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.
Will Graham stands in a silent, empty house communing with a killer. An FBI instructor with a gift for hunting madmen, Graham knows what his murderer looks like, how he thinks, and what he did to his victims after they died. Now Graham must try to catch him. But to do it, he must feel the heat of a killer's brain, draw on the macabre advice of a dangerous mental patient, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and follow a trail of microscopic clues to the place where another family has already been chosen to die--and where an innocent woman has found the Dragon first. --back cover
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