Thursday, 31 July 2003. 7:00 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 2701 Parker Drive, Round Rock. tele: 512.600.0088.

(From the Jun. 16, 2003 issue of TIME magazine)

.... and the White House Summer Reading List:

PRESIDENT BUSH
Rick Atkinson's An Army at Dawn, an examination of the Allies' 1942-43 North Africa invasion; David Lindsey's novel The Rules of Silence, about a rich but good-hearted Texan forced by villains to lose his money or his loved ones

LAURA BUSH
She's also reading The Rules of Silence as well as Ian McEwan's Atonement, a novel of a girl coming of age in 1930s England."

May 25, 2003, Sunday, 2:00 p.m........Barnes & Noble (Arboretum) 10000 Research Boulevard, Austin.

April 16, 2003.......signing at Murder By the Book, Houston, 6:30 p.m.

February 15, 2003.......reading at the Poets and Writers Ball, Houston Country Club

February 22, 2003......speaking at the Reading and Writing Conference, Marble Falls, Texas

March 2, 2003...........speaking and hosting event for the Texas Book Festival at my library

THE RULES OF SILENCE .....will be published April 2003

DAVID LINDSEY'S LATEST NOVEL TO BE ADAPTED [Fri August 30, 2002 09:22PM]

Universal Pictures has purchased David Lindsey's latest novel, "The Rules of Silence,", reports Variety.

The thriller concerns a businessman held captive by a South American criminal who threatens to kill his friends and family. The businessman is forced to pay millions of dollars in ransom, until he fights back with the help of a former government agent.

Lindsey has published twelve novels, including "Mercy," which became an HBO movie with Ellen Barkin.

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Mercy (1999) Starring: Ellen Barkin, Julian Sands Director: Damian Harris Synopsis: A gritty female detective enters a sordid world of sexual deviance to catch a pattern killer in this direct-to-video softcore suspense thriller. Runtime: 94 minutes MPAA Rating: R

Images from HBO Movie "Mercy"

HBO Movie"Mercy"

HBO premiered its adaptation of Mercy in 1999, based on David's best-selling novel. The HBO production stars Ellen Barkin and is directed by Damian Harris.

MERCY. A naked woman is found dead in her apartment-the second in a series of ritualistic killings. On the scene is homicide detective Catherine Palmer (Ellen Barkin), a recent widow, whose colleagues reject her talent as an investigator. It isn't long before Catherine meets the dead woman's friend, Vickie (Peta Wilson), and discovers the existence of a group of executive women whose after hours activities involve a collage of masks, whips and chains.

By murder number three, the investigation leads to Dr. Broussard (Julian Sands), a psychiatrist with obviously more than a professional relationship with a few of his patients. His involvement sends Catherine further down a spiral as she finds herself attracted not only more to Vickie but also to the all-consuming world she has entered. It is this whirlwind of emotions that Catherine must now battle to find the killer.

Producer Amedeo Ursini's four-year dream to bring David L. Lindsey's best-selling psychosexual thriller to the screen is superbly and carefully crafted under the direction of Damian Harris. Through an extraordinary collaboration, including an exquisite cast lead by Ellen Barkin, Mercy is not simply a taut, psychological mystery, but also a haunting view of damaged people who need our compassion.

Reviewed by Mike Rabehl, The Internet Movie Database

Credits: Mercy (1999)

Directed by
Damian Harris

Writing credits (WGA)
David L. Lindsey (novel)
Damian Harris

Genre: Mystery / Thriller

Ellen Barkin .... Detective Catherine Palmer
Wendy Crewson .... Bernadine Mello
Peta Wilson .... Vickie Kittrie
Karen Young (I) .... Mary
Julian Sands .... Dr. Dominick Broussard
Stephen Baldwin .... Mechanic
Marshall Bell .... Gil Reynolds
Beau Starr .... Lt. Fritch
Bill MacDonald .... John Beck
Stewart Bick .... Cushing
Ellen-Ray Hennessy .... Murial Farr
Lara Daans .... Dorothy Samenov
Claire Burton .... Sandra Moser
Fulvio Cecere .... Leeland
Zerha Leverman .... Terry Ross

MPAA: Rated R for language, drug use, and perverse sexual behavior including violence and nudity.
Runtime: USA 93
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Certification: USA:R