About Whiplash River • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 10, 2012) Having left his life of crime behind, former getaway driver Charles “Shake” Bouchon has finally realized the dream of owning his own restaurant in Belize. Unfortunately, to do so he’s had to go deep in debt to a murderous local drug lord […]
Tabish Khair, author of The Thing About Thugs, on tour July/August 2012
About The Thing About Thugs • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (July 24, 2012) A subversive, macabre novel of a young Indian man’s misadventures in Victorian London as the city is racked by a series of murders In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological […]
Paul Harris, author of The Candidate, on tour September 2012
About The Candidate Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Vantage Point (July 1, 2012) The novel begins with an assassination attempt. On a freezing winter’s night Jack Hodges, a little-known U.S. presidential candidate, speaks at a sparsely-attended town hall meeting in Iowa. It is a few weeks before the Iowa caucus, the first contest in the nomination process to […]
Andrew Gross, author of 15 Seconds, on tour July 2012
About 15 Seconds • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (July 10, 2012) 15 seconds can tear your life apart . . . Henry Steadman didn’t know what was about to hit him when he pulled up to a red light. A successful Florida plastic surgeon, he is in town to deliver a keynote address […]
Elizabeth Flock, author of What Happened to my Sister, on tour August 2012
About What Happened to my Sister Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) From the author of Me & Emma comes a dazzling novel of two unforgettable families bound together by their deepest secrets and haunted pasts—perfect for fans of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes and The Book of Bright Ideas. Nine-year-old Carrie Parker […]
John Verdon, author of Let the Devil Sleep, on tour July/August 2012
About Let the Devil Sleep Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Crown (July 24, 2012) From the internationally bestselling author of Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight, this latest puzzle masterpiece from John Verdon pits superstar detective Dave Gurney against the nation’s law enforcement experts as he offers an alternative explanation for why a once dormant […]
Linda Fairstein, author of Night Watch, on tour in July 2012
About Night Watch Reading level: Ages 18 and up Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (July 10, 2012) Fine dining and murder go hand in hand in New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein’s breathtaking new suspense novel inspired by recent real-life events Forty-eight hours after Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her boyfriend and famed restaurateur, […]
Alafair Burke, author of Never Tell, on tour June/July 2012
About Never Tell • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper (June 19, 2012) Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan town house, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insist that their daughter […]
Charles Todd, author of An Unmarked Grave, on tour June 2012
About An Unmarked Grave • Hardcover: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (June 5, 2012) World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford matches wits with a devious killer in this exciting and suspenseful adventure from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd In the spring of 1918, the Spanish flu epidemic spreads, killing […]
Devon Pearse, author of A Lighter Shade of Gray, on tour June 2012
About A Lighter Shade of Gray • Paperback: 470 pages • Publisher: Neverland Publishing Company (May 1, 2010) What does it feel like to stare into the face of madness? Or to anticipate your own? Would you drive away your only love? Could you pretend it didn’t matter? How far would you go to protect […]