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The Architect Clevenger 06 by Keith Ablow PHENOMENAL PRAISE FOR KEITH ABLOW AND HIS NOVELS “You can see why in certain quarters, Ablow is compared to Thomas Harris.” —Entertainment Weekly “A very fine writer” —Nelson DeMille “No one burrows into the darkest recesses of the heart as deeply as Keith Ablow.” —Tess Gerritsen, author of Body Double “Keith Ablow’s setting is the darkest of all-the twists and turns of the human mind.” —Harlan Coben, author of Gone for Good “Ablow’s got the instincts of Thomas Harris.” —James Ellroy THE ARCHITECT “Impressive and sharply detailed… a fresh and fully realized creation” —Publishers Weekly “Deeply compelling…almost hypnotically evil…the Frank Clevenger mysteries keep getting better.” —Booklist “An absolutely chilling premise and terrifying to the very end.” —Catherine Crier, COURT TV host and bestselling author of A Deadly Game MURDER SUICIDE “Murder Suicide poses intriguing questions… [a] tightly plotted book.” —San Antonio Express-News “Elaborately plotted… offers the reader more substantial fare than the usual mystery lineup of corpses and cops.” —USA Today “A compelling story about passion and intelligence and how fine is the razor’s edge between sanity and madness.” —Anne Perry, New York Times bestselling author of No Graves as Yet DENIAL “The forensic details are convincing, and the writing is sharp, making Clevenger’s return trip from hell an undeniably uplifting story.” —People “If you enjoy the combination of psychological profiling and forensic medicine in Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels, you’ll like the gruesome authenticity of Ablow’s Denial.” —Baltimore Sun “First-rate thriller… forensic psychologist Frank Clevenger makes for a distinctly unusual hero.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “[A] lurid debut thriller… a convincing, seductively fascinating portrait of a man and a milieu obsessed with sensation and trapped in denial of that obsession.“ —Publishers Weekly “A stark and terrifying journey into the mind of the criminally insane.” —Nelson DeMille “Sex, murder, madness, and medicine. What more could any thriller reader “Sex, murder, madness, and medicine. What more could any thriller reader want? A disturbing, riveting read… Ablow has written the prescription for terror. Readers should fill it only if they are caught up on their sleep.” —Michael Palmer “Deftly, with driving prose, Ablow portrays the horror and bleakness of damaged lives.” —Jonathan Kellerman “Places the reader on the cutting edge of psychiatric thrillers, and in the hands of an author whose expertise as a psychiatrist makes this story as authentic as it is compelling.” —Jack Olsen “Wonderful.” —Newsday PSYCHOPATH “Ablow is king of the psychological thriller…the pages will singe your hands.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River “Fast-paced and frightening.” —Janet Evanovich, author of Eleven on Top “A superior read.” —Entertainment Weekly “Only Thomas Harris does it more stylishly.” —Kirkus Reviews “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 COMPULSION “This series just keeps getting better. [Frank Clevenger is] a brilliant creation and this is a brilliant novel.” —Booklist (starred) “Fascinating clinical insights.” —The New York Times “Mesmerizing … tense and sexy.” —James W.Hall “A great psychological mind-bender.” —Publishers Weekly “Utterly compelling… a roller coaster of a mystery with hairpin twists and turns that shock and astonish.” —Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of The Surgeon “The suspense is riveting and the outcome surprising.” —The Washington Post Book World “Compelling, graceful, and nearly impossible to put down.” —Robert Parker “Ablow is a master of psychological suspense. This is a dark, taut, terrifying novel, driven by a talented psychiatrist’s insights into the human condition. Stoke up the fire, curl up with Compulsion, and be prepared for a sleepless night.” —Michael Palmer “From the first sentence to the last, Compulsion is mesmerizing. A tense and sexy thriller stocked to the brim with juicy characters … with deft intelligence, Ablow maps the torturous terrain of the darkest regions of the human heart.” —James W. Hall, bestselling author of Blackwater Sound “Frank Clevenger is … a brilliant creation and this is a brilliant novel.” —Booklist (starred reviews) “A great psychological mind-bender.” —Publishers Weekly PROJECTION “A crime novel like no other… a psycho tour de force. Ablow has … the instincts of a Zen Thomas Harris.” —James Ellroy, bestselling author of L.A. Confidential “Projection… isn’t for the squeamish… readers of Thomas Harris’s gruesome Hannibal Lecter tales … would do well to look here.” —Boulder Daily Camera “Projection is first-rate fiction: smart, tough, and moving.” —Robert B. Parker “A trip into the catacombs of the mind… Ablow, a forensic psychiatrist, understands the darkest recesses of the human mind.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer NOVELS BY KEITH ABLOW Murder Suicide Psychopath Compulsion Projection Denial NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.” THE ARCHITECT Copyright © 2005 by Keith Ablow. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. ISBN: 0-312-93971-X EAN: 9780312-93971-1 Printed in the United States of America St. Martin’s Press hardcover edition / July 2005 St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / June 2006 St. Martin’s Paperbacks are published by St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For three who treated every page as their own: Marilyn Firth, researcher Charles Spicer, editor Beth Vesel, agent
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