Jonathan Nasaw, Author . Atria $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7434-4651-8
Nasaw's follow-up to The Girls He Adored
is a polished, tongue-in-cheek thriller in which serial killer Simon Childs preys on people with phobias and kills them by bringing their worst fears to life. The novel opens with Childs on the loose in...
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author . Atria $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7434-4653-2
Readers fearing that recently retired FBI Agent E.L. Pender (The Girls He Adored
; Fear Itself
) would devote himself to a life of leisure on a sandy beach can breathe a sigh of relief: his serial killer hunter skills are as sharp as ever. Pender...
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author . Atria $25 (292p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3416-7
While novels featuring a love affair between the multiple personalities of two psychopathic serial killers are certainly rare, any points Nasaw might have earned for originality are canceled out by the improbable plot of this fourth E.L. Pender...
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author . Atria $25 (306p) ISBN 978-1-4165-9178-8
Back in 1985, FBI special agent E.L. Pender, who was pursuing a serial killer case in California, helped take down Luke Sweet, killer and maker of snuff films. Sweet and his transgendered partner, Teddy Swantzer, didn't survive, but Sweet's
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-21930-9
PW commented that this portrait of a homeless teenage girl ``remains inexplicably perky and glib'' and ``tends to trivialize very serious issues.'' Ages 12-up. (May)
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author Dutton Books $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-525-94065-4
""The deeper the dark, the truer the sight."" That's the theme that propels--or, drags along--this sluggish contemporary tale about the long-standing association between vampires and witches. Selene Weiss, high priestess of a Wiccan cult, loves...
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author Signet Book $6.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-451-18658-4
Baby-stealing bloodsuckers are on the loose in this modern-day vampire thriller. (May)
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author Atria Books $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-671-78726-4
The homage to Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is perhaps a bit too heavy-handed, but readers should get their bloodmoney's worth out of this twisted tale of a serial killer with a taste for strawberry blondes. ""The system of identities...
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (197p) ISBN 978-0-385-31071-0
Caro, 13, and her sweet-natured, utterly naive mother have spent Caro's entire life drifting from one alternative community to the next. After financial fraud destroys their latest residence, Guru Ganjaji's Paradise Village, Caro and her mother set...
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Jonathan Nasaw, Author Dutton Books $22.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-525-94066-1
With this wryly horrific riff on self-help programs, Nasaw (Shakedown Street, 1993) joins the burgeoning ranks of writers who pick up echoes of vampirism in the rhythms of everyday relationships. His bloodsuckers are respectable citizens of El...
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