ALL THE OLD KNIVES by Olen Steinhauer has received four starred trade reviews! “Terrific standalone thriller… There’s great narrative energy in the thrust and counterthrust of the dinner conversation, as well as in the re-creation of the Viennese events; Steinhauer is a very fine writer and an excellent observer of human nature, shrewd about the Know More » […]
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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 » […]
#thrillerthursday (12/11/14)
Good morning and welcome to #thrillerthursday! Today we’re reading: FIVE by Ursula Archer “Austrian children’s book author Archer makes her U.S. debut with her first adult novel, a riveting mystery that centers on geocaching, the hunt for hidden objects using only a GPS device… The suspense builds until the shocking climax.”–Publishers Weekly “Sure to appeal Know More » […]
The Murderer and the Manuscript
Just before Labor Day in 2011, Toni Kirkpatrick, an editor at Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press, picked up her phone and called an unfamiliar number with a Southern California area code. She was hoping to deliver good news to a man named Alaric Hunt, the newest winner of a debut-detective-novel writing contest, jointly sponsored by Minotaur Books (another St. Martin’s imprint) and the Private Eye Writers of America.
When a woman answered the phone, Kirkpatrick asked if she could speak to Alaric.
“He’s not available. He’s in an institution.”
The woman on the phone was Hunt’s first cousin, Jade Reed. She had mailed the manuscript to Minotaur on his behalf.
“Like a prison?” Kirkpatrick asked.
“Yes.”
“Will he be out soon?”
Reed paused. “Well, he’s there indefinitely.”
Before this phone call, it had never occurred to Kirkpatrick that her contest winner might have spent the past 25 years in prison, where he’s serving a life sentence for murder.
There's a saying that truth is stranger than fiction, and this is definitely one of those stories.
Sarah Weinman did an incredible profile of Alaric Hunt, author of CUTS THROUGH BONE, who wrote his award-winning novel while working in the prison library. Click here to read the full New York Times story.
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eBooks for Libraries – Now With More eBooks!
Happy Monday! We're starting the week off with some wonderful news: We have expanded our library e-lending pilot program to include Macmillan's entire e-book backlist--more than 11,000 titles!
Here are some popularly requested and newly available e-books that might be of interest to your library:
NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel
A LONG WAY GONE by Ishmael Beah
THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides
KILLING LINCOLN by Bill O'Reilly
ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
THE EYE OF THE WORLD by Robert Jordan
THE HUSBAND LIST by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly
WHERE WE BELONG by Emily Giffin
HOME FRONT by Kristin Hannah
LOOK AGAIN by Lisa Scottoline
THE AMERICAN HEIRESS by Daisy Goodwin
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson
HIDDEN by P.C. Cast
E-books are available for purchase through our partners at Baker & Taylor, OverDrive, 3M, and Recorded Books. Once purchased, they will be available to lend for two years or 52 lends, whichever comes first.
We've created a dedicated section on our website called eBooks for Libraries where you can download a spreadsheet of all available Macmillan e-books. The spreadsheet will be updated as new title information becomes available, so please be mindful of the "as of date” at the bottom of the page.
We know that reaching readers in the digital age is vital to the success and endurance of libraries. We hope that e-book lending allows you to expand your offerings, facilitate the discovery of new authors, and ultimately serve your patrons better. Happy reading!
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What’s Your Mom Reading?
That's right! I don't care about your reading habits - I care about your mom's reading habits! Thanks to Chris Vaccari (follow him on twitter @christhebookie) Sterling's Library Marketing Director, I want to know what your mom is into! According to him, his mom is LOVING THE UNBELIEVERS, Alastair Sim's debut. Guess what? [...]
