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Twilight Whispers
Will the ties that bound these three families for generations finally tear them apart? New York Timesbestselling author Barbara Delinsky's classic novel Twilight Whispers now available as an e-book for the first time.
Linked for years through friendship and intermarriage, the Warren and Whyte families find their charmed world is marred when Mark Whyte and his wife Deborah Warren are found murdered. Police detective Robert Cavanaugh, working on a tip about dissension within the families, sets out to examine the mystique behind their wealth and power.
Katia Morell is part of that mystique. Daughter of the Whyte’s housekeeper but now a successful advertising executive, she is drawn back into the home where she never quite belonged, and is forced to face her life-long, unrequited love for Jordan Whyte. As the police investigation uncovers secret after secret and, finally, boils to a shocking conclusion, Katia and Jordan are but two of the family members who face difficult choices in their search for happiness.
Linked for years through friendship and intermarriage, the Warren and Whyte families find their charmed world is marred when Mark Whyte and his wife Deborah Warren are found murdered. Police detective Robert Cavanaugh, working on a tip about dissension within the families, sets out to examine the mystique behind their wealth and power.
Katia Morell is part of that mystique. Daughter of the Whyte’s housekeeper but now a successful advertising executive, she is drawn back into the home where she never quite belonged, and is forced to face her life-long, unrequited love for Jordan Whyte. As the police investigation uncovers secret after secret and, finally, boils to a shocking conclusion, Katia and Jordan are but two of the family members who face difficult choices in their search for happiness.
416 pages, ebook
First published January 30, 2018
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About the author
Barbara Delinsky
307 books4,357 followersI was born and raised in suburban Boston. My mother’s death, when I was eight, was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. I took piano lessons and flute lessons. I took ballroom dancing lessons. I went to summer camp through my fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of my stories), then spent my sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served me better than all of my other high school courses combined). I earned a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. My husband was just starting law school. We needed the money.
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
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June 30, 2019
3/5 estrellas
Lo único a citar:
"(...) Una vida desperdicidada temiendo lo peor no vale la pena. Lo que cuenta es soñar. Una persona sin sueños es una criatura muy, muy triste(...)"
A ver, es el segundo libro que leo de ésta autora (hace muchos años de ella leí "Retrato de fammilia") y me encantó) y éste me ha dejado saber a aburrido. No pude conectar con los personajes principales porque cuando empezaba a hacerlo, en el siguiente capitulo, la autora viajaba al pasado para contarnos las vidas de los Whyte y los Warren, cuyas historias son el "típico sueño americano" y están buenas, solo que la manera en que está narrado a mí se me hizo aburrido. No hay escenas de acción ni nada que me altere la pasión como lectora y los capítulos son re largos, superando las veinte páginas.
A partir del capítulo 13 la historia se pone un poco mejor aunque, no sé por qué lleve el título que lleva, bah, creo deducirlo pero... es una cuestión muy secundaria.
En fin. Le doy una nota de 3 porque la autora hizo un lindo enredo con el asesino (que yo no me lo esperaba). En eso me dejó sorprendida.
No lo recomiendo.
Lo único a citar:
"(...) Una vida desperdicidada temiendo lo peor no vale la pena. Lo que cuenta es soñar. Una persona sin sueños es una criatura muy, muy triste(...)"
A ver, es el segundo libro que leo de ésta autora (hace muchos años de ella leí "Retrato de fammilia") y me encantó) y éste me ha dejado saber a aburrido. No pude conectar con los personajes principales porque cuando empezaba a hacerlo, en el siguiente capitulo, la autora viajaba al pasado para contarnos las vidas de los Whyte y los Warren, cuyas historias son el "típico sueño americano" y están buenas, solo que la manera en que está narrado a mí se me hizo aburrido. No hay escenas de acción ni nada que me altere la pasión como lectora y los capítulos son re largos, superando las veinte páginas.
A partir del capítulo 13 la historia se pone un poco mejor aunque, no sé por qué lleve el título que lleva, bah, creo deducirlo pero... es una cuestión muy secundaria.
En fin. Le doy una nota de 3 porque la autora hizo un lindo enredo con el asesino (que yo no me lo esperaba). En eso me dejó sorprendida.
No lo recomiendo.
