Psychologist and Pittsburgh Police Department consultant
Daniel Rinaldi has a new patient. Lisa Harland, a local girl, once made a
splash in Playboy and the dubious
side of Hollywood before bottoming out. Back home, down and out again, she
married one of the city’s richest and most ruthless tycoons. Lisa’s challenge
to Danny is that she intends to commit suicide by 7:00 PM. His therapist skills
may buy some time—but, exiting, she’s kidnapped right outside his office.
Summoned to the Harland estate, Danny is forced, through a
bizarre sequence of events, to be the bag man on the ransom delivery. This
draws him into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant, lethal adversary.
Complicating things is the unhappy Harland family, whose members have dark
secrets of their own along with suspect loyalties, as well as one of Danny’s
other patients, a volatile vet whose life may, like Lisa’s, be at risk. What is
really at stake here?
Phantom
Limb, fourth in the acclaimed series of Daniel Rinaldi thrillers,
will keep readers guessing until the very last page.
About
the Author: Dennis Palumbo, M.A., MFT is a writer and licensed
psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in creative issues. The first Rinaldi mystery, Mirror Image, was
published in 2010. Palumbo is also the author of Writing From the
Inside Out (John Wiley), as well as a collection of
mystery short stories, From Crime to Crime (Tallfellow Press).
Formerly a Hollywood screenwriter, Palumbo’s credits include
the feature film My Favorite Year, for which he was nominated for a
WGA Award for Best Screenplay. He was also a staff writer for the ABC-TV
series Welcome Back, Kotter, and has written numerous series
episodes and pilots. His first novel, City Wars (Bantam Books) is
currently in development as a feature film. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Pepperdine
University, he serves on the faculty of UCLA Extension, where he was named
Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
You can find Dennis at his website: http://dennispalumbo.com/
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