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Psych #4
A Fatal Frame of Mind
The popular tie-in novels to the USA Network series Psych
When the Santa Barbara art museum unveils its newest acquisition, the long-lost masterpiece by Dante Gabriel Rossetti isn't the only surprise behind the red curtain-so is the museum's curator. Dead. The case has everything Shawn it's bizarre, it's baffling, and there's a snack bar at the crime scene. But the investigation gets a lot less fun as he and Gus begin to realize that the clues are leading them towards a centuries-old cabal desperate to hide a terrible secret-and more than willing to kill the two detectives who are trying to reveal it.
When the Santa Barbara art museum unveils its newest acquisition, the long-lost masterpiece by Dante Gabriel Rossetti isn't the only surprise behind the red curtain-so is the museum's curator. Dead. The case has everything Shawn it's bizarre, it's baffling, and there's a snack bar at the crime scene. But the investigation gets a lot less fun as he and Gus begin to realize that the clues are leading them towards a centuries-old cabal desperate to hide a terrible secret-and more than willing to kill the two detectives who are trying to reveal it.
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William Rabkin
42 books77 followersWilliam Rabkin is a two-time Edgar Award nominee who writes the Psych series of novels and is the author of Writing the Pilot. He has consulted for studios in Canada, Germany, and Spain on television series production and teaches screenwriting at UCLA Extension and as an adjunct professor in UC Riverside's low-residency masters program.
William Rabkin has written and/or produced more than 300 hours of dramatic television. He served as showrunner on the long-running Dick Van Dyke mystery series “Diagnosis Murder” and on the action-adventure spectacle “Martial Law.” His many writing and producing credits include “The Glades,” “Monk,” “Psych, “Nero Wolfe,” “Missing,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “seaQuest 2032,” “Hunter” and “The Cosby Mysteries”. He has also written a dozen network TV pilots. His work has been nominated twice for the Edgar Award for best television episode by the Mystery Writers of America.
He has published two books on writing for television, Successful Television Writing (2003), with Lee Goldberg and Writing The Pilot (2011) and five novels. He is the co-creator and co-editor of “The Dead Man,” a monthly series of supernatural action thrillers published by Amazon’s 47North imprint.
Rabkin, adjunct assistant professor of screen and television writing at the University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert’s Low Residency MFA In Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, has lectured on television writing and production to writers, producers, and executives in Spain, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands and Brazil. He also currently teaches “Beginning Television Writing” and “Advanced Television Rewriting Workshop” for Screenwriters University.
William Rabkin has written and/or produced more than 300 hours of dramatic television. He served as showrunner on the long-running Dick Van Dyke mystery series “Diagnosis Murder” and on the action-adventure spectacle “Martial Law.” His many writing and producing credits include “The Glades,” “Monk,” “Psych, “Nero Wolfe,” “Missing,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “seaQuest 2032,” “Hunter” and “The Cosby Mysteries”. He has also written a dozen network TV pilots. His work has been nominated twice for the Edgar Award for best television episode by the Mystery Writers of America.
He has published two books on writing for television, Successful Television Writing (2003), with Lee Goldberg and Writing The Pilot (2011) and five novels. He is the co-creator and co-editor of “The Dead Man,” a monthly series of supernatural action thrillers published by Amazon’s 47North imprint.
Rabkin, adjunct assistant professor of screen and television writing at the University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert’s Low Residency MFA In Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, has lectured on television writing and production to writers, producers, and executives in Spain, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands and Brazil. He also currently teaches “Beginning Television Writing” and “Advanced Television Rewriting Workshop” for Screenwriters University.
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July 21, 2018
I'm frequently confused when I reread Psych books. I hasten to note that I do not mean confused as to what occurs in the book, but, instead, confused as to how I never seem to recognize the books as I read them (for the most part, with exceptions both for books and scenes). Did I read this one previously? Apparently I did since I marked it as being read in 2009. Soooo.....
Right, so. Probably this and other books in the series are easier/better read by those who watched and enjoyed the television series Psych (which isn't always the case with media-tie-in books, some can be read and loved by any random reader).
