Product Description

Having achieved celebrity status with his last case, forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger is tapped by the FBI to catch an elusive murderer known as the Highway Killer who has left twelve bodies strewn across twelve states. But the Highway Killer isn't just a serial killer - he's a psychiatrist whose brilliance as a doctor is matched only by his precision as a murderer. When he writes to a national newspaper challenging Clevenger to cure him through an exchange of open letters a gripping public therapy unfolds. With the Highway Killer's brutality reaching new heights as he confronts his mind's darkest demons, will Clevenger exorcise those demons before they spin completely out of control?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #254359 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"'Keith Ablow's setting is the darkest of all - the twists and turns of the human mind' Harlan Coben; 'Keith Ablow has become the king of the psychological thriller' Dennis Lehane; 'Only Thomas Harris does it more stylishly' Kirkus Review"

Harlen Coben
'Keith Ablow's setting is the darkest of all - the twists and turns of the human mind.'

About the Author
Keith Ablow, like his protagonist, is a forensic psychiatrist who has testified as an expert in some of the most highly publicized criminal cases in the US. He has written three other Frank Clevenger novels, Denial, Projection, and Compulsion, and lives in Massachusetts.

Customer Reviews

brilliant
This is the first book that I have ever read by this author and it was a wise choice. This is a very well written book with a believavble storyline about a serial killer who corresponds with a psychiatrist through a newspaper in the hope of being cured. It didn't feel contrived at all and I had no troubles finishing this book. I looked forward to reading this book in the evenings, which is always a good sign.

This would make a good summer read and is a stark difference to some of the tat out there at the moment. Do yourself a favour - buy, read and enjoy

Excellent Read
This book was the first I have read by this author and I wasnt diappointed.
I could have quite easily have read this book in one sitting but time did not allow this.
You find yourself feeling for both parties and if you are into psycology you will love it with its twists and turns right to the very end.
A great read and I will be reading others by this author.

Great read
This is the 4th in the Frank Clavenger series and stills holds the story well. A pyschiatrist (like Frank) roams around U.S. curing (and killing) people and starts to communicate with Frank through a serial published in the newspapers. The two sparring shrinks have a lot in common. A good psychological battle!