Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library) and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Learn more

Buy Used
Used - Good See details
$3.12 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
Kindle Edition
 
   
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
 
 
Start reading Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library) [Mass Market Paperback]

Carlton Smith (Author)
1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)


Available from these sellers.


Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
Kindle Edition --  
Mass Market Paperback --  
Unknown Binding --  

Book Description

St. Martin's True Crime Library February 18, 2002
Pasadena pediatrician Kevin Paul Anderson was admired and trusted by his wife and patients, and looked up to as a mentor by many of his associates. Handsome, athletic, and established, he was also a magnet for women. Deepti Gupta, a thirty-three-year-old fellow doctor, was the kind of conquest Anderson sought: pretty, anxious to do well, and eager to please. It wasn't long before they began having an affair...

But the affair soon ended when Deepti told her mentor that she was pregnant with his child. threatened with exposure as a sexual harasser and his career and marriage at risk, Anderson took his lover on a romantic rendezvous in the San Gabriel Mountains. under the stars, Anderson strangled Deepti with his necktie, doused her body and car with gasoline, and shoved both over a steep cliff to make it look like an accident. But was it an outburst of unexpected rage, as Anderson later claimed, or was it premeditated murder? Or was it something more mysterious still?


Editorial Reviews

About the Author

CARLTON SMITH is the New York Times bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer. An award-winning journalist for The Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times during the 1970s and 1980s, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting in 1988, and now works full-time as a true crime author. There are more than two million copies of his books in print. He lives in Reno, Nevada.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 344 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime; 1st edition (February 18, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312977948
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312977948
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,276,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

 

Customer Reviews

6 Reviews
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:
 (4)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
1.7 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Drudgery, April 7, 2002
By 
Mary loves Murder (Indianapolis, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Mass Market Paperback)
I wouldn't give the book even one star, if there were a "no stars" category. Reading it is sheer drudgery. I'm a quick reader and very fond of true crime, so plowing through it for two weeks was quite unusual and quite unsatisfying. There are few facts - instead, lots of "if", "maybe", "perhaps", and "might" - the author has built an air castle on his own conjecture. Finally I just checked the back of the book for the verdict (normally verboten) and threw it away. What a total waste of money and time! I'm going to be allergic to the name Carlton Smith from now on. Too bad he shares the first name of a good true-crime writer!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 13, 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Mass Market Paperback)
Do not waste your money on this one. Very poor research and slow moving. This si not the first time I have been disappointed with this author, but it will be the last time and of this I am sure. I think this book was probably written in about 2 days. This is one of the worst books I have read in along time. I can not understand how this Turkey ever got published. AWFUL!!!!!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Too much legal stuff, April 5, 2002
This review is from: Death of a Doctor (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Mass Market Paperback)
True crime is tough to write about, but filling page after page after page ... with complicated legal wranglings and accounting practices that no one but an accountant could understand or even care about takes this book from about 10 pages of interesting information about the lives of these people to however many it ended up being. Sorry, I ramble.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews




Only search this product's reviews



Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
It had been one of those days for Jay La Riviere. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
voicemail page, relocation grant, murder kit, dirt berm, proposed partnership, patient logs, patient list, patient base, hearsay rule
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eaton Canyon, Mile Marker, Deepti Gupta, Children's Clinic, Kevin Anderson, Los Angeles, Judge Schwartz, Angeles Crest Highway, Anil Sharma, Thatcher Building, Marvin Cooper, Professor Gupta, Vijay Gupta, Ken Rivers, Natalie Profant, Kevin Paul Anderson, Big Tujunga Canyon Road, Lake Powell, Medical Center, Angeles Forest Highway, Caritem Smith, Jay La Riviere, Lorena Ramirez, Richard James Burkhart, Evidence Code
New!
Concordance | Text Stats
Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Search Inside This Book:



Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums





Look for Similar Items by Category


Look for Similar Items by Subject