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 […]
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 […]
Emily Perkins, author of The Forrests, on tour August 2012
About The Forrests Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition (August 7, 2012) For fans of Zoë Heller and Zadie Smith, a vibrant and vital novel about the way family—with its dysfunctional bonds, sibling love, and rivalry—enduringly defines us. Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From […]
Hannah Tunnicliffe, author of The Color of Tea, on tour July/August 2012
About The Color of Tea Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Scribner; Original edition (June 5, 2012) Macau: the bulbous nose of China, a peninsula and two islands strung together like a three-bead necklace. It was time to find a life for myself. To make something out of nothing. The end of hope and the beginning of it too. […]
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 […]
Jenny Wingfield, author of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, on tour July/August 2012 on tour
About The Homecoming of Samuel Lake Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (July 10, 2012) Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and […]
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 […]