COMPULSION
Published on 20. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
979-8-89022-446-0 (ISBN)
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author Keith AblowCOMPULSIONBurdened by his own psychological scars, brilliant forensic psychiatrist Dr. Frank Clevenger has endured the most extreme twists of the human mind. Then he receives a disturbing call from Nantucket's chief of police. The five-month-old daughter of prominent billionaire Darwin Bishop has been found murdered in her crib.The obvious suspect is Darwin's adopted sociopathic son, Billy. But even Clevenger can't fathom the motive behind the troubled boy's murder of an infant. What is Billy really running from? Does Darwin's stunning wife Julia know? If she does, she isn't talking. Neither is Bishop's other son who's harboring terrible secrets of his own.Falling for Julia is Clevenger's first mistake. Investigating the Bishops' twisted emotional landscape is his second. It's done more than just draw him into the maze of a psychosexual family history. It's trapped him. As his own demons rise to the surface, he must play the ultimate mind game to catch a killer-and make it out alive..."Keith Ablow's setting is the darkest of all-the twists and turns of the human mind. COMPULSION is compulsive reading." -Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Gone for Good"Keith Ablow is king of the psychological thriller." -Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River"Utterly compelling...a roller coaster of a mystery with hairpin twists and turns that shock and astonish." -Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon"The Suspense is riveting and the outcome surprising." -Washington Post Book World
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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.pain2power.com, a coaching platform that gives individuals and businesses the tools to actualize their true goals and highest potential.