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The Casanova Embrace [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Three women become sex slaves to a diplomat's murderous impulses. A seductive South American Diplomat recruits three Washington women to engage in international terrorism. Unaware of the consequences and greedy for the man's erotic favor, the women allow themselves to be manipulated and unwittingly enter into the diplomat's bizarre, devious, and destructive plot. When the women discover each other and learn how they have been duped by their need for erotic fulfillment, they become enraged. Overc... more info>> 1978
Words: 111344 - Reading Time: 318-445 min.
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We are Holding the President Hostage [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A Mafia Don swings into action when terrorists capture his daughter and grandson. Aging Mafia Don Salvatore Padronelli, a.k.a. the Padre, is furious when fanatical terrorists capture his beloved daughter and grandson on a trip to Egypt. Fed up with diplomatic caution that prolongs their captivity, the Padre and his loyal henchman cleverly insinuate themselves into the White House and hold the President and his wife hostage. Now the Padre calls the shots on getting the President to take steps to ... more info>> 1986
Words: 78395 - Reading Time: 223-313 min.
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American Quartet [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Never underestimate the power of failure. In this first book of the Fiona series, four seemingly unconnected D.C. murders stimulate Fiona FitzGerald's sense of history as she delves into our country's dark past. In her search to solve the crimes, she uncovers the disturbing sexual and homicidal obsessions of a socially prominent but failed Washington politician. 1981
Words: 86323 - Reading Time: 246-345 min.
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American Sextet [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A political sex scandal of massive proportions! A beautiful young woman dressed in white is found at the bottom of the Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge. Was it a suicide or murder? Fiona FitzGerald, possessed by a painful personal dilemma, is determined to find out, even if her demons might drive her from the police force. As Fiona goes deeper into the fire, a sexual conspiracy is uncovered involving six men from the highest offices in the country--a great American Sextet! 1983
Words: 73000 - Reading Time: 208-292 min.
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Trans-Siberian Express [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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International intrigue and suspense on the world's longest and most exotic train ride. During the bad old days of the Soviet Union, famous American cancer specialist Dr. Alex Cousins is sent by the President of the United States to Russia to prolong the life of the Secretary General of the Politburo. While in Russia, Cousins learns that the Soviets plan to attack China. Suspecting that he knows their secret, the Soviets send him home via the Trans-Siberian Express, which, they hope, will keep hi... more info>> 1977
Words: 109961 - Reading Time: 314-439 min.
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Henderson Equation [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The power of the press to manipulate and persuade comes under the microscope in this tense exploration of the media. The people who run the influential newspaper the Washington Chronicle have just exposed and brought down a President through their investigative reports. Flushed with power, they are now attempting to create their own choice for Chief Executive. Clashing relationships within the media and in the political arena reveal the motives, insecurities, and thirst for ascendancy between ri... more info>> 1976
Words: 123725 - Reading Time: 353-494 min.
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Jackson Hole, Uneasy Eden [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The author tells the truth about the impact of "new" people on a mountain resort. In this collection of fictional short stories, the reader will find insights and truths engendered by the modern invasion of "new folks" to glorious mountain enclaves now dubbed "resorts." These acclaimed stories capture the truth, warts and all, of how modern life can both corrupt and enhance a traditional environment. Based on the author's experience as a long-time resident of this pristine valley in Wyoming nest... more info>> 1997
Words: 59946 - Reading Time: 171-239 min.
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Her Moment [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Another in a series from Warren Adler who reports about the intimate looks into the sexual mores of official Washington and the erotic stimulation of power. In this delightful story, a woman proudly recalls her adulterous sexual experience with a womanizing ex-President and uses the story to enhance her allure to a potential lover. 2001
Words: 2299 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Playing the Game [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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One of a priceless series of short stories from Warren Adler about the rarely revealed behind the scenes peccadilloes of official Washington. An arrogant bureaucrat thinks he can take sexual advantage of one of his ambitious underling's wives. Unfortunately, to his misfortune, he underestimates the woman's counterattack. 2001
Words: 6020 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
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The Toast [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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All formal dinner toasts are meant to flatter the host or hostess along strict protocol lines. In this wonderful Warren Adler Washington short story, one of a series of behind-the-scenes revelations of life in the nation's capital, the toast giver rejects such a carefully scripted offering and decides to tell the assemblage the "truth", flying in the face of traditional diplomacy. 2001
Words: 1729 - Reading Time: 4-6 min.
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The Sale [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Rejected wives of political figures in Washington often take up using their connections to sell real estate, mostly to politicians and their wives arriving in the nation's capital for the first time. In this insightful story, a divorced wife of a politician sells more than real estate to an innocent naïve first-timer. Here is another gem in the Warren Adler short story series about Washington. 2001
Words: 2651 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
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Yiddish [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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"Yiddish" is the story of Bill and Jenny, both in their late sixties, who live at Sunset Village, a retirement community in Florida. Both join the "Yiddish Club", an organization in their community dedicated to keeping the ancient language of Yiddish alive. Bill and Jenny are married to other people who have little interest in the club, pursuing their own hobbies. In joining the club each is trying to recapture the warm moments and delicious nostalgia of their childhood when Yiddish was the lang... more info>> 2001
Words: 9302 - Reading Time: 26-37 min.
