From page one, the chase is on and many will die. Unnecessarily. - Forensic psychiatrist, Ms Barrett Conyors knew that if Richard Glash werent manacled to his chair, he would kill her . . . [He] had likely imagined every detail of her murder and then obsessively sketched the scene hundreds of times. At forty-two Richard, whod spent all but four and a half years of his life locked away . . . had few interests, other than drawing and killing.
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This lackluster thriller from Atkins (The Cadaver's Ball) strains reader credulity to the breaking point. Attractive forensic psychiatrist Barrett Conyors receives an emergency call on the way to her Manhattan gynecologist to terminate the pregnancy caused by the rapist who killed her husband. She must act immediately to try to block a judge's decision to transfer four extremely dangerous murderers from a maximum security prison in Stormville, N.Y., to a less secure facility in Croton. When the transfer goes through, Richard Glash, the deadliest of the inmates, escapes and gets his hands on some bubonic plague. In addition, Glash takes two hostages, Conyors and Carla Phelps, her legal adversary (and a former patient she'd diagnosed as bipolar), who desperately try to stop his plan to unleash the Black Death on New York City. Unconvincing actions sequences undercut the suspense.
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*Starred Review* Manhattan forensic psychiatrist Barratt Conyers is facing plenty of challenges: her husband has been murdered, she’s pregnant after being raped by the man who killed her husband, and she’s trying to prevent her longtime nemesis, psychopath Richard Glash, from being transferred from his maximum security prison cell to the local mental hospital, from which he could easily escape. Do-gooder attorney Carla Phelps is opposing Barratt—she believes it’s a violation of Glash’s civil rights to keep him in prison when he’s obviously suffering from mental illness. But Carla’s tune changes when Glash makes a daring escape during his transfer from prison and takes both Carla and Barratt hostage. As Barratt’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, police detective Ed Hobbs, races to rescue both women, Glash reveals his bizarre and cunning plan—a plan that will wreak havoc on the entire population of Manhattan. Taut, mind-blowing suspense, a thoroughly evil protagonist, and unexpected twists throughout make this a genuinely gripping thriller—great reading for Chelsea Cain fans. --Emily Melton
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Charles Atkins is a board-certified psychiatrist and author. His mysteries and thrillers explore complex psychological subjects and the darker side of human nature. His non-fiction books on Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer's are practical resources for families and mental-health consumers. In addition to books, Dr. Atkins has published hundreds of short stories, essays and columns in a wide variety of newspapers, magazines and journals. He has served as a consultant to the Reader's Digest Medical Breakthrough series and is on the clinical faculty at Yale University School of Medicine.
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ASHES, ASHES,
By MJP (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ashes, Ashes (Hardcover)
My second Atkins novel...Ashes,Ashes is fast paced and detailed. I literally could not put it down.
Dr. Conyors is the perfect character for the perfect setting...NYC. Don't miss this one if you're a Jack Reacher (Lee Child) fan. I can't wait to see the next plight of the good Dr. Conyors>>
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