This specific book involves involves Gus dragging Shawn to go help someone Shawn didn't want to take on as a client. A professor of art. While both are wearing tuxes (which, if you know the show, must be very odd to see since Shawn is the kind to wear sneakers with blue jeans and a tux t-shirt instead of a suit), the two arrive at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Only to find a long line of police cars. Not to provide security for the high-society event (though there is a high-society event being held there), but because a murder victim had been found inside the museum (murder? how can I leap to that conclusion? Well, there is a sword plunged into the body in a way someone couldn't do to themselves).
The dead body belongs to a museum curator - whose specific job that night had been to reveal a mystery painting, famous but unseen by the public, but he died before the revealing. The professor who Gus and Shawn were there to help provides some mild help to the police. Mostly so he can get a close look at the painting.
One thing leads to another and before you can say 'boo' . . . . it's the next morning and nothing much has happened, and Shawn and Gus are still in the tuxes. While the professor is in the interrogation room - not as a suspect, but as a 'helper' type - to explain the painting (the sword in the painting matched the sword that had been plunged into the dead person). Eventually, after everyone became very bored, the professor accidentally pulls the murder weapon out of his coat pocket, takes the detective (you know, the normal male foil to Shawn - Lassie) hostage, and escapes.
Eventually Shawn and Gus join the professor as fugitives from justice.
Good solid book. Slight level of humor. Vaguely interesting mystery. Kind of fizzled out at the end, but eh, whatever.
Rating: 4.27
July 20 2018
Right, so. Probably this and other books in the series are easier/better read by those who watched and enjoyed the television series Psych (which isn't always the case with media-tie-in books, some can be read and loved by any random reader).
This specific book involves involves Gus dragging Shawn to go help someone Shawn didn't want to take on as a client. A professor of art. While both are wearing tuxes (which, if you know the show, must be very odd to see since Shawn is the kind to wear sneakers with blue jeans and a tux t-shirt instead of a suit), the two arrive at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Only to find a long line of police cars. Not to provide security for the high-society event (though there is a high-society event being held there), but because a murder victim had been found inside the museum (murder? how can I leap to that conclusion? Well, there is a sword plunged into the body in a way someone couldn't do to themselves).
The dead body belongs to a museum curator - whose specific job that night had been to reveal a mystery painting, famous but unseen by the public, but he died before the revealing. The professor who Gus and Shawn were there to help provides some mild help to the police. Mostly so he can get a close look at the painting.
One thing leads to another and before you can say 'boo' . . . . it's the next morning and nothing much has happened, and Shawn and Gus are still in the tuxes. While the professor is in the interrogation room - not as a suspect, but as a 'helper' type - to explain the painting (the sword in the painting matched the sword that had been plunged into the dead person). Eventually, after everyone became very bored, the professor accidentally pulls the murder weapon out of his coat pocket, takes the detective (you know, the normal male foil to Shawn - Lassie) hostage, and escapes.
Eventually Shawn and Gus join the professor as fugitives from justice.
Good solid book. Slight level of humor. Vaguely interesting mystery. Kind of fizzled out at the end, but eh, whatever.
Rating: 4.27
July 20 2018
April 10, 2020
This one was awesome and first international jumping adventure in books for our guys. This one was funny as hell and the banter between Gus and Shawn was in top form. This time the mystery was far reaching and far deeper but did it turn up the way the mystery does.
This time Lassiter was featured way more than the last books. I liked this one too and I had thought that this would be the nice touch to bring the nostelgia for the show back for me but these books made me watch the entire show again. So yay the fun begins again. Do watch Psych, do read Psych and keep on reading.
People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading. I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in a while. I read almost all the genre but YA, Fantasy, Biographies are the most. My favorite series is, of course, Harry Potter but then there are many more books that I just adore. I have bookcases filled with books which are waiting to be read so can't stay and spend more time in this review, so remember I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
This time Lassiter was featured way more than the last books. I liked this one too and I had thought that this would be the nice touch to bring the nostelgia for the show back for me but these books made me watch the entire show again. So yay the fun begins again. Do watch Psych, do read Psych and keep on reading.
People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading. Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading. I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in a while. I read almost all the genre but YA, Fantasy, Biographies are the most. My favorite series is, of course, Harry Potter but then there are many more books that I just adore. I have bookcases filled with books which are waiting to be read so can't stay and spend more time in this review, so remember I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
February 22, 2022
Honestly? This was a fairly enjoyable way to spend an evening off work. Was it high literature? No. But it was very readable.
