The Forgetting Place, John Burley
The Forgetting Place, John Burley
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The Forgetting Place
A Novel

Author: John Burley

Narrator: Hillary Huber, James Fouhey

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/22/2016

Synopsis

A female psychiatrist at a state mental hospital finds herself at the center of a shadowy conspiracy in this dark and twisting tale of psychological suspense from the author of The Absence of Mercy.Menaker State Hospital is a curse, a refuge, a prison, a necessity, a nightmare, a salvation.When Dr. Lise Shields arrived at the correctional psychiatric facility five years ago, she was warned that many of its patients-committed by Maryland’s judicial system for perpetrating heinous crimes-would never leave.But what happens when a place like Menaker is corrupted, when it becomes a tool to silence the innocent, conceal an injustice, contain a secret? Why is it that the newest patient does not seem to belong there, that the hospital administrator has fallen silent, and that Lise is being watched by two men with seemingly lethal intent? The answers are closer than she realizes and could cost her everything she holds dear.In this chilling follow-up to The Absence of Mercy, author John Burley—a master at medical and psychological detail—showcases the many ways in which the dangers of the outside world pale in comparison to the horrors of the human mind.

About John Burley

John Burley is the author of The Absence of Mercy, honored with the National Black Ribbon Award; The Forgetting Place; and The Quiet Child. He attended medical school in Chicago and completed his emergency medicine residency at University of Maryland Medical Center and the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. He continues to serve as an emergency medicine physician in Northern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz on July 05, 2015

The Hiding Place by John Burley is a superb psychological thriller which re-invents itself throughout as the story unfolds. Lise works at Menaker - there she treats some of the most damaged patients, one day Jason arrives, no paperwork, no history, nothing. As she begins to delve into his psyche it b......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on July 31, 2015

Dr Lise Shields is a psychiatrist who works with the criminally disturbed. When she is asked to take on a new patient, Jason Edwards, who arrives with no paperwork or history, for some reason she becomes drawn to him in this story which is fast moving and well paced; a quick read which really had me......more

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae on August 05, 2015

The Hiding Place (also published as The Forgetting Place) is John Burley's second stand alone novel of suspense. Dr Lise Shields has always accepted that Menaker Psychiatric Hospital houses some of America's most dangerous criminally insane offenders, until Jason Edwards becomes her patient. There is......more

Goodreads review by Anne on August 01, 2015

Dr Lise Shields is a psychiatrist in Menaker, a high-security hospital in America, she treats some of the most dangerous patients in the country. The story begins as Lise begins to work with new patient Jason Edwards. Lise is a little concerned that Jason has been admitted to Menaker with no paperwor......more

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