Compulsion

"Keith Ablow is king of the psychological thriller." -Dennis Lehane, author ofMystic River Burdened by his own psychological scars, brilliant forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Frank Clevenger, has weathered the most extreme twists of the human mind. Then he receives a disturbing call from Nantucket's Chief of Police. The five-month-old daughter of prominent billionaire, Darwin Bishop, has been found murdered in her crib. "Utterly compelling...a roller coaster of a mystery with hairpin twists and turns that shock and astonish ." -Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author ofThe Surgeon The obvious suspect is Darwin's adopted sociopathic son, Billy. Even Clevenger can't fathom the motive behind the troubled boy's murder of an infant. But what is Billy really running from? Does Darwin's stunning wife Julia know? If she does, she isn't talking. Neither is the Bishop's other son who's harboring terrible secrets of his own. "The suspense is riveting and the outcome surprising." --Washington Post Book World Falling for Julia is Clevenger's first mistake. Investigating the Bishops' twisted emotional landscape is his second. It's done more than just draw him into the maze of a psychosexual family history. It's trapped him. As his own demons rise to the surface, he must play the ultimate mind game to catch a killer-and make it out alive... "Keith Ablow's setting is the darkest of all-the twists and turns of the human mind. Compulsion is compulsive reading." -Harlan Coben, author ofGone for GoodAblow, Keith Russell is the author of 'Compulsion ' with ISBN 9780312988241 and ISBN 0312988249.