Psychopath: A Novel"A superior read." -Entertainment Weekly 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." -Booklist "A tour de force. Ablow is not satisfied with the superficial. He digs deep to create complex characters" -Orlando Sentinel Visit Keith Ablow's Web site at: www.keithablow.com |
Contents
III | 3 |
IV | 19 |
V | 31 |
VI | 46 |
VII | 68 |
VIII | 85 |
IX | 97 |
X | 111 |
XIX | 214 |
XX | 231 |
XXI | 246 |
XXII | 256 |
XXIII | 268 |
XXIV | 279 |
XXV | 281 |
XXVI | 294 |
XI | 123 |
XII | 125 |
XIII | 138 |
XIV | 151 |
XV | 165 |
XVI | 174 |
XVII | 187 |
XVIII | 201 |
XXVII | 303 |
XXVIII | 316 |
XXIX | 331 |
XXX | 339 |
XXXI | 348 |
XXXII | 351 |
XXXIII | 358 |
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