Irreparable Harm

by Lee Gruenfeld

Book Overview

Police Captain Amanda Grant must try to prove that Pamela Jacoby, a young cop participating in complementary neuroses therapy, did not kill her therapy partner. 60,000 first printing. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446600598
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Too bad they didn't get another reader

The story and writing in this book are very well done. Unfortunately, they picked the wrong person to read it. Ms. Dickinson's reading is monotone and lifeless, which detracts from the actual story. I would recommend the book itself, but perhaps you'd prefer reading it on your own.

Commendable Book With An Unusual Plot

I have read other LG books, and this, his first novel, is quite entertaining; A depressed police officer kills some one. Why did she do it. Her boss, Captain Amanda Grant isn't satisfied with the answers she has so far. The novel brings in various psychological issues which are quite interesting, but herein lies a few of the story's flaws. Amanda Grant has an MA in psychology, yet when she asks various psychiatrists for answers to certain basic psychological questions she is astounded at the answers. Did she sleep through all of her psych courses? I realize that many of these discussions are exposition to inform the readers, but why didn't her non-psychologist Lieutenant ask the questions? Also at one point someone informs the reader that all psychiatrists must undergo analysis. Nothing could be farther from the truth. All in all, though, it's a very entertaining novel. I would recommend it.

Totally absorbing, haunting and brilliantly written

I just got around to reading this debut novel five years after it was published. The author's book "The Halls of Justice" was recommended to me and I was so knocked out I decided to read all of his books.I'm not a writer so it's hard for me to summon up enough superlatives to say how much this novel took my breath away. It can be read and enjoyed on so many levels, but I look at it as an intensely absorbing mystery written with tremendous flair and skill. The author's knowledge of police matters, psychology (I looked at his Website and he has a degree in psychology), psychoactive drugs and his insights into women (!) are fascinating. His ability to see deep into the hearts of females came across in "The Halls of Justice" and now I know it wasn't a fluke.I enthusiastically recommend this wonderful debut novel to anybody who doesn't mind being asked to think a little along with the entertainment. "Irreparable Harm" gives you plenty of both.