Gloria Nagy

New York Times Best Selling Author, Gloria Nagy sliced through the social fabric of the North Shore of Long Island in A HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS and now she aims her razor sharp talents on Miami--the new hot spot for glamour, greed and gore. The Sunshine State will need a far higher level of SPF

New York Times Best Selling Author, Gloria Nagy sliced through the social fabric of the North Shore of Long Island in A HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS and now she aims her razor sharp talents on Miami--the new hot spot for glamour, greed and gore. The Sunshine State will need a far higher level of SPF People Die in Sunshine is the carnival ride through the externally glamorous, but internally twisted lives of those two people, Frederick and Coco Rothenstein and their world; one most of us only know about from reading true crime stories and news accounts of the lives of the super-rich and entitled dwellers in the bastions of wealth and privilege where families such as the Rothensteins reign. The first four words of Gloria Nagy's scorching, ironic tale of greed, glamour, envy, avarice and the Janus headed coin of love and hate are: "Money. Money. Money. Money." What Ms. Nagy accomplishes in a work of humor, heartbreak, murder, and redemption reinforces those four words. A theme reflecting the world we have created that rises and falls with the same quite simple motivation that has driven every facet of human life since man stood upright. It is not the world we want to see, but it is the real world and where better to set a novel that is as much a social chronicle of our times as it is a gripping tale of the maze like search for a killer, than Miami. The Miami of the twenty-first century, a glittering city in the sun which has become a symbol of the new American Dream--retirement ease, new beginnings or a haven for sketchy characters with dubious histories and too much money to spend. In a large cast of characters diverse in ethnicity, wealth, morality and status, Ms. Nagy shines her own unique sunlight on a cross section of this city of multi-cultural strivers and survivors, finding humanity in even the most flawed inhabitants of her singular human circus. This is a robust and tightly constructed romp through her slice of the sludge beneath the shimmering sand and as in all of her work, she sees and she sears.

A MARRIAGE, A MADWOMAN, AND A MURDERYoung, beautiful Hannah Nicoli lives with her two small children and her loving husband in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood. A successful magazine writer, she seems to have it all. But Hannah feels time passing her by; she doesn't fully trust her husband; her "bad emotional stock" diminishes her sense of self.Hannah sets out to record the facts of her life in the hope of discovering the shape of her identity. Then, as though called up from the Hades of her past, "a ghost sat down for a rest on Hannah's life."In this engrossing tale of modern life, Gloria Nagy paints a searing, hilarious portrait of her city, a Candy Land whose allure can be poison to those who don't look to the core. She skillfully combines satire and suspense as she creates vibrant, unforgettable characters whose lives--in some measure--echo our own.

The Sweet sisters began life as identical twins, but thanks to the miracles of Jane Fonda and plastic surgery, on the eve of their fortieth birthday, they hardly resemble one another. Amora has become a glamorous, egocentric radio shrink with her own nationally broadcast program and a huge following, while Aroma leads a much quieter life as a psychologist in a halfway house for teenagers.The relative calm of Aroma's life is shattered when her sister's perfectly coiffed head is delivered to her desk one morning along with The New York Times. Aroma is now thrust into the limelight as the next likely victim and as the lead suspect. She escapes New York and her "police protection" to begin her own search to find the killer.The result is a hilariously funny and suspenseful murder mystery that is also a touching, contemporary story of sibling rivalry and self-discovery.In what is probably her funniest book to date, Gloria Nagy creates unforgettable characters and draws a picture of life in New York and the Mid-west that is so real, and so funny, you will find yourself laughing out loud.