Dennis Palumbo

Sep 2021 18

Panic Attack By Dennis Palumbo: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2021 Articles, Mental Health, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

What a pleasure to learn that a new Daniel Rinaldi thriller is out. It’s good to be with Dr. Rinaldi, the quiet, steady therapist who helps us reconnect to our better, more sane selves when life gets out of hand. He counsels survivors of violence and I know I would feel comfortable seeking his help at such a time. It’s also good to go back to visit Pittsburgh, a part of the country I don’t know at all except through these novels. Their setting is rich with the Steel City’s history and atmosphere and with the complexities Rinaldi’s patients, associates, police officers, attorneys, and all those who befriend, tolerate, and actively work for or against the good doctor.

Mar 2018 17

Dennis Palumbo’s Daniel Rinaldi Reconciles His Past in Head Wounds

2018 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

We all look forward to the debut of a new Daniel Rinaldi novel and reunion with the psychologist we all would like to consult. Head Wounds (2018) is the fifth and latest in the Rinaldi series, and it does not disappoint.

Sep 2017 16

Dennis Palumbo’s Dr. Daniel Rinaldi: A Good Man to Have on Your Side

2017 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

Employing a psychologist or a psychiatrist as a part of an investigative team makes perfect sense. It has worked well for Val McDermid and her Dr. Tony Hill. Even Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter, though insane, had professional insights that helped Clarice Starling find “Buffalo Bill” after all. Enter Daniel Rinaldi, Dennis Palumbo’s clinical psychologist based in Pittsburgh.

Apr 2016 1

Body of Evidence: A Smart Guys April Fool’s Day Mystery Short Story

2016 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Dennis Palumbo

When it comes to solving mysteries, it isn’t unusual for the Smart Guys Marching Society--with the exception of Isaac, of course--to be totally at sea. I must admit, until one particular Sunday afternoon last spring, I never thought this would be literally true...

Oct 2015 3

Freud Slept Here: A Smart Guys Mystery Short Story

2015 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Dennis Palumbo

“Gentlemen, a toast,” Bill proclaimed, raising a glass of fine Merlot. “To me.”
Mark, Fred, Isaac and I dutifully raised our glasses and clinked crystal. After all, how could we decline? We were dining in splendor at one of the finest restaurants in Los Angeles, and Bill was picking up the check

Jan 2015 31

Last Seen Wearing: A Smart Guys Mystery Short Story

2015 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Dennis Palumbo

It was our first murder of the New Year.
It was also the first time the Smart Guys Marching Society had gotten together after a lapse of almost four weeks. As usual, we’d had to skip most of the December meetings due to holiday plans with our families.

Sep 2014 13

Phantom Limb: A Daniel Rinaldi Mystery By Dennis Palumbo

2014 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Time had definitely taken its toll on Lisa Campbell, failed actress. Several divorces, drug abuse, and estrangement from her family forced her to return to her hometown of Waterson, Pennsylvania in shame.

Jul 2013 6

The Sophomore Slump: Writing That Second Book in A Mystery Series

2013 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Jill Amadio

How often have you read an author’s first book in a new series and been disappointed in the second one? After eagerly devouring that debut mystery, you can’t wait to read the next book and the one after that–and the one after that. Discovering and falling in love with an amateur sleuth or a police captain is a satisfying moment for thousands of readers. Bring on Book Two!

May 2013 18

Night Terrors: A Daniel Rinaldi Mystery By Dennis Palumbo: Review/Giveaway/Event

2013 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Maybe Freud had it right. It’s all about the mothers. In Dennis Palumbo's third mystery featuring Pittsburgh psychologist Daniel Rinaldi, the acerbic but still hopeful PSTD specialist finds himself enlisted in two cases, due to his reputation and featured presence in the media stemming from several recent brutal events. After Wesley Currim confesses to the robbery and murder of the missing businessman, Edward Meachem, Currim agrees to reveal the location of the body only if Rinaldi, the psychologist Currim has seen on television, accompanies them to West Virginia to deal with his “trauma.”

May 2013 18

The Smart Guys Marching Society, Ghost Whistle: Mystery Short Story

2013 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Dennis Palumbo

“Do any of you guys believe in ghosts?” Fred asked, nursing his second Jack Daniels on the rocks. He stood at the small wet-bar in a corner of my game room.
“Define your terms,” Mark said. “You mean actual ghosts? Apparitions of the dead that haunt the living? Like Casper. Or Keith Richards?”