Neal Baer is probably most well known as the Executive Producer behind a stream of television hits including ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and most recently, A Gifted Man. The result? A tightly wound cliffhanger that pays homage to the titans of spine-chilling film. Moving from TV to the novel allowed Baer and Greene to explore ways of creating rich, compelling characters beyond the constraints of dialogue. In 2010, Baer and Greene's mutual agent at Paradigm asked if the duo had anything in the works, and Kill Switch was reborn as the first in a book series of medical thrillers. Drawing inspiration from the betrayal and obsession of Hitchcock's classic Vertigo and the hardened cop narrative of Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, the team started on a detailed outline for a feature film that sat in Baer's desk drawer until one fateful day last year. But has she met her match in deranged Rikers Island inmate, Todd Quimby? Drawn into his twisted life and obsessions, Claire must face her own demons to save her life in this taut, visceral, fast-paced story of murder, mystery and medicine.Ī heart-pounding glimpse into the world of forensic psychiatry, Kill Switch marks the powerful fiction debut of Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene – former executive producers of television's acclaimed Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.Įight years ago, Baer and Greene decided to combine their mutual love of film noir, murder mysteries and psychological thrillers into a story fueled by two people determined to unravel the dark inner workings of the criminal mind. Claire Waters, a brilliant forensic psychiatrist haunted by a childhood tragedy, has always been able to unlock her patients' darkest secrets.
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