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Homicidal Intent
They told her to peer into the mind of a killer.
They didn’t say which one....
It happened in a place of privilege in New York City, when a twelve-year-old boy committed an act of violence that stunned the city and the nation. Now forensic psychiatrist Tamsen Bayn has been hired by her fiancé, who is also a lead prosecutor in the case, to interview the accused boy’s parents and unravel the mysterious causes of an inexplicable crime.
But when she does, Tamsen discovers something more shocking than the psychological history of a family and the pain of a deeply troubled boy. Tamsen begins to examine a shadowy connection between this crime and a pattern of violence around the country.
Suddenly Tamsen is caught between science and the law, between the man she loves and a truth she must pursue. Inside an explosive mystery that involves genius, greed, hope, and murder, Tamsen may become the most dangerous player of the one who knows too much....
They didn’t say which one....
It happened in a place of privilege in New York City, when a twelve-year-old boy committed an act of violence that stunned the city and the nation. Now forensic psychiatrist Tamsen Bayn has been hired by her fiancé, who is also a lead prosecutor in the case, to interview the accused boy’s parents and unravel the mysterious causes of an inexplicable crime.
But when she does, Tamsen discovers something more shocking than the psychological history of a family and the pain of a deeply troubled boy. Tamsen begins to examine a shadowy connection between this crime and a pattern of violence around the country.
Suddenly Tamsen is caught between science and the law, between the man she loves and a truth she must pursue. Inside an explosive mystery that involves genius, greed, hope, and murder, Tamsen may become the most dangerous player of the one who knows too much....
400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 4, 2001
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July 28, 2018
For a legal thriller, I enjoyed this book. It was fast paced, and kept me interested. The topic is so current - Tamsen Bayn, a forensic psychiatrist, is brought in to evaluate the parents of a young boy who shot and killed several school students based on the recommendation of her fiancé who is prosecuting the case. At the same time, Tamsen is offered a job with a pharmaceutical company preparing to release a new revolutionary drug for curing alcoholism. These two seemingly different threads ominously come together as she investigates the parents of the killer, and her new job offer. The deaths pile up during the cold holiday season, creating a quick interesting read. My only problem was Greg, the fiancé, because it was hard to believe the wrap up given to the shadows cast on him.
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