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Psychological Thriller Has Potential

Yesteryear’s Echo: A Historical Psychological Thriller

Book 1 of the Case 47 Series

By Jane M. Bell (Indie author, 2024)

Genre: Fiction – thriller

Pages: 346

Bia: Author Request

Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

“Go to the oldest part (of the hospital archives). It is there where time stands still, but history continues to move forward.”

The Basics

Thomas Bauer, MD, PhD is an exhausted psychiatrist with a crumbling marriage and an estranged wife and young son. Thomas is also on the outs with the administration at Saint Elizabeths (sic) Hospital in D.C. And he’s trying to get out from under the shadow of his famous psychiatrist father, Dr. Harold Bauer. Thomas Bauer harbors nagging questions about his dad’s roll in some nefarious “research” at Saint E’s. Did Harold Bauer’s research partner, Dr. Matthias Levi, figure out a way to “send consciousness through time”? If so, at what cost? And what is “Case 47”?

“Secrecy always shrouded the tenure of Levi and his father. Mysteries that fueled a burning curiosity for years.”

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