About Princess Elizabeth’s Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Bantam (October 16, 2012) Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history. As World War II sweeps the continent and […]
Vincent Lam, author of The Headmaster’s Wager, on tour September/October 2012
About The Headmaster’s Wager Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Hogarth (August 14, 2012) Percival Chen is the wealthy headmaster of the most respected English-language academy in Saigon in 1966. Chen is fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, and quick to spot the business opportunities rife in a divided country. He builds a rich life for himself and his […]
Tina Connolly, author of Ironskin, on tour October 2012
About Ironskin Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (October 2, 2012) After establishing herself with her short fiction, Tina Connolly becomes a novelist to watch with her debut IRONSKIN (Tor Hardcover; $24.99; On-sale October 2, 2012)—a loose re-imagining of Jane Eyre set in the aftermath of a Great War between the humans and fey. […]
Clifford Garstang, author of What the Zhang Boys Know, on tour October 2012
About What the Zhang Boys Know Paperback: 218 pages Publisher: Press 53 (October 1, 2012) Set in a condominium building on the edge of Chinatown in Washington, D.C., these stories present the practical and emotional struggles of Zhang Feng-qi, originally from Shanghai, to find a new mother for his sons following the death of his American wife. Along […]
Mingmei Yip, author of Skeleton Women, on tour September 2012
About Skeleton Women Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Kensington (May 29, 2012) Skeleton Women is a Chinese phrase for femmes fatales. This story is about three of them — Camilla, a nightclub singer who has been forced to become a spy, Shadow a magician who jumps naked off a tall building, and a gender-ambiguous gossip columnist. All must scheme […]
Andrew Goldstein, author of The Bookie’s Son, on tour September 2012
About The Bookie’s Son Paperback: 248 pages Publisher: (sixoneseven) books (May 1, 2012) In 1960, as a way to pay off some of his debt, the bookie, Harry Davis, starts collecting loan payments for the Bronx gangster, Nathan Glucksman. Making his rounds, Harry visits a sweet tailor named Morris, who is a survivor of the Holocaust. Whether […]
Giles Kristian, author of Blood Eye: Raven, Book 1, on tour
About Blood Eye (Raven, Book 1) Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Bantam (August 28, 2012) In a thrilling adventure of brotherhood, warfare, and treachery, Giles Kristian takes us into ninth-century England, a world of darkness, epic conflict, and an unforgiving God served by powerful priests. On ships shaped like dragons, bristling with oars and armor, Jarl […]
Alex Bledsoe, author of Wake of the Bloody Angel, on tour August/September 2012
About Wake of the Bloody Angel Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (July 3, 2012) “Bledsoe’s fourth epic fantasy noir featuring “sword jockey” Eddie LaCrosse (after 2011’s Dark Jenny) is action-packed and witty…’ —Publishers Weekly Set sale on the high seas with swashbuckling sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse in WAKE OF THE BLOODY ANGEL (A […]
Bridget Hoida, author of So L.A., on tour August/September 2012
About So L.A. Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Lettered Press; First edition (June 20, 2012) Magdalena de la Cruz breezed through Berkeley and built an empire selling designer water. She’d never felt awkward or unattractive… until she moved to Los Angeles. In L.A., where “everything smells like acetone and Errol Flynn,” Magdalena attempts to reinvent herself as a […]
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 […]