April 19, 2018
Estuvo bien, se lee bastante rápido, es la típica lectura ligera que se puede leer entre otras más densas. El héroe es bastante sexy, la heroína no tanto. La trama es entretenida, nada profundo pero se disfruta.
It was fine, it reads quite fast, it is the typical light reading that can be read among other more dense ones. The hero is pretty sexy, the heroine not so much. The plot is entertaining, not very deep but it is enjoyable at the very least.
It was fine, it reads quite fast, it is the typical light reading that can be read among other more dense ones. The hero is pretty sexy, the heroine not so much. The plot is entertaining, not very deep but it is enjoyable at the very least.
April 17, 2009
I loved the story. Material things must be wonderful to have, but they don't always guarantee happiness.
June 11, 2018
This is another excellent saga of two powerful families. Their successes and tribulations are artfully played out. The life of the elite and privileged may bring negative publicity as well as envy and positive vibes. It is sensitively and beautifully written.
April 18, 2019
A very good book with a good outcome.
February 27, 2018
Feet of Clay
An engaging stringing together of seemingly disparate lives into a two family dynasty. A realistic portrayal of the slippery slope that is fame and fortune, but colored with compassion and understanding.
An engaging stringing together of seemingly disparate lives into a two family dynasty. A realistic portrayal of the slippery slope that is fame and fortune, but colored with compassion and understanding.
June 21, 2018
We tend to think powerful and beautiful families have a perfect life, this is a story of two families that deal with many issues. The character development was
Well done giving you insights to each family member.
A good read.
Well done giving you insights to each family member.
A good read.
October 27, 2012
First published in 1988, this book has held up very well. In fact it has been rereleased recently. It is part family saga, part love story, part murder mystery/secrets and all well-written.
The story centers around Katia Morrell and Jordan Whyte, the lovers of the story and their family secrets and stories. I found it hard to put down. The best parts of the book are the times Jordan and Katia are together. I thought that Ms. Delinsky did a great job of showing how physical love can enhance the other types of love and visa versa.
Ms. Delinsky always writes heroines who are strong, passionate and not afraid to dream and make their dreams a reality. I would recommend her books and intend to continue reading them myself. Don't listen to the audio for this book, read the book!
The story centers around Katia Morrell and Jordan Whyte, the lovers of the story and their family secrets and stories. I found it hard to put down. The best parts of the book are the times Jordan and Katia are together. I thought that Ms. Delinsky did a great job of showing how physical love can enhance the other types of love and visa versa.
Ms. Delinsky always writes heroines who are strong, passionate and not afraid to dream and make their dreams a reality. I would recommend her books and intend to continue reading them myself. Don't listen to the audio for this book, read the book!
March 22, 2020
Twilight Whispers read like a soap opera. The Warrens and the Whytes are more like a close net family than close friends whose children grew up together.
Deborah Warren and Mark Whyte marry. After a few years they are found murdered aboard their boat. In the meantime Gill and Lenore Warren, Jack Whyte, and Cassie Morell, the Warren’s housekeeper, have a secret that can tear apart all the families.
The story is a good story and could have been a five-star story had it been better edited. If this had been my book I would not have chosen Kathy Garver to tell the story.
Deborah Warren and Mark Whyte marry. After a few years they are found murdered aboard their boat. In the meantime Gill and Lenore Warren, Jack Whyte, and Cassie Morell, the Warren’s housekeeper, have a secret that can tear apart all the families.
The story is a good story and could have been a five-star story had it been better edited. If this had been my book I would not have chosen Kathy Garver to tell the story.
September 11, 2019
This is an enjoyable family saga involving three families that are connected in many ways - the Warrens, Whytes, and the Morels. They have all grown up together as one big family even though they are not of the same cloth.
Twilight Whispers is a fascinating and engrossing read that kept this reader enthralled till the satisfying ending. There is love, lust, greed, wealth and murder in this tale. There is a mystery threaded though all this that keeps the reader engaged along with love scenes that are sweet and satisfying.
Some of the characters are strong and resilient while others are delicate and suffering to survive. Two of the families are wealthy while the Morels are servants to them but nonetheless important in what they do to keep the families together.
The families, due to their wealth and success in their lives, have gained many enemies who are abreast and could cause them grief. Will jealousy and envy be their demise?
