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Minishrinks

by Leslie Wooddavis

296 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-1076; ISBN 1-4120-9322-8; US$20.78, C$23.90, EUR17.07, £11.95

For every monster that lives in the closet or under the bed, there is a Minishrink available to help fight that monster. Hopefully, Kristen can help Charles find something he can believe in, before the monsters destroy them both.

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On the eve of attending an International Peace conference, Ambassador Charles Denning inexplicably tries to commit suicide.

Whisked away under a cover-up claiming that he was the victim of a botched burglary, Charles is sent to a Government Psychiatric facility known as PSR to try and minimize the damage to the conference. Charles' participation in the conference is paramount, he has gained the trust of all the other participants, and without him, any meaningful treaty will not be ratified. Unfortunately, after two months of physical and psychological therapy, he is still unable to recall why he tried to take his own life.

Dr. Kristen Michaels, a Child Psychologist who once worked with Charles' son, is asked to go to PSR to see if she can assist in therapy of a teenage girl, the daughter of a Senator. It's not a good time to leave her hometown. The semester at the university where she is teaching has just started, she has a busy practice of her own, her father's death the year before has her scrambling to put his medical facility back on track. Oh, and one of the parents of her long time patients has just tried to kill her in her own home, and the District Attorney wants her to stay put.

Rumors have it that PSR manipulates political patients to satisfy their own ends, and Charles is in danger of losing more than his sanity. Because Kristen has been invited to visit the security tight facility, she is asked to investigate. Reluctantly, Kristen agrees. When she arrives, she is thrown into a political snake pit of corruption and psychological blackmail. The head of the institute is an old friend who she doesn't particularly trust. The Doctor in charge of Charles therapy, Neil Davidson, is an old lover who disagrees with everything she says. The head of surgery is having an affair with Neil, and is not happy to see a possible rival on the scene. Charles' personal aide lies at every turn about the suicide attempt and doesn't want Kristen anywhere near his boss. The head of security appears to be a good guy, but every investigation he conducts seems to be less than adequate. While he is conveniently floundering in red tape, another attempt is made on Kristen's life.

Old friendships, past loves, personal beliefs, an International Peace Treaty and Kristen's life are on the line with less than a week to solve the puzzle. The only help she has is an untrained assistant back home, a belligerent teenager, a little blue blanket, and Ambassador Charles Denning, who may or may not be entirely sane.

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About the Author

Leslie Wooddavis has been married to the same man, forever. She has two daughters, three grandsons, two dogs, three cats. She has worked as a Computer programmer, Macintosh game designer, medical transcriptionist, Airline reservation manager, High Speed Data manager, web designer. She has written nine fiction novels, in every genre except Young Adult and erotica. She has a completely useless degree in Elizabethan Literature, and actually reads Shakespeare for fun. She and her husband built the house they live in to house her 8000 book library, which gets larger on a daily basis. Favorite authors are H.G. Wells, Robert Heinlein, James Barrie, Julie Garwood, Georgette Heyer, Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Peters, Linda Howard, Jennifer Crusie, or whomever she happens to be reading at any given moment. Fiction is always better than non-fiction, if you don't like the ending you can rewrite it in your mind.

Minishrinks is partly biographical, Goldie was a very real invisible friend (yes, a fairy) that stayed with her during some very difficult times until she was the age of six. The book was written as a belated "thank you" to all the pets, teddy bears, blue blankets and invisible playmates who have selflessly protected the sanity of children for millennia.

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