William Diehl
1) Eureka
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Description
The yearis 1941, Verna Wilensky has been electrocuted in her bathtub, leaving a lower-middle-class life, no survivors and a bank account packed with almost a hundred thousand dollars. Mysterious checks have consistently come to her for more than twenty years, most drawn from a bank in San Pietro, a town once known as Eureka.
2) 27
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Description
In World War II, a cold-blooded Nazi spy confronts an American, driven by devotion, on a secret mission known only by number--27.
3) Primal fear
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Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Lawyer Martin Vail is assigned to defend a young man accused of killing an archbishop, and sets out to find the truth behind the killing.
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Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Illinois attorney general Martin Vail accepts a top secret assignment from the president, trying to bring down an ultra-right-wing militia group known as the Sanctuary, but his task is complicated when his old nemesis Aaron Stampler joins the group in the guise of a fanatical preacher anxious to bring about Armageddon.
5) Show of evil
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Pub. Date
1995.
Description
In Chicago, a series of murders has the hallmark of Aaron Stampler, the altar boy who butchered a bishop and whom lawyer Martin Vail saved from the electric chair. But Stampler is in jail--unless. The nagging thought sends Vail into a panic when his woman becomes a target. By the author of Primal Fear.
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Series
Vail/Stampler volume 1
Pub. Date
1993
Description
Lawyer Martin Vail is assigned to defend a young man accused of killing an archbishop, and sets out to find the truth behind the killing.
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Series
Vail/Stampler volume 3
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Illinois attorney general Martin Vail accepts a top secret assignment from the president, trying to bring down an ultra-right-wing militia group known as the Sanctuary, but his task is complicated when his old nemesis Aaron Stampler joins the group in the guise of a fanatical preacher anxious to bring about Armageddon.
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Series
Vail/Stampler volume 2
Pub. Date
1995
Description
Chicago prosecutor Martin Vail finds his life on the line when Aaron Stampler, a murderer Vail saved from execution on a plea of insanity, is judged to be cured and is released to carry out his plan of getting even with everyone who helped put him away.
9) Primal fear
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Criminal defense attorney Martin Vail is brilliant and confident. He is accustomed to fabricating and selling the truth while seeking the glory in the media spotlight. When he learns of the gruesome murder of a local Catholic archbishop, he immediately decides to defend the accused penniless altar boy. But Vail soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, as he becomes tangled in a web of lies, corruption and betrayal.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Stroker Ace: A two-time NASCAR winner is heading for his third championship, loses his sponsor. In desperation he signs with fried chicken magnate Clyde Torkle. Soon Stroker discovers his book-length, iron-clad contract requires him to wear a chicken costume for television commercials and publicity stunts. Worse than that for any proud, daredevil racer, he has to drive a stock car with a sign that says "Fastest Chicken in the South."
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