Hilary Norman, Author . Severn $28.95 (252p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6566-3
British author Norman makes up for a pedestrian start with a mind-blowing ending in this sequel to 1999’s Mind Games
that brings back Sam Becket, an African-American homicide detective; Becket’s wife, child psychologist Grace Lucca; and
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Hilary Norman, Author . Severn $27.95 (212p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6784-1
British author Norman's terrifying third thriller (after Last Run
) to feature African-American homicide detective Sam Becket introduces a memorable villain, Cal the Hater, a psychotic male prostitute whose demented “epistle” of his
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Hilary Norman, Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6900-5
While Norman's lame fourth Sam Becket mystery thriller (after Shimmer) offers an original murder method (a serial killer glues together the couples he slays by the genitals), practically everything else in the book is derivative. Becket, an African-A
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Hilary Norman, Author Signet Book $5.99 (480p) ISBN 978-0-451-18012-4
An up-and-coming London executive's marriage spirals out of control following her husband's discovery that she murdered a schoolmate as a young girl. (Nov.)
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Hilary Norman, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (565p) ISBN 978-0-440-50018-6
Ranging from World War I-era Europe to contemporary New York, Norman's ( In Love and Friendship ) intense, highly dramatic novel focuses on two indomitable women who stoically face misfortunes. Raised in Hungary by Catholic adoptive parents who hide
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Hilary Norman, Author Delacorte Press $20 (436p) ISBN 978-0-385-30001-8
Three siblings separated by fate and tragic circumstance--a sister, a brother and his twin sister whom they both believe to be dead--are the main players in this engrossing contemporary saga. When their mother, in a fit of madness, douses herself...
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Hilary Norman, Author Dutton Books $17.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-525-93621-3
Norman ( Fascination ) is about 50 years too late with this potboiler, which might have enjoyed some success as a B movie starring a young Bette Davis. As a contemporary novel, however, it's pretty creaky. We first meet Sebastian Locke when he's a...
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Hilary Norman, Author Dutton Books $22.95 (570p) ISBN 978-0-525-93783-8
With a snappy blend of treachery, blackmail and unexpected liaisons, Norman ( Spellbound ) puts a fresh face on the tired Cinderella-in-jeopardy story. Rising London employment-agency executive Laura Andros is keeping a secret from her megawealthy...
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Hilary Norman, Author Dutton Books $23.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-525-94042-5
When the high-fashion photographer known as Hawke tests HIV positive, it comes to light that he neglected to inform his wife, the model Susanna, that he'd enjoyed a premarital homosexual relationship--and that his partner had died of AIDS. But this...
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Hilary Norman, Author Dutton Books $24.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-525-94256-6
Olivia, Jamie and Annie, the protagonists of Norman's new romantic suspense novel (her seven previous novels include Spellbound and Fascination), meet as teenagers in the 1970s at the American School in London. When their parents are all killed in a
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Hilary Norman. Severn, $28.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8074-1
At the outset of Norman’s contrived fifth Sam Becket thriller (after 2010’s Caged), a carefully wrapped human heart is found floating in the African-American Miami detective’s swimming pool. Sam’s Caucasian psychologist wife, Grace, immediately...
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Hilary Norman. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8224-0
Norman’s sixth outing for Det. Sam Becket of the Miami Beach Violent Crimes Unit (after 2011’s Hell) features a hunt for a serial killer that’s too familiar to be satisfying. The psycho in question, dubbed “Black Hole,” has just struck for the...
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Hilary Norman. Severn, $28.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8406-0
At the start of Norman’s absorbing, disturbing seventh Sam Becket thriller (after 2012’s Eclipse), Gary Burton and his Chinese-American wife are entertaining another couple on their Miami Beach patio facing the Intracoastal Waterway when four armed...
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Hilary Norman. Severn, $28.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8673-6
In this well-crafted standalone from Norman (Fear and Loathing and six other Sam Becket thrillers), the Reaper, a self-proclaimed psychopath and serial killer, stalks New England. Meanwhile, Michael Rider, the scion of a prominent family, is in a...
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