Warren Adler is the acclaimed author of 25 novels, published in 30 languages. Two of his books, "The War of the Roses" and "Random Hearts" were made into major motion pictures. He lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and New York City. In this first book of the Fiona series, Fiona FitzGerald, a senator's daughter turned Washington, D.C., homicide detective, pursues a serial killer with a bizarre MO in the nation's capitol. In her search to solve the crimes, she uncovers the disturbing sexual and homicidal obsessions of a socially prominent but failed Washington politician. American Quartet was on The New York Times list of top ten crime novels of the year. Try the other Fiona mysteries: American Sextet, Senator Love, Immaculate Deception, The Ties That Bind, and The Witch of Watergate. "A gripping thriller with Washington politics as background and vivid and memorable characters. Well done." Library Journal "Wheels within wheels - a terrifying yarn." Los Angeles Times