A MEASURE OF MADNESS

This cozy mystery novel follows psychotherapist Genevieve Summerford as she investigates the suspicious death of her friend’s father, who owned an oyster business on Long Island Sound. The story explores the challenges of Genevieve’s socially unconventional relationship with Simon Shaw, as well as the endemic mistreatment of female patients and physicians in the medical community at the time.

• Genevieve Summerford, a young psychotherapist, investigates the suspicious death of her friend’s father, an oyster business owner
• The story explores the complexities of the oyster industry on Long Island Sound, including rivalries, thievery, and unsavory machinations
• Genevieve’s relationship with Simon Shaw, a captain in the Tammany political machine, is challenged by their social differences

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