num_pages: 320
description: Judd Stevens is a psychoanalyst faced with the most critical case of his life.If he does not penetrate the mind of a murderer he will find himself arrested for murder or murdered himself...Two people closely involved with Dr. Stevens have already been killed. Is one of the doctor's patients responsible? Someone overwhelmed by his problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? A madman? Before the murderer strikes again, Judd must strip away the mask of innocence the criminal wears, uncover the inner emotions, fears, and desires, to expose...
language: English
title: The Naked Face
titlecomplete: The Naked Face
characters: Rose Graham, Alexander Fallon, and Skeet Gibson, Dr. Judd Stevens, Dr. Robbie, Andrew McGreavy, Teri Washburn, Allen Sullivan, Dr. Peter Hadley and Norah Hadley, Harrison Burke (The Naked Face), Norman Z. Moody, Mr. Benson (The Naked Face), Carol Roberts, Dr. Seymour Harris, Don Vinton, Rocky and Nick, Judge Murphy, Anne Blake, Charles Friendly, Mary Hanson, Detective Frank Angeli, Louis Leakey and Margaret Mead, Four people out on a date, Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) (The Naked Face), Ben Casey (The Naked Face), Anthony DeMarco, Ben Katz and Mike, Falstaff (The Naked Face), The man on Lexington Avenue, Paul Moretti, John Hanson
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Drama, Romance, Novels
ratings_count: 19849
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Grand Central Publishing