The Secret Lives of Dentists, W.A. Winter
The Secret Lives of Dentists, W.A. Winter
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The Secret Lives of Dentists

Author: W.A. Winter

Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/31/2021


Synopsis

In 1955, small-town girls flock to Minneapolis for work, love, and adventure. But Teresa Hickman, from Dollar, North Dakota, is a special case. Beguiling. Promiscuous. And, on a chilly April morning, dead along an abandoned trolley track in a Southside neighborhood.

Teresa Hickman was three months pregnant when she was strangled. Was the unborn child's father also her killer? Could the killer have been––among the many men drawn to her like flies to honey––Dr. H. David Rose, a middle-aged dentist who admits he was with her the night she died? There's no forensic evidence or credible witnesses tying him to the murder. Yet the police, including a pair of obsessive investigators with lethal secrets of their own, agree that a Jewish dentist will get them a conviction.

Dr. Rose's spectacular trial and its shocking aftermath will mesmerize the Upper Midwest like few crime sagas before or since.

Contains mature themes.

About W.A. Winter

W. A. Winter is the pen name of William Swanson, a Minneapolis journalist. Swanson is the author of three true-crime books--Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson, Black White Blue: The Assassination of Patrolman Sackett, and Stolen from the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piper. Writing as W. A. Winter, he has published, besides The Secret Lives of Dentists, three suspense novels: Handyman, See You / See Me, and Wolfie's Game.


Reviews

Goodreads review by William on May 10, 2022

Good mystery, with a good trial at the end along with some surprising, twisted fates of some of the characters at the end.......more

Goodreads review by Rusty on April 04, 2021

This was a somewhat interesting murder mystery, yet seemed to contain few, if any, redeemable characters that didn't have some sort of fatal flaw. I'd give it a moderate recommendation for fans of straight murder mysteries set in the 1950s Midwest. The story follows the murder of Teresa Marie "Terry"......more

Goodreads review by Craig on May 21, 2021

I was quite disappointed in this book. It was one of the most anticipated releases in early 2021, but didn't deliver. It's not a mystery nor thriller. Just a crime story. First, the author introduces so many characters so quickly that I lost track of who was who and kept having to go back and find wh......more

Goodreads review by BookSalad on September 19, 2022

Written like a true crime, non-fiction book, this novel brings readers to the neighborhoods, streets, and lakes of my beloved Minneapolis. But you don't have to be from the Twin Cities to enjoy it. Fans of the hard-boiled detective genre will enjoy the secret lives of not just the dentist being accu......more

Goodreads review by Josie on August 07, 2024

A murder mystery book set in my own neighborhood in 1955! The story is fictional but is based off a real Minnesota story!! I found it fun to read because I can picture every location noted very vividly! If you live in MN it’s a good read for sure!!......more