And Mother Makes Thirteen: A Three Sisters Novel of Witchcraft and Betrayal

By Harold Klawans

When Dennie Cater embarks on a search for evidence in a lawsuit, she little realizes that she is opening the doors to an inferno. The murder of a psychotherapist who had a shady practice and a bizarre interest in witches' covens and satanic rituals, along with a bloody videotape of his corpse, foreshadowed more horror. The brilliantly inventive chain of plot twists involves Dennie in a mugging, another murder, and an attempt on her own life. Despite the help of handsome police lieutenant Tom Ward, the puzzles surrounding Dennie mushroom. What lies behind the disappearance of Dennie's sisters? Jessica has stopped showing up for work. Beth's bed hasn't been slept in for weeks. Where is Beth hiding? And most disturbing of all--what is Beth's role in the killings? Through the bizarre yet utterly believable events emerges a fully realized portrait of the multiple personality disorder that forms the core of this chilling novel. But it is not until the very last sentence that the author's total mastery becomes crystalline and his tale reaches a gripping and thoroughly satisfying conclusion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188879920X
• ISBN13: 9781888799200
• Release Date: January 1820
• Publisher: Demos Medical Pub
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

This man could not write a paragraph which didn't captivate its reader

Although I picked this book up as a curiosity, to see how a physician with more publications that some university departments produce would write in a pure fiction media. I was very plesently suprised, all of the wit and intellect which Klawans employed in his scientific books was equally captivating and lucidly organized. The story its self is very novel and hard to put down, one that's best to be totally niave to, as any knowledge of the plot diminishes the experience of reading the lead in's. The only thing that bothered me after reading this book and his others on neurology is that there will be no further due to his premature dealth. Do yourself a favour and pick this one up... agood story and good for the brain too.