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Secret Weekend
Audrey Goh kidnapped her boyfriend for a romantic weekend alone in her luxury high-rise apartment on Hawaii's scenic coast. The building's state-of-the-art security system would make sure that no one else got in -- or out. But someone seems to have slipped through the empty building's cracks. Someone who has been watching -- and waiting for -- Audrey for years. Someone who has wanted her all to himself...
416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1999
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About the author
Thom Racina
24 books10 followersFrom: http://www.thomracina.com/about.html
Thom Racina hails from Kenosha, Wisconsin, went to school in Albuquerque and Chicago, where he got a MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing, lived in Los Angeles for 25 years, but now makes his home in Palm Springs, California. He's an accomplished pianist, loves to cook, and is a travel junkie—he's when he's in Row 3 on any American Airlines plane.
Next to books, theatre and music are Thom's passion, and he's authored several musicals for children: "Allison Wonderland," the Alice story retold as she falls into a television set (with a new version just produced as "Allison Webland"), "The Wizard of Odds," with an anti-bullying theme, "The Marvelous Misadventure of Sherlock Holmes," and a contemporary musical version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." All four plays are published by Samuel French, Inc. and are performed all over the world.
To put himself through college—Thom graduated from Chicago's famed Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute with an MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing—he wrote books he wouldn't put his name on. Westerns, romances, porn, whatever the publisher needed that weekend (he wrote over 200 of them in about 3 years). He graduated to mainstream publishing with a take-off on The Happy Hooker called "The Happy Hustler" (Warner Books), which he invented in a weekend, and sold three million copies, spawning three sequels. He then ghost-wrote seven books for Xaviera Hollander (The Happy Hooker), made up life stories for Ivory Soap girl-turned-porn-star Marilyn Chambers and Fanne Fox (Wilbur Mills and the Tidal Basin), and turned out 25 novelizations of TV shows and major motion pictures. He has been published by Warner, Dell, NAL, Berkeley, Ace, Putnam and Penguin. In total, he authored 212 books before his breakthrough success with Blizzard.
"The Great Los Angeles Blizzard," published by Putnam's in 1977, and which was to become the basis for the ratings-breaking "Ice Princess" story on General Hospital (snow on Port Charles), was a best seller at a time when disaster stories were the rage.
In the 19 years between Blizzard and his next novel, Thom gave the world over 4,000 broadcast hours of General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Another World, Santa Barbara, Generations and Search for Tomorrow, besides writing for the much-acclaimed nighttime series, Family. As head writer for the soaps, he received five Emmy nominations, one specifically for Luke and Laura's wedding on GH, the single highest-rated episode in daytime history. He also worked in Hamburg and Toronto writing Family Passions, a Canadian/German production. In 2012, he served as co-head writer (with his dear friend Susie Bedsow Horgan) of the online reboot of One Life to Live. Of his years writing serials, he says, "It was a treadmill, but so much fun to play God."
Thom has over a million copies of his thrillers in print:
"Snow Angel," published in hardcover in 1996 and in mass market in 1997, has been translated into five languages. Romantic Times called it "a breathtaking read, a devilish treat that will leave you crying for more." It was bought for the movies three times, but never made it to the screen. Thom still has hope.
"Hidden Agenda," a political thriller, was published in hardcover by Dutton in 1998, and was the lead Onyx paperback title for March 1999.
"Secret Weekend," a thriller set in Honolulu and Hong Kong, was published by Penguin/Putnam (NAL) in November 1999.
"The Madman's Diary," a thriller set in Palm Springs and Mexico's Baja Peninsula, was published by Penguin/Putnam (NAL) in the summer of 2000.
"Never Forget," set in Paris, Amsterdam and Hollywood, is Thom Racina's Sidney Sheldon thriller, jet set, bigger than life, older woman, younger man and the girl that comes between them--in other words, passion can kill. Published by NAL in the fall of 2002.
"Deadly Games" published in December 2003 tells the tale of Practice Run, a computer game that's captiva
Thom Racina hails from Kenosha, Wisconsin, went to school in Albuquerque and Chicago, where he got a MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing, lived in Los Angeles for 25 years, but now makes his home in Palm Springs, California. He's an accomplished pianist, loves to cook, and is a travel junkie—he's when he's in Row 3 on any American Airlines plane.
