The David Embrace

An ambitious second-in-command to a billionaire plans to take over the man's business empire by hiring an assassin to kill him. The assassin, part of a worldwide ring does the deed. In the process of escape, he encounters the wife of the man who has set up the hit. They fall in love. This erotic action thriller is set in the south of France and Italy, with the famed Michelangelo statue in Florence figuring prominently in the plot.
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Flanagan's Dolls

A couple in their forties have chosen semiretirement in their hometown in upper Michigan and open a funky antique store. A man seeking a specific antique doll as a gift for his ailing granddaughter sets off a mysterious murder that rocks the town. The couple who solve the crime have marked similarities to Nick and Nora Charles created by Dashiell Hammett.
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The Womanizer

A respected family man with an adulterous past is offered the presidency of a major university. The former president has been fired for sexual misconduct with a student. The potential new president is to be subjected to a thorough vetting by a wily investigator hired by the university board. He attempts to erase his past by finding his past lovers, with startling results.
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Residue

The firebombing of a former synagogue in Brooklyn, which has been converted to a black church, uncovers a startling discovery of enormous value hidden in the basement of the church. A young lawyer is assigned to help the pastor with insurance claims only to be sucked into a dangerous intrigue involving the source of the treasure from the distant past.
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Empty Treasures

A female reporter for a Washington newspaper uncovers a plot to surreptitiously finance a presidential campaign. Exploring the dark side of politics and its tantalizing, corruptive power, this fast-paced story reveals how obsessive ambition and ethical violation can impact the lives and loves of the people caught in its entrails.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Warren Adler Short Story Contest Winners

This book contains all the winners of the Warren Adler Short Story Contest, which has attracted thousands of worldwide submissions. The contest is designed to encourage writers to employ this mode of fictional expression that has been eclipsed in the last few years by the long form of the novel. These stories by extraordinarily talented writers will inspire, delight, and enlighten the reader with their skillful telling and insights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Senator Love

Immaculate Deception

The Ties That Bind