Psychopath (Frank Clevenger Series #4)

Psychopath (Frank Clevenger #4)

This book is crisply written. The characters are rich and well thought out. It was a page turner.

Pleasant suprise

I basically was looking for books that sounded remotely interesting one day on this website, and typed in 'Psychopath' in the search engine. This book came out, and I ordered it. It was worth it! Every once in a while, the writing gets a little technical for me, but the overall plot/story is pretty good. I would certainly recommend it, especially if you are really into psychology or serial killers.

It was OK

it was ok if you were bored and wanted to do someting. But if i had a choice of several books i wouldn't pick this one.

Better than first book

This was like Columbo, you know who is the criminal, but it was very interesting along the way. I read the first book & it was obvious I'd missed something in the middle. Based on this one, I'll go back & get the second book.

Wounded Healers and Shades of Gray

As a therapist, I found Ablow's novel to be uniquely authentic. He dares to go where others, i.e., White and Kellerman, fail to honestly go, as many therapists are drawn to this profession to try to understand and to heal their own demons. Ablow's latest protagonist, Johnathan, has full depth and dimension in the dialetics of his compassion and humanity, and the ghastly flaws of his damaged self. Ablow's Clevenger novels (especially the early ones) are raw and edgy, but not crafted for sensationalism, rather to illuminate the darkest areas of our souls, the areas that stay dark because we are afraid to talk about them. Ablow's character Frank Clevenger gives wounded healers permission to be human, to struggle, to be able to help others despite their woundedness. Ablow's latest is an intriguing and thought provoking novel, with it's many shades of gray, however it is much more mainstream (not as raw and edgy) as his first Clevenger novels. One can only hope for more along the lines of those early works.

Another Outstanding Clevenger Novel

This is an outstanding book. Ablow has taken his experience and knowledge as a forensic psychologist and allowed us to see the world through the eyes of a tortured serial killer. I found this author with his release of Compulsion, and I'm hooked. He's on my 'must read' list from here on out, and, if you like the psychological thrillers, you'll appreciate his writing as well.

Compelling and Exciting!

I am new to the thriller/crime genre but I really enjoyed this book! Ablow really gets inside the mind of a serial killer. It seems he's had some experience, too - Ablow is actually a forensic psychiatrist himself. It is really interesting to see how he fleshed out the characters of both the killer and the forensic psychiatrist.

fascinating and exciting medical thriller

He travels the highways of America killing when the compulsion becomes unbearable but he always gets his victims to trust him and talk to him so he can get inside their defenses before he delivers the fatal blow. He is known as the Highway Killer and the FBI credit him with at least fourteen known homicides even though he believes he killed sevnteen people, men and women, young and old with no discernible pattern.

The FBI is getting desperate so they call in forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger as consultant. This resonates with the Highway Killer and he engages Clevenger in a dialog played out in the New York Times for the world to see. It is an interesting but potentially deadly cat and mouse game these two individuals play because they were both victims of parental abuse as children and they are both practicing psychiatrists.

Keith Ablow does the impossible by making the audience feel genuine sympathy for a serial killer tormented by his demons and his inability to stop from killing even though he knows it is wrong. As a doctor he has saved the lives of many children in crises but he can not heal himself. PSYCHOPATH is a fascinating and exciting medical thriller about a tormented person who wears the mask of sanity on the outside, but inside is a tortured soul who wants to be stopped.

Harriet Klausner

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