CLEAR AND CONVINCING PROOF

Anna Fields reads Wilhelm’s entertaining murder mystery in a low-key style. The story’s setting, a rehabilitation clinic in Oregon, seems innocent enough, but it turns out that everyone has reason to hate Dr. David McIvey, and someone finally kills him. The book excels because of the depth of Wilhelm’s character development. Fields picks up on this strength, using changes in tone and style to give each character a unique personality, particularly the women, who hate McIvey for personal or professional reasons, or both. Although most of the book is well developed, the ending is less than satisfying, requiring more than a little credibility stretch and tarnishing an otherwise satisfying novel, as well as Fields’s performance. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 04]