Shadow Play
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Author: Debbie Lampi
Description: Sometimes life seems like a madhouse. And sometimes it’s worse . . . Psychiatrist Grace Rendeau struggles to make sense of her husband’s untimely death. Left a widow with two children, Grace forges a new life for her family, abandoning her private practice and moving to Minnesota to take on a prestigious position at the Rochester Forensic Center for the Criminally Insane, work that will allow her to spend more time with her children. In striving to heal her patients, Grace herself finds healing, a new strength, and a sense of possibilities. Among the possibilities is a budding romance that blossoms into love. Grace goes on a medical mission to Indonesia. She returns home to an empty house—and a chilling kidnapper’s note. Where are her children? What has happened to them? Who is attempting to destroy her? Grace’s riveting story illuminates the hopes and fears of every wife or husband, mother or father, woman or man, caught in life’s turmoil and striving to overcome.
About the Author: D.A. Lampi is a transplanted New Yorker, who lives in southeastern Minnesota with her husband, four children, and a sheltie named Scout Finch. She has a Master of Arts degree in psychology and writes fiction. This is her first novel. Ms. Lampi is currently working on a second Grace Rendeau mystery.
Reviews:
"I have been very lucky to receive some fantastic debut novels to review and I was not let down by Debbie Lampi’s Shadow Play. This beautifully written novel deserves a lot of praise. Fast paced and not lacking in suspense, I would recommend this novel to any adult who likes quality time with a good mystery. The characters are strong and well written with air of secrecy about all of them. They each have a past that laces them together even during conflict. Bud appears rough and malicious but is he really? Josie always has an excuse. What is her purpose? Is Alex really who he says he is? Grace is a psychiatrist healing from the death of her beloved husband 2 years prior and raising her children, Dane the innocent 5year old boy who loves dinosaurs and Caleigh, the typical moody teenager… or is she? Beginning a new job in a new town, Grace hopes this will be healing for them all as she is finding her place in the world as a widow, trying to put one foot in front in of the other and get to Dane’s ball games on time. Earth shattering events take place that both fill her with love and emptiness at the same time. Grace must overcome her fears and doubts if she is to have any future. From Minnesota to Indonesia and Puerto Rico, Debbie Lampi takes us on a journey of self-discovery entwined with the all-enduring mothers love. Can it conquer all?" —Annelyse Blatch, Everything Books and Authors http://www.everythingbooksandauthors.com/1/post/2013/05/book-review-shadow-play-by-da-lampi.html
“A gripping story of one woman’s struggle amid life’s best hopes and worst fears, full of drama, intrigue and suspense, and rich with insight into the complexities of the human spirit.” —Paul Negri, former president and publisher of Dover Publications, Inc.
"No author writing today knows the unexpected dark corners of the human mind like Debbie Lampi. Ms. Lampi proves this point with terrifying conviction in her page-turner Shadow Play, a new psychological thriller that puts the tenacious and vulnerable Grace Rendeau, MD in the cross hairs of a quietly individual. Miss a night's sleep, but don't miss this one!" —John Klawitter, Hollywood Writer/Director
"D.A. Lampi probes the psyche of her characters in a voyeuristic and sensual way. Shadow Play is a novel (based) on the complexity, beauty, and darkness of the human soul." —Annelie Wendeberg, Author of The Devil's Grin
Description: Sometimes life seems like a madhouse. And sometimes it’s worse . . . Psychiatrist Grace Rendeau struggles to make sense of her husband’s untimely death. Left a widow with two children, Grace forges a new life for her family, abandoning her private practice and moving to Minnesota to take on a prestigious position at the Rochester Forensic Center for the Criminally Insane, work that will allow her to spend more time with her children. In striving to heal her patients, Grace herself finds healing, a new strength, and a sense of possibilities. Among the possibilities is a budding romance that blossoms into love. Grace goes on a medical mission to Indonesia. She returns home to an empty house—and a chilling kidnapper’s note. Where are her children? What has happened to them? Who is attempting to destroy her? Grace’s riveting story illuminates the hopes and fears of every wife or husband, mother or father, woman or man, caught in life’s turmoil and striving to overcome.
About the Author: D.A. Lampi is a transplanted New Yorker, who lives in southeastern Minnesota with her husband, four children, and a sheltie named Scout Finch. She has a Master of Arts degree in psychology and writes fiction. This is her first novel. Ms. Lampi is currently working on a second Grace Rendeau mystery.
Reviews:
"I have been very lucky to receive some fantastic debut novels to review and I was not let down by Debbie Lampi’s Shadow Play. This beautifully written novel deserves a lot of praise. Fast paced and not lacking in suspense, I would recommend this novel to any adult who likes quality time with a good mystery. The characters are strong and well written with air of secrecy about all of them. They each have a past that laces them together even during conflict. Bud appears rough and malicious but is he really? Josie always has an excuse. What is her purpose? Is Alex really who he says he is? Grace is a psychiatrist healing from the death of her beloved husband 2 years prior and raising her children, Dane the innocent 5year old boy who loves dinosaurs and Caleigh, the typical moody teenager… or is she? Beginning a new job in a new town, Grace hopes this will be healing for them all as she is finding her place in the world as a widow, trying to put one foot in front in of the other and get to Dane’s ball games on time. Earth shattering events take place that both fill her with love and emptiness at the same time. Grace must overcome her fears and doubts if she is to have any future. From Minnesota to Indonesia and Puerto Rico, Debbie Lampi takes us on a journey of self-discovery entwined with the all-enduring mothers love. Can it conquer all?" —Annelyse Blatch, Everything Books and Authors http://www.everythingbooksandauthors.com/1/post/2013/05/book-review-shadow-play-by-da-lampi.html
“A gripping story of one woman’s struggle amid life’s best hopes and worst fears, full of drama, intrigue and suspense, and rich with insight into the complexities of the human spirit.” —Paul Negri, former president and publisher of Dover Publications, Inc.
"No author writing today knows the unexpected dark corners of the human mind like Debbie Lampi. Ms. Lampi proves this point with terrifying conviction in her page-turner Shadow Play, a new psychological thriller that puts the tenacious and vulnerable Grace Rendeau, MD in the cross hairs of a quietly individual. Miss a night's sleep, but don't miss this one!" —John Klawitter, Hollywood Writer/Director
"D.A. Lampi probes the psyche of her characters in a voyeuristic and sensual way. Shadow Play is a novel (based) on the complexity, beauty, and darkness of the human soul." —Annelie Wendeberg, Author of The Devil's Grin