Happy Monday, friends! Our pal and Library Journal Mover & Shaker Kristi Chadwick recently wrote a genre spotlight column on mysteries for LJ and we’re thrilled (pun intended) that it includes so many Macmillan titles: Breaking the Color Barrier SKIES OF ASH by Rachel Howzell Hall (Detective Elouise Norton series) On sale May 19, 2015 […]
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Booklist’s Best Crime 2015
May is Mystery Month over at Booklist and to celebrate they’ve put together “Best of” reading lists with loads of Macmillan titles! Plus, Booklist Reader has a special feature on one of our favorite mystery authors… The Year’s Best Crime Novels: 2015 THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny With her beloved series hero, […]
Thriller Thursday (5/7/15 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday! First some news: Hank Phillippi Ryan’ s TRUTH BE TOLD won the 2014 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel! This is the second year in a row Ryan has won Best Contemporary Novel, and she also won another Agatha for a non-fiction anthology she edited for Sisters in Crime. Better yet, she’ll be […]
Happy #BookBday (Cinco de Mayo Edition)
This tiny little hedgehog is ready for Cinco de Mayo, and so are we! Grab a bowl of chips & guac, mix your best margarita (if you’re so inclined) and relax with one of these new releases: THE ART OF BAKING BLIND by Sarah Vaughan A delicious and heartfelt debut in which five amateur bakers […]
Publishers Weekly’s Best of Summer 2015
Spring may have finally arrived, but Publishers Weekly is already on to summer! Check out their list of the Best Summer Books of 2015, which include: STAFF PICKS THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson “Reading Nelson is like sweeping the leaves out of your mental driveway: by the end of one of her books, you have […]
Stars for DELICATE MONSTERS!
Our favorite YA psychological suspense author, Stephanie Kuehn, has done it again with her third knockout book, DELICATE MONSTERS, about three deeply damaged teenagers uncovering dark secrets and even darker truths about themselves. It’s raking in starred reviews! No surprise—her debut novel CHARM & STRANGE won the 2014 Morris Award and her second book, COMPLICIT […]
Thriller Thursday – Stars Edition
We’ve got an all-STAR line-up for this #ThrillerThursday, but first Edgar Awards news: THE STRANGER YOU KNOW by Jane Casey won the Mary Higgins Clark award! Click here to see the full list of 2015 Edgar Award winners. Now, on to the books! SIGNAL by Patrick Lee (THREE stars!) “Two books into this series, and […]
2015 Eisner Award Nominations
Last week the Eisner Award nominations were announced and Macmillan has 7 graphic novels in the running! Best Reality-Based Work CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT by Roz Chast (Bloomsbury) Best Graphic Album—New THE GIGANTIC BEARD THAT WAS EVIL by Stephen Collins (Picador) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old) MOOMIN: The Deluxe […]
Happy #BookBday (4/28/15 Edition)
Today we celebrate #BookBdays for a pair of debuts novels and an essay collection about first jobs: THE MEMORY PAINTER by Gwendolen Womack We’re obsessed with Womack’s riveting debut novel about time travel, adventure, and romance. We’ve already told you that it’s perfect for “Da Vinci Code and Outlander fans” (Booklist). It’s also a May […]
Raves for ONE OF US
In ONE OF US, journalist Åsne Seierstad delivers a vivid, thoroughly researched, and suspenseful account of the horrific events that transpired on July 22, 2011 in Norway what led up to it, and the trial that followed. One of Publishers Weekly‘s Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2015, the book is now available and receiving […]