At this point, the plot moves much more quickly and we get to see just how devious, and forward thinking, Grace can be. This makes her a much more interesting character. By this point, she has received enough instruction to be able to operate capably on her own and has finally begun to take control of her own life. Things become interesting again in the final part as we start to see a whole new side of Grace. Thornhollow teaches Grace the basics of profiling and she acclimates to her new hospital. Once she escapes, the tone changes completely and the plot slows as Dr. However, this sets the tone for a very creepy novel about madness and the treatment of the insane, but the story then takes a change. The treatment of patients in the asylum is deplorable and, as a mother, I found certain scenes very difficult to get through. The first section is a great read, but is full of triggers. The plot can really be broken into three parts: the Boston Asylum, Grace's Instruction, and Grace's Revenge. Since I was pretty familiar with all of this, these scenes were a little tedious and slowed down the plot. However, I feel like profiling has become such a big plot point for so many movies and TV shows now that all of this information seems like something everyone knows already that murderers like to revisit the crime scene, that they are often impotent, that they have overbearing mothers etc. If this is new information for the reader, it would be interesting. This meant Grace received regular 'lessons' in which Dr. Thornhollow and Grace study crime scenes in order to create a picture of the murderer and narrow down the pool of suspects until they are able to locate their prey. As they get closer and closer to the serial killer they are trailing, Grace's past comes back with a vengeance and she creates a trap to punish her abuser, and save all those who might become his victims.Ī Madness So Discreet explores the emerging science of profiling.

Under his tutelage, she begins to learn the science of profiling and seeking out murderers. She concocts a scheme which will allow her to escape both the asylum and her family and which leaves her in the care of the doctor as his assistant.

Thornhollow, who performs surgery on the more violent offenders.

She endures the abuse and neglect of the asylum until she meets Dr. Grace Mae, pregnant and broken, has been locked away in an asylum by the family that is supposed to love and protect her, but which has done neither. In this beautifully twisted historical thriller, Mindy McGinnis, acclaimed author of NOT A DROP TO DRINK and IN A HANDFUL OF DUST, explores the fine line between sanity and insanity, good and evil-and the madness that exists in all of us. Grace, continuing to operate under the cloak of madness, must hunt a murderer while she confronts the demons in her own past. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who stalks young women. Escaping from Boston to the safety of an ethical Ohio asylum, Grace finds friendship and hope, hints of a life she should have had. With her keen eyes and sharp memory, Grace will make the perfect assistant at crime scenes. When her voice returns in a burst of violence, Grace is banished to the dark cellars where her mind is discovered by a visiting doctor who dabbles in the new study of criminal psychology. Those secrets, along with the bulge in her belly, land her in a Boston insane asylum. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a brilliant mind that cannot forget horrific family secrets.

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