Doc Doc Zeus by Thomas Keech
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Genre: Thriller & Suspense; Medical; Crime Fiction
Publisher: Real Nice Books
Source: Smith Publicity
Synopsis
Still mourning the baby, she gave away a year before – and
feeling rejected by the same church people who had so cheerfully arranged that
adoption – sixteen-year-old Diane seems to find a supportive friend in her
gynecologist, Dr. Zeus. Diane is intelligent and bold but often leaps before
she looks, and now she questions why he has to examine her so often, and why he
prescribes her so many drugs.
The
state medical board also has suspicions about Dr. Zeus, but the official
inquiry inches forward very slowly as its new investigator stumbles over his
own hang-ups.
My Thought’s
Despite the title,
this book is oddly disturbing and I’m not quite sure I like it. The writing was
good and the characters were explained very well, but I didn’t care for Dr.
Zeus one bit. He used his position a gynecologist to sexually abuse young
women.
Diane, a patient of
his starts to get a little suspicious about him and what he’s really been up
too as their relationship goes on. I’ll let you as the reader figure out what
happens next.
Overall, the writing
and storyline were great. I do recommend reading this book so go pick up your
copy today!
Author Q&A
1. Doc Doc Zeus is all about
medical crime. Has there ever been a fictional story like this one written
before?
This book might be
unique in that it focuses not only on the predator doctor but also on the
victim –
how she got caught
up in the doctor’s evil trap, how she was affected, and how she
eventually learns to trust and learn from the people around her.
2. Without giving
too much away, what would you say is the main conflict in Doc Doc Zeus?
Dr. Zeus’s evil manipulation
of all the levers of power to indulge his sexual and financial fantasies is
challenged by the dedication of a novice investigator –
and the surprising
inner strength of his teenage victim.
3. Most books that
really connect with readers speak to some universal truths. What universal
truths are illustrated or discussed in your book?
The sociopaths we
will always have among us, but the rest of us can limit their damage if we
forge ahead, forgive ourselves for our own mistakes and do the same for those
who are truly our friends.
4. Can you tell
readers how your personal background and experience informed your writing of
Doc Doc Zeus?
As counsel to the
Maryland State Board of Physicians for sixteen years I assisted the Board as
they heard charges against physicians. My work required me to have an intimate
knowledge of the case, including the witness interviews, the testimony, and the
hearings, as well as the procedures and trial tactics of both the prosecution
and the defense.
5. Why did you
choose the predator, Dr. Zeus, to be a male?
The great majority
of physician sexual predators that I dealt with were male, the great majority
of victim’s female. My guess is that either male patients are not reporting
assaults by female physicians or it isn’t happening that
often.
6. What do you want
readers to remember about your story or characters long after they have
finished reading?
Diane trusted her
friends and kept a fingerhold on reality even as she was being swept away by
Dr. Zeus and his drugs. Maybe that happened because he parents never abandoned
her. There are people even in high levels of our society whose only concept of
truth is whatever is best for them at the present moment; these people are
dangerous and must be watched carefully.
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Biography
Thomas Keech worked
for twenty years as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland,
sixteen of those years as legal counsel to the Maryland State Board of
Physicians. He has also worked as a juvenile counselor, a Legal Aid attorney
and lobbyist and as a state administrative law judge. His three previous novels
have dealt with state politics, teenagers entangled in suburban corruption and
college romance. His work has been described as “uncommonly entertaining” by
Kirkus Reviews and “seriously amusing” by Publishers Weekly. The Crawlspace
Conspiracy was honored as one of the year's "ten best" by the Boston
Review of Books.
