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The American Strangler Kindle Edition

by Robert M. Fleisher (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
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2020 Best Book Awards Finalist - Thriller/Adventure

"This nervy, disturbing, gut-punch of a vigilante novel is unlike anything you've ever read. It's also one of the year's best thrillers." –Best Thrillers

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." -Dick the Butcher, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

Ron Rellick agrees.

Simple and sweet. We all know how lots of people hate lawyers, especially if they have ever been sued. Dr. Ron Rellick loses everything, including his sanity, to a malpractice claim and goes homicidal.

The title has a dual meaning... The legal system is strangling America, and now a serial killer is strangling the legal system.

Get inside the mind of a good man turned violent. See how the evil of corrupt lawyers leads to unforgiving vengeance. Dr. Rellick becomes the hunter to avenge what he sees as the scales of justice fractured and out of balance.

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2020 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite - Legal Thriller

"Fleisher, the author of The Divine Affliction (2018), presents a novel that's somber but absorbing. A bleak and unnerving examination of justice in America." -Kirkus Reviews

"This fast-paced study of an expert surgeon's descent into violent vigilantism will be cathartic for readers enraged by malpractice lawsuits and the lawyers who file them." -BookLife

"It is disturbing, shocking, captivating, gripping, gritty. What a great read, I thoroughly enjoyed it." -Shannon's Book Reviews

"Dark, twisted, compelling, thought-provoking, shocking, gritty, and gripping - The American Strangler is all of those and more." -Momma Says

"Ron [the main character] is much more compelling acting in outsider-renegade mode, à la Travis Bickle in 'Taxi Driver' or the Michael Douglas' character in 'Falling Down, '" -IndieReader

"The premise of taking Shakespeare's 'kill all the lawyers' literally is quite clever." -Mike Garrett, Stephen King's first editor

About the Author

Dr. Robert M. Fleisher holds a BA in psychology and DMD with a specialty in endodontics. Engaged in writing for the past thirty-five years, he has written for professional journals as well as having produced several non-fiction books. The American Strangler is Dr. Fleisher's second novel and eighth published book. Dr. Fleisher looks forward to telling his stories to an audience interested in difficult subjects. He is an active member of International Thriller Writers.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088PPS2P9
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Rose Writing (July 16, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 16, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 999 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 239 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 139 ratings

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Dr. Fleisher has a BA in psychology and a D.M.D. from Temple University. He then earned a specialty certification in Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. After building the largest endodontic practice in his tri-state area, he left practice to devote time to his passion for writing. He has published a number of self-help books. He now has two more non-fiction titles for 2016: FROM WAITING ROOM to COURTROOM – HOW DOCTORS CAN AVOID BEING SUED (Jay Pee Medical Book Publishers, February 2016), and THE SEXLESS MARRIAGE FIX, (Turner Publishing, August 23, 2016). Dr. Fleisher is now excited about his second novel, THE AMERICAN STRANGLER (Black Rose Writing, September 17th, 2020). His debut novel THE DIVINE AFFLICTION (Black Rose Writing) was released September, 27th 2018.

Dr. Fleisher has had the opportunity to treat over thirty-thousand patients in his career. While his practice was the dental specialty of endodontics, he also writes extensively on aging and relationships. As an Examiner.com journalist he wrote a column on Internet dating, the basis of his 2018 release, DATING AGAIN - A GUIDE TO DATING JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE (Uphill Publishing, April 2018). He developed and wrote an interactive course based on his book, BEDSIDE MANNER: HOW TO GAIN YOUR PATIENTS' RESPECT, LOVE AND LOYALTY, (Uphill Publishing, 2010), which he teaches to his residents at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia via blog at: www.blog.bedsidemanner.info. Dr. Fleisher has authored numerous articles for professional publications and has lectured nationally.

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Irene Schyberger
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this!
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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Engaging, disturbing, entertaining, well-written, suspense thriller.
It will move you on several levels.
Can't wait to read more by this author.
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Headly
3.0 out of 5 stars A view from the far right wing
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020
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Quick summary
Fantastic surgeon with life saving ideas and operations gets nailed with a lawsuit....and it just gets worse from there
His answer is to strike back at conventional thinking and try his own brand of justice. .Or is it just murder?
Our author relates a story of revenge on steroids with an unexpected overall outcome.

My main complaint is the insertion of overtly detailed descriptions of sexual encounters. Not once but twice! These forays into the bedroom have zero impacts on the storyline! This book tells of horrific murders and bloodletting scenarios that would be R rated , but it gets a double X just for these unnecessary romps between the sheets.

