Děj románu je zasazen do mýty opředeného prostředí zábavního průmyslu, do Hollywoodu. Sleduje osudy čtyř osob - herečky Meredith, divadelního a filmového agenta Maxe, amerického scénáristy Williama a jeho pracovní a životní družky Jay. Autorka nešetří ironizujícím nadhledem na zákulisí velkého byznysu.
Sexual hunger; demonic violence; sinister logic - the lethal components of a deadly formula driving a psychopath in the grip of an unimaginable delusion; a boastful killer who sends the police tormenting notes; a tortured, torturing monster who finds ultimate pleasure in viciously murdering happy families, and calls himself... The Red Dragon. Special agent Will Graham had been assigned to similar cases before, cases where he was able to see and feel with the madmen, anticipate their moves and, most terrifying of all, be vulnerable to their horrifying brutality. Now Graham is reluctantly lured out of retirement, to find an opening to the evil mind of the Red Dragon. Red Dragon is quite probably the most suspenseful, utterly compelling thriller ever written.
Impassioned in its anger, lethal in its aim, American Hero paints a scathing portrait of the strange place this country had become in the Reagan-Bush years--and shows how only Hollywood could have taken full advantage of the demise of the Old World Order.
Gail Walton is comfortable and secure with a successful husband, two beloved daughters, and a house in the New Jersey suburbs. But one tragic afternoon shatters her perfect life beyond all recognition. Gail's six-year-old daughter is abducted from the neighborhood park, sexually assaulted, and murdered. Consumed with grief and rage, Gail turns her back on the police investigation and takes the law into her own hands. Armed with a description of the killer and a handgun, she prepares a meticulous trap to exact the ultimate revenge. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
An earthquake and tidal wave sweep John Dollar, Charlotte, and her pupils into the violent sea. They come to consciousness on the beach huddled around a paralyzed John Dollar.
"Oates's ostensible diary of the paroled sex offender Quentin P. provides a psychologically astute portrait of the way cold calculation and dark obsession combine in a serial killer to make him both horrifyingly successful and maddeningly elusive"--Back printed wrapper