Search the Shadows (Windsor Selections) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Barbara Michaels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 1988 | Series: Windsor Selections

Haskell Maloney was cruelly orphaned when she was just a baby. Now, twenty-two years later, she receives confirmation of the bitter truth she always suspected: the fallen war hero whose name she shares was not her father. Her quest for answers—and a personal history—brings Haskell to the famed Oriental Institute in Chicago, a city in which her mother lived and thrived before her strange, untimely death. But by rummaging around in the darkness, Haskell's exposing much more than she bargained for. And now she's racing against the clock to discover who she really is . . . and why someone is suddenly determined to kill her.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Haskell Maloney's mother named her after an Oriental museum, and three months later died, leaving the baby girl, whose father had already been killed in Vietnam, in the care of a loving aunt. Grown up and engaged to be married, Haskell discovers she is a carrier of Tay-Sachs disease, most unlikely for the offspring of an Irish Catholic father and a Pennsylvania Dutch mother. She breaks off her engagement to begin the quest to learn her true paternity. Before becoming pregnant, her mother had been a student at the Oriental Institute in Chicago; Haskell's treasured possessions include snapshots taken there of her mother, Kevin Maloney, the man she married, and other friends. Haskell persuades one of the men in the pictures, now a professor, to take her on as unpaid summer help at the Institute, which still is in the unyielding grip of Victor Nazarian, a profoundly wealthy, ill and elderly eccentric, whose only son, also in the photos, died in the late '60s in an explosion caused by a home-made bomb. Her paternity now seriously in doubt, Haskell thinks she could be Nazarian's heir along with his daughter, who is married to another of the men in the pictures. Haskell's suppositions mount as does the danger she finds herself ina drink is poisoned and the cottage she lives in is rifled, then set afire. Finally she must also question who it is that wants her dead. A rousing chase through dark museum halls brings surprising facts to light, and helps Haskell decide where true love lies. Presenting a classic Gothic tale in modern dress, Michael's latest (after Shattered Silk) will delight old fans and garner new ones. 50,000 first printing, $50,000 marketing campaign, Doubleday Book Club main selection, Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"A master storyteller." -- -- Mary Higgins Clark

"A master storyteller." -- Mary Higgins Clark

"A writer so popular that the public library has to keep [her] books under lock and key." -- Washington Post --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Press; Large type edition edition (August 4, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0862202507
• ISBN-13: 978-0862202507
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen of gothic suspense, February 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Search the shadows

Barabara Michaels is my favorite author. In this book, as in all her others, she blends suspense and romance without gore or graphic sexual exploits. Her heroines are always intelligent, independent, and memorable. Always a good bedtime read.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of her best, October 15, 2000

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Kate "Kate" (Monroeville, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Search the Shadows (Paperback)

I don't think I've ever read a Barbara Michaels book that I didn't like, but this was definitely not one of her best efforts. I know Ms. Michaels holds a Ph.D. in Egyptology and the back cover blurb led me to believe this storyline would pertain to Egypt, but it did so only in a minor way. We follow 22 year old Haskell on her search to find out who her real father was and also to learn the truth about her mother's mysterious death when Haskell was an infant. The ending is a surprise, as was which of the several men pursuing Haskell that she picks, but getting there took a long time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read!, July 30, 2003

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Amy Sanders (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Search the Shadows (Paperback)

This was a good book. I love romantic/suspense, mystery storylines and this one kept your attention through to the end. I love a good surprise ending too! My favorite author is Sherry A. Mauro, another great storyteller of romantic/suspense but now I'm adding Ms. Michaels to my list!