Write your novels Mr. Fleisher, but keep your deviant sexual adventures entombed in their appropriate place
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kingwanda
4.0 out of 5 stars What a thought provoking and interesting concept.
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020
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In a world as our present day of everyone suing everyone comes a story of one man’s way of dealing with this travesty. I felt strongly his desperation to cure this problem.
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okreket331
5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2020
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I purchased this because I had read another book from this author and I found it to be pretty amusing and easy to read. The American Strangler, however, was very different but in a good way, and it was so captivating that I read the entire book in just two days on the beach. My wife wasn't very happy that I spent our beach days reading but when I told her what it was about, she got curious and she took the book off my hands and started reading it as soon as I was finished. I was able to relate with this novel because of the locations of the story and some of the characters, who reminded me of people I had seen on my local TV station, and that could have been one reason I got so fascinated with it, nonetheless, I think it is definitely an enjoyable read and I would recommend it.
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S. Appel
5.0 out of 5 stars Fleisher Does It Again!
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020
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Another page turner from the pen of Robert Fleisher! The American Strangler gets you hooked from page 1 and keeps you going as you travel the road to revenge for a hard working professional who becomes a victim of a legal system that maligns him. A great read.
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Thomas Rutherford
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2021
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Very enjoyable reading. The characters a d the storyline were compelling. I can't wait to read more by this author.
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infairverona
3.0 out of 5 stars Gotcha
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2020
People suck. The system doesn't work. To hell with it all.

The American Strangler follows Dr. Ron Rellick's journey for justice in a corrupt litigation system. However, his form of justice would be what most call the acts of a vigilante.

This book is as much a legal drama as it is a psychological thriller. It introduces some hard truths about the American system of personal injury law and politics.

At about a 3rd of the way into the book i got thrown for a loop that made me realize this book would be more intricate than the striaghtfoward storyline I initially expected.

I loved the way Fleisher described Rons moments right before his first kill and the kill itself was exceptional, the definition of thrilling and had my heart racing. The subsequent kill descriptions were just as solid! But I give this 3 stars maybe 3.5 because I kind of felt like some parts here and there dragged a bit and some of the more 'adult' scenes I felt were awkwardly written. Also I didn't love Jill's character or Agent Grey's.

If you like watching Criminal Minds you'll like The American Strangler.

Thank you BookSirens and Black Rose Writing for the opportunity to read this book!
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Kristi Dickinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Thriller That Makes You Question What Is Right and What is Wrong
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2020
This book was an #ARC from #NetGalley provided to me by the author and publisher - free of charge for an honest review.

Dr. Rellick is a predominate oral surgeon. He is living THE life. That is until a malpractice suit wrongfully derails his career and life. Dr. Rellick decides the best form of revenge is targeting those that he feels are the problem of the American justice system - lawyers (and greedy, slimy ones at that). This dark thriller shows just how far one man is willing to go when backed into a corner with no way out.

This book is dark and kept me on the edge of my seat. The idea of a good guy gone bad is one that always grabs your attention and forces you to think - who is actually the bad guy here? Who do we root for? The author did a great job depicting a man who had it all, lost it all and took extreme steps to right wrongs. But, is he righting them or creating an never-ending cycle of revenge?

#netgally #theamericanstrangler #whenifinishthischapter#bookreview #thriller
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SingularityCode
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2021
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This book surprised me with its unusual content and plot. I do not know why but I just kept reading. When I consider the political and justice landscape of today, some of the events in this book could become reality. The book is interesting and food for thought.
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Emily Quinn
5.0 out of 5 stars Fleisher is an absolute literary wizard!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2020
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One word review? Incredible. I’ve been drawn into this book more than I thought I’d be, which was unexpected, and because of how complex and involving the story is, it’s taken me much longer to get through it than I anticipated. I wanted to take in every bit of information and fully understand the position the main characters were in, and as a result, I think I’d put this book up there in my top five of the year so far. Fleisher is an absolute literary wizard!

The main question I kept asking myself throughout this book was why have I not heard from this author before?! I was amazed by the entire book and just how much it stuck with me. Ron’s character has been created with so much depth and the story line is so gripping and truly memorable. It’s been a while since I enjoyed such a good thriller and as my favourite genre, I’d put this book high up there with the work of some very well known authors!
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Lorraine Garant
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2020
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This novel was a real edge of your seat read. The story flowed easily from chapter to chapter and kept me turning the pages.Very well written and worth the read!
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Steve Marler
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2020
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Thrilling tale of revenge
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