Next to books, theatre and music are Thom's passion, and he's authored several musicals for children: "Allison Wonderland," the Alice story retold as she falls into a television set (with a new version just produced as "Allison Webland"), "The Wizard of Odds," with an anti-bullying theme, "The Marvelous Misadventure of Sherlock Holmes," and a contemporary musical version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." All four plays are published by Samuel French, Inc. and are performed all over the world.
To put himself through college—Thom graduated from Chicago's famed Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute with an MFA in Theatre Arts and Directing—he wrote books he wouldn't put his name on. Westerns, romances, porn, whatever the publisher needed that weekend (he wrote over 200 of them in about 3 years). He graduated to mainstream publishing with a take-off on The Happy Hooker called "The Happy Hustler" (Warner Books), which he invented in a weekend, and sold three million copies, spawning three sequels. He then ghost-wrote seven books for Xaviera Hollander (The Happy Hooker), made up life stories for Ivory Soap girl-turned-porn-star Marilyn Chambers and Fanne Fox (Wilbur Mills and the Tidal Basin), and turned out 25 novelizations of TV shows and major motion pictures. He has been published by Warner, Dell, NAL, Berkeley, Ace, Putnam and Penguin. In total, he authored 212 books before his breakthrough success with Blizzard.
"The Great Los Angeles Blizzard," published by Putnam's in 1977, and which was to become the basis for the ratings-breaking "Ice Princess" story on General Hospital (snow on Port Charles), was a best seller at a time when disaster stories were the rage.
In the 19 years between Blizzard and his next novel, Thom gave the world over 4,000 broadcast hours of General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Another World, Santa Barbara, Generations and Search for Tomorrow, besides writing for the much-acclaimed nighttime series, Family. As head writer for the soaps, he received five Emmy nominations, one specifically for Luke and Laura's wedding on GH, the single highest-rated episode in daytime history. He also worked in Hamburg and Toronto writing Family Passions, a Canadian/German production. In 2012, he served as co-head writer (with his dear friend Susie Bedsow Horgan) of the online reboot of One Life to Live. Of his years writing serials, he says, "It was a treadmill, but so much fun to play God."
Thom has over a million copies of his thrillers in print:
"Snow Angel," published in hardcover in 1996 and in mass market in 1997, has been translated into five languages. Romantic Times called it "a breathtaking read, a devilish treat that will leave you crying for more." It was bought for the movies three times, but never made it to the screen. Thom still has hope.
"Hidden Agenda," a political thriller, was published in hardcover by Dutton in 1998, and was the lead Onyx paperback title for March 1999.
"Secret Weekend," a thriller set in Honolulu and Hong Kong, was published by Penguin/Putnam (NAL) in November 1999.
"The Madman's Diary," a thriller set in Palm Springs and Mexico's Baja Peninsula, was published by Penguin/Putnam (NAL) in the summer of 2000.
"Never Forget," set in Paris, Amsterdam and Hollywood, is Thom Racina's Sidney Sheldon thriller, jet set, bigger than life, older woman, younger man and the girl that comes between them--in other words, passion can kill. Published by NAL in the fall of 2002.
"Deadly Games" published in December 2003 tells the tale of Practice Run, a computer game that's captiva
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August 4, 2021
Not a bad book, could have ended it earlier but it ended on a cliffhanger.
January 16, 2022
I loved it! It was a real page turner for me, could not put it down.
July 21, 2025
Great book. A quick read.
May 3, 2008
Giving this one a try.. so far, it's ok, but I hated the last one by him...
May 19, 2009
Fast paced action thriller and mystery.....couldn't wait to finish it....I had to know............
June 18, 2009
This book was good in the end, but started off very slow. This book is filled with lots of twists and turns, leaving you surprised.
March 12, 2011
Ok quick read book. I wanted to see what happened in the end and who was behind the whole mess.
July 31, 2011
Thom Racina is a great California writer.
September 18, 2011
A little creepy with all the penis imagery for my liking, but the ending was nice and cliff-hangey.
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