H. D. Kirkpatrick
ASIN: B003O68FTA
Publisher: Amazon.com
Pages: 229
This forensic psychological mystery goes to the heart of child alienation. When seasoned forensic psychologist Dr. Calder Miro agreed to help his friend, homicide detective Kenilworth Brown, investigate the apparent murder of another psychologist, he didn't expect to find himself confronting a past high-conflict divorce case. It was a case that still troubled him, one in which the murder victim had been on the opposing side. Alienation of Affection takes Calder, a white male, and Worth, a black male, both raised in the South, through an examination of their friendship as they probe into a maelstrom of madness and murder. The body of child psychologist Mildred Hughes is found floating in the waters of Ocracoke Island, just off the North Carolina coast. While investigating multiple suspects, Calder and Worth are confronted with another brutal murder committed with grisly sophistication in ...