Match BookFamily Doctor
J.M. Dalgliesh
2025 · 311 pages · Mystery
How it reads
Family Doctor is mystery (medical mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are secrets, justice and family. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. At 311 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want to be sure it ends well
- you're drawn to stories about secrets
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- mystery
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- prolific veteran
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- new release
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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