Delirium - BookWyrm

eBook, 251 pages

English language

Published April 24, 2015 by Curl Up Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-5130-6527-4

(1 review)

"Those who the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad."

Devastated by grief after the death of her daughter, Detective Sergeant Jamie Brooke returns to investigate the murder of a prominent psychiatrist in the old hospital of Bedlam in London.

As she delves into the history of madness, museum researcher, Blake Daniel, helps with the case, only to discover that his own family is entwined with the shadowy forces that seek to control the minds of the mad.

As the body count rises, and those she loves are threatened, Jamie discovers that the tendrils of conspiracy wind themselves into the heart of the British government. Can she stop the killer before madness takes its ultimate revenge?

A psychological thriller with an edge of the supernatural, Delirium is a story of love for family, revenge for injustice and the question of whether we all sit on the spectrum of madness …

"Those who the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad."

Devastated by grief after the death of her daughter, Detective Sergeant Jamie Brooke returns to investigate the murder of a prominent psychiatrist in the old hospital of Bedlam in London.

As she delves into the history of madness, museum researcher, Blake Daniel, helps with the case, only to discover that his own family is entwined with the shadowy forces that seek to control the minds of the mad.

As the body count rises, and those she loves are threatened, Jamie discovers that the tendrils of conspiracy wind themselves into the heart of the British government. Can she stop the killer before madness takes its ultimate revenge?

A psychological thriller with an edge of the supernatural, Delirium is a story of love for family, revenge for injustice and the question of whether we all sit on the spectrum of madness somewhere.

1 edition

Graham Downs reviewed Delirium by J.F. Penn (Brooke and Daniel, #2)

Dark and edgy

5 stars

I'm really enjoying this series. It's much darker and edgier than ARKANE. Even though it follows the same basic formula, the themes are much more adult in nature, and the subject matter really makes you think.

This one's about the dark side of mental health, and how it can drive people to do all sorts of depraved things. And it asks some questions about whether we're all a little insane, what the definition of "insanity" is, and whether or not it can ever be CURED.

Subjects

Thrillers
Crime
Mystery
Suspense