a Superior Read.
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12 Bodies, 12 States. What No One Knows Is That The Highway Killer Is Also A Gifted Psychiatrist Who Lures His Victims Into A False Sense Of Security With His Miraculous Ability To Understand Their Darkest Emotional Secrets. He Is Their Confessor, But He Is Also Their Executioner. When The Killer Writes To The New York Times, Challenging Famed Forensic Psychiatrist Frank Clevenger To Heal Him Through An Exchange Of Open Letters On The Front Page, He Opens His Diabolical Mind To The One Man With The Courage To Cure Him-or Die Trying...
dr. Frank Clevenger, Forensic Psychiatrist And (somewhat Reluctant) Crime-solver, Is Quickly Becoming One Of The Genre's Most Intriguing Protagonists...a Strange And Hypnotic Thriller...fascinating.
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a Tour De Force. Ablow Is Not Satisfied With The Superficial. He Digs Deep To Create Complex Characters
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ablow's Latest Thriller (after Compulsion) Pits His Series Protagonist, Boston Forensic Psychiatrist Frank Clevenger, Against Jonah Wrens, A Spooky Serial Killer Who Also Happens To Be A Psychiatrist. The Result Is A Serviceable Spin On The Now Familiar Duel Between Secret-sharing Adversaries. What Lifts The Novel Above The Endless Line Of Thomas Harris Remakes Is The Author's Ability To Create Unique, Psychologically Complex Characters. Clevenger, A Refreshingly Scarred And Flawed Hero Still Recovering From His Addictions To Sex, Drugs And Rock `n' Roll, Is Facing The Additional Daunting Task Of Single-parenting A Similarly Addicted Teenage Ward. The Homicidal Wren Is An Empathic Genius As Adept At Understanding And Curing Disturbed Children As He Is At Meeting, Speed-reading And Rending His Hapless Victims. Ablow Has Created Full-bodied Characters, But They Deserve An Audio Interpretation Beyond His Capability. His Voice Has The Proper Timbre, And His Straightforward Delivery Won't Cause Anyone To Tune Out. But A More Experienced Narrator Could Have Provided Clevenger And Company With The Timing, Tone And Nuance That Would Have Turned This Merely Acceptable Adaptation Into An Exceptional Audio. Simultaneous Release With The St. Martin's Hardcover (forecasts, June 30). (july) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Author : Ablow, Keith R.
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2004-06-01
Number Of Pages : 368
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 0312996055
ISBN-13 : 9780312996055
Item weight : 0.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 4 in x 6.7 in
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