{Product Details}
- Title: Mind Games
- Author: Stephanie Black
- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. (September 1, 2017)
- Genre: Mystery/Suspense
- ISBN-10: 1524404373
- FTC, FYI: I received a review copy in exchange for an honest review.
{Book Synopsis}
Psychologist Natalie Marsh's dream is now reality: her mental health services clinic has opened and is housed in an elegant, newly renovated nineteenth-century building. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy with the clinic's presence, including Heather Osbourne, a troubled young woman who wholly objects to the occupation of the building. Heather has spent years wandering the halls of the abandoned structure, convinced she's communing with her ancestor's ghost. When Natalie thwarts Heather's attempt to leap from a window, the shaken psychologist soon realizes Heather's failed jump is merely one piece of a disturbing puzzle. Greed and deceit are weaving a web around Natalie, and someone will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what they want. Stretched to her breaking point, Natalie struggles to learn the truth, but only one thing is clear: nothing is as it seems.
{My Review}
I read this book in one day; actually just a few hours. Yes, it's one of those novels that once you pick it up, just plan on not being able to put it down. The title 'Mind Games' is so appropriate because this novel truly messes with your mind. The things that were happening to main character Natalie Marsh truly was mind boggling. There were so many people that were sneaky and suspicious I had a hard time figuring out who really was the ultimate bad guy. I'm happy to say I finally did figure it out before the big reveal at the end of the book.
This novel deals with mental illness and the author does a great job of showing people and treatment plans realistically and with compassion.The writing was very well done but this author always hits it out of the park when it comes to mystery, suspense, and edge of your seat tension in her novels. I really liked 'Mind Games' and the fun I had trying to weave through the maze of clues and red herrings left for the reader. It seemed like all of the characters had motive for murder and mayhem. This novel is one that you must add to your collection.
This novel deals with mental illness and the author does a great job of showing people and treatment plans realistically and with compassion.The writing was very well done but this author always hits it out of the park when it comes to mystery, suspense, and edge of your seat tension in her novels. I really liked 'Mind Games' and the fun I had trying to weave through the maze of clues and red herrings left for the reader. It seemed like all of the characters had motive for murder and mayhem. This novel is one that you must add to your collection.
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{Meet the Author: Stephanie Black}
Stephanie Black has loved books since she was old enough to grab the pages, and has enjoyed creating make-believe adventures since she and her sisters were inventing long Barbie games filled with intrigue and danger or running around pretending to be detectives. She is a three-time Whitney Award winner for Best Mystery/Suspense, most recently for Cold as Ice (2010). Stephanie was born in Utah and has lived in various places, including Arizona, Massachusetts, New York, and Limerick, Ireland. She currently lives in northern California and enjoys spending time with her husband Brian and their five children. She is a fan of chocolate, cheesecake, and her husband’s homemade bread.
{In her words...}
"After many years of learning technique, writing, rewriting, more rewriting, submitting, and then—when I thought I was finished—major rewriting, my first novel, a futuristic thriller called The Believer, was published by Covenant Communications in January 2005. I switched to writing contemporary suspense, and Fool Me Twice was released in 2008, followed by Methods of Madness(2009), Cold as Ice (2010), Rearview Mirror (2011), and Shadowed(2012). In 2013, a long-awaited dream came true for me with the publication of The Witnesses, the sequel to my first book, The Believer. In 2014, Traci Hunter Abramson, Gregg Luke, and I each contributed a novella to the suspense compilation Twisted Fate. Played for a Fool, a sequel to Fool Me Twice, followed in 2015, Not a Word (the first book in the Natalie Marsh series) in 2016, and Mind Games (Natalie Marsh #2) in 2017.
Four of my mysteries are Whitney Award winners for Best Mystery/Suspense, and The Witnesses was a Whitney Award Finalist for Best Speculative Novel."
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