The Naked Face

Em 1969, Sheldon escreveu o seu primeiro romance chamado "The Naked Face" (A Outra Face) que chegou a ganhar o prêmio Edgar Allan Poe Award pela Mystery Writers of America na categoria “Best First Novel” (Melhor Primeiro Romance).
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Dr. Judd Stevens, M.D., is a caring and successful Manhattan psychoanalyst who must face a horrific prospect; someone is trying to kill him. First, John Hanson, a patient trying overcome his homosexuality, is brutally murdered, perhaps because he was mistaken for Stevens. Not long after, Carol Roberts, Steven's secretary, is also found murdered. The police, partly due to anger with Stevens testimony in a previous case, are quick to treat Stevens as the prime suspect. To prove his innocence and track down the real killer, Stevens hires a private investigator by the name of Norman Z. Moody. Before the case is done, Stevens will have to risk life and limb, psychoanalize possible suspects and fall in love with a mysterious patient named Annie DeMarco.