num_pages: 316
description: Dr. Judd Stevens is a psychoanalyst faced with the most critical case of his life. He needs to penetrate the mind of a murderer. If he does not, he will find himself arrested for murder. Or be murdered himself.Two people close to Dr. Stevens have already been killed. Is one of his patients responsible? Someone overwhelmed by problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? A madman? Before the murderer strikes again, Stevens must strip away the mask of innocence the criminal wears, uncover his or her inner emotions, fears, and desires, and expose the naked face beneath. But who could it be?
language: English
title: The Naked Face
titlecomplete: The Naked Face
characters: Mr. Benson (The Naked Face), Four people out on a date, Anthony DeMarco, Falstaff (The Naked Face), Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) (The Naked Face), Allen Sullivan, The man on Lexington Avenue, Paul Moretti, Carol Roberts, Charles Friendly, Andrew McGreavy, Ben Katz and Mike, Norman Z. Moody, Judge Murphy, Don Vinton, Dr. Peter Hadley and Norah Hadley, Louis Leakey and Margaret Mead, Ben Casey (The Naked Face), Anne Blake, Mary Hanson, Dr. Seymour Harris, John Hanson, Detective Frank Angeli, Harrison Burke (The Naked Face), Rose Graham, Alexander Fallon, and Skeet Gibson, Dr. Robbie, Rocky and Nick, Dr. Judd Stevens, Teri Washburn
genres: Crime, Suspense, Novels, Drama, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 19848
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Warner Books