Premedicated Murder

About the Book

Cheryl Cameron is a psychologist with a rewarding professional life. She and her boyfriend, Gene Gray, a medical colleague, struggle to reconcile differences in their relationship but are pulled apart by the death of John Mangum, a suicidal patient. The death may not have been a suicide. The patient’s sister and brother-in-law are accused of murdering the psychiatrist who treated John, while the real murderer nearly gets away with the deed. Cheryl comes to the couple’s aid and meets with unanticipated hostility in the community. Joining forces with a skeptical police investigator, Walt Holmes, their lives converge in a sequence of suspenseful events. In this novel of malice, murder and managed care, Elaine Crovitz portrays sinister aspects of today’s health care world. The setting, Princeville, so ordinary, makes even more chilling the betrayal of health professionals’ oath to do no harm.

About the Author

Elaine Crovitz was raised in New York City. A graduate of Brooklyn College with a Ph.D. from Duke University, she joined the faculty of Duke’s School of Medicine. She has earned recognition in a career as an academic/clinical psychologist. As an American Psychological Association site visitor, she has examined health centers across the nation. Her publications include articles in journals as well as a popular book written with Elizabeth Buford, “Courage Knows No Sex.” A Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, the highest achievement of the profession, she has been active in national efforts to preserve quality health care. She currently lives in North Carolina.