Since Psychology is my field of study, I really enjoy Keith Ablow's novels. Mr. Ablow has done a wonderful job in opening up the pathology of the criminal mind in his series of books. I relate to the way in which he focuses on the the way in which a person "thinks" that leads that person to crea...
This book was mentioned in Donald Maass' "The Fire in Fiction", a book on writing fiction, and it was used as an example of how to create an effective and believable villain. I picked up this novel as part of a project I have started, using the examples in Donald Maass' book as a reading list. Re...
It took me a little while to get into this one, the main character is flawed flawed flawed. Then I realized why he is the way he is and I kept learning more as I continued to read. Frank Clevenger is a forensic psychiatrist and is in need of a therapy himself. He treats himself with cocaine and a...
I always enjoy the unraveling of the mystery in this series because the author has a diabolical mind and really buries the truth while laying a spectacular false trail. I do, however, find the inner workings of Dr. Frank Clevenger to be unrealistic and completely unbelievable. Without fail he h...