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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
All in the Mind All in the Mind Alastair Campbell The powerful first novel from Alastair CampbellMartin Sturrock desperately needs a psychiatrist. The problem? He is one.Emily is a traumatised burns victim, Arta a Kosovan refugee recovering from a r… OL14990249W
Shock point Shock point April Henry Fifteen-year-old Cassie Streng is determined to expose her stepfather after learning that he is giving a dangerous experimental drug to his teenaged psychiatric patients, but he sends her to a boot c… OL16491318W
Seven types of ambiguity Seven types of ambiguity Elliot Perlman Seven Types of Ambiguity is a psychological thriller and a literary adventure of breathtaking scope. Celebrated as a novelist in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Philip Roth, Elliot Perlman writ… OL17742192W
The secret scripture The secret scripture Sebastian Barry Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne faces an uncertain future, as the mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheav… OL17743973W
Theory of remainders Theory of remainders Scott Dominic Carpenter At fifty-two, psychiatrist Philip Adler is divorced, alone, and gutted of passion. When a funeral draws him back to France, the trip reunites him with a trauma he has struggled to forget: the brutal … OL17892734W
Hesitation wounds Hesitation wounds Amy Koppelman In Koppelman's new novel, Dr. Susanna Seliger is a renowned psychiatrist who specializes in treatment-resistant depression. The most difficult cases come through her door, and Susa is always ready to… OL17934027W
Blood Harvest Blood Harvest S. J. Bolton A time to be born. A time to die. A time to kill. Ten-year-old Tom and his family have just moved to a small town perched on the crest of the moors, but troubles begin when Tom sees a mysterious chil… OL19359355W
The floodplain The floodplain Anthony Robinson Set in 1970s America, an era that challenged sexual and cultural norms, Anthony Robinson's novel tells the story of Professor Rick Forester, his wife Chloe and their two children, whose lives are for… OL19664216W
Incarnate Incarnate Josh Stolberg "An ambitious and sharp-witted clinical psychiatrist turns detective when one of her patients comes under investigation for a series of brutal murders--is she a psychopath or a victim herself? Brilli… OL19714777W
Hector and the search for happiness Hector and the search for happiness François Lelord Hector is an excellent psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients who are ill, but more and more; his patients are people he can't treat. They have no serious problems -- they're simply deeply… OL19854975W
Umbrella Umbrella Will Self It is 1971, and Zachary Busner is a maverick psychiatrist who has just begun working at a mental hospital in suburban north London. As he tours the hospital's wards, Busner notes that some of the pat… OL19960167W
Chance Chance Kem Nunn "Dr. Eldon Chance is a man primed for spectacular ruin. His wife has left him for a dyslexic fitness instructor, his teenaged daughter is disappearing into drugs; he owes the IRS untold sums; his neu… OL19975554W
Kittens can kill Kittens can kill Clea Simon "The dead don't keep pets. So when animal behaviorist expert Pru Marlowe gets a call about a kitten, she doesn't expect to find the cuddly creature playing beside the cooling body of prominent Beauvi… OL19998992W
Dante's poison Dante's poison Lynne Raimondo "Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti has just enrolled in a drug trial that holds out hope of restoring his eyesight when he is enlisted to act as an expert witness in a case that is rocking the Chicag… OL20011814W
The last time I saw her The last time I saw her Karen Robards "The fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling paranormal romantic thriller series featuring serial killer expert Dr. Charlotte Stone and her ghost lover, Michael Garland. While cracking t… OL20016301W
Secret Scripture Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne faces an uncertain future, as the mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheav… OL20421844W
Atmospheric disturbances Atmospheric disturbances Rivka Galchen When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife disappears, she leaves behind a single confounding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her. A simulatcrum. But Leo is not fooled, and he knows bet… OL20500760W
The secret scripture The secret scripture Sebastian Barry Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over … OL735338W
Boris bad enough Boris bad enough Robert Kraus Boris' mother and father take him to a psychiatrist when his behavior goes from bad to worse. The psychiatrist's words are brief but effective. OL99678W