A Strange Habit of Mind, Andrew Klavan
A Strange Habit of Mind, Andrew Klavan
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A Strange Habit of Mind

Author: Andrew Klavan

Narrator: Adam Barr

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2022


Synopsis

The founder of Byrner, a global social media platform, Gerald Byrne is universally admired as a visionary, a philanthropist, and a devoted husband and father. And every person who gets in the way of his good work seems to die.

When a former student commits suicide, English professor and ex-spy Cameron Winter takes it upon himself to understand why. The young man was expelled from the university in an unfortunate episode that left Winter sympathetic to his plight; after a prolonged silence, he reached out to his teacher with two words just before taking the fatal plunge from the roof of his San Francisco apartment: "Help me."

Winter has what he calls "a strange habit of mind"—the ability to imagine himself into a crime scene, to reconstruct it mentally and play through various possible causes and outcomes to understand exactly what took place. When he applies this exercise to Adam Kemp's desperate final moments, he discovers a troubling inconsistency. And when he learns that Kemp was in a tumultuous relationship with Gerald Byrne's niece, he begins to suspect that the suicide was the result of a carefully-engineered plot, put in motion by the powerful businessman.

About Andrew Klavan

Andrew Klavan is the author of such internationally bestselling crime novels as True Crime, filmed by Clint Eastwood, Don't Say A Word, filmed starring Michael Douglas, Empire of Lies, and Werewolf Cop. He has been nominated for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award five times and has won twice. He wrote the screenplays to A Shock to The System, which starred Michael Caine, One Missed Call, which starred Edward Burns, and Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer, starring Dean Cain. His political satire videos have been viewed by tens of millions of people, and he currently does a popular podcast The Andrew Klavan Show at the Daily Wire. He is also the author of a memoir about his religious journey The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ. His fantasy-suspense trilogy Another Kingdom was among the top 100 podcasts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori L on October 24, 2022

A Strange Habit of Mind by Andrew Klavan is a very highly recommended thriller and the second book in the Cameron Winter series. I loved this second book even more than the first and am looking forward to more novels featuring Cameron Winter in the future. A young man, Adam Kemp, texts someone he tru......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on October 23, 2022

Yikes! I could have sworn that I loved the first book in this series, but I must have been operating under the influence of the Christmas spirit. As a modern independent woman, I don’t think that I’m the right audience for this book. I remember book one as being gloomy and atmospheric featuring a ma......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on March 25, 2024

For me this was a bit cringey and overdone. Everyone quotes Shakespeare even the bad guys. Cameron Winter just doesn’t track and his therapy sessions are kind of a cheap trick of storytelling. I probably agree with lots of the author’s opinions but that didn’t rescue this book. Don’t get me started......more

Goodreads review by John on November 11, 2022

I've been thinking about this book (and When Christmas Comes) quite a bit since I finished them. There's something about them that I can't quite explain. The story is not overly complex. Ultimately, you can summarize the story in a sentence or two, but the way it unravels *feels* mysterious, and the......more

Goodreads review by Drew on January 08, 2024

Why is this book so good? And why didn't I expect it to be? Andrew Klavan. What an artist. Oh my goodness. A Strange Habit of Mind easily surpasses the fantastic "When Christmas Comes." Lawrence Block and Max Allan Collins are the world's greatest mystery authors. I won't entertain much dissent on tha......more