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I’m not yet sure what I think of this novel. I got turned on to the author by my mom, who loaned me an earlier work called “Blinded.” My interest, really, is fuelled by proximity. White lives in Boulder, Colo., and his books are set in the quaint college town that lies just 40 miles away from where I live in Denver.

White uses familiar landmarks and references that I sometimes wonder are lost on people who don’t know them. Despite this, I tend to be drawn into his storytelling a little more than books set in other locales.

Compared to “Blinded,” and other psyhological thrillers, I found this latest to be a bit more deliberate. White’s protagonist, Dr. Alan Gregory, finds himself in another pickle where he’s faced with professional dilemmas — balancing patient confidentiality versus perhaps saving the life of some unknown person who could be in danger. The trick, as always, is for Gregory to figure out how keep both promises: the promise to his patient and the social promise to the greater good.

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