When two of the families children are murdered things get testy amongst the family when the police suspect any one of them of killing them. Will the
Detective Cavanaugh be able to find out who is responsible before destroying the whole family in the process?
This was a thoroughly engrossing read. But I expected this much from Delinsky. She knows how to wind a story with so many twists, turns and characters that make your head spin. Highly recommend this mystery!
Twilight Whispers is a fascinating and engrossing read that kept this reader enthralled till the satisfying ending. There is love, lust, greed, wealth and murder in this tale. There is a mystery threaded though all this that keeps the reader engaged along with love scenes that are sweet and satisfying.
Some of the characters are strong and resilient while others are delicate and suffering to survive. Two of the families are wealthy while the Morels are servants to them but nonetheless important in what they do to keep the families together.
The families, due to their wealth and success in their lives, have gained many enemies who are abreast and could cause them grief. Will jealousy and envy be their demise?
When two of the families children are murdered things get testy amongst the family when the police suspect any one of them of killing them. Will the
Detective Cavanaugh be able to find out who is responsible before destroying the whole family in the process?
This was a thoroughly engrossing read. But I expected this much from Delinsky. She knows how to wind a story with so many twists, turns and characters that make your head spin. Highly recommend this mystery!
October 19, 2023
This book was written in 1987 and reminded me of the Dynasty series. 2 powerful families in the Boston area; the Whytes and the Warrens. Lots of characters from the head of the family to their children and significant others, and their history in depth history of the family and their current situations.
Two bodies are found that looks very suspicious, one member from each of the families. A veteran detective is assigned to this case by his boss and given a file on the families to investigate. What first appeared obvious is now shrouded with possible motives and family involvement.
Family secrets and relationships are explored, along with the personal lives of the detective and his boss. Everything is investigating and and everyone is questioned.
Interesting ending.
Two bodies are found that looks very suspicious, one member from each of the families. A veteran detective is assigned to this case by his boss and given a file on the families to investigate. What first appeared obvious is now shrouded with possible motives and family involvement.
Family secrets and relationships are explored, along with the personal lives of the detective and his boss. Everything is investigating and and everyone is questioned.
Interesting ending.
January 8, 2024
This story is about three families, the Warrens and the Whytes both rich and powerful, and the not-so-rich Morells. The story is part saga, part love story, and part mystery. This is a true page-turner. The two main characters are Katia Morell daughter of the housekeeper and Jordan Whyte wealthy son of Jack. There are secrets and scandals and a determined detective to get to the bottom of a double homicide and bring the killer to justice. A very good read. I've read many of Ms Delinsky's books and this is the very best one!!
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February 11, 2025We all had to start somewhere, and while this might not be the first, it was early, and Delinsky had eww factor. Start with the whole child porn thing and that it's passed off as "paying kids for sex" instead of sex trafficking. That didn't age well. Then there is the fact that Jordan thinks Katia is his sister, and while he draws the line at penetration, he has no problem with getting her off... like that's not incest, if she were in fact, his sister. I won't rate this book, because it is early and terrible. But she became Barbara Delinsky and that counts for something.
January 11, 2018
Between 2.5 and 3 stars.
Not a bad read. A bit scattered with all of the characters and the plot lines, some of which are not especially well executed. In particular, the crime and mystery story line is not as gritty as would be expected from a crime/mystery novelist. However, Delinsky is not a crime/mystery novelist and wrote this book in the 80s to push her skills.
The book was likeable, but not especially good.
Not a bad read. A bit scattered with all of the characters and the plot lines, some of which are not especially well executed. In particular, the crime and mystery story line is not as gritty as would be expected from a crime/mystery novelist. However, Delinsky is not a crime/mystery novelist and wrote this book in the 80s to push her skills.
The book was likeable, but not especially good.
June 1, 2018
It was terrible. Not a murder mystery but a long windy story that did not build any kinship to the characters. Very shallow and juvenile. Only finished the book just to see how badly it was written from finish to ple
OMG. Not a mystery but a poorly written underdeveloped, shallow plot. No building of the characters. I only finished to see if it washed from beginning to end. Yup it was
OMG. Not a mystery but a poorly written underdeveloped, shallow plot. No building of the characters. I only finished to see if it washed from beginning to end. Yup it was
July 8, 2018
Twilight Whispers
This was a wonderful suspense book with just enough romance to make it extra interesting. I read this book over three days as I had free time. I never wanted to put it down but had to at times until tonight when I finally got to see how all the pieces of a complicated puzzle came together to make an awesome read. I have been a Delinsky fan for more than 20 years and she does nothing but get better and better.
