A long-lost manuscript may reveal the past—or destroy the future—in "a wildly imaginative thriller that fans of Dan Brown and Steve Berry will love" (Phillip Margolin, New York Times–bestselling author).Lee Nicholson is ready to take the academic world by storm, having discovered a sonnet she believes was written by William Shakespeare. But when she reads the poem on the air, the words put her life in peril and trigger a violent chase—wit...

A shadowy billionaire pulls the strings behind a presidential election in this political thriller by a national bestselling author.In this twisting, ferocious novel of suspense, the presidential race has a number of men all clawing to get to the top. Each has a closet where his skeletons are locked away—and one man holds every key.Julian Mellow has spent his life amassing a fortune out of low-risk, high-reward investments. But the one time in his life he go...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND FEATURE FILM STARRING HALLE BERRY AND JESSICA LANGE"Riveting...impossible to turn away from." —THE BOSTON GLOBE"Losing Isaiah pushes all the current cultural buttons...[Margolis] gets inside the head of every character." —THE WASHINGTON POST"[E]ngrossing and, to its credit, offers no pat answers to complicated issues." —PUBLISHER'S WEEKLYThree-year-old Isaiah has two mothers: and they both want him.Margaret Lewin adopted Isaiah a...

A party game among a group of old friends unearths a terrifying truth in this "breathtaking psychological thriller" ( Library Journal).Back at college in the 1970s, they called themselves "The Madison Seven"—a close circle of inseparable friends. Years later, they have gathered at Julia Mallet's Manhattan apartment for her thirty-fifth birthday, where they decide to play a game involving Julia's talent for hypnosis.Julia, an advertising executive, ...

A man wants to fake his own death—and then things get real—in this PI mystery from the national bestselling author of False Faces.When retail tycoon George Samson appears in Det. Joe DiGregorio's Manhattan office asking for help in faking his own death, the wary private eye, a former Long Island cop, knows enough to refuse.But Samson's proposition isn't easy to forget. So when Samson is found murdered soon afterward, the struggling PI is convinced ...

"Fans of Tom Wolfe and Jonathan Franzen will revel" in this tale of New York real estate and its outrageous fortunes ( Booklist).When Peggy Gimmel decides to sell the apartment she bought decades ago for a few thousand dollars, she's thrilled to discover it's worth almost two million. But her sudden windfall triggers a cascade of unexpected events, and plunges her into the orbit of Lucinda Wells—one of Manhattan's most successful, and ruthless, real-estate...

A cop goes undercover to investigate the murder of a woman on New York's Fire Island: "A good yarn populated with well-drawn characters" ( Booklist).Alison, a young, single Manhattan retail buyer, first met Linda seven years ago, when both answered the same classified ad for a Fire Island share. Since then, they've been returning to Seaside Harbor every summer weekend.But one night, after leaving Crane's, a famed singles bar, Linda is found murdere...

A woman fleeing an abusive relationship is entangled in a shocking crime in this thriller by the bestselling author of Perfect Angel and President's Day.Gwen Amiel had only wanted a job, a haven, a fresh start—and the nanny position seemed to offer exactly that. But inside a wealthy family's elegant home, a crime is committed that is so shocking—so seemingly random—that a tiny upstate New York town will never be the same.Gradually, evidenc...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND FEATURE FILM STARRING HALLE BERRY AND JESSICA LANGE"Riveting...impossible to turn away from." —THE BOSTON GLOBE"Losing Isaiah pushes all the current cultural buttons...[Margolis] gets inside the head of every character." —THE WASHINGTON POST"[E]ngrossing and, to its credit, offers no pat answers to complicated issues." —PUBLISHER’S WEEKLYThree-year-old Isaiah has two mothers: and they both want him.