William P Kennedy Books In Order

Novels

  1. The Masakado Lesson (1986)
  2. Toy Soldiers (1988)
  3. Cherokee Justice (1989)
  4. The Himmler Equation (1989)
  5. Rules of Encounter (1992)
  6. Guard of Honor (1993)
  7. Dark Tide (1995)
  8. Siren’s Lullaby (1997)
  9. The Trophy Wife (2000)
  10. The Babysitter (2001)
  11. The Good Sister (2002)
  12. The Daughter-in-law (2003)
  13. East Anglia (2004)
  14. The First Wife (2004)
  15. The Stepmother (2005)
  16. The Other Woman (2006)

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William P Kennedy Books Overview

The Trophy Wife

For the readers of Olivia Goldsmith and Susan Isaacs comes a dramatic and fun thriller with an over the top ending that will leave readers gasping. For twenty five years Emily Childs has been the perfect wife. She has devoted herself completely to her successful husband, Walter, on his climb to the top of the banking world, kept his home, raised his children, and entertained his clients. Now he is about to dump her for the younger, more beautiful Angela Hilliard, the perfect trophy for his life of conspicuous achievement. But suddenly Emily vanishes from her home amidst clear evidence of violence. The kidnapper demanding an enormous ransom is known only by his mysterious computerized voice. Is this Walter’s sick plan to get rid of his wife without the scandal that might ruin his career?Is it his mistress’s way of moving Emily aside?Or is it one of Walter’s business rivals, determined to beat him in the race to the chairman’s office?From her baseme*nt prison, Emily pleads with her husband to save her. But as her captors panic, she realizes that she will have to save herself. In a thriller that spans the financial towers of the world’s money centers and the underworld markets of the Caribbean, Detective Andrew Hogan races against the ransom deadline to discover the identity of Emily’s kidnapper. The ending to this novel of marriages, mistresses, and money is a shocker that serves as a warning to men who are reaching for that one final trophy.

The Babysitter

Gordon and Ellie Acton are the ultimate power couple: beautiful, rich, pillars of New England society. As a congressional candidate, Gordon is on the verge of political triumph and too well aware that his wife longs to escape the spotlight’s relentless glare, if only for the summer. Hoping that voters will be even more impressed by his concern for the underprivileged, he hires a young woman from a poor background to baby sit the children at the Actons’ summer home in Cape Cod…
Teresa Santiago appears wise beyond her years; she’s alluringly attractive and self assured. After a drunken tryst with Teresa, Gordon finds himself in hot water, scrambling to protect his reputation. And Ellie, who is writing her dissertation, receives letters accusing her of plagiarism and worse. Now what seemed like the answer to their domestic needs and political aspirations appears to be a threat to everything Gordon and Ellie hold dear. But who’s setting up who? Andhow far will one family go to protect their privileged lives…
?AUTHORBIO: DIANA DIAMOND is the pseudonym of a critically acclaimed mystery and thriller writer. She is also the author of The Trophy Wife.

The Good Sister

Jennifer and Catherine sisters who have inherited equal shares of power in Pegasus Satellite Services, one of the biggest communications empires in the world could not be more different. While Catherine is an extraordinary beauty whose looks attract the most handsome and powerful men, her sister is a plain Jane, no nonsense gal who prefers running the company to walking the red carpet. But Jennifer’s aversion to the spotlight becomes secondary after the successful launch of the Pegasus III satellite, her newest technological masterpiece. The company needs someone to explain the revolutionary communications tool to potential clients and Jennifer is forced to make the awkward transition from playing scientist in the laboratory to playing hostess at the most lavish party in Cannes. That’s where she meets Padraig, a major film star with enough Irish charm and celebrity cache to make the move to power producer. But when he marries Jennifer, Catherine’s protective instincts are triggered: is the playboy actor only after Jennifer’s money and connections?When Jennifer is almost killed in a car accident on her honeymoon, Catherine feels she must intervene in her sister’s relationship. But Jennifer begins to suspect that Catherine is jealous of the wallflower sister’s new romance, and possibly of her power within the company. Was the accident Catherine’s murderous attempt to win complete control of Pegasus?Suddenly, neither sister can trust the other in a game that has their love, fortune, and even their lives hanging in the balance. What begins as a rivalry between sisters becomes a chilling novel of psychological suspense in which one sister find herself alone on a yacht at sea, forced to defend herself from a terrifying killer in league with her sister. But which sister?AUTHORBIO: Diana Diamond is the pseudonym of a critically acclaimed mystery and thriller writer, author of THE TROPHY WIFE and THE BABYSITTER.

