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Books by Susan Howatch






The High Flyer(Reprint)
A Novel (St. Benet's Trilogy)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2001 by Ballantine Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-43948-2, ISBN: 0-345-43948-1

"“A gripping two-pronged tale of psychological terror and spiritual redemption.”—The New York PostSuccessful London lawyer Carter Graham has power, sex appeal, and a well-ordered life. Everything has gone according to plan, including her recent marriage to Kim Betz, an investment banker with the right combination of looks and position. On the surface it appears to be a match made in heaven. The only problem is Kim’s ex-wife. Sophie begin ..."






The Wonder Worker(1st Edition)
A Novel (St. Benet's Trilogy)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 1998 by Ballantine Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-00150-9, ISBN: 0-449-00150-4

"Three years before The Wonder Worker was released, in the afterword of the sixth installment in her Starbridge set of ecclesiastical novels, Susan Howatch dashed her fans' dreams. Absolute Truths was to be her last intellectual surplice-ripper. Did this mean we would be left forever wondering whether megacharismatic Nicholas Darrow would find a way to meld his psychic talents and his religious calling? What about his sidekick and mentor ..."






Mystical Paths(Reprint)
(Starbridge)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1993 by Fawcett
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-22122-8, ISBN: 0-449-22122-9

"“No writing today can equal [Susan] Howatch's ability to write compelling novels that combine theology and psychology in a complex, fast-moving plot offering beautifully delineated characters and the suspense of a mystery/thriller. . . . The denouement will leave readers breathless.”—Publishers WeeklyNicholas Darrow is a strong-willed and independent-minded man, full of the energy and assurance of his age and his moment in time—he is tw ..."






Scandalous Risks(Reprint)
A Novel (Starbridge)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 1991 by Fawcett
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-21982-9, ISBN: 0-449-21982-8

"The Washington Post Book World has proclaimed that “Susan Howatch may well become the Anthony Trollope of the twentieth century.” Now, in Scandalous Risks, Howatch returns us to the English town of Starbridge, home to a great medieval cathedral and the religious, political, and sexual intrigues that whirl around it. It is into this charged atmosphere—in the already overheated 1960s—that a young woman searching for meaning in her life, a ..."






Call in the Night(Updated)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-3312-5, ISBN: 0-7515-3312-2

"It was empty. He had evidently either destroyed the letter or put it in a safe place and then stuffed the envelope hurriedly into his raincoat pocket. I studied the postmark. The letter had been mailed in Dorking, Surrey, at three o'clock on Monday afternoon, two days after the phone call to me from the Jantzens' apartment, and there was no doubt at all that the purple- inked handwriting on the envelope belonged to Gina . . . CHAPT ..."






Absolute Truths(Reprint)
(Starbridge)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 1996 by Fawcett
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-22555-4, ISBN: 0-449-22555-0

""A SKILLFUL BLEND OF CHARACTER, PHILOSOPHY AND NARRATIVE. . .Formidable personalities embroil themselves in ruthless power struggles that would make a corporate raider blush."--The Washington Post Book WorldIt is 1965, and Charles Ashworth has attained the plum position of bishop of Starbridge, an honor that keeps him in a heady whirl of activity that would exhaust the most seasoned corporate executive. With the invaluable support of hi ..."






Penmarric
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 744 Pages, Published 2011 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-8364-6, ISBN: 1-4516-8364-2

"We all want what we cannot have, but when Mark Castallack sees his longed-for inheritance Penmarric, a gothic mansion on the bleak cliffs of Cornwall, and the mysterious, mesmerizing Janna, he knows that he will make them his and nothing will stand in his way. Yet when Mark realizes his dreams, Penmarric only brings a legacy of conflict, jealousy, infidelity, and betrayal.      Spanning the Victorian era to the Second World War, this gr ..."






Glittering Images(Reprint)
(Starbridge)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 434 Pages, Published 1995 by Ballantine Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-90980-5, ISBN: 0-449-90980-8

"It is the 1930s, and Charles Ashworth is dispatched by the Archbishop of Canterbury to learn the truth about the flamboyant Bishop of Starbridge, Adam Alexander Jardine, and his mousy wife. Do Jardine's outspoken denouncements of the Anglican Church's strict divorce laws have a personal motive? When he meets the cool and beautiful Lyle Christie, Mrs. Jardine's companion, Ashworth believes they do. But as he struggles to understand the s ..."






Scandalous Risks(1st Edition)
by Susan Howatch
Hardcover, 385 Pages, Published 1990 by Knopf
ISBN-13: 978-0-394-58886-5, ISBN: 0-394-58886-X

"In the overheated 1960s in the English town of Starbridge, young Venetia Flaxton edges closer to a love affair with Neville Aysgarth, who is Dean of the Cathedral and old enough to be her father. His hidden emotional past and her moral conflict in the present lead them deeper and deeper into the mysteries of the human heart and soul.From the Paperback edition."