I’ve loved the TV show Psych for years, and I’ve had this in my drawer forever and never got around to reading it. I was in the mood for a quick read, where I didn’t have to spend the first 80 pages learning the quirks of new characters, so this was perfect since I already knew and loved them all.
This was a very straight forward murder mystery. This wasn’t laugh out loud funny like the show, but was filled with some fun little quips and obscure references that kept the heart of the show going. For fans of Psych and just run of the mill murder mystery books, this is the perfect read.
I’ve loved the TV show Psych for years, and I’ve had this in my drawer forever and never got around to reading it. I was in the mood for a quick read, where I didn’t have to spend the first 80 pages learning the quirks of new characters, so this was perfect since I already knew and loved them all.
This was a very straight forward murder mystery. This wasn’t laugh out loud funny like the show, but was filled with some fun little quips and obscure references that kept the heart of the show going. For fans of Psych and just run of the mill murder mystery books, this is the perfect read.
October 24, 2017
As a fan of pineapples, humor, and all things Psych I have to say this was a real let down.
This was told more in Gus's point of view than Shawn's and it was....in most places...boring. It didn't follow the same vibe as the original show which I find a shame. Reading this I find myself saying more than once "yeah, this would happen in the show."
And I really didn't like the vulnerable Lassiter.
Try it if you will. This is appropriate for most audience.
This was told more in Gus's point of view than Shawn's and it was....in most places...boring. It didn't follow the same vibe as the original show which I find a shame. Reading this I find myself saying more than once "yeah, this would happen in the show."
And I really didn't like the vulnerable Lassiter.
Try it if you will. This is appropriate for most audience.
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December 27, 2024This book is what would happen if Psych did a ‘National Treasure’ tribute episode
February 23, 2020
I enjoyed the book till the last showdown in the court, that's where it turned into a slap stick comedy, pretty much. Also, there was very little Juliet and Henry, and most of the book had very little to do with the murder that happened at the very beginning. Not that Shawn and Gus didn't help catch some real big bads but, yeah, the murder was solved on ten, fifteen pages top.
February 18, 2011
I have enjoyed each Psych book I have read, but this one so far is my least favorite. It was well written and the main characters are just as lovable as on screen. However, in this book there is a professor who likes to lecture just to here himself talk. To me if there is a character I just can't stand it tends to change how I feel about a book. I understand the writer is trying to make the reader as miserable as Shawn and Gus but it was a little much.
This story just seemed to drag on and I found myself waiting for something to happen at times. The end got better, the trademark Shawn humor was more prevalent and the professor stopped talking.
If you are a fan of psych I would suggest it but read the others first. They were better stories. I hope there continue to be more tie-in novels because they are great as a quick fun read.
This story just seemed to drag on and I found myself waiting for something to happen at times. The end got better, the trademark Shawn humor was more prevalent and the professor stopped talking.
If you are a fan of psych I would suggest it but read the others first. They were better stories. I hope there continue to be more tie-in novels because they are great as a quick fun read.
May 27, 2015
A Fatal Frame of Mind is the first Psych book I've read and it was great to kind of get more cases/stories with Shawn and Gus! While I do think the show was so much better with the humor and uniqueness of the characters, I did like this book and laughed several times. It was interesting to get to see things from Gus's perspective.
Overall, A Fatal Frame of Mind was a very enjoyable read that I liked. I plan on reading more PSYCH books someday. :)
Overall, A Fatal Frame of Mind was a very enjoyable read that I liked. I plan on reading more PSYCH books someday. :)
March 11, 2019
This particular installment in the book series lacked the humor that the show has. It could possibly have to do with the fact that it is written from the point of view of Gus and not Shawn. Even though Gus is a vital component of the show and the Psych agency the show wouldn’t have the cult following it does if it wasn’t for Shawn being the lead character. That is what this book lacked. Shawn’s uncanny ability to spot clues others don’t. It lacked Lassiter,s brass humor. I gave this a two because it had potential to be a great read...if it was written as the show was. If all the characters were written as they were supposed to be.
