Arthur Hailey Books

Long-time rivals, news figures Sloane and Partridge, once in love with the same woman, become involved in the crisis of drug-financed terrorism imported to America from Peru.

Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest turned homicide detective, is on a family holiday when he is called by a prison chaplain to hear the confession of a criminal with 24 hours left on death row. The condemned man, a serial killer convicted of 18 murders is, in fact, guilty of only 16 of them.

Captain Dunning had collapsed in the pilot's seat, but the voice at controls was calm: We are in distress... At least five passengers are sick. Both pilots are unconscious and in serious condition. My name is George Spenser. I am a passenger on this airplane. Correction: I was a passenger. I am now the pilot. What happened? Who was the new pilot? Would anyone reach the ground alive?

Hidden addictions, treacherous politics, and deadly danger hide behind the locked doors of the drug industry. On the horizon is a new miracle drug designed to treat a deadly disease, but may instead deliver a nightmare. Billions are at stake and men and women, and companies, will lie, cheat, or even kill to get their share.

During five days in the midst of a hot, steamy Louisiana summer, the lives of a colorful cast of characters intertwine in a series of public, private, and personal dramas at the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel.

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here All the drama, color and explosive action of Hotel! The whole fascinating story of a great hospital, where life begins and life ends. BIRTH. A "yellow baby" - "Get the operating room set up for a total transfusion - " EMERGENCY. The nurse's urgent voice on the phone - "Doctor! You patient is hemorrhaging!" LOVE. The hurried embrace in a linen closet. SURGERY. Scalpel slices. Blood spurts. Diagnosis correct? "Hemostat, hemostat quick!" AUTOPSY. The cadaver opened from sternum to pubic bone. "Doctor! The nurse fainted." The dramatic techniques of modern medicine, the crucial, intimate scenes inside a big hospital -

As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of nature that is endangering thousands of lives. And in the air, a lone plane struggles to reach its destination. Over the course of seven pulse-pounding hours, a tense human drama plays out as a brilliant airport manager, an arrogant pilot, a tough maintenance man, and a beautiful stewardess strive to avert disaster. Featuring a diverse cast of vibrant characters, Airport is both a realistic depiction of the airline industry and a novel of nail-biting suspense.

Depicts the lives, loves, dreams, and personal ambitions of the individuals caught up in America's sprawling automobile industry

In 1907, following on the heels of his monumentally successful "The Jungle", Sinclair wrote an indictment of a Whartonian high-society in "The Metropolis", and it starred... a character named Allan Montague - a man who appears to be an idealized cipher for Sinclair himself. This book, "The Moneychangers" is the direct sequel to "The Metropolis", much in the same vein though with more of a focus on finance than society. The prose in The Moneychangers is really quite precise and assured, with some excellent phrases turned here and there. It flows rapidly from plot point to plot point, and even when it descends into lengthy descriptions of the ornate surroundings and opulent Newport mansions it never becomes boring. What is most striking is how much in the way of financial strategy Sinclair works into the novel, and how the shell game of overleveraged assets played in 1907 was nearly identical to the shell game of overleveraged assets played in 2008. Sinclair was highly literate about economics, largely because of his strenuous immersion into Socialism, and he brings to life the complicated and inscrutable economic power plays (read: frauds) that are invisible to the public and most investors.

As events bubbles to a scalding boil, leaders of two great nations fought in desperate secrecy to keep the lid on the world. Bartering, backstabbing, browbeating, bribing...and praying for a little more weight to throw on the delicate balance of international power. This is a novel of men at the summit, their bold deals and soiled souls -- and their women, clutching at fevered moments as the time for loving, the time for living, slipped so quickly away.