M.J. Rose - The Delilah Complex (2006)
Reviewed by David J. Montgomery
Psychiatrist Morgan Snow returns in M.J. Rose's The Delilah Complex, the second novel centered on the Butterfield Institute, a Manhattan sex therapy clinic. The story begins with Dr. Snow doing group therapy for a secret women's society where the members play out their sexual desires of dominating men.
The problem: Someone is killing those men and sending pictures of their naked corpses to the New York Times. When Snow is consulted on the case by NYPD detective Noah Jordain, a man for whom she feels a powerful attraction, she is torn between her commitment to doctor-patient privilege and her wish to stop the murders.
The suspense in The Delilah Complex never quite rises to the level of its sexual heat, but the mystery and the characters are involving enough to make it a thoroughly entertaining book. At the same time, the tastefully done and erotic sex scenes tantalize both the mind and the libido.
Don't make the mistake of thinking this is "chick lit." Rose's work will appeal to anyone looking for a hot and heavy story that arouses while it entertains.
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