she shares an unbreakable karma with the man she believes to be her devoted lover. But this weekend Trey has abandoned her. And Agnes is feeling very unforgiving." ""I'm coming for you."" "Now darkness has fallen on the Campbells' isolated vacation retreat. A diabolical game of wits is about to begin. Because what Agnes has planned for Trey and his family is beyond anything any of them can imagine..."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show less

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This is the first Douglas Clegg novel I have read and I look forward to reading more. I particularly enjoyed the family dynamics of the story. I don't know if Mr. Clegg has kids, but he certainly writes like he does. It's this familial bond that makes the stakes in this story so dire. We relate. Protect family at all costs. My only minor criticism was predictability. I knew where the bad guy was headed early on. But still, Bad Karma kept me wanting to turn pages, even when sleep tugged at my eyes and that's what a book is supposed to do. A recommended read!
Interesting story-line will keep you on your toes. Unexpected twists and good writing kept the story flowing at a good pace. Actually read it twice, a couple years apart.
This turned out to be a pretty good book. In fact, it was a very enjoyable read. The story is about Dr. Trey Campbell who is a psychiatrist for the criminally insane. While he is on vacation, one of his patients escapes and comes after him for his love. The story proceeds along at a good pace and keeps you interested in what happens. The gore / horror is a bit over the top but it is also infrequent so it's not that really that bad at all. Overall I would have to recommend this novel as a good read. The book is also being made into a movie starring Patsy Kensit; I think that it is going direct to video but I'll be hunting it down.

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Bad Karma
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Agnes Hatcher; Trey Campbell

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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller, Horror
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3558 .A624767 .B33Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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