Author
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.
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8
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Years active
1978-2002
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Our reviews of Warren Adler's work
Senator Love
by Warren Adler
A Warren Adler Fiona Fitzgerald novel. DC homicide investigation involving a senator with discretionary problems. Adler in full DC-social-fiction mode.
The Witch of Watergate
by Warren Adler
A Warren Adler Fiona Fitzgerald mystery. DC homicide detective on a journalist's murder, with Watergate-era backstory.
The Ties That Bind
by Warren Adler
Late Fiona Fitzgerald. Warren Adler's DC detective still working murders that the city would prefer remain unsolved.
Blood Ties
by Warren Adler
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.
Cult: A Novel of Brainwashing and Death
by Warren Adler
Warren Adler in domestic-thriller mode. A daughter's deprogramming, a parent's panic, and a mid-80s look at the cult crisis.
Mourning Glory
by Warren Adler
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
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.
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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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