August 10, 2019
In A Fatal Frame of Mind, Shawn and Gus are put on yet another case to help the Santa Barbara Police solve a murder. It all starts when Gus drags Shawn along with him to an art museum, which Shawn thinks is the most boring thing in the world, to help a client who needs their help, an art professor. As Shawn and Gus pull up, they find a line of police cars and their two favorite detectives, O'hara and Lassiter. Someone had murder the museum curator, whose job that night was to reveal a famous long-lost painting.
While you might think that was a lot, the next 24 hours were a whirlwind. The police brought in the professor to help them with some details about the museum and about the famous painting to see if it lead to any kind of suspect. As the professor and Lassiter are sitting in the interrogation room, the professor pulls the murder weapon out of his coat pocket, takes detective Lassiter hostage and escapes the police station.
Of course, Shawn and Gus figure everything out, solve the case, and life goes back to their everyday normal. I would say this was a pretty good book, with lots of turns and things you wouldn't expect. I recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries and just a little bit of comedy. Probably fine for middle schoolers who have read murder mystery books before and just a fun read for high schoolers who like this type of book.
While you might think that was a lot, the next 24 hours were a whirlwind. The police brought in the professor to help them with some details about the museum and about the famous painting to see if it lead to any kind of suspect. As the professor and Lassiter are sitting in the interrogation room, the professor pulls the murder weapon out of his coat pocket, takes detective Lassiter hostage and escapes the police station.
Of course, Shawn and Gus figure everything out, solve the case, and life goes back to their everyday normal. I would say this was a pretty good book, with lots of turns and things you wouldn't expect. I recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries and just a little bit of comedy. Probably fine for middle schoolers who have read murder mystery books before and just a fun read for high schoolers who like this type of book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 2, 2019
Entertaining, but not good. The Dan Brown-esque plot just doesn't work with Psyche, the writing is inconsistent at best, and the ending is rushed.
It was a nice change to have the story be from Gus's POV (occasionally alternating with Lassiter, a character the author has a surprising amount of sympathy for), but it's obvious very early on, the author didn't have the other character's voices down. He's particularly weak with Juliet.
(a side note, I'm not overly fond of Shawn & the author doesn't seem to be either - he really shows what an ass Shawn is, something the show glosses over)
It was a nice change to have the story be from Gus's POV (occasionally alternating with Lassiter, a character the author has a surprising amount of sympathy for), but it's obvious very early on, the author didn't have the other character's voices down. He's particularly weak with Juliet.
(a side note, I'm not overly fond of Shawn & the author doesn't seem to be either - he really shows what an ass Shawn is, something the show glosses over)
July 23, 2021
Rating: 1 star
This has to be my least favorite out of the Psych books I've read so far. This book was about 100 pages too long, it rambled; God did it ramble. The whole book was basically the Langston Kitteredge going on and on and on about stuff not even a little bit important to the plot of the story.
The main plot of the story had so much potential but it failed astronomically.
I don't really have nothing good to say about this book so I'm just going to stop this review here....
This has to be my least favorite out of the Psych books I've read so far. This book was about 100 pages too long, it rambled; God did it ramble. The whole book was basically the Langston Kitteredge going on and on and on about stuff not even a little bit important to the plot of the story.
The main plot of the story had so much potential but it failed astronomically.
I don't really have nothing good to say about this book so I'm just going to stop this review here....
August 21, 2020
I never expected a novelization of a TV show to be a masterpiece, but this was meh at best. If you are a fan of the show, you'll probably enjoy it enough. It is true to the characters on the show. If you aren't, don't bother. 95% of the book is a build up to a very quick and unbelievable ending that attempted to tie up all the random convoluted plot lines.
December 26, 2020
This bland, mostly-forgettable 4th foray by Rabkin fails to capture the fun spirit of the show; whereas the 3 previous novels did so beautifully. This dull installment had me practically skimming the pages, just so that I could get to the good part. . . which never came. It felt as if the author was merely fulfilling a contractual obligation.
August 25, 2025
Thank you Mr. Rabkin for writing a Fatal Frame of Mind. You had me at Pre-Raphaelite art. I admire the way in which you have woven the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of artists and writers like Rossetti and Morris into a data lake of historical context that provides some red herrings for our two loveable and skilled Psychic detectives to consider. Have fun and be ready to groan and chortle, my GoodReads community, as Gus and Shawn reframe their thinking.
