The Architect: A Novel (Frank Clevenger)

Ablow, Keith

ISBN 10: 1593976941 ISBN 13: 9781593976941

Publisher: Macmillan Audio, 2005

Synopsis

West Crosse is a stunningly brilliant, strikingly handsome architect with a love of ideal beauty and a commitment to achieving it at any cost. But the rich, powerful families who engage him to design their homes don’t know his dark side: Crosse can’t stop at designing their dwellings. He needs to make their lives more perfect too, even if it means a gut rehab of the family, even if the final design takes years to achieve—murdering an abusive spouse, a toxic lover, a predatory business partner or an unwanted child. As Crosse is about to embark on the master work of his creative life, the FBI puts Frank Clevenger on the case, and the ultimate cat and mouse game begins.

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About the Author

KEITH 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 and of the novels Denial, Projection and Compulsion, and Psychopath. Ablow lives in the Boston area.

Reviews

A new and intelligent spin on the serial killer genre, Ablow's novel seethes with obsessive-compulsive lust, loyalty, and religious fervor within the rarefied air of moneyed Yale graduates. Ablow's prose would be demanding of any reader, but Denis O'Hare has little trouble separating characters by tone, accent, mannerism, or intent. He also expertly conveys the subtle political satire woven into the story. When he focuses his craft on the killer's psyche, his characterization is chilling and memorable. A disturbingly graphic and yet refined listen, THE ARCHITECT builds anxiety on a blueprint of psychosis and violence. D.J.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593976941
• ISBN 13: 9781593976941
• Binding: Audio CD