An Invisible Womanby Anne Strieber & Whitley Strieber (uncredited)Little Town Liesby Anne Strieber |
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An Invisible Woman
by Anne Strieber
(Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, November 3, 2004)
Kealy Ryerson has everything a New York socialite could want: wealth, power,
a devoted husband and loving children. She was at the salon, getting her hair
done, when her cell phone rang and her life changed forever. It was her husband,
a high-profile defense lawyer. Run! he said. Take the children and get out of
the country. Go now. Trust no one.
Within a half hour he was dead, shot down in the
street as he left lunch with the district attorney.
Kealy cannot run. Her apartment is under surveillance,
and she can't get her passport or any money. Her credit cards have been cancelled.
She's wanted by the police. She and her teen-age kids are on their own, on the
streets, with only her wits to keep them alive - her wits, and some surprising
new friends. Kealy is determined to discover who has done this to her and her
family.
She discovers that she has a invisible advantage
because without her fancy clothes and expensive make-up, her jewels and
her hair stylist, no one recognizes her. Not the police, not her husband's partner,
not her best friends. A poor woman of a certain age is someone that no one really
looks at. But she can watch them. She can follow them. She can use their blindness
against them, and walk invisible among the people who want her dead.
Publisher's Weekly Synopsis: This entertaining if routine thriller
from newcomer Strieber pits a Fifth Avenue matron against a shattering conspiracy
that blurs the line between friend and foe. Upper-crust New Yorker Kealy Ryerson,
freshly coifed, nipped and tucked, receives an urgent call from her lawyer husband
to grab the kids and run. Overnight, all she has known and loved has become
sinister. As Ryerson's comfortable world crashes around her, she must find out
who sabotaged her high-powered mate, falsified mob connections and froze her
funds. In a dangerous encounter with her police chief ex-husband, who looks
right past her, Kealy discovers that without the glitter and makeup that's her
usual uniform, a middle-aged woman can simply disappear. Kealy's teenage children,
torn from their insulated private schools, join their mother and hopscotch subways
to find sanctuary on the wrong side of the tracks. A shaky friendship reaches
across class lines as the family of her daughter's school chum joins forces
with them to cheat death and pursue justice. A few of the characters defy stereotype,
including mob boss Sal Bonacori and his wiseguy-wannabe son, as well as Ryerson
herself, though she disappointingly reverts to type in the end. Agent, Russell
Galen. (Nov. 3) Forecast: Since Strieber is the wife of bestselling author Whitley
Strieber, and Peter Straub provides a blurb, expect more than usual attention
for this debut thriller.
Incredibly exciting, fast-paced, and involving, An Invisible Woman puts Anne Strieber in the class of writers like Nora Robers and Sandra Brown. Like them, she imbues her thrilling roller coaster of a story with lots and lots of heart. Peter Straub
By the bestselling writing team of Whitley and Anne Strieber publishing their first novel under Anne's name, this is a unique 'woman in jeopardy' thriller about a high society wife turning the tables on her husband's murderer. Russell Galen, literary agent
Little Town Lies
By Anne Strieber
(Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, November 1, 2005)
Sequel to An Invisible Woman. Burned out from her social work career,
Sally Hopkins takes on an investigative job for her sheriff uncle in east Texas,
a case involving a series of arsons and animal killings that suggest the work
of a budding serial murderer.