YOU BELONG TO ME
By Mary Higgins Clark
(Simon & Schuster:$25.00)
This time out the "Queen of Suspense," offers up a page-turning combination of mystery and thrills you can't refuse. When Dr. Susan Chandler sets out to explore the phenomenon of women who disappear and are later found to be victims of killers who prey on the lonely and insecure, she exposes herself to the terror she hopes to warn others against.
DAMASCUS GATE
By Robert Stone
(Houghton Mifflin:$26.00)
National Book Award winner, Robert Stone, author of six novels including "Children of the Light," and "Outterbridge Reach," has a winner with "Damascus Gate."
This 500 page thriller is set in Jerusalem. Stone draws on actual incidents in recent Middle East headlines, on historical and biblical figures, and on a rich knowledge of mystical writings to spotlight unforgettable characters who face ultimate questions: What is the price of loyalty, of betrayal, of faith?
PARADISE
By Toni Morrison
(Knopf:$25.00)
"They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time. No need to hurry out here. They are seventeen miles from a town which has ninety miles between it and any other. Hiding places will be plentiful in the Convent, but there is time and the day has just begun."
Morrison attacks the imagination with her first three sentences. The opening scene is filled with a Faulknerian suspense promising not only "in-your-face" action, but a novel that stuns the senses.
"Paradise" should not be read as an ethnic story. This is a tale for all men and women regardless of their race. Morrison is a risk taker and she bars no punches as she takes you on a ride you won't soon forget.
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
By Gore Vidal
(Random House:$23.00)
"The Smithsonian Institution" is Gore Vidal at his controversial best. Vidal, considered in literary circles as a preeminent man of letters, won the National Book Award in 1993 for his collection of essays, "United States." However, it is his historical novels, such as Washington D.C.," "Burr," and "Lincoln," that first brought him to my attention. What ever one's opinion of Vidal, we must give the devil his due. He is without a doubt the master of scathing, intelligent and penetrating prose.
This latest Vidal novel deals with Science Fiction. I found it of great interest that Vidal, like other contemporary novelists, appears to be warning us of the pitfalls inherent in the explosion of present-day technologies. "The Smithsonian Institution" tells a tale of high fantasy mixed with the Sci-Fi genre that transports you from George Washington to beyond the new millennium. He'll have you laughing one moment, and crying the next. Don't miss this one.
THE MARK OF THE ASSASSIN
By Daniel Silva
(Villard:$25.00)
"His name is October. He is a former KGB assassin turned free-lancer whose existence has never been proven because the only people who have seen him work became his victims. His aim is impeccable, his method distinctive, and his mark unmistakable."
"The Mark of the Assassin" begins with the crash of Trans-Atlantic Flight 002, bound for London. As the flight carrying 250 people lifts off from JFK International, a Stinger missile is fired from a small whaler sitting in wait just off Long Island Sound.
What happens next is your worst nightmare. It involves not only the Middle East and Russia, but high officials in our own government. Talk about your thrillers! Mr. Silva, a master of this genre has outdone himself.
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