The Daughter-in-law

In the latest thriller from New York Times bestselling author of the Good Sister, trouble with the in laws is taken to the extreme with deadly results. From the steamy Caribbean tropics to the penthouses of New York City, dark secrets and bitter rivalry push a new bride and her mother in law to the very edge in this gripping novel of seduction and murderThe oldest son of the rich and powerful Donner family, Jonathan, prefers to remain a playboy, rather than take over the financial and social responsibilities of his family’s business empire. But in a near fatal skydiving accident, Jonathan saves the life a radiant young woman, Nicole Pierce. Like no one else he has ever met, she is confident, independent and seemingly impressed by his fortune. Captivated by her beauty and intrigued by her mysterious past, Jonathan is determined to make Nicole his. After a whirlwind romance, the two lovers elope and begin a long honeymoon in the Caribbean. Returning to the Donner family estate, Nicole is immediately embraced by the family. For John’s younger sister and father, she is a breath of fresh air. But not everyone has fallen for her. Jonathan’s dominant and powerful mother, Alexandra Donner, believes the newest member of the family is more interested in money than in her son. Then, tragedy strikes and Jonathan is killed in a scuba diving accident, leaving Nicole to return to the family’s compound, a young and tragic widow. But her mother in law thinks her son’s death was no accident. Was he murdered? Could Nicole be behind the accident? Or, is Alexanrda jealous of her daughter in law? Alexendra sets out to prove Nicole’s guilt and begins to uncover a web of lies and secrets. Mother in law and daughter in law come face to face in a gripping climax. The truth is far from clear as this gripping thriller twists and turns to its shocking conclusion.

East Anglia

Jim Marron returns to his World War II bomber base 50 years after he was wounded and sent home. He brings with him the answer to a wartime murder that involved an American officer and an English prostitute, a crime that was lost in the gap between English law enforcement and American military authority. He also brings a burning need to know the fate of the woman he loved and then abandoned at the war’s end. East Anglia is the story of a life that reached a crossroads at the intersection of war and peace, and the decisions that weren’t seen until long after they had been made. It follows Marron’s life through the second half of the century as he struggles with the American dream. Now, back at the base where his manhood was forged, he wonders what might have been if he had chosen the other direction.

The First Wife

Jane Warren swore she’d never marry again even though plenty of perfectly respectable men would consider themselves lucky to end up with someone like her. Then again, the last perfectly respectable man to end up with her her ex husband ended their marriage, not to mention Jane’s belief in happy endings…
But she just can’t muster the cynicism to resist William Andrews a dashing, debonaire widower with two children of his own. Soon, Jane’s doing what she swore she’d never do: Marching up the aisle, promising to have, hold, serve, and protect, ’til death do them part. But once married, Jane discovers that Andrew seems to be obsessed with his dead wife…
As Jane struggles to understand the nature of the powerful hold Andrews’s first wife still exerts over the husband and children she left behind, she realizes that her life may depend on the answer. For someone would clearly like to see her follow the first Mrs. Andrews to the grave…

The Stepmother

Sixty five year old multi millionaire Steven Armstrong tells his three children that he is going to re marry. But his new bride isn t The Stepmother they have in mind. Charlene Charlie Hendricks is his vivacious, thirty five year old personal trainer, the single mother of a teen age daughter. To Steven’s midlife children, she is nothing but a gold digger Days before her wedding, Charlie, training for a triathlon, decides to go for a swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Out of nowhere, a mysterious figure on a speeding Jet Ski shows up, making an attempt on her life. The children head the list of suspects but which one plotted her death? Then, after the wedding, a second attack backfires and mistakenly kills her husband, making Charlie a wealthy heiress. Now it is the children who accuse her of murdering their father. Is Charlie a ruthless fortune hunter, or the innocent victim of her husband s greedy heirs?

The Other Woman

Pam Leighton is a smart, ambitious, and sexy aide to a handsome Washington lobbyist named John Duke. For the last two years, she’s also been his lover. It s an open secret that his glamorous and social climbing wife, Catherine, tolerates to a point.

After the President nominates Duke for a cabinet post, Catherine sees her opportunity and delivers an ultimatum: either fire Pam or get ready for a very public, very ugly divorce. Duke s sharply honed political instincts tell him exactly what he needs to do. In one abrupt, brutal meeting, Duke ends the relationship and fires her from the job she loves. But Pam is not about to go quietly: A powerful New York publisher is offering her big money for what could be the ultimate Washington tell all. But when people around her begin dying, Pam realizes that finishing the book may be a matter of life and death her own.

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