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The Secret Room

By: Sandra Block
Narrated by: Jennifer Nittoso
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"Be sure to add Sandra Block to your must-read list!" (Buzzfeed.com)

Her patients are dying. Some are apparent suicides and others possible accidents, but rumors are flying that Dr. Zoe Goldman is an angel of death - intentionally helping hopeless cases go to a "better place" - or, worse yet, a dangerously incompetent doctor.

As a new psychiatry fellow at the local correctional facility, Zoe is still learning the ropes while watching her back to avoid some dangerous prisoners. As the deaths mount up, Zoe is wracked with horror and guilt, feverishly trying to figure out what is going wrong and even questioning her own sanity.

What Zoe doesn't realize is that someone is targeting her patients to get to her. Someone who has access to her deepest secrets and fears. Someone who will stop at nothing to take everything Zoe has, even her life.

©2017 Sandra Block (P)2017 Hachette Audio Genre Fiction Medical Medical & Forensic Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction
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Dr Zoe Goldman is doing her psychiatric fellowship in a prison when her patients begin to die of mysterious circumstances. She suspects Sofia, her sister and an inmate jailed for trying to kill Zoe.

THE SECRET ROOM is Sandra Block's third Zoe Goldman novel. I recommend reading them in order, though each can also be read as a stand alone story.

I'm a psychologist and a stickler for accuracy in mental health. Block does a good job with diagnoses and behaviors, though she took a lot of liberties with Zoe as a forensic psychiatrist fellow. For example, psychiatrists can't treat family members, particularly one tried to kill said psychiatrist and did kill their mother.

Block writes engaging prose and she kept me interested thought THE SECRET ROOM. I love that she created Zoe as such a flawed individual. Zoe is a terribly unethical practitioner, she ought to go work with the police or FBI, but not treat patients, lol.

THE SECRET ROOM kept me guessing. I was certain about the identity of the suspect, I actually hoped he or she had been the doer. The killer's identity felt like a letdown, but I can't say why because I don't want any spoilers.

If you're a Zoe Goldman fan, THE SECRET ROOM is a great addition to the series.

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Good plot. Interesting characters. Second of a series although you don't need to read the first one to enjoy this. The twist at the end is a bit tangential. I'm not sure a good foundation had really been laid for this, so ont 5 stars. It's not realistic but I love the main character, a young female psychiatrist. Worth listening to this book. Enjoyable.

Well done!

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