Library Journal is Enamored With Our Mystery Debuts

Library Journal is Enamored With Our Mystery Debuts

For four months running, Library Journal has been having a bit of a love affair with our mystery debuts. Every Mystery Debut of the Month from July through October has been a superb Minotaur title:

July's Debut of the Month:
WHERE THE SHADOWS LIE
Michael Ridpath

"This highly atmospheric and addictive thriller brings in elements that will entice both crime fiction and fantasy readers." -Library Journal (starred review)

August's Debut of the Month:
WICKED AUTUMN
G. M. Malliet

"Yes, this is a true homage to Agatha Christie, but Malliet, like Louise Penny, brings a contemporary freshness to the traditional mystery." -Library Journal (starred review)

September's Debut of the Month:
OR THE BULL KILLS YOU
Jason Webster

"With its rapid pace and wonderfully flawed detective, this vibrant novel has tremendous appeal." -Library Journal (starred review)

October's Debut of the Month:
THE TERRITORY
Tricia Fields

"Buckle your seatbelts for an off-road trip full of adrenaline." -Library Journal (starred review)

Excellent picks, Library Journal.

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Southern Debuts with Spirit and Stars

Southern Debuts with Spirit and Stars

 

Reviewers and librarians have been giving a lot of pre-pub love to RANCHERO, a gem of a debut that'll have you bombing around the Missippi Delta. Now we're starting to see some love for another action-packed, southern-style debut, THE TERRITORY by Tricia Fields.

When a remote corner of Western Texas becomes a hot spot for Mexican drug runners, many of the locals would rather take the law into their own hands than get help from police chief Josie Gray. 

After arresting one of the cartel's hit men and killing another, Josie finds her life at risk for a job that many people would rather see her quit. And when the town's self-appointed protector of the Second Amendment is murdered, it's clear that she doesn't have to pick sides in this war. She's battling them both. 

Set in a desert landscape as beautiful as it is dangerous, THE TERRITORY captures the current border issues from the eyes of a tough, compelling heroine and richly evokes the American Southwest. 

"Fields’s rich plotting, nonstop action, and deft characterizations show the personal side of the larger issue of drug cartels on both sides of the border." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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