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A master of the psychological thriller, bestselling author John Katzenbach is an unrivaled investigator of that most primal human motive--revenge. A tense, penetrating novel, The Dead Student follows a young man set on avenging his uncle, no matter the consequences.
Timothy Warner, a PhD student who goes by the nickname "Moth," wakes up on his ninety-ninth day of sobriety with an intense craving for drink. He asks his uncle Ed, a former alcoholic and now successful psychiatrist, to meet him at an AA meeting later that day. When Ed doesn't show up, Moth bikes to his office and discovers a grisly scene--his uncle lying in a pool of blood, shot through the temple. The police pronounce the death a suicide, but Moth refuses to believe that his uncle would take his own life. Devastated and confused, he calls on the only person he thinks he can trust: Andrea Martine, an ex-girlfriend he has not spoken to in years.
Each battling their inner demons, Moth and Andy travel into dark, unfamiliar territory, intent on finding out the truth about Ed's death and circling ever closer to a devious mind that will flinch at nothing to achieve his own goal of revenge.
Author Notes
John Katzenbach has written thirteen previous novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Traveler , Day of Reckoning , Just Cause , and What Comes Next . Katzenbach was a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News . He lives in western Massachusetts.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this clever cat-and-mouse thriller from bestseller Katzenbach (Red 1-2-3), the mysterious Student #5 has spent decades murdering people he believes got him banned from his chosen studies in abnormal psychology. His latest victim-staged as a suicide-is the uncle of Ph.D. student Timothy "Moth" Warner. An alcoholic, Moth just knows his uncle wouldn't kill himself. Enlisting the support of his ex-girlfriend Andy Candy and DA Susan Terry-and with his AA group that meets in the church known as Redeemer One acting as casual advisers as the investigation progresses-he begins his quest, which ranges from Massachusetts to Miami and Key West, to learn the truth and catch the mastermind. Slow at first, the book finally picks up momentum when paths cross and Student #5 suddenly realizes he now has a few more names to scratch off his death list. But the super-criminal won't find the easy marks as easy as they look. Agent: Moses Cardona, John Hawkins & Associates. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Library Journal Review
Three decades ago a psychiatry student enrolled in medical school felt that he was wronged by four classmates and a faculty member. This pupil, known as Student #5, waged a deadly vendetta against those who negatively impacted his life over the years, employing cunning psychological strategies to exact his revenge. Student #5 escapes undetected for decades-until he targets psychiatrist Ed Warner. But Ed's nephew Timothy, a young doctoral student and recovering alcoholic, doesn't believe his uncle's death is a suicide and decides to uncover the truth. Joined by two unlikely allies with more than their share of baggage (an ex-girlfriend and a state prosecutor), Timothy launches a dangerous hunt for a madman. VERDICT This edgy psychological suspense novel from Katzenbach (Red-1-2-3) gives readers a bird's-eye view into the mind of a killer and takes them along for a nail-biting ride as the potential prey for an assassin turns the tables and becomes his predator. Thriller enthusiasts will not be disappointed. [See Prepub Alert, 4/20/15.]-Mary Todd Chesnut, Northern -Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.