The September 2015 Indie Next list includes 5 Macmillan titles! SWEET CARESS by William Boyd From the internationally bestselling author of Restless and Any Human Heart comes a novel of one photographer’s extraordinary career—a tale of love and war in the twentieth century. “In addition to the psychologically rich characterization, a wealth of atmospheric details—what […]
Friday Free Day: Crosswords
Calling all cruciverbalists! Author Christopher J. Yates has created a couple of crossword puzzles that share something in common with his psychological thriller, BLACK CHALK. Click on each puzzle to download a printable PDF: Happy solving! […]
Friday Reads: Travel!
Jet off to Europe with our #FridayReads picks: ROME IN LOVE by Anita Hughes A young actress who lands the lead in a remake of Roman Holiday discovers a stack of letters written by Audrey Hepburn that start to put her own life into perspective.“Hughes gives readers another quintessential beach read. Full of lavish descriptions […]
Four Stars for THE KILLING LESSONS!
#ThrillerThursday bonus: FOUR STARRED rave pre-publication reviews for THE KILLING LESSONS by Saul Black! “Exceptional police thriller… Readers will hope [SFPD homicide detective Valerie Hart] returns soon in another nail-biter.” Publishers Weekly, boxed & starred review “Black (aka Glen Duncan, I Lucifer) has written a taut, smart thriller guaranteed to keep readers on the edge […]
Thriller Thursday (8/6/15 Edition)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday menu: three cuts of fresh meat (debuts) and one cozy treat: LORD OF THE WINGS by Donna Andrews An August 2015 LibraryReads pick! In the 19th book in Andrews’ avian-themed mystery series, Caerphilly, VA goes all out to transform itself into Spooky City, USA for Halloween. But when a real body mars the […]
NPR’s Books of Summer Love
♫♪♫♫♪ Summer lovin, had me a blast; summer lovin, happened so fast ♫♪♫♫♪ NPR shared their favorite romances in a Books of Summer Love segment, including these red hot reads from Macmillan: Historical The Wallflowers (series), by Lisa Kleypas Lisa Kleypas writes solid contemporary romances too, but this series about a quartet of 19th-century young women […]
Buh-Bye Jon Stewart
Excuse all the sniffling and tears, but tomorrow, Jon Stewart retires as host of The Daily Show and we’re still in disbelief. He may no longer be part of TV, but he can be part of your shelf with ANGRY OPTIMIST: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart by Lisa Rogak. The biography is now […]
Happy #BookBday (8/4/15 Edition)
Oh what a lovely day for a #BookBday! ALL THAT FOLLOWED by Gabriel Urza A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 selection, a Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce pick, and an August 2015 Indie Next pick! This psychologically twisting debut novel about a politically-charged act of violence that echoes through a quiet Spanish town is “as […]
B&N Fall 2015 Discover Picks
Barnes & Noble’s Fall 2015 Discover Great New Writers program features 4 Macmillan titles! BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT by Damon Tweedy A BEA 2015 Editor’s Buzz Panel Selection! Memoir at its finest: beautifully composed, firmly anchored to a larger world, engaging, accessible, and profound. “Tweedy, an African American psychiatrist at Duke University, expertly weaves […]
PW’s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2015
Our heads are at the beach, but we’re dreaming of Pumpkin Spice everything as we look forward to Fall! Here are the Fall 2015 books from Macmillan that Publishers Weekly is looking forward to: Fiction PURITY by Jonathan Franzen In Franzen’s first novel since FREEDOM, a young woman follows a German peace activist to South […]