The Right Wrong Thing by Ellen Kirschman review

The Right Wrong Thing is a novel in the thriller/mystery genre. The author, Ellen Kirschman, has been a police psychologist for more than thirty years. She is the author of the nonfiction books I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know,I Love a Fire Fighter: What the Family Needs to Know,and Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need to Know, and Burying Ben, the first Dot Meyerhoff mystery. In this second novel,The Right Wrong Thing, Ellen offers insight into the stresses of being in law enforcement, and the rarely discussed, Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder, now associated with the job. While never condoning police brutality, the author is steadfast in her belief that, with very rare exception, people go into police work intent upon helping others. The issues of PTSD, fear while on the job, and the recent instances of hair-trigger reaction and brutality intertwined into this novel, make it's subject matter very timely. In law enforcement, hesitate or respond—either choice can spell disaster.

The storyline...

Officer Randy Spelling had always wanted to be a police officer, to follow in the footsteps of her brothers and her father. Not long after joining the force, she mistakenly shoots and kills Lakeisha Gibbs, a pregnant teenager. The community is outraged; Lakeisha’s family is vocal and vicious in their attacks against Spelling.  Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and filled with remorse, Randy is desperate to apologize to the girl’s family.  Everyone, including the police chief, warns her against this, but the young police officer will not be dissuaded.  Her attempt is catastrophic. Dr. Dot Meyerhoff, police psychologist, plunges herself into the investigation despite orders from the police chief to back off. Not only does the psychologist’s refusal to obey orders jeopardize her career, but her life as well, as she enlists unlikely allies and unconventional undercover work to expose the tangled net of Officer Spelling’s disastrous course.   

The buzz...

“Those looking for a meaningful story forged against the backdrop of a relevant social construct will enjoy going on this adventure.

Artful writing ensures a smooth and well-paced reading experience. Two examples: “as the commute traffic melts into the airport traffic” and “enormous mortgages precariously balanced on the undulating waves of an uncertain economy.”

Small victories have been won for women in the male-dominated world of police work, but it is still largely powered by men. The Right Wrong Thing is brilliantly written with this dynamic in mind. Those looking for a meaningful story forged against the backdrop of a relevant social construct will enjoy going on this adventure with Randy and Meyerhoff. Not only is this a compelling read, but it is profoundly realistic.
—ForeWord Reviews Magazine


“In Kirschman’s highly satisfying second novel featuring Dr. Dot Meyerhoff
(after 2013’s Burying Ben), the consulting psychologist endorses young Randy
Spelling’s emotional stability for service as a Kenilworth, Calif., police officer. Dot later attempts to help Randy through the guilt-ridden aftermath of a panic episode that indirectly injured Randy’s partner, who blames Randy for cowardice. Intense professional and personal problems ensue for the divorced 50ish Dot after Randy, back on duty, fatally shoots Lakeisha Gibbs, a pregnant teenager who Randy mistakenly thinks is drawing a weapon. Kirschman, herself a psychologist who has served as a police department consultant, perceptively treats complex racial, feminist, personal, and political issues while providing intimate knowledge of cops’ shop procedure. She also skewers self-serving superficial “Christian-based psychology” and neatly balances Dot’s psychological expertise with her warmhearted humanity….”
—Publishers Weekly

Today I will be doing a review on the Novel The Right Wrong Thing. This book is by the Author Ellen Kirschman and it is one of the first books I have read from this author but will NOT be the last! From what I have read this is the first book published by this Author however they had the writing style of a Author who has been around for quit some time. I picked this book up at around 4 pm and ended it at around 9pm. From the start of the book to the end it completely had my full attention, and I could not find anything wrong with this book what so ever! The style of the writing flowed perfectly within each other and left my feeling breathless at the end of the novel!

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