Steven Kassels

As good a murder/medical/legal mystery as one might hope. This is a self-published work by a guy whose life work was in medical addiction clinics and he has a lot to say about addiction and society's view of addiction. It surprisingly works along with the mysteries of our legal, medical systems and investigations and an array of relatively well-drawn characters. Although the author attempts to balance an extraordinarily immature high-powered atty and his view of relationships with seemingly smart and strong women, still one wonders why one would spend time, just reading about, much less dinner, with this atty. This is too bad. However, back to the writing, the whole story moves very well and highlighted by a fishing boat in a storm that's absolutely as thrilling as those depicted in "A Perfect Storm." Too bad human relationships, especially romantic ones, weren't depicted with a lot less immaturity, less cliche, and much, much more interest.… (mere)