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Denial Mass Market Paperback – June 15, 1998

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
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He's in deep.

A series of grisly murders has forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger on the case of a lifetime and the fight of his life against a brutal killer with a horrific trademark and his own howling demons of sexual compulsion, self-destruction, and...Denial.

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  1. Part of series
    A Frank Clevenger Psychological Thriller
  2. Print length
    368 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    St. Martin's Paperbacks
  5. Publication date
    June 15, 1998
  6. Dimensions
    4.22 x 0.98 x 6.74 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0312965966
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0312965969
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“Spellbinding and shocking.” ―Nelson DeMille

“Gripping...The forensic details are convincing and the writing is sharp, making Clevenger's return trip from hell and undeniably uplifting story.” ―People magazine

About the Author

Keith Ablow received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins and completed his psychiatric residency at New England Medical Center. A practicing psychiatrist with a speciality in forensics, he has written essays for The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Herald, U.S. News and World Report, U.S.A Today, and the Washington Post. The author of several works of nonfiction, Ablow lives in Chelsea, Mass.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (June 15, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312965966
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312965969
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.22 x 0.98 x 6.74 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 65 ratings

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Keith R. Ablow

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Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist who graduated Brown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 16 books, including Living the Truth, The Seven Wonders (co-authored with Glenn Beck) and Trump Your Life. He was the host of the nationally-syndicated Dr. Keith Ablow Show (Warner Brothers) and then, for a decade, a national Fox News Network Contributor on topics including psychology, business and politics. He has also appeared hundreds of times on The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, Oprah, Dr. Oz, Inside Edition and a host of other national television broadcasts. Dr. Ablow was the creator and on-air expert for Cancel Contagion, which aired during 2021 on Newsmax TV. He has been a columnist for the New York Post and the Washington Post, as well as a frequent contributor to USA Today, The New York Times, Newsweek and many other publications. He is the founder of www.pain-2-power.com, a coaching platform that gives individuals and businesses the tools to actualize their true goals and highest potential.

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Susan O'Neill
5.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously flawed characters
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2003
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Ten pages into Denial, I hastily emailed a friend of mine who's a big fan of Hardboiled mysteries and told him, "Have I got an author for you!" This is believably seamy stuff, quickly paced, smart and scary, filled with deliciously flawed characters. Ablow doesn't even place his protagonist above the fray: Frank Clevenger is a forensic psychiatrist with severe addiction issues--including coke, women other than his partner, and twisted psyches. There is not a character in this book who is free of quirks and tics, and it is from this pallette of dark human vagary that the story draws its power and its very plot.
As one who lives in Eastern Massachusetts, I was taken by Ablow's adept use of local geography. Clevenger lives in one of those big houses in coastal Marblehead that require two doctors to support a mortgage; he works and plays, if such a word can cover his particular recreations, in his rag-tag hometown of "Lynn, Lynn, City of Sin," and in equally gritty Chelsea. The duality fits the man, an abused blue-collar boy beneath a professional veneer.
With its sex, blood and lines of white powder, this book is not for everyone. But for those who like their mystery dark and their humanity imperfect, it's a real find.
Susan O'Neill
Author: Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Viet Nam
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Rhonda Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book. This dude knows how to write
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2015
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Awesome book. This dude knows how to write. Worked in the mental health field for years. And it keeps with the true heart beat of the illness that touch so many lives. Can't wait to read them all.
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Donna
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good - psycho-sexual thriller
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2008
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This debut novel is a psycho-sexual serial thriller. A story with a well done psychological character analysis is rare though commonly involves sexual elements in the murders. Some aspects of this plot will be predictable to readers of this genre but it's a very good read, nonetheless. The author is a famous psychiatrist so his character analysis is excellent. The main character (who re-appears in the successive novels) is the good looking brilliant psychiatrist who is damaged as a child by a brutal, alcholic father. He is in serious need of his own services choosing mind numbing substitutions instead. For me the problem with the book is that virtually all of the characters have major unresolved psych issues - too many in the book. It may be more true to life in the author's view but I was getting tired of it. It's hard to give more of the story but I had no desire to stop reading and that's rare. I know the review sounds trite and the same old thing but it is really a page turner. I have already ordered the next book in the series.
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Fred
5.0 out of 5 stars but i like that. The lead character is very intense
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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It is definitely a bit "off", but i like that. The lead character is very intense, seriously flawed, yet very good at what he does. Perhaps not for everyone but it was for me.
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susan miller
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015
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Book was in good shape - very pleased
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Leona
1.0 out of 5 stars Packaging and book had a very moldy smell
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022
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The book arrived late- not in time for book club meeting. When it did arrive it had a very musty moldy smell. I was unable to read because it gave me a headache 🤢🥺😫
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Gwendolin Schwartz
5.0 out of 5 stars Keith Ablow - Denial
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2006
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I loved this book!! I could not put it down! Great suspense. I can't wait to read the next ones.
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acorley84
5.0 out of 5 stars BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELT!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020
It's not often that I get enough time to pick up an actual book and read! But I was on vacation and I just happened to take two books with me, Denial being the first one I picked up! Boy did I have to buckle my seatbelt, but I was in for the ride of my life with Frank Clevenger!

I've had the paperback copy of Psychopath for probably a decade, and me being the OCD person that I am, could not read it until I read the other 3 books in the series first! So finally, I found a copy of the first three books! I had just gotten it before I left before vacation which is what made me throw it in my bag, and I am SOOO glad that I did! That book made my vacation that much more enjoyable!

Frank Clevenger is nothing short of a hot friggin mess! And that is putting it nicely! But holy cow, it's like that train wreck that you know you shouldn't be watching, but yet you can't peel your eyes away from it? That's how I felt with this book! I knew I shouldn't be reading it, but I just couldn't help it! Frank is a Forensic Psychiatrist who, when on the top of his game, he is the very best at what he does. Even when he's quickly sliding down a slippery slope, he's still the best! That is why he is needed on this murder case, which eventually turns into trying to find a serial killer! However, will all of Frank's indiscretions get in the way of catching the killer? I was on the edge of my seat and just had to keep reading late into the night to find out!

This is one helluca roller coaster ride that you will seriously be glad you rode! I honestly can't wait to read the next book in this series because I have to find out what ole Frank is up to next! Seriously, you've GOT to start this series! You don't know what you're missing! This is one of the best books I've read this year!

Just a warning though, this book does contain sex, drugs, murder, and just total out-of-control chaos!
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F. Gonzalez
3.0 out of 5 stars gripping, unputdownable thriller
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2009
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I looked for this book after having read Keith Ablow for the 1st time when I bought "Compulsion", its sequel.
I found "Denial" could have been better paced throughout, as it gave me a sense of "cramming" too many threads into 1 book - in his 2nd novel I found Ablow had avoided doing this, and so I enjoyed it more.
Nevertheless "Denial" kept me up til the wee hours of the morning as I was caught up completely in the intrigue.
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