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The Vase [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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In Washington D.C., where you are distinguished by the parties you throw and by the ones that you are invited to, it can be devastating to both your image and career to not have your guest of honor show up. The wife of a struggling politician learns the hard way how her husband ranks on the stepladder of power. Another in the series of story stories that captures this insider's view of how the rich and mighty live in Washington D.C. 2001
Words: 2848 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
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Wise Counsel [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Quentin Hadley had come to Washington with the whiz kids, Franklin Roosevelt's bright boys. And if you are privy enough to enter Washington's socially elite circles, you can still see Quentin and his wife, this fossilized political couple, reminiscing on the good old days of Harry, Ike, and John. Another in the series of Washingtonian short stories that captures these fleeting and truly insider D.C. moments. 2001
Words: 1821 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
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The Children of the Roses [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The long-awaited sequel to The War of the Roses is a darkly comic tale of the second and third generations coping with the messiest divorce in literary fiction. 2004
Words: 70466 - Reading Time: 201-281 min.
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Death of a Washington Madame [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Washington D.C.'s struggling underclass and the U.S. Capitol's politically aggressive upper strata collide in a horrifying crime. Homicide detective Fiona FitzGerald, the daughter of a Senator, once again battles prejudice and privilege, matching wits with the violet-eyed wife of a powerful politician determined to erase the sinful secrets of the past. 2005
Words: 80437 - Reading Time: 229-321 min.
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Immaculate Deception [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The clock is ticking for Fiona FitzGerald. The clock is ticking both figuratively and biologically. During Fiona FitzGerald's pursuit to conceive a child, a powerful female pro-life Senator is found dead. It appears to be suicide, but Fiona is puzzled and continues to investigate. The case gets even more baffling when one shocking clue contradicts the entire investigation. 1991
Words: 77127 - Reading Time: 220-308 min.
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Senator Love [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Dare to resist him. The stunning wife of the Austrian Ambassador is kidnapped and murdered. The bones belonging to a vanished young girl are discovered. Both share the same starling clues that point to a powerful, seductive and womanizing Senator. Besides solving the mystery, will Fiona FitzGerald submit to the powerful sexual forces of "Senator Love?" 1991
Words: 78687 - Reading Time: 224-314 min.
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The Ties That Bind [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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Even judges must be judged. The daughter of a prominent lawyer is found murdered, and a Supreme Court Justice with a sadomasochistic fetish is the target of Fiona FitzGerald's investigation. This is one case that brings Fiona to the darker side of the Washington scene in which sexual aberration and fear of exposure plays a role in murder. 1994
Words: 75394 - Reading Time: 215-301 min.
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Blood Ties [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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An arms-dealing family confronts a moral dilemma in the nuclear age. During a family reunion at their ancestral castle, the famed Von Kassel family--arms dealers for over a hundred years--suddenly find themselves in possession of stolen plutonium capable of creating the most destructive weapon on earth. Previously aloof from the moral implications of their business, the family is torn apart by the deadly potential of their recent acquisition. Family conflicts are ignited that had long been avoid... more info>> 1979
Words: 85031 - Reading Time: 242-340 min.
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The Witch of Watergate [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A poison pen gets it back. Fiona FitzGerald, a senator's daughter turned Washington, D.C., homicide detective, is back for her fifth gripping thriller, investigating a murder with explosive consequences on Capitol Hill. When Polly Dearborn, the infamous Washington Post investigative reporter whose poison pen had destroyed many a politician's career, is found hanging from her Watergate apartment, the elite of Washington rejoice. "The Witch of Watergate" is dead! But this is no time for detective ... more info>> 1992
Words: 64026 - Reading Time: 182-256 min.
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Banquet Before Dawn [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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The last hurrah of an aging Irish politician pursuing his final campaign. After serving his Brooklyn district for many years, Congressman Sullivan discovers that his once comfortable Irish American majority has given way to a diverse district of blacks and Hispanics. Challenged by a more liberal opponent, he tries everything possible to maintain his seat only to painfully learn that he and his views are outdated and irrelevant to today's world. But "Sully" doesn't bow out of the race gracefully,... more info>> 1976
Words: 79585 - Reading Time: 227-318 min.
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Madeline's Miracles [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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A cautionary tale about a powerful psychic who takes control of a family. When a commercial artist, her stockbroker husband and their twin daughters move to Los Angeles, they unwittingly fall prey to a woman who convinces them that she is a psychic and can foresee their future. By persuading them that she holds the key to their success and can protect them from the dangers that threaten them, she gradually takes full control over their careers, their parenting, even their sex lives, until they b... more info>> 1989
Words: 79140 - Reading Time: 226-316 min.
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Natural Enemies [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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An unforgiving nature reorders an urban couple's priorities. A young New York couple, unable to have children and whose marriage seems to be sputtering, is advised to leave their tense urban lives and take a vacation in a more bucolic environment. Out West, they are suddenly confronted by violent rednecks and chased deep into the surrounding wilderness. Braving floods, avalanches, wild animals and human predators, they come face-to-face with death. This test of endurance and their passion to sur... more info>> 1980
Words: 83880 - Reading Time: 239-335 min.
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The Housewife Blues [MultiFormat]
by Warren Adler
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How the frenetic pace of big city life impacts on a small town girl. A small town girl from the Midwest is carried away by her "Prince Charming" to the super-charged canyons of modern New York City. Warned by her uptight advertising executive husband to beware of strangers, the newlywed cannot repress her small town upbringing and instinctive innocence. She eventually befriends many of the offbeat and quirky tenants in her apartment building and enters into their complicated and sometimes tragic... more info>> 1992
Words: 81423 - Reading Time: 232-325 min.
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