This was a wonderful suspense book with just enough romance to make it extra interesting. I read this book over three days as I had free time. I never wanted to put it down but had to at times until tonight when I finally got to see how all the pieces of a complicated puzzle came together to make an awesome read. I have been a Delinsky fan for more than 20 years and she does nothing but get better and better.
March 23, 2025
Primera vez que leo a BarbaraDelinsky. La historia me engancho desde el comienzo y fluye en la narración. Tiene un monton de ingredientes que son los que me atrapan en una novela: historia familiar + romance + intriga. Combo perfecto para entretenerme y disfrutar de una lectura perfecta para las vacaciones o entre lecturas duras. Ame el romance entre Jordan y Katie, y el vínculo entre las familias Warren y White.
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March 9, 2018
Enjoyable Romantic Murder Mystery
Truly fun read. The sex scenes kept me up reading until late into the night. My husband had the audacity to interrupt my reading of a particularly steamy scene. I almost bit his head off. Surprised by the conclusion. As the pages neared the end, I had no idea who was the murderer.
Truly fun read. The sex scenes kept me up reading until late into the night. My husband had the audacity to interrupt my reading of a particularly steamy scene. I almost bit his head off. Surprised by the conclusion. As the pages neared the end, I had no idea who was the murderer.
April 14, 2020
It was very hard for me to continue reading this book. I struggle keeping interest when there are too many POV's. This book had over 6! It also switched between past and present with certain POV's.
It was a really good story, I loved the idea of it. BUT I can't get over how confused/bored I was majority of the time.
It was a really good story, I loved the idea of it. BUT I can't get over how confused/bored I was majority of the time.
June 9, 2022
Intriguing book. I liked the way it went back in time so you could see where all three families came from, how they got started, and what it felt like to be them. I liked how it took its time unfolding. I came to care about all the characters. If the ending was a little too perfect, eh, I don’t mind a bit.
January 26, 2024
i liked this so much more than i thought i would! in the first third or so i was bored to death, it felt like absolutely nothing was happening. katia and jordan really pissed me off too. but it picked up later! all of the characters that i disliked in the beginning started to feel like real people. it just took the plot a second to get started
June 28, 2025
Gosh.read so many of her books as a young woman and happened to see this one at a small library here in Wyoming. She was great back then and still wonderful . I guess mt taste in reading has not changed, it is about two families and their lives and aspirations etc. Thanks Barbara for bring so much pleasure to many, Hope to find another of your books on life’s journey
March 22, 2018
Took a while to become interested in this book perhaps it was because I purchased it second hand from Amazon and I think it had been housed in somebody's musty old basement. However, I did finish it and it was okay. A let down after reading The Great Alone.
July 10, 2018
Barbara Delinsky masterfully develops the characters and weaves several stories into several plots and ultimately the final plot with twists and turns. My only criticism is that it is a little slow in the first half. Otherwise, I loved it!
February 16, 2021
I was’t too interested in reading a murder mystery but I had put it on my reader so I decided to read it. What a great story. The sincerity of the characters was amazing. We live in a harsh world, but these characters had kindness for each other.
I highly recommend this book.
I highly recommend this book.
April 18, 2022
Barbara is one of my all time favorite authors. I own almost all her books. This book is another of her great stories that keeps you turning the pages. Two family members have died and there are lots of family secrets to complicate the answer as to why they are dead. Good read!
April 23, 2018
Must read
Good read. Great plot. Entertaining and enjoyable. Holds your interest until the end. Twists turns and surprises. Liked the characters and their bond
Good read. Great plot. Entertaining and enjoyable. Holds your interest until the end. Twists turns and surprises. Liked the characters and their bond
April 27, 2018
The family saga, love story, murder mystery theme keep the action going. Interesting and well written.
May 11, 2018
A great story! I loved that there was family drama, romance and mystery. I did figure out “who” the murderer was quickly but I liked the way the story unfolded and all the pieces fit together.
May 26, 2018
I had a hard time reading this. The chapters were long and I fell asleep serval times reading.
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