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Warren Adler

Warren Adler (1927-2019) was the American novelist behind The War of the Roses, the source novel for the 1989 Michael Douglas / Kathleen Turner film. He wrote roughly fifty novels across thrillers, social comedies, and political fiction. The Casanova Embrace, Mourning Glory, and Random Hearts are his best non-Roses titles.

Reviews

7

Books on file

8

Avg rating

3.3

Years active

1978-2002

Reviewed

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  • Mourning Glory by Warren Adler 1996 review. A broke single mother in Palm Beach starts trolling funerals for wealthy grieving widowers. Then she actually falls for one.

  • The Casanova Embrace by Warren Adler 1978 review. A Chilean dissident in Washington beds a string of women for political intelligence. An FBI handler tries to piece it together after his death.

  • Blood Ties by Warren Adler 1979 review. An assimilated American Jewish lawyer travels to Bavaria for a family wedding and uncovers a Nazi-era secret that pulls his identity apart.

  • A Warren Adler Fiona Fitzgerald novel. DC homicide investigation involving a senator with discretionary problems. Adler in full DC-social-fiction mode.

  • A Warren Adler Fiona Fitzgerald mystery. DC homicide detective on a journalist's murder, with Watergate-era backstory.

  • Late Fiona Fitzgerald. Warren Adler's DC detective still working murders that the city would prefer remain unsolved.

  • Warren Adler in domestic-thriller mode. A daughter's deprogramming, a parent's panic, and a mid-80s look at the cult crisis.

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