Review of "Dialogues : A Novel of Suspense" by Stephen J. Spignesi

This is a weird and wonderfully different read. This is also Spignesi’s debut and I look forward to much more from this unique writer. It’s a good thriller. The plot takes place in an animal shelter where they also “put animals down.” That is a delicate term for killing the pets.

The person who is in charge of the program and is responsible for killing a group of the animals every week is Victoria Troy. She a tiny person. She is a lover of animals. One day she just flips and kills six of her coworkers in the same way she kills the pets. The mystery is why? The court hires a shrink to probe what could have possibly happened to make Victoria a cold-blooded killer.

The author takes the reader along on the sessions between Victoria with the psychiatrist. His notes are an insight into the killer along with the notes of her lawyer and her mother that are sent to the judge. It's like peeking into the private notes of skilled specialists who are balancing the guilt of Victoria and what was in her past that brought her to this future.