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Denial (Frank Clevenger Bk. 1)
Author: Keith Ablow

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Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312965969 - ISBN-10: 0312965966
Publication Date: 6/15/1998
Pages: 368


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Hardcover

Book Description:
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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Top Member Book Reviews

Jennie B. (MyLikeIt) wrote on 7/5/2007...

5 member(s) found this review helpful.

I know the words "dark," and "page-turner," and "suspenseful" are **always** used when describing books of the mystery/thriller genre, but gosh, here is one heck of a dark, suspenseful page-turner. Ablow has re-invented the genre with his anti-hero Frank Clevenger -- a forensic psychiatrist with more than his share of demons (within and without). The book has several scenes of graphic sexuality which may offend some readers but are essential to character development and plot. Here is a fresh, shocking and exciting read -- better than Kellerman, and that's saying something!

Nicole M. (CBJPL31) wrote on 2/24/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

A good book. Dark and sometimes disturbing. I wish the author would have focused more on the crime than the main character's personal life. Some is required but I feel he focused on it too much and not enough on the crime.

Ellen D. (dreamon) - Ellenville, NY wrote on 12/3/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Once you got to the second half of the book, it picked up. I didn't care too much for the detail of the character's own life and I figured out the ending before I got 3/4's of the way through.(A bit predictable and redundant)
It was OK, but definately not a favorite.

Jamie M. (jamieM) wrote on 11/5/2005...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great series! Best to read in order.

Susan R. wrote on 3/29/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Whenever I can't put a book down until I'm finished, even when it's 3 in the a.m., I have to say it's good. This is the first Frank Clevenger book and is absolutely necessary to understanding his character in Ablow's other books. I had to catch my breath at the ending...unexpected to say the least.

Carol N. wrote on 9/24/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is Ablow's 1st novel and it is absolutely outstanding. It shocks you then keeps you tied up in the plot. Recommended. I saw this author on Fox News not knowing his was the book I just finished, he was speaking and giving opinions on OJ. Remarkable man.

Laura C. (quiver) wrote on 2/24/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Frank Clevenger is a forensic psychiatrist who hates authority, fears intimacy, uses sex as an anesthetic, is tortured by his professional mistakes, and can't free himself from the shadows of a brutal, alcoholic father and an absent, unfeeling mother.

Tami F. (Seeker4) wrote on 3/18/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Not a very likeable main character.

TK H. wrote on 1/30/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

pretty good

Alita R. (acr2angel) wrote on 12/30/2005...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Interesting book, the protagonist is a much more troubled "hero" than usual. The end took me totally by surprise.


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Karen K. (krin) wrote on 9/26/2009...


At first I wasn't sure if I would like the book as the main character, Frank Clevenger, was not the most likable person. But as the story progresses and Frank has to both solve the crimes and face the reason he tends to self-destruct, I got more interested in how the story would end. I look forward to reading more about Frank and his friends and enemies in the next book, Projection.

Darla O. (demomma) wrote on 4/14/2009...


great book, lots of psycgological suspense. recommend this book to people who like to get into the psychological aspects of murder and deceit.

Sarah H. (S3) wrote on 8/12/2006...


AWESOME book & author!!!!!!!!

Lisa S. (abeautifullife786) wrote on 8/3/2006...


Real page turner, hard to put down, great read if you like medical/psychological/crime stories.

Helen K. (Billie-K) wrote on 8/20/2005...


A series of grisly murders has forensic psychaitrist Frank Clevenger on the case of a lifetime, and rhe fight of his life.


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