About Rainbirds Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Soho Press (March 6, 2018) Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawan’s dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young man’s path to self-discovery in the wake of his sister’s murder. Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister’s violent […]
Ladee Hubbard, author of The Talented Ribkins, on tour August/September
About The Talented Ribkins Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Melville House (August 8, 2017) Winner of the 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn’t have such problems: He’s got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it’s curtains for Johnny. What may or may […]
Margo Catts, author of AMONG THE LESSER GODS, on tour June 2017
About Among the Lesser Gods Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Arcade Publishing (May 9, 2017) For fans of authors like Barbara Kingsolver and Leif Enger, a stunning new voice in contemporary literary fiction. “Tragedy and blessing. Leave them alone long enough, and it gets real hard to tell them apart.” Elena Alvarez is living a cursed […]
Leigh Himes, author of THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, on tour June 2017
About The One That Got Away Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Hachette Books; Reprint edition (June 13, 2017) In this irresistible debut novel, a freak accident allows a wife and mother to explore the alluring road not taken. Meet Abbey Lahey . . . Overworked mom. Underappreciated publicist. Frazzled wife of an out-of-work landscaper. A woman […]
Michelle Pretorius, author of THE MONSTER’S DAUGHTER, on tour July/August 2016
About The Monster’s Daughter Print Length: 464 pages Publisher: Melville House (July 19, 2016) THE MONSTER‘S DAUGHTER is a tale of race and murder that takes readers through South Africa’s remarkable history. It’s a mix of the personal and the political, the past and the present. . After a fling with one of her superiors, young policewoman Alet Berg is […]
Claire Booth, author of THE BRANSON BEAUTY, on tour July/August 2016
About The Branson Beauty Series: Sheriff Hank Worth Mysteries (Book 1) Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (July 19, 2016) The Branson Beauty, an old showboat, has crashed in the waters of an Ozark mountain lake just outside the popular tourist destination of Branson, Missouri. More than one hundred people are trapped aboard. Hank Worth is still settling […]
Deborah Mantella, author of My Sweet Vidalia, on tour February 2016
About My Sweet Vidalia Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Turner (October 6, 2015) On July 4, 1955, in rural Georgia, an act of violence threatens the life of Vidalia Lee Kandal Jackson’s pre-born daughter. Despite the direst of circumstances, the spirit of the lost child refuses to leave her ill-equipped young mother’s side. For as long as she […]
Gil Reavill, author of 13 Hollywood Apes, on tour December 2014
About 13 Hollywood Apes: A Layla Remington Mystery On Sale: December 16, 2014Pages: 310 Published by : Alibi In a savvy, stylish thriller debut perfect for anyone who loves the crime novels of Michael Connelly or Nevada Barr, Gil Reavill unravels a chilling tale of murder and mayhem among humans and their closest evolutionary relatives—a primate family […]
Lauren Owen, author of The Quick, on tour May 2014
About The Quick Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Random House (June 17, 2014) An astonishing debut, a novel of epic scope and suspense that conjures up all the magic and menace of Victorian London. London, 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he […]
Anthony Marra, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, on tour May 2013
About A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Hogarth (May 7, 2013) In the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her father is abducted by Russian forces. Fearing for her life, she flees with their neighbor Akhmed–a failed physician–to the bombed-out hospital, […]