A review by literaryfeline
The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose

4.0

The advantage to participating in group reading discussions is that the choice of what book to read next is fairly easy to make. What I had not anticipated was being swept up in the book from the very first page and not wanting to put it down until I was finished. Had I not had to be up for work early this morning, I just might have made last night a night of reading! M.J. Rose introduces readers to a new mystery series: sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow has clients that range from the very rich to prostitutes in prison. Dr. Snow is a recently divorced mother of a preteen, Dulcie, who has her own ideas of what direction she wants to go in life. Dr. Snow has heard and seen it all. When one of her favorite clients, a high-class call girl and madam goes missing, Dr. Snow starts her own investigation into the disappearance afraid it may be connected to a rash of serial killings of prostitutes in the city.

In a very well written and engrossing novel, M.J. Rose pulls out all the stops, using murder, suspense, romance, sex and psychological thrills to keep readers enthralled. Her characters are complex and real, with very real insecurities and vulnerabilities. I have a tendency to skim sex scenes in books I read but not with this one.