Detective By Arthur Hailey Crown, 400 pages, $24 Think of “Detective,” Arthur Hailey’s first book in about seven years, as “Airport” set in a police department, as a “Hotel ...

He begins "Detective" in typical style: "At 10.35 p.m. on 27 January, Malcolm Ainslie was halfway to the outer door of Homicide when a phone rang behind him. Instinctively he paused to look back.

Novelist Arthur Hailey, who has died at the age of 84, was known for his bestselling page-turners exploring the inner workings of various industries, from the hotels to high finance. Born in Luton, ...

Arthur Hailey was born on April 5 1920 at Luton, the son of George Hailey, a factory worker who earned £3 a week, and his wife Elsie, who had left school at the age of 10 to become a maid.

Died: 24 November, 2004, in Bahamas, aged 84. IN A phenomenal literary career, Arthur Hailey wrote blockbusting novels that the public read voraciously. The critics, however, remained sniffy.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Arthur Hailey (search), author of "Airport," "Hotel" and other novels that became hit movies, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 84. Hailey, who plucked characters from ...

Hailey passed in 2004, but his influence can still be found in his books, movies and — of course — his buildings. The Hailey apartment that we lived in was crafted in Victorian style.

The works of some largely overlooked bestselling writers from the 1970s and '80s, including Arthur Hailey, James Michener, and John D. MacDonald, are being revived courtesy of e-books.