Ultimate Prizes(Reprint)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1990 by Fawcett
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-21811-2, ISBN: 0-449-21811-2

"The third in Susan Howatch's Church of England novels, ULTIMATE PRIZES begins in 1942 with the world at war, as narrator and archdeacon Nevill Aysgarth finds himself falling into a hopeless obsession over Dido Tallent, beautiful celebrity, and finds himself pursuing her through a swamp of guilt and the destruction of his valued moral compass...."






The Rich Are Different
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 800 Pages, Published 2013 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-3844-4, ISBN: 1-4767-3844-0

"Dinah Slade is a young Englishwoman of immense vitality, great sensual power, and fierce ambition. When the handsome and powerful Paul Van Zale commits the imprudence of falling in love with her, her life and desires become intertwined with the fate of his great American Banking family. Among the new acquaintances she makes is Pauls wife, with whom, much to Dinahs shock and dismay, Paul manages an almost perfect marriage. The characters ..."






Wheel of Fortune
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 976 Pages, Published 2011 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-8366-0, ISBN: 1-4516-8366-9

"Robert Godwin’s tumultuous ride on the Wheel of Fortune begins with his passion for his sensual cousin Ginevra, as they waltz to “The Blue Danube” beneath the chandeliers at Oxmoon, his beloved family home in Wales. As Robert discovers, his rational, well-ordered mind will be forever altered by his obsession for Ginevra, and his destiny will be forever linked to Oxmoon by the skeletons that lurk in the family closet.      For fifty year ..."






The Dark Shore(1st Edition)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Time Warner Trade Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-3310-1, ISBN: 0-7515-3310-6

"Was it an accident that befell Sophia, millionaire Jon Tower's first wife, that weekend in Cornwall? When newly wed Sarah Hamilton arrives in England, she expects a brief stay in London before she returns to Canada and a bright future with her husband Jon. But already Jon's estranged son Justin has changed the game by asking if he can return to Canada with them and Sarah becomes increasingly unsettled by Jon's insistence that they visit ..."






GLAMOROUS POWERS B FORMAT(Reprint)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1996 by Harpercollins
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-649692-2, ISBN: 0-00-649692-X

"Reissue of the author’s most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century. Jon Darrow, a man with psychic powers, is a man who has played many parts: a shady faith-healer; a naval chaplain, a passionate husband, an awkward father, an Anglo-Catholic monk.In 1940 Darrow returns to the world he once renounce ..."






Glittering Images(1st Edition)
A Novel (Starbridge)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1988 by Fawcett
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-21436-7, ISBN: 0-449-21436-2

"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first in Susan Howatch's acclaimed novels centering on the glorious Cathedral of Starbridge, Glittering Images is a masterful depiction of spiritual hubris, the seductions of power, and the moral dilemmas of England between the wars.“Passionately eloquent . . . [A] tale of God, sex, love, self-analysis and forgiveness . . . The dialogue throughout this book is brilliantly crisp.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer ..."






Cashelmara(Updated)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 720 Pages, Published 2004 by Sphere
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-3535-8, ISBN: 0-7515-3535-4

"There were two subjects which lonely widower Edward de Salis never discussed: his dead wife and his family home in Ireland, 'matchless Cashelmara'. So when he meets Marguerite, a bright young American with whom he can talk freely about both, he is able to love again and takes her back to Ireland as his wife. But Marguerite soon discovers that married life is not what she expected, and that she has married into a troubled family bitterl ..."






Sins of the Fathers
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2011 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-8365-3, ISBN: 1-4516-8365-0

"Vicky van Zale s fight for survival against the three men who use her as a pawn in their struggles for wealth and power begins when her millionaire father manipulates her into an arranged marriage. Her battle with and ultimate victory over her father, her husband, and finally her lover, who all try to use her to further their own ends, is set against a background of boardroom intrigue, brutal ambition and bitter masculine rivalry. This ..."






The Heartbreaker(Updated)
Number 3 in series (St. Benet's)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 616 Pages, Published 2003 by Time Warner Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-3536-5, ISBN: 0-7515-3536-2






Glamorous Powers(Reprint)
(Starbridge)
by Susan Howatch, Cover Art
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1989 by Fawcett
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-21728-3, ISBN: 0-449-21728-0

"8 “MY FATHER's NAME WAS JONATHAN DARROW,” ISAID, AND AS I spoke I knew Francis's understanding was generating the trust which would finally enable me to let go of the truth. “My mother called me Jon to distinguish me from him, but my father always called me by my full name. Jonathan. I hated it. It wasn't me. It wasn't me at all. It was him. “My father wanted a replica. He wanted another Jonathan Darrow, just like him, to live the ..."






Sins of the Fathers(Reprint)
by Susan Howatch
Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 1985 by Fawcett
ISBN-13: 978-0-449-20798-7, ISBN: 0-449-20798-6

""Full of fascinating dialogue, surprising twists of plot, and well-developed, memorable characters, a stunningly successful work of fiction."NASHVILLE BANNERThis is the tumultuous novel of men and women pitted against a world of wealth, power, and privilege...the story of the powerful Van Zale clan, and the man, Cornelius Van Zale, whose dynastic struggle to control a great fortune becomes the center of his life. When the world of the V ..."



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