Projection: A Novel of Terror and Redemption - Hardcover

Led by Trevor Lucas, a plastic surgeon accused of a series of grisly crimes, eighteen murderers and rapists have seized control of a unit in a hospital for the criminally insane, and forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger must risk his life--and his soul--to help rescue the hostages before it is too late. 30,000 first printing.

ing debut novel, Denial, Keith Ablow took us deep into the workings of the criminal mind.  In this electrifying new book he takes us back to that same territory--but with a horrifying new twist.  In a psychiatric hospital just outside Boston, Trevor Lucas, a brilliant but psychopathic plastic surgeon on trial for a grisly serial murder, has taken over a locked unit for the criminally insane.  

The murderous inmates are holding staff members hostage, and they will die unless Lucas gets what he wants--a meeting with forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger.  Clevenger and Lucas have a past--they share a secret that, if revealed, would end Clevenger's career and, quite possibly, his freedom.  It's the perfect, diabolical bargaining chip, and Lucas uses it, refusing to negotiate with anyone but Clevenger.

As an army of police, tanks, and helicopters mass outside the hospital, Clevenger enters the locked unit, and the sta