From the author of the critically acclaimed novels, Last Rights & Double Blind, (St. Martin's Press) comes a new story of crime, addictions, mental illness, love and family, set in the decaying urban center of an old manufacturing city. -"Dawson's vital characters and the ambience of his city and institutional scenes earn him respect as the author of both a superb mystery and a compelling novel." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - "..a medical mindblower. Dawson proves a surehanded competitor of Robin Cook." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Slide in All Direction

Literature & Fiction

Dawson, David Laing

Genre Fiction

Bridgeross Communications

During the tumultuous sixties, Dr. Robert Snow interns in a big city hospital. Dawson lets his readers feel the triumphs and tragedies, the exhausting, overwhelming experiences of hospital life and death. Set against the social upheavals of 67/68 the author once again gives us vital characters struggling in an ambiance that rings all too true. What critics have said about Dawson's previous novels: Last Rights "Dawson's vital characters and the ambiance of his city and institutional scenes earn him respect as the author of both a superb mystery and a compelling novel" - Publisher's Weekly Essondale "Dawson's greatest strength is that he makes no judgements...." - Quill & Quire Double Blind ".. a medical mindblower. Dawson proves a surehanded competitor of Robin Cook" - Publisher's Weekly

The Intern

Bridgeross Communications Inc

A psychological thriller. Is this hell, or just a psychiatric hospital? Dr. Robert Snow isn't sure. Waking from a drunken stupor in a small green room, the doctor finds he's on the other side of the diagnosis - in a place where life and mental health seem to be going pretty cheap these days. Murder and sexual abuse haunt the hospital, but Snow doesn't really care. He'd rather be dead anyway. When a charming, manic cowboy and a world-weary intellectual invade Snow's self-imposed isolation, they drag him out of his depression - and into the heart of Essondale's black mysteries...

Essondale

<p>Four men, age 18 to 81, have murdered, and now share a room in the secure forensic psychiatry ward of a mental hospital. Who better to get inside their heads, and find both the tragedy and comedy of their lives than Canadian psychiatrist and novelist David Laing Dawson. Three of Dawson's previous novels, Last Rights, Double Blind, and Essondale have been published in seven European countries, the US and the UK. Dawson's novels have been described as a cross between Elmore Leonard and Seinfeld and as close to reality as it gets.</p>

Don't Look Down

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

<p>A refreshing look at the puzzling world faced by today's teens and their parents who are trying to guide them. Incorporating advances in neuroscience, psychiatrist David Dawson clearly describes how teen brains work and offers practical advice to baffled parents in a fun and relaxing style. At the same time, he helps parents have confidence in their innate good instincts and solid understanding of their own children. Also included are significant behavioral warning signs that may indicate the early stages of serious mental illnesses. Dawson has the rare ability to make complex and potentially dull reading entertaining and instructive. In addition to being a psychiatrist, he is also a successful mystery writer and film director. Those skills enhance this book and provide some down to earth help to parents.</p>

The Adolescent Owner's Manual

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Here Not There and My Name Is Walter James Cross - Two Plays

Dramas & Plays

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