The Analyst - John Katzenbach

Advantages: Page-turner from start to finish
Disadvantages: When it s over, it leaves you searching for more books by this author

...crawled into this book. Indeed, the plot had me gripped so tightly, that I entirely forgot that I was on a plane and scared of flying. *The plot* The story focuses around Dr Frederick Starks, a psycholanalyst living in New York, whose life is relatively quiet and centers mostly around listening to the problems of his patients. His quiet life is about to change on his 53rd birthday, when he receives a mysterious note at his office: "Happy 53rd ...
...The note goes on with a little riddle, claiming that the writer is someone from Dr. Starks past and that Dr. Starks had ruined the writer's life. The writer goes on to state that he wants Dr. Starks to die, but not my the writer's hands. He intends to drive Dr Starks to his own suicide. The writer gives Dr. Starks one get-out clause: If he can find out who wrote the note within a fortnight and publishes this name in a one-column ad in the New York ... Read review