Psychopath: A Novel
Written by Keith Russell Ablow, MD
Narrated by Keith Russell Ablow, MD
3.5/5
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Forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger returns in this arresting new thriller from bestselling author Keith Ablow. Having achieved celebrity status with his last case, 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?
Keith Russell Ablow, MD
Keith Russell Ablow received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his psychiatric residence at New England Medical Center in Boston. A forensic psychiatrist, he serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving violence and has evaluated and treated murderers, gang members and sexual offenders for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His essays on psychiatry and society have appeared in the Baltimore Sun, the Boston Herald, Discover, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report and the Washington Post. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Medical School: Getting In, Staying In, Staying Human, and of the novels Denial, Projection and Compulsion, and Psychopath. Ablow lives in the Boston area.
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Reviews for Psychopath
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a book that the "who done it" was well established from the very start of the book. It was the "why" that the story centered around. I really liked the Frank Clevenger character. A little too much description of the killers feelings but overall a very interesting story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oridinarily I really, really hate psycho-killer POV. Don't hate the form, but I think it's imperative to maintain narrative distance from the killer, even at the cost of making that character flat or stock. The reason is that it's impossible to do it in a convincing fashion.But...if anyone comes close, it's Ablow, no doubt because he really is a forensic psychiatrist. I found the villain pov engaging, even fascinating, with the ring of truth and an ambiguity that makes for the best bad guys: you can really feel sorry for him. Not so much the hero. He's fine, better than average, in fact, with the promising (to me) background of addiction and childhood pain - and the fine addition of his adopted son - but unfortunately he still came off as a little too glib/good lookin'/successful with women/courageous. In a similar vein, his love interest was carved just a little true to type: beautiful, daughter of top dog, standard insecurities and limitations. I address this plea to the whole genre, but please guys, dig a little deeper, will ya? There are far more interesting characters out there waiting to be born.Beautiful passages concerning the sad cases who end up being so broken. Chilling - and this is probably the strongest aspect of the book - the way KA has his villain be so successful teasing out the sane and healthy from these damaged people. One broad comment: I think this book could have been edited down significantly without losing any impact. In fact I think that by presenting several killings rather than one or two, and showing the bad guy with several patients rather than one or two, and having the hero confront many instsitutional obstacles rather than drawing that part in scant language, KA actually muddies the clarity of his story. I know that word count is disctated by a lot more than what's best for the story, but I think KA might want to practice a more-taut story.Odious beginner mistake:an unsympathetic female character is drawn with the very cheap and despicable paintbrush of societal bias: she is fat, dresses trashy, and has a bad smell. This is so hurtful and so unnecessary. A second unsympathetic female is also fat. KA, if this is a personal bias please address it - it weakens your work.