Name: State of Mind
Rating: 3.333333333333333 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9781568955285

John Katzenbach

Jeffrey Clayton, a professor of abnormal psychology, believes that his father had committed suicide after killing a student more than twenty years ago, but when odd messages appear and a murder takes place in his quiet neighborhood, he knows that it is his father and he must find him before it is too late

State of Mind

Twenty-five years after she and her brother had fled their tyrannical father, a suicide and a suspect in the heinous murder of a young student, Susan Clayton receives a threatening message as a serial killer stalks her community. Reprint.

Peggy Walker

I was very disappointed in this book. I had read "A Madman's Tale" and had found it an interesting read. In this book, however, the author is combining a story about the descent of American society into omnipresent urban crime with the story of a serial killer related to most of the main characters. The idea of a 51st state developed as a tightly regulated haven of safety from the crime rampant in the America described in the book is actually very interesting. I wish that had been the main focus, because it could have been fascinating in a Brave New World sort of way.

Twenty-five years ago, Jeffrey and Susan Clayton fled their tyrannical father—a man who was later suspected in the heinous murder of a young student. Though the father was never charged, he committed suicide. Or so it seemed. For someone has sent Susan a cryptic note. Once deciphered, it carries a terrifying message: I have found you. Meanwhile, a serial killer has invaded a tightly controlled community. Is Jeffrey Clayton’s father the source of this latest killing spree? The authorities think so—and they present Jeffrey, now a noted expert on serial killers, with a challenge: Find the butcher responsible for the newborn spate of carnage. Find your father. . . .

State of Mind

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