It's lucky #7 for Iris Johansen. Her latest suspense, Final Target, is her seventh national bestseller in a row; #6, The Search, has so far enjoyed a run of six weeks on our mass market charts and was on our hardcover list for five weeks. Bantam reports more that 235,000 copies after two trips to press. Fans can look forward to a new Johansen thriller in spring 2002.

With reporting by Dick Donahue