Bestselling author Sandra Brown is the mas-

ter of the knife-edge thriller. Her latest and

most powerful novel to date, Hello, Darkness,

is the gripping story of a woman haunted by

her past and caught in a nightmare that

threatens to destroy her future. It s a brilliant,

fast-paced tale, electric with sexual tension,

by one of America s most popular authors of

sophisticated suspense.

For Paris Gibson, her popular late-night

radio show is both an escape and her one real

contact with the outside world.

Since moving to Austin to ease the pain of

past, tragic mistakes, she has led a life of virtual

solitude, coming alive only when she hosts her

show.To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and

trusted friend who not only takes their music

requests but listens to their problems and occa-

sionally dispenses advice.

Paris s world of isolation is brutally threat-

ened, however, when one hstener--a marl

who identifies hinaself only as "Valentino"--

tells her that her on-air advice to the girl he

loves has caused her to leave him and that now

he intends to exact his revenge.,First he plans

to kill the girl, whom he has abducted--which

he says he will do in 72 hours--then he will

come after Paris.