Dennis Palumbo Book Reviews
Advance Praise for “Fever Dream”
“Palumbo’s exciting second mystery featuring Pittsburgh psychologist Daniel Rinaldi…takes the reader into the seamy side of the Steel City, chock-full of corruption and crime, love and loss.” –Publisher’s Weekly
“In this fine novel…Rinaldi’s methods are as much Columbo as shrink: he notices details that don’t fit and picks at them until the whole psychodrama comes clear. A smart, strong read.” –Booklist
“Intricate plotting and mind-boggling twists make Dennis Palumbo’s Fever Dream a memorable mystery. The character of psychologist and trauma expert Daniel Rinaldi gives great heart to this story and elevates it to novelistic heights.”
–John Lescroart, New York Times best-selling author of Damage
“Lovers of noir will enjoy Dan Rinaldi’s fast-paced adventures. Rinaldi, an empathic therapist, is on call to the Pittsburgh police. He needs every ounce of his Golden Glove skills to survive the violent world of Pennsylvania politics.”
–Sara Paretsky, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, author, V.I. Warshawski novels
“Fever Dream is another well-wrought puzzle for the likable Dr. Dan Rinaldi to unravel. Fans will be delighted.”
–Thomas Perry, Edgar award-winning author of The Butcher’s Boy
“Dr. Daniel Rinaldi is back in a new non-stop thriller that finds the humane, quick-witted Pittsburgh psychologist (and former pugilist) searching for a link between a failed bank robbery, several brutal murders, a homicidal soldier of fortune, a small town ex-sheriff and a gubernatorial election. A fast, gripping read that offers that rare combination of dimensional characters and propulsive action.”
–Dick Lochte, award-winning mystery critic and author of Sleeping Dog
“Palumbo again delivers more great characters, a page-turning mystery and sizzling suspense. If you liked Mirror Image, you’ll love Fever Dream.”
–Bobby Moresco, Oscar-winning writer/producer of Crash and Million Dollar Baby
Click here to buy “Fever Dream” through Amazon.
Reviewers Praise “Mirror Image”
“Dennis Palumbo establishes himself as a master story-teller with his first crime novel, “Mirror Image.” Using his background as a licensed psychotherapist to good advantage, Palumbo infuses his fast-moving, suspenseful story with fascinating texture, interesting characters, and the twists, turns and surprises of a mind-bending mystery. Very impressive.”
–Stephen J. Cannell (writer/creator of “The Rockford Files,” New York Times best-selling mystery author)
“Mirror Image is a rich, complex thriller, built around a sizzling love affair. A compelling read, with surprising twists and characters that leap off the page.”
–Bobby Moresco (Oscar-winning writer/producer of “Crash” and “Million Dollar Baby“)
“Mirror Image is a deviously plotted thriller with lots of shocks and surprises you won’t see coming, and a smart, sympathetic hero-narrator who takes you along as he peels back layers of lies and wrong guesses to get closer to the truth.”
–Thomas Perry (Edgar-winning, New York Times best-selling crime novelist)
“Dennis Palumbo’s experience as a psychotherapist hasn’t just helped him make his hero, therapist Dr. Daniel Rinaldi, authentic, human and a man in full, it’s endowed him with the insight to craft a debut thriller filled with action, deduction and romance, expertly paced for maximum suspense.”
–Dick Lochte (award-winning author and critic)
“Dennis Palumbo’s novel is stark and disturbing but there’s a humanity running through the core of it that makes this book special. Maybe it’s Palumbo’s dual training–as a writer and as a psychotherapist–that allows him to plumb the depths and bring up not only darkness but those occasional diamonds of light that sparkle and illuminate and make a book worth reading.”
–T. Jefferson Parker (Edgar-winning, New York Times best-selling author of The Renegades and Iron River)
“Mirror Image is a standout mind-bender! A wonderfully constructed novel that has you seeing double–and all through the eyes of an intriguingly fresh character: a psychologist. Dennis Palumbo knows his craft. This guy can write.”
–Ridley Pearson (New York Times best-selling crime author)
“A gripping thriller, chock full of the desired twists and cliffhangers, with the added layer and intriguing access of a therapist narrator/detective. A page turner!”
–Aimee Bender (New York Times best-selling author of An Invisible Sign of My Own)
Click here to buy “Mirror Image”through Amazon.
Praise for “From Crime To Crime”
“A combination of clever deduction and sly humor. Lots of fun.”
–April Smith (author, North of Montana and Judas Horse)
“Smart, well-written and delightfully original.”
–Peter Lefcourt (author, The Manhattan Beach Project)
“A feast for crime-story lovers of all stripes.”
–Bobby Moresco (writer/producer of “Crash” and “Million Dollar Baby“)
“Palumbo adds a touch of Neil Simon to the mix, gathering his odd quintet of amateur sleuths each Sunday for deli, arguing, and solving impossible crimes. A sparkling assemblage.”
–Dick Lochte (author, Croaked and Sleeping Dog)
“Smart and funny whodunnits…as if my own life isn’t hard enough to figure out.”
–Garry Shandling (actor, writer, comedian)
Click here to buy “From Crime To Crime”through Amazon.
Reviews of “Writing From The Inside Out”
“Dennis Palumbo provides a sense of community in the isolation of writing, of knowing that we are not alone on this uncharted and privileged journey. He shows us that our shared struggles, fears and triumphs are the very soul of the art and craft of writing.”
–Bruce Joel Rubin (screenwriter, Ghost, Deep Impact)
“Dennis Palumbo has great insight into a writer’s psyche…every writer should have a shrink or this book. The book is cheaper.”
–Garry Shandling (actor, comic and writer)
All of Dennis Palumbo’s books are currently available at your local bookstore, or through Amazon.