TGIF! Today’s #FridayReads picks are three Minotaur mysteries that have received several starred reviews: SHANGHAI REDEMPTION by Qiu Xiaolong “Chinese exile Qiu once again movingly and convincingly portrays the plight of an honest cop in a police state, in his ninth novel featuring Insp. Chen Cao. The suspense is palpable, and Qiu gives readers a Know More » […]
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Hey! Whatcha Readin’?
Wanna know what your librarian pals are downloading, reading and loving? Here are the top Macmillan e-galley downloads on Edelweiss: HOME IS BURNING by Dan Marshall FUTURISTIC VIOLENCE AND FANCY SUITS by David Wong THE CLASP by Sloane Crosley SWEET CARESS by William Boyd TENACITY by James Law THE KILLING LESSONS by Saul Black THE Know More » […]
Minotaur Books Dominates with 7 Edgar Nominations!
The Edgar Award nominations were announced today and Minotaur Books had 6 titles nominated in 2 categories! GO BEAST GO! Best First Novel Invisible City by Julia Dahl Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver Mary Higgins Clark A Dark and Twisted Tide by Sharon Bolton The Stranger You Know Know More » […]
Bonus Buzz for DE POTTER’S GRAND TOUR
There’s just so much happening for Joanna Scott’s recently published DE POTTER’S GRAND TOUR, we can’t help but #humblebrag: It was an Editors’ Choice in the Sunday New York Times Book Review (9/19) and was featured in the “Newly Released Books” section of the New York Times (9/24), which called Scott “versatile and talented” and Know More » […]
Thriller Thursday (Stars Edition)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks are superSTARS! THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny Penny’s highly anticipated tenth Chief Inspector Gamache novel is here! Booklist and Library Journal loved it with the latter warning, “The heartbreaking conclusion will leave series readers blinking back tears.” Keep an eye out for upcoming major media for THE LONG WAY HOME, Know More » […]
Friday Reads: Stars Edition
TGIF! We’ve got several novels with starred reviews to add to your TBR pile this weekend! SUMMER OF THE DEAD by Julia Keller In Pulitzer winner Keller’s third Bell Elkins mystery, a spate of violent crime in Acker’s Gap, WV casts suspicion on a struggling young woman’s family. At the same time, Bell must deal Know More » […]
Thriller Thursday Bonus: Crime in the City!
#THRILLERTHURSDAY BONUS! Three of our favorite female Macmillan authors were recently featured on NPR’s Crime in the City and we simply couldn’t let you get away without hearing about them: Julia Keller spoke with NPR’s Noah Adams about her mystery series set in West Virginia (based on her hometown of Guyandotte) and starring prosecuting attorney Know More » […]
For Your Consideration: August LibraryReads titles
Summer means vacations and long, lazy weekends—occasions when you always need a good book. We recommend these great August titles, and you can nominate your favorites for the August 2014 LibraryReads List (due July 1)!
THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny
In the new book in the New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache series, the former Chief Inspector of Homicide is happily retired in Three Pines, but must help his friend Clara Morrow find her estranged husband, Peter. (While you’re waiting for Penny’s latest blockbuster, join the great Gamache re-read now and relive those favorite Three Pines moments!)
Available on NetGalley via super secret special request! To be pre-approved for an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Long Way Home.”
THE KILLS by Richard House
This epic four-books-in-one thriller longlisted for the Man Booker prize begins with a man on the run and ends with a burned body, moving across continents, characters, and genres. “Part Olen Steinhauer spy thriller and part Roberto Bolaño art novel, with a huge cast of characters, many Middle Eastern settings, and a puzzle of a time-shifting plot, THE KILLS is a work of intense artistic conviction and demands a serious commitment from its readers. They’ll be rewarded, even if the center of this dazzlingly large picture is elusive.” — Booklist, starred review
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A COLDER WAR by Charles Cumming
A brilliant novel of MI6 and modern espionage by the New York Times bestselling author of A FOREIGN COUNTRY and THE TRINITY SIX. “Cumming has established himself, along with Olen Steinhauer, as one of the best of today's old-school espionage novelists…. Superb espionage fiction in the grand tradition.”
— Booklist, starred review
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SMALL BLESSINGS by Martha Woodroof
Readers who loved MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND will adore this inspiring debut of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year old son he never knew he had. “What could have become a sappy tale in less capable hands is a warm, caring, and thoroughly entertaining debut that reads remarkably well. NPR pro Woodroof is no novice writer, and her first novel will have readers eager for more.” — Library Journal, starred review
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LOCK IN by John Scalzi
In Hugo Award-winning author Scalzi’s latest sci-fi novel, a virus known as “Haden's syndrome” has swept the globe, creating the largest medical crisis in history with nearly 5 million people “locked in”—fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. In this new world, rookie FBI agent Chris Shane and veteran agent Leslie Vann must investigate a Haden-related murder that may have much larger implications in this new society.
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THE FROZEN DEAD by Bernard Minier
A suspenseful and “compelling” (Booklist, starred & boxed review) murder mystery set in a high-security asylum for the criminally insane and the snowy mountains of the French Pyrénées. “French author Minier’s assured debut adroitly combines a genuinely creepy series of crimes, a literally chilling atmosphere, and a dogged detective. Minier’s execution equals his considerable cleverness.”
— Publishers Weekly, starred review
Available on NetGalley. To be pre-approved for an e-galley, please email library@macmillanusa.com with the subject “Frozen Dead.”
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Happy #BookBday
Tuesday might not seem like a day worth celebrating, but an author will tell you otherwise. Once a year (or every other year, or a decade, or a month if you're James Patterson), there's one Tuesday that's more exciting than any other:
The book birthday!
Today we wish a happy #BookBday to:
Sneak Peek: The September Indie Next List
opens in a new windowI know, I know—it's only July, but we just got word that a few of our super fine fall titles are going to be featured on the September Indie Next List and we had to share the good news!
The following books have been selected as "Great Reads from Booksellers You Trust."
LOOKAWAY, LOOKAWAY by Wilton Barnhardt
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN by Louise Penny
BITTER RIVER by Julia Keller
THE AFFAIRS OF OTHERS by Amy Grace Loyd
THE BONE SEASON by Samantha Shannon
You'll also see A HUNDRED FLOWERS by Gail Tsukiyama in the "NOW IN PAPERBACK: Indie Next List Selections Come to Paperback" section.
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