The Doll's House (A Dr Kate Pearson novel) (Kate Pearson, #2)

by Louise Phillips

**Winner of Crime Fiction Book of the Year Award (BGE Irish Book Awards 2013)**

The past is waiting...
Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was deemed a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remain a mystery.
His daughter Clodagh now visits a hypnotherapist in an attempt to come to terms with her past, and her father's death. As disturbing childhood memories are unleashed, memories of another tragedy begin to come to light.
Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called to assist in a murder investigation after a body is found in a Dublin canal. And when Kate digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection to the Hamilton family.
Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate.
And the killer has already chosen his next victim . . .

• ISBN10: 1444743074
• ISBN13: 9781444743074
• Publish Date: 1 August 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: IE
• Imprint: Hachette Books Ireland
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 416
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

3.5 stars but not quite interesting enough to make it 4 stars really.

I did guess the killer fairly early on, the author did make me question my decision until one of the killer viewpoint chapters make it quite obvious and somewhat spoiling the discovery.

A convoluted story of children injured by the actions of the previous generation, and also by the inaction of some of those who should have been actively involved in their care. There's also an abused wife and some hypnotism to try to unearth truth.

Interesting but a bit choppy in places.