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Michael Connelly returns with a new thriller featuring Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller— in premium size!

Sandra Brown is back with a New York Times bestselling classic in her successful reissue program!

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TITLE:THE CROSSING

AUTHOR:Michael Connelly

ISBN:9781455524150

PRICE:$9.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:LB hardcover and GCP trade paperback

PAGES:432

SPINE SIZE:1-3/32"

TRIM SIZE:4-3/16" x 7-1/2"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Florida

SETTING:Los Angeles, CA

TERRITORIES:World

MICHAEL CONNELLