Warren Adler - Author of The War of the Roses, Random Hearts and Cult

The recent announcement that sales volume on Kindle has just exceeded the sales of hardcover books on Amazon comes as no surprise to me. It simply shows that dedicated readers see the value of reading content on screens that are exclusive to that content with no other distractions. I’m sure there is a price point issue as well but it means that dedicated readers are quite comfortable reading on screens.
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Politics

Guilty As Charged

Posted on 18 July 2010

Peggy Noonan, who writes an interesting column in the Wall Street Journal has taken me to task in her recent column in the Wall Street Journal (July 16.) The title is “Youth Has Outlived Its Usefulness.” She nailed me right in the gut.

I’m not talking about my present “me” but my “me” of more than half a century ago when I was writing a column entitled “Pepper on the Side” for a weekly newspaper in Long Island of which I was the editor.

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Literature

Reading Beyond the First Paragraph

Posted on 09 July 2010

I think it was Will Rogers, the homespun comedian, columnist and actor, who is probably unknown to most people under seventy, who once said something like “If a pipe was attached to congress you would have enough hot air to heat every home in America.”

If you attached a pipe to the Internet, by that measure you would have enough hot air to heat the entire earth under a suffocating cloud that would make the direst predictions of global warming a mere glowing ash in a spent bonfire.

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Media

The Russian Affliction

Posted on 05 July 2010

The revelations about the Russian spy network in the United States has confirmed a long held theory of mine about the principal reason why the Russians lost the Cold War.

They’re paranoid. It’s in their DNA.

This is why they built their railroads with a wider span, which meant that the trains had to be raised when crossing borders to replace the undercarriage to enter foreign space. Continue Reading

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Literature

The Joy of Reading

Posted on 23 June 2010

It has become the prevailing opinion that people are not reading books with the same zeal, energy and enthusiasm as in bygone years. They could be right, although I cannot understand how people can live a rich, wise and fruitful life without reading works of the imagination. My own life would be bereft without my dedication to reading. Books have been my life, both as a writer and a reader. I am well aware that younger generations seemed to have eschewed reading, surrendering instead to the lure of other distractions, of which there are many. I’m not sure this is true and I do not explore statistical analysis to prove the point. Continue Reading

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Politics

Helen Thomas and the Jews

Posted on 13 June 2010

If a world-wide survey were taken as to the accuracy and relevance of Helen Thomas’s remarks about sending the Jews of Israel back to Poland and Germany “where they came from", my guess is that there would be a lot more people who agree with her than disagree. Continue Reading

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Politics

Anti-Semitism Erupts

Posted on 02 June 2010

For the eight odd million Jews scattered over the planet and not living in Israel, events concerning Israel cannot be dismissed as if they were occurring in someone else’s back yard. Continue Reading

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	Funny Boys A comedian in the Catskills circa 1937 interacts with the gangsters from Murder Inc. Mesmerizing mayhem, dark doings, love and laughter in what will be the most talked about novel of 2008. More about Funny Boys

	The Children of the Roses This darkly hilarious sequel to The War of the Roses will draw you into a world of domestic mayhem that carries the confrontation between the Roses into the second and third generation. More about The Children of the Roses

	Cult A novel of brainwashing and death. "Cult" is about a man's desperate attempt to rescue his brainwashed wife from a religious death cult. People can be brainwashed and programmed to kill. September 11th taught us that. More about Cult

	Mourning Glory Brilliant and bittersweet, daring, erotic and darkly humorous, Mourning Glory pulls readers into one woman's tangled web. Here is another blockbusting and timely novel about the cost of getting what you want -- when what you really want is priceless. More about Mourning Glory

	The War of the Roses The Ultimate Divorce of all time. Oliver and Barbara Rose thought they had a perfect life-marriage, children and home, only to discover that their relationship was barely skin deep. More about The War of the Roses

	Random Hearts Two survivors of a tragic plane crash discover their dead spouses' infidelity. In the process, they discover how the mysterious nature of love can render people too powerless to resist. More about Random Hearts

	Trans-Siberian Express Dr. Alex Cousins knows a dark secret-one that the Soviet Union will stop at nothing to keep him in Siberia on the world's longest and most exotic train ride. More about Trans-Siberian Express

	The Casanova Embrace Three women become sex slaves to a South American diplomat's murderous and political impulses. Through the power of his sexuality, the Diplomat recruits three women to engage in international terrorism. More about The Casanova Embrace

	Blood Ties At a family reunion, the Von Kassel family, who has been engaged in arms dealing for a hundred years, find themselves able to create the most destructive weapon on earth. More about Blood Ties

	Natural Enemies A young urban couple leave their tense lives and take a vacation in a more bucolic environment. Braving floods, avalanches, wild animals and human predators, they come face-to-face with death. More about Natural Enemies

	Banquet Before Dawn After serving his Brooklyn district for years, a Congressman is challenged by a more liberal opponent. Trying everything to maintain his seat, he painfully learns his views are now irrelevant. More about Banquet Before Dawn

	The Housewife Blues A small-town girl is carried away by her "Prince Charming" to scary New York City. Warned by her uptight executive husband to beware, the newlywed cannot repress her instinctive innocence. More about The Housewife Blues

	Madeline's Miracles When an artist, her husband and their twins move to LA, they fall prey to a woman who convinces them that she is a psychic and can foresee their future. More about Madeline's Miracles

	We Are Holding the President Hostage When terrorists capture the daughter and grandson of a Mafia Don in Egypt, the Don cleverly insinuates himself into the White House and holds the President and his wife hostage. More about We Are Holding the President Hostage

	Private Lies When Ken meets the wife of a client, he discovers she is an old flame. Baffled by her non-recognition, he discovers her rich husband has no knowledge of her past. More about Private Lies

	Twilight Child The story of the ultimate clash between Grandparents and the spouse of their dead son, who is determined to lead a new life free of their influence on her child. More about Twilight Child

	The Henderson Equation The editors of the influential Washington Chronicle have just exposed and brought down a President through investigative reports. Now they are attempting to create their own choice for Chief Executive. More about The Henderson Equation

	Undertow The beautiful black aide and lover of a womanizing married Senator, has accidentally drowned. The Senator mounts a massive cover-up campaign of cynical lies designed to deflect the potential damage. More about Undertow

	New York Echoes Twenty-two short stories that will lift your spirits or break your heart. Warren Adler's fifth collection of short stories written to celebrate his return to New York City after 40 years in exile. More about New York Echoes

	The Sunset Gang The retired residents of Sunset Village in Florida continue to thirst for life and love, teaching anyone a lot about living - a subject on which they are, after all, experts. More about The Sunset Gang

	Never Too Late for Love Nine additional stories written after The Sunset Gang. The inhabitants of Sunset Village are back as life goes on. Everyone of us, after all, is headed in the same direction. More about Never Too Late for Love

	Jackson Hole - Uneasy Eden A collection of fictional short stories, based on the author's experience as a resident of Jackson Hole, nestled in the heart of the Grand Tetons, America's most beautiful mountain range. More about Jackson Hole - Uneasy Eden

	The Washington Dossier Stories Diplomacy, ethics, and passion clash in these chronicles of the social scene in the nation's capital. Originally published in the Dossier Magazine. More about The Washington Dossier Stories

Fiona FitzGerald is a single, smart, sexy, strong-willed woman in her early 30's. She is the daughter of a senator and a Washington, D.C. homicide detective. She is also the heroine of Warren Adler's acclaimed six-book mystery series. More about The Fiona FitzGerald Mysteries

	American Quartet Never underestimate the power of failure. Four seemingly unconnected D.C. murders stimulate Fiona FitzGerald's sense of history. She delves into a disturbing obsession of a socially prominent but failed politician. More about American Quartet

	American Sextet Fiona FitzGerald uncovers a political sex scandal of massive proportions. Who could concoct a sexual conspiracy involving six men from the highest offices in the country - a great American Sextet! More about American Sextet

	Death of a Washington Madame Washington D.C’s struggling underclass and the U.S. Capitol’s socially prominent and politically aggressive upper strata collide in a horrifying crime. Homicide Detective Fiona FitzGerald once again battles prejudice and privilege to uncover the truth, confronting her own demons – and the violet-eyed wife of a powerful politician determined to erase the sinful secrets of the past. More about Death of a Washington Madame

	The Witch of Watergate When an infamous reporter whose poison pen had destroyed many careers, is found hanging from her Watergate apartment, the elite of Washington rejoice. Fiona FitzGerald is on the case again. More about The Witch of Watergate

	Senator Love The rain uncovers two bodies and Fiona FitzGerald is baffled. Both murders points to a powerful man dubbed as "Senator Love." Besides solving the mystery, will Fiona submit to him? More about Senator Love

	Immaculate Deception A powerful pro-life Senator is found dead in her nightgown. Looks like suicide but Fiona FitzGerald knows better. Things get more baffling when one shocking clue contradicts the whole case. More about Immaculate Deception

	The Ties That Bind A Supreme Court Justice that Fiona FitzGerald once had a past with is the target of her investigation into the brutal sadomasochistic murder of the daughter of a prominent lawyer. More about The Ties That Bind


Short Stories

Funny Boys

The Children of the Roses

Cult

Mourning Glory

The War of the Roses

Random Hearts

Trans-Siberian Express

The Casanova Embrace

Blood Ties

Natural Enemies

Banquet Before Dawn

The Housewife Blues

Madeline's Miracles

We Are Holding the President Hostage

Private Lies

Twilight Child

The Henderson Equation

Undertow

New York Echoes

The Sunset Gang

Never Too Late for Love

Jackson Hole - Uneasy Eden

The Washington Dossier Stories

American Quartet

American Sextet

Death of a Washington Madame

The Witch of Watergate

Senator Love

Immaculate Deception

The Ties That Bind

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