Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante, fiction, 307 pages.
Dr. Jennifer White, brilliant orthopedic surgeon, mother of two grown children, and a recent widow, is rapidly succumbing to Alzheimer's disease. She is a believable and compelling narrator, she is angry, secretive, and still proud of her skills, her family, and the life that she has made. She has lost a great deal lately, but she still has her secrets; her husband was serially unfaithful, and her son has a drug problem and other difficulties. She may have other secrets as well: the one about her daughter, what her late husband did, and the one that has the police nosing around, who killed her neighbor and best friend, Amanda, and surgically removed the fingers of one of that poor woman's hand.
Well written, and well done, with that forgivable flaw of too few characters to spread the suspicion among, leaving the final revealed truth somewhat expected.
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