A writer of detective novels flees a threatening doll he finds on his doorstep. THE LAST DON , by Mario Puzo. The aging head of a Mafia family plans for his heirs' activities in Hollywood and Las Vegas. Political intrigue, sex and murder in Washington's high circles. THE BOOK OF RUTH , by Jane Hamilton.
Domestic violence rips apart a young woman's life in a tiny Illinois town.
A black man's search for his family's history. An assistant district attorney prosecutes a professor for kidnapping his neighbor's child. The start of a trilogy about the pleasures and ordeals of a family's life in Nevada. Intrigue and rivalry in the fashion world on the runways of New York and Paris. Jim Qwilleran and his two feline sleuths probe a deadly explosion.