Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $24 (320p) ISBN 978-0-688-14963-5
The prolific Denker (To Marcy with Love) again fictionalizes a situation that the press has covered ad infinitum. This would-be tearjerker trades on feature stories that focus on the lives of children orphaned by AIDS. Beautiful Grace Cameron's...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06386-3
In previous novels, Denker has specialized in irascible old men (Horowitz and Mrs. Washington and a troubled court system (Outrage, with the theme of one man fighting the system against all odds and prevailing. The formula is repeated in this...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $2.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06745-8
The protagonist of Denker's (Outrage 20th novel is Walter Duncan, an outstanding orthopedic surgeon at a prestigious midwestern hospital. Duncan is dedicated and compassionate, but his professional commitment often results in neglect of his wife and
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $18.95 (348p) ISBN 978-0-688-08306-9
Denker's ( The Choice ) understanding of the heartbreak endured and inflicted by substance abusers distinguishes this timely, absorbing novel about a celebrated entertainer's alcoholism. New York theatrical agent Marvin Morse sagely guides plucky...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $19.95 (369p) ISBN 978-0-688-08762-3
Soap opera overtones trivialize the emotional and ethical ramifications of human heart transplantation in Denker's ( The Retreat ) latest novel. Cardiologist Allen McCandless heads the transplant unit at University Medical Center, where patients...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $19.95 (454p) ISBN 978-0-688-10450-4
As a scenario for the triumph of racial justice, this gently sentimental story by the author of The Choice accomplishes its mission, albeit in platitudinous style. Among the immigrant population of New York City's Lower East Side during the 1930s,...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (299p) ISBN 978-0-688-13700-7
Thin writing and a contrived climax combine to undermine this legal thriller from prolific author Denker (Doctor on Trial). David Kirk is the kind of high-powered, highly visible criminal lawyer who gets killers off on hair-splitting technicalities.
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $20 (352p) ISBN 978-0-688-11388-9
With a premise that seems inspired by recent headlines, this uneven and awkwardly paced novel follows a harried young doctor in a major New York City hospital who is accused of malpractice. Kate Forrester, the resident in charge of an understaffed...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $22 (333p) ISBN 978-0-688-12466-3
In a wry, affecting sequel to Horowitz and Mrs. Washington , Denker obliquely addresses some issues involving the elderly: the death of a spouse, loneliness, depression, retirement and relocation. Samuel Horowitz, almost 70, is not his usual...
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (330p) ISBN 978-0-688-14125-7
What should have been a volatile, straight-from-the-headlines story of the custody battle between a child's birth and adoptive parents is defused by the cliched characters in Denker's (Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too) latest novel. When struggling
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Henry Denker, Author William Morrow & Company $24 (312p) ISBN 978-0-688-14612-2
Recovering alcoholics will probably cringe at Denker's (This Child Is Mine) concept of AA in this artless yarn about a young athlete's recovery from a Closed Head Injury (CHI)--and they won't be alone in their squirming. Surreptitiously basking in...
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