The Interview Room by Roderick Anscombe (2005, Hardcover)

Synopsis
Forensic psychiatrist Roderick Anscombe, a master at plumbing the criminal mind, puts his expertise to use in this psychological thriller. Paul Lucas, a forensic psychiatrist at a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane, is assigned to assess and then to treat rich-kid sociopath Craig Cavanaugh, accused of stalking a teaching assistant. Gradually, monitoring Craig's behavior shifts from a professional responsibility to a profoundly personal nightmare as Craig turns to stalking Paul himself.

Key Details
Author:	Roderick Anscombe
Language:	English
Publisher:	St Martin's Pr
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0312323999
ISBN-13:	9780312323998

Additional Details
Edition Number:	1

Size
Length:	320 pages
Height:	9.3 in
Width:	6.3 in
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	6.1 oz

Publisher's Note
Working in a maximum security prison for the criminally insane, forensic psychiatrist Paul Lucas finds his expertise tested by patient Craig Cavanaugh, a member of an influential family who has been charged with stalking a Harvard teaching assistant and who entraps Paul in a frightening net of circumstances that compromise Paul's marriage and credibility.

Working in a prison for the criminally insane, forensic psychiatrist Paul Lucas finds his expertise tested by patient Craig Cavanaugh, a member of an influential family who has been charged with stalking a Harvard teaching assistant.

Industry Reviews
"[A] riveting, mental obstacle course of a novel....Anscombe, a forensic psychiatrist himself, delivers precise, perfectly calibrated thrills one after another in an implosive story that takes oedipal struggle to the breaking point."
Publishers Weekly (05/02/2005)

"Along with steadily mounting tension, Anscomb...provides enough exquisitely turned therapeutic dialogues between participants ferally skilled in talking around the point to create a heaven for connoisseurs of mind games." (starred review)
Kirkus Reviews (03/15/2005)