Rage Therapy

A Compelling Psychological Thriller That Probes The Darkest Compulsions Of The Human Mind. Dr. Stanley Kolberg Was Not Just Murdered. His Lifeless Body Was Battered And Broken Almost Beyond Recognition, As Though His Unknown Killer Had Been Driven By A Ferocious Rage That Had Exploded Madly Out Of Control. As Far As The Seattle Police Are Concerned, There Is No Shortage Of Suspects. A Distinguished Psychiatrist, Kolberg Specialized In Anger Management And Often Treated Violent Offenders With Severe Psychiatric Disorders. His Client List Is A Virtual Lineup Of Sociopaths, Psychotics, And Convicted Murderers, Any One Of Whom Might Have Unleashed Their Homicidal Fury On The Doctor. For Dr. Joel Ashman, Who Consults As A Profiler For Seattle Homicide, The Shocking Crime Strikes Particularly Close To Home. Not Only Was The Victim A Fellow Psychiatrist, But Kolberg Was Also His Former Partner And Mentor--he Was Practically A Second Father To Joel, Who Soon Finds Himself The Target Of A Faceless Stalker As Well. Who Killed Stanley Kolberg And Why? The Answers Lie Hidden In A Lurid Underworld Of Depraved Sex And Violence--and In The Tortured Past Of One Disturbed Young Woman. At The Publisher's Request, This Title Is Being Sold Without Digital Rights Management Software (drm) Applied. Watching Claire drive away, I barely noticed the headlights flicking ontwenty feet in front of me. I stepped off the curb and started to cross thestreet to my house, but stopped when the same car gunned its engine andswitched over to high beams. With a squeal of tires, the thing headedstraight for me. I froze a moment in the blinding light and deafening roar,then lurched into action. I spun, bounded two strides, and dove back ontothe grass. I rolled toward the sidewalk, just as the tires hopped the curb andtore through the wet grass a foot from my head.From my back, I watched the car skid back onto the road and screamdown the street. I stared at its shrinking taillights, too stunned to get up andoff the sidewalk. I wondered if it would turn and come back for me, but itswail died down and the taillights faded into the darkness. Dr. Joel Ashman is terrified when his mentor, anger management specialist Dr. Stanley Kolberg, is found murdered, bludgeoned almost beyond recognition, especially when he finds himself the target of an unknown stalker Psychiatrist Dr. Joel Ashman, who works as a profiler for Seattle Homicide, is called upon to evaluate the brutal murder of fellow psychiatrist, Dr. Stanley Kolberg WHY PSYCHIATRY? I've heard the same question posed in different forms by friends, family, and even complete strangers.