Andrea Portes’ ANATOMY OF A MISFIT and an untitled YA novel to Kristen Pettit at Harper Children’s in a six figure deal by Katie Shea.
May 212013
May 102013
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review: McGoran (Body Trace and two other Madison Cross mysteries under his D.H. Dublin pseudonym) impressively integrates concerns about genetically modified produce with an action-filled storyline and fleshed-out characters. Det. Doyle Carrick of the Philadelphia PD, suspended after putting a gun to a drug dealer’s head to coerce information, uses his mandatory vacation to take residence in the house he’s inherited from his recently deceased parents in the rural community of Dunston, PA. Continue reading »
May 092013
Philip K. Dick Award winner Brian Francis Slattery’s THE FALL OF THE FAMILY HIGHTOWER, a literary novel describing the twisted fates and turbulent histories of two boys named after the grandfather they share, a self-made man, sometime criminal, and son of Cleveland, Ohio, to Amber Qureshi at Seven Stories by Cameron McClure.
May 082013
Congratulations to DMLA clients nominated for the Anthony Awards!
- Best First Novel: The Professionals – Owen Laukkanen [Putnam]
- Best Paperback Original: Murder for Choir – Joelle Charbonneau [Berkley Prime Crime]
- Short Story: “Peaches” – Todd Robinson, Grift, Spring 2012
May 052013
May 012013
Kirkus, Starred Review: The long-awaited fourth and penultimate installment of the sci-fi/fantasy saga The Psalms of Isaak (Antiphon, 2010, etc.) takes off running and doesn’t stop.
A generations-spanning plan has borne its violent fruit, and the Y’Zirites, an empire of religious zealots who believe that ritual bloodletting and scarification “heal the world,” are on the verge of conquering the Named Lands. Continue reading »
Apr 292013
Robert McCammon’s THE RIVER OF SOULS, the fifth novel in his series of historical thrillers featuring the “Early American James Bond,” where a man joins a search party up a haunted river, to find a slave accused of murder, though he knows that the true murderer is among the search party, to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press, for publication in Spring 2014, by Cameron McClure
Apr 292013
MIDNIGHT AT MARBLE ARCH is #13 on the New York Times Best Seller’s hardcover list!
In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they want, leaving others to pay the price.
Apr 262013
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review: Making the jump from adult mysteries to YA, Charbonneau (the Rebecca Robbins series) launches a dystopian trilogy reminiscent of the Hunger Games. Cia Vale is one of four teens chosen to represent her small colony at the annual Testing, an intensive mental and physical examination aimed at identifying the best and brightest, who will go on to the University and help rebuild their shattered world. Continue reading »
Apr 222013
Kirkus, Starred Review: Running away from home never sounded so good, especially when it involves stowing away on a ritzy, cloaked-in-magic ship. Under the conservative tyranny of guardians who are convinced she’ll become a harlot, 16-year-old Emilie decides it’s time to run away. Inspired by her cherished serial adventure books, she delights in the romance of escape—until she forms blisters, gets hungry and, after spending too much on snacks, can’t afford the ferry ticket to reach her cousin’s home. There’s only one logical thing to do: jump off the docks, swim to the nearest boat and hope for the best. Continue reading »