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The Analyst

by John Katzenbach

A deadline built around a deadly guessing game

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A deadline built around a deadly guessing game

A threatening birthday message turns Dr. Frederick Starks’s professional life upside down, placing the New York psychoanalyst inside an elaborate contest with a two-week deadline. His opponent, who calls himself Rumplestiltskin, sets the terms: identify the tormentor or face escalating threats against the people Starks cares about. The setup combines a race against time with a puzzle of identity and a threat aimed at Starks’s closest relationships. The novel’s central tension rests on how a psychiatrist accustomed to examining other people responds when he becomes the target of psychological pressure himself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy suspense built around a time-limited challenge
  • Readers interested in psychological thrillers and identity puzzles
  • Readers seeking adult fiction with threats to a protagonist’s loved ones

Themes

Psychological pressureIdentity and pursuitTime-limited stakesThreats to loved ones

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Book overview

Happy fifty third birthday, Doctor. Welcome to the first day of your death. Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, has just received a mysterious, threatening letter. Now he finds himself in the middle of a horrific game designed by a man who calls himself Rumplestiltskin. The rules: in two weeks, Starks must guess his tormentor's identity. If Starks succeeds, he goes free. If he fails, Rumplestiltskin will destroy, one by one, fifty-two of Dr. Starks' loved ones--unless the good doctor agrees to kill himself. In a blistering race against time, Starks' is at the mercy of a psychopath's devious game of vengeance. He must find a way to stop the madman--before he himself is driven mad. . . .
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