Michael Gray

A San Francisco psychoanalyst goes searching for a killer when a troubled teen stands falsely accused of murder. Dr. Michael Gray is constantly getting drawn into the lives, and murders, of his troubled clientele. His keen eye for human behavior leads him to meet some of San Francisco's most memorable denizens-and to forever be in mortal danger. When a cinema owner's wife Ann Avery is murdered, headlines scream for a fast conviction of the juvenile delinquent she had taken under wing. Dr. Gray, however, has other suspects in mind, including a vicious gang leader, a drug addict, a blackmailing drunk, and Ann's clean-cut husband. But if the good doctor doesn't act quickly, someone might get scratched off his list permanently.

A San Francisco psychoanalyst turned amateur sleuth takes on the perplexing case of a pathological liar who thinks her husband wants to kill her. Dr. Michael Gray is constantly getting drawn into the lives, and murders, of his troubled clientele. His keen eye for human behavior leads him to meet some of San Francisco's most memorable denizens-and to forever be in mortal danger. After a shadowy figure attempts to bludgeon her in her bed, housewife Karen Champion believes her husband is out to get her. The problem is no one will believe anything Karen says. A known pathological liar, Karen can't turn to the police-so she goes to the famous psychoanalyst Michael Gray for help. When she tells Gray what her husband is plotting, Gray is pulled deep into a world of quack doctors, a blackmailing private eye, and a killer who found that one vicious murder was only the beginning.

From "a neglected master": All four murder mysteries featuring the psychoanalyst turned sleuth in 1950s San Francisco (Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451). Dr. Michael Gray is constantly drawn into the lives, and murders, of his clientele. Fortunately, this unconventional detective's eye for human behavior just might keep him out of mortal danger . . . The Murder of Eleanor Pope: When a woman is killed in a foggy San Francisco park, the police suspect it was a robbery gone terribly wrong, but Dr. Gray's troubled new patient may be the key to the truth. The Murder of Ann Avery: Everyone thinks a juvenile delinquent murdered Ann Avery, but Dr. Gray has a whole list of potential suspects-if someone doesn't kill them first. Murder of a Mistress: When a call girl is murdered, four people confess to the deed. But the evidence points to one of Dr. Gray's patients. Heiress Eileen Herrick may be a wild child, but Gray is out to prove she's no killer. Murder of a Wife: Dr. Gray's new patient is housewife Karen Champion. He was warned she's a pathological liar, but he finds it difficult to ignore her claim that her husband is trying to kill her . . .