Book Excerpt for the Day

    “What’s bothering you now?”

    “I wonder if I might speak with you about some of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Zimmerman’s death?”

    “What sort of circumstances, doctor?”

    “I’d prefer not to speak on the phone.”

    The detective laughed briefly, as if amused.  “That sounds terribly melodramatic, doctor.  But sure.  You want to come here?”

    “I presume there’s a location there where we can speak privately?”

    “Of course.  We have a nasty little interview room where we extract confessions from various criminal suspects.  More or less the same thing you do in your office, just a little less civilized and a lot more rapid…”

    (from The Analyst by John Katzenbach)

 

    9*/10.  The complete review is here.

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