Warning Signs [Paperback]

Stephen White's assured and fast-moving Warning Signs delivers comprehensively on all counts. White has shown (in such books as Harm's Way and Higher Authority) that he's a stylish practitioner of the genre, even if some of his thrillers have been hit-or-miss. But not this one.

In a pool of blood and shattered pottery, the body of Royal Peterson, controversial district attorney for Boulder County, is discovered. To her dismay, crack homicide detective Lucy Tanner finds herself the prime suspect in a case that is already having massive political repercussions for a nervous city. As Lucy struggles to find out who has beaten Peterson to death (while his bedridden wife slept upstairs), clinical psychologist Alan Gregory is one of the few who finds it hard to accept that Lucy is responsible, and (along with his wife Lauren, prosecutor in the dead man's office), he decides to defend the beleaguered Lucy Tanner. The description "psychological thriller" is overused these days, and many authors have only the most tenuous grasp on the psychology of the characters. Not so Mr White, who delivers trenchant psychological portraits of all of his (very different) protagonists, notably the up-against-the-wall Lucy Tanner. But more than that singular virtue, the author is a master of the machine-tooled narrative, and Warning Signs refuses to relinquish its grip from hectic beginning to end. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Far sharper and more engaging than the smug Kellermans.' The Guardian 'Gripping psychological thriller.' Mirror

Boulder, Colorado - in the foothills of the Rockies, the brutal murder of a district attorney is just the beginning of a terrifying plot of terror. Clinical psychologist Alan Gregory is woken early on a Saturday morning to be told the shocking news: family friend and DA Royal Peterson has been discovered dead, beaten to death as his bedridden wife slept upstairs. Within hours, the case takes an even stranger twist: all the evidence points to another family friend, homicide detective Lucy Tanner. Meanwhile, Alan's newest client is starting to concern him. Naomi Bigg is withdrawn and anxious to know Alan's opinions on the Columbine school massacre. Alan learns that her son and friend have compiled a list of people it would be 'cool' to blow up. Alan is caught between his patient-doctor confidentiality and warning the targets on the list - a list that includes both Royal Peterson and Alan's wife...Visit the author's website on www.authorstephenwhite.com

STEPHEN WHITE is a clinical psychologist and the author of 12 thrillers including 3 New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Colorado with his wife and son.