The residents of 28 Barbary Lane are back again in this racy, suspenseful and wildly romantic sequel toTales of the CityandMore Tales of the City.

DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track down a charismatic psychopath, Michael Tolliver looks for love, landlady Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement storeroom, and Armistead Maupin is in firm control.

Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 but was brought up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in Vietnam before moving to California in 1971 as a reporter for the Associated Press. In 1976 he launched his daily newspaper serial,Tales of the City, in theSan Francisco Chronicle. The first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades,Talesgrew into an international sensation when compiled and rewritten as novels. Maupin's six-volumeTales of the Citysequence -Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant OthersandSure of You- are now multi-million bestsellers published around the world. He is also the author of two other bestselling novels,Maybe the MoonandThe Night Listener, which was recently made into a film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. He lives in San Francisco, California. Official Author Web Site:www.ArmisteadMaupin.com