September 2, 2025
Reliable Rabkin’s great sense of humor is in full force and finest form, as are the fast-paced dialogue and witticisms that keep up with the show on which the book is based. I enjoyed the inclusion of art history, and some good vocabulary, too. Master level roasting of C. Thomas Howell, and hope he was in on and game for it. If so, well C. Thomas, I’d go to see Soul Man at the Bijoux!
January 6, 2024
Huge psych fan
This is by far the worst psych book I have read so far. It drones on and on with mundane writing that puts me to sleep. It is not the fast-paced cases we are accustomed to. Very disappointed
This is by far the worst psych book I have read so far. It drones on and on with mundane writing that puts me to sleep. It is not the fast-paced cases we are accustomed to. Very disappointed
April 15, 2020
3.5 Stars Rounded Up
January 25, 2022
Love PSYCH 🍍
November 28, 2023
Not as good as the last, but an entertaining story nonetheless. If you like Psych, and who doesnt, read this book. Its worth the time.
August 1, 2024
So good. Historical (ish?) mystery trying to find the Excalibur!
Mostly Gus POV (even though it's in 3rd person). Which I like seeing. It's fun seeing Gus' take on things like Shawn's gift.
It felt like National Treasure vibes or the Psych episode with Despereaux (Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger).
Mostly Gus POV (even though it's in 3rd person). Which I like seeing. It's fun seeing Gus' take on things like Shawn's gift.
It felt like National Treasure vibes or the Psych episode with Despereaux (Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger).
November 26, 2024
for the most part , i do enjoy the Psych paperback series by Mr Rabkin. I think he fairly describes all the characters from the TV series and mixes humor and adventure pretty well. I suppose he doesn't seem to use Shawn's "psychic" abilities quite as often as the series though. Nevertheless, the books read pretty well...getting a little bogged down at times, but certainly not enough to grade them as unreadable. I have one more to go of the 5 I have and will get to it eventually.
July 11, 2022
This book was okay. I definitely didn’t love it though, it honestly got quite boring in the middle. The ending was okay I suppose. Definitely nothing to write home about though.
August 12, 2022
Did you know museums are dangerous? Shawn Spencer thinks so, and he has a valid argument since the first time he goes to the museum, they find a dead body amongst its exhibits. The primary suspect is a professor Gus admires, and he is slightly unhinged. Of course, Shawn doesn’t have a problem with that since he can relate to an unhinged status. The bonus is that he can lord it over Gus for all eternity. The laughs keep coming in this magnificent novel.
March 26, 2015
I really enjoyed this book, and I was very surprised that I did, because this author has disappointed me (three times) in the past. I had heard from some people that this book was really the one to read, and in spite of being skeptical, I decided to give it a try. The plot is very engaging and interesting, about art history and fabled relics, and the moments within had more of a Psych feel to them. The chapters even (and often) ended the way an act break would end on Psych, sometimes picking up in the "next moment" and sometimes picking up the middle of something else. There were certainly a few plot holes, and the characters themselves were still off (not quite perfectly Psych) but it seems like the author (and/or the author's ghostwriter(s)/research team) has stepped up his game.
My absolute favorite part of the story was the subplot about Lassiter—having him involved in a dramatic moment that affected him psychologically for quite a few chapters. It was an expected and delightful thing to see. Also, I liked that there was "whump" (a fandom term), for Lassiter, Shawn and Gus, which was also a lot of fun to see. I also liked the ending—the courtroom scene part. The last chapter was silly and kind of unnecessary, but what are you going to do?
Definitely try this one (and only this one!) out if you're curious about Psych as a book series.
My absolute favorite part of the story was the subplot about Lassiter—having him involved in a dramatic moment that affected him psychologically for quite a few chapters. It was an expected and delightful thing to see. Also, I liked that there was "whump" (a fandom term), for Lassiter, Shawn and Gus, which was also a lot of fun to see. I also liked the ending—the courtroom scene part. The last chapter was silly and kind of unnecessary, but what are you going to do?
Definitely try this one (and only this one!) out if you're curious about Psych as a book series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 25, 2010
I'm going to repeat this review for all of the Psych books that I've read, since they're essentially all the same.
