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Información de la obraSuspect por Michael Robotham (2004)
![]() Books Read in 2018 (939) Books Read in 2015 (1,928) Best Crime Fiction (181) » 2 más Books Read in 2005 (27) Same Title (96) Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. While searching for my next audiobook, I realized it’s been awhile since I’ve read any books by Michael Robotham. I wanted to correct that. Further Goodreads research led me to the Joseph O’Loughlin series, which means I have to start with the first book in the series, Suspect. I believe this is Robotham’s first novel. Joseph O’Loughlin is a psychologist currently providing a lecture to prostitutes on how to best take care of themselves, when he is approached by the police. He is asked to help with the identification of a woman recently found murdered, and who is believed to be a prostitute. It turns out, Joseph knows the murdered woman and their past interactions have been unpleasant. Joseph has many things going on in his personal life that are extremely positive; a wife, young daughter, and good friend who is a physician. Like most of us, he is also facing some struggles. He and his family moved into a beautiful old home with some expensive plumbing problems. Joseph has recently been... I have photos and additional information that I'm unable to include here. It can all be found on my blog, in the link below. A Book And A Dog Another gripping outing with this author. I loved that Joseph O'Loughlin is a psychologist so we get his unique and interesting perspective that allows us to look into the mind of the suspects. That he is dealing with his own diagnosis adds a layer of tension because we get the sense that the clock is ticking in all aspects of this novel. Thoroughly engaging. I recently watched a YouTube video of a talk made by a law professor/former criminal lawyer on why you should never talk to the police about a crime, whether you are innocent or guilty. He made a very good case, and was followed by a policeman who surprisingly agreed 100%. This book illustrates what can happen when you ignore this advice and talk too much about a crime. Joseph O'Loughlin, an innocent psychologist, tries to help a detective, Ruiz, who shows up at a talk Joe is giving having to do with prostitution asking questions about a murder of what he thought was a prostitute. Joe tries to help, but when he realizes that he knows the victim, he doesn't mention this right away, which makes Ruiz suspicious. Other omissions and facts along the way make him more suspicious, and eventually Joe becomes the primary suspect. As more and more evidence seems to point to him, he becomes a fugitive and is forced to investigate the case to save himself and possibly others. After I listened to that law professor telling the various ways an innocent person can be arrested for a crime, this book doesn't seem very far fetched. It was pretty complex, and a little slow at times, but the story built and kept me interested the whole way. Sometimes it was a little hard to like Joe when he did a few WTF things, but nobody's perfect, and he was under a lot of stress - not only being the suspect in what becomes multiple murders, but also having been recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. So he can be forgiven for making a few mistakes I guess. And, of course, it makes him seem more real, because really, most people besides me do some crazy things sometimes. ;-)
British journalist/ghostwriter Robotham’s first novel is a masterful riff on I Confess with a psychologist substituting for the embattled priest. Professor Joe O’Laughlin is shocked to hear about the murder of Catherine Mary McBride, the Liverpool nurse he’d treated for self-mutilation who responded by coming on to him and crying rape. He’s even more disturbed when he realizes that one of his current patients, Bobby Moran, fits DI Vincent Ruiz’s description of the sadistic killer. Bobby’s nightmares and violent behavior, together with compelling circumstantial evidence, make Joe itch to share his suspicions with Ruiz despite his secular priesthood’s promise of confidentiality, and eventually he gives in. But it’s already too late: Ruiz, pointing to baffling discrepancies in Joe’s description of Bobby and Joe’s lack of alibi for the fatal night, arrests Joe for murder. So far, so predictable—especially the hoary reason Joe can’t say where he was when Catherine was killed. When Joe turns detective in order to save his skin, however, his narrative takes off, for he’s both desperate and drastically competent, fully a match for the demon bent on destroying his livelihood, his family, his home and his life. Readers will forget their own jobs, meals and families while they race to find out which one of his targets the killer actually hits before he’s brought down. Joe O'Loughlin, a London psychologist, loves his job and loves his family—wife Julianne and eight-year-old daughter Charlie—even more in Australian author Robotham's well-written, if somewhat convoluted, debut suspense novel. O'Loughlin's life takes two disastrous turns: first, he's diagnosed with Parkinson's disease; second, while helping Det. Insp. Vincent Ruiz on the case of a murdered nurse, Catherine Mary McBride, he becomes the primary suspect in the killing. The crime occurred close to O'Loughlin's London home, giving him opportunity, and it turns out that McBride had been his patient and had accused him of harassment, giving him plenty of motive. Vivid characters mostly avoid stereotype, while a fast and furious last section makes up for a wealth of asides and anecdotes that, however effectively done, slow the narrative. More seriously, the book can't decide whether it's a psychological mystery or a conspiracy thriller and strains credibility well past the breaking point. Still, Robotham shows real promise, putting a fresh spin on the familiar crime fiction trope of the falsely accused man. Pertenece a las seriesContenido en
oseph OLoughlin parece tener la vida perfecta: una mujer hermosa, una hija que lo adora y una carrera exitosa como psiquiatra en la ciudad de Londres. Sin emabrgo, un día descubre con estupor que una de sus pacientes ha sido asesinada. La joven, muerta en No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Some of the people he meets through his professional career and eventually private life end up dead.
The Police suspect Joe knows more than he is letting on. He investigates and goes to Liverpool to do some background research on one of his Patient called Bobby. It seems Bobby has been causing lots of bother for Joe and making it personal it actually turns out Bobby has had the assistance of his half brother DJ who was doing some work in Joe's house.
I think this book is mostly an introduction to Joe, his colleagues, his family and the Police inspector Ruiz.
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