Hired Gun

David Lipman's patients are dying but it's going to take risking his license and reputation to stop a killer. How far is he prepared to go?<br /><br />Psychologist David Lipman is still grieving a personal loss when he's blindsided by the mysterious death of a patient. He's just picking up the pieces of his life with a new romance and the slightly overbearing support of his adult daughters when another young woman in his care dies violently as well. Despite having written a respected book on physician misconduct David finds himself crossing the line of dual-relationships as he grapples with this tragedy to the point that the gimlet-eyed detective on the case regards him as a suspect. Meanwhile the real killer continues to stalk.<br /><br />But when David is brought into a legal case as a hired gun an expert witness he comes across evidence he's not legally entitled to see. Now he's in an ethical quandary: he can expose a killer but it may cost him his career. <br /><br />Hired Gun is a gripping psychological thriller with an original imaginative plot; nuanced and engaging characters; and lovely evocative sensory prose. Better yet it's all deeply grounded in rich psychological insight from an eloquent author who knows his topic intimately.