If you like the TV show, and it is one of my favorites, then the books aren't bad. Unfortunately, they're not very good either. I expected them to read more or less like an extended episode of the show, but they don't, really. Instead they almost entirely ignore the characters of Detectives Lassiter and O'Hara and focus pretty much exclusively on Shawn and Gus. Mostly Gus, actually, as the books are written almost entirely from his point of view. Shawn, of course, is the lead character on the show, and in my view, the most entertaining and interesting. In the books, he is almost a minor character at times. Worse, the author has made Gus very whiny and insecure; very different than on the show, and definitely a change for the worse.
But there are good points, too. The mysteries are mostly decent and the trademark humor, particularly the pop culture references, is there.
I'd recommend them if you REALLY like the TV show and have nothing better to read. Otherwise, pass.
If you like the TV show, and it is one of my favorites, then the books aren't bad. Unfortunately, they're not very good either. I expected them to read more or less like an extended episode of the show, but they don't, really. Instead they almost entirely ignore the characters of Detectives Lassiter and O'Hara and focus pretty much exclusively on Shawn and Gus. Mostly Gus, actually, as the books are written almost entirely from his point of view. Shawn, of course, is the lead character on the show, and in my view, the most entertaining and interesting. In the books, he is almost a minor character at times. Worse, the author has made Gus very whiny and insecure; very different than on the show, and definitely a change for the worse.
But there are good points, too. The mysteries are mostly decent and the trademark humor, particularly the pop culture references, is there.
I'd recommend them if you REALLY like the TV show and have nothing better to read. Otherwise, pass.
January 6, 2014
This book was fun, but not enough fun to overcome the glaring problem that the author failed to capture one of the key elements of this program, Shawn's ability to notice things...
The book follows GUS and GUS' attitudes, ideas, and thoughts-- which was probably a good choice-- but it causes the author to avoid focusing on Shawn's mischief, until nearly the end of the book.
The dialogue captures the banter, the insanity, the wit of the actual series. However, this is not quite enough to replicate in written form the clever deductive skills of Shawn Spenser.
The plot for this one wasn't all that great either. I won't say it wasn't fun, but it never rose beyond the level of mediocre.
The book follows GUS and GUS' attitudes, ideas, and thoughts-- which was probably a good choice-- but it causes the author to avoid focusing on Shawn's mischief, until nearly the end of the book.
The dialogue captures the banter, the insanity, the wit of the actual series. However, this is not quite enough to replicate in written form the clever deductive skills of Shawn Spenser.
The plot for this one wasn't all that great either. I won't say it wasn't fun, but it never rose beyond the level of mediocre.
August 18, 2014
Our favorite "psychic" Shawn Spencer and his partner Gus find their new case not quite so picture perfect in William Rabkin's A Fatal Frame of Mind. Although probably the best written of the first four Psych books, this novel took a bit longer to get into the case. I enjoyed having more Lassiter in this book than the previous ones. Shawn and Gus are written just like they are on the show, which is a plus. The exploits are a bit zany, and I enjoyed the theories on conspiracy theorists. If you're a fan of the show, then you won't want to miss William Rabkin's A Fatal Frame of Mind.
May 21, 2011
If you like the television show you should find "Psych: A Fatal Frame Of Mind" somewhat enjoyable; otherwise, it's not that great. The three of William Rabkin's Psych books that I have read seem to place the focus more on Gus and very little, if at all, on Shawn. I find this very odd, because the show focuses the most on Shawn Spencer and very rarely on Burton "Gus" Guster or anyone else. So if you can't wait for more Psych, these books will help - but be warned they are not nearly as good as the show itself.
July 18, 2011
I'm glad Rabkin calls himself crazy because I totally agree.
For around 40 chapters this book was better then the two other psych-books I already read ("The Call of the Mild", "Mind-Altering Murder") but then there is this "plot-twist" that messes it up. And neither am I satisfied with the very end.
I think Rabkin is really good in building a story (and he wrote the charakters really nice this time with the charme of season 1), but he fails at evolving the plot into a satisfying end. Every time.
That being said from a fan of the show.
For around 40 chapters this book was better then the two other psych-books I already read ("The Call of the Mild", "Mind-Altering Murder") but then there is this "plot-twist" that messes it up. And neither am I satisfied with the very end.
I think Rabkin is really good in building a story (and he wrote the charakters really nice this time with the charme of season 1), but he fails at evolving the plot into a satisfying end. Every time.
That being said from a fan of the show.
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