Denial - Softcover

Comfort, Bonnie

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ISBN 10: 0380727161 ISBN 13: 9780380727162

Publisher: Avon Books, 1996

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Accepting a difficult referral from a colleague, psychotherapist and radio talk show host Sarah Rinsley counsels lawyer Nick Belmont, whose aggressive attempt to seduce her becomes obsessive and deadly

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About the Author:

Peter James is the author of many highly successful thrillers, several of which have been adapted for TV and film. He was born in 1948 and educated at Charterhouse. He lives in Sussex near Lewes.

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When psychotherapist Sarah Rinsley accepted a referral from another doctor, she began a two-year spiral into darkness. The patient, Nick Belmont, a brilliant young attorney, entered therapy to reduce stress. Instead, he fixated on Dr. Rinsley to the point where he stole personal items from her office, searched computer data banks for her home address and phone number, and appeared in public places where she met with her lover and friends. During Nick's therapy, Sarah tried to work through his erotic fantasizing about her to locate the source of his problems, but her own attraction to him and their lack of progress led her to discontinue his therapy. Within 48 hours, Nick attempted suicide and charged Sarah with malpractice, and most damaging, he claimed she seduced him while he was a patient. In the ensuing media frenzy and professional furor, Sarah's protestations of innocence go unheard, her professional and personal lives fall apart, and a jury will decide who has the best case: a concerned psychotherapist or a suicidal lawyer? Dr. Bonnie Comfort's 20 years as a clinical psychologist provide the realism, making this novel enthralling and sure to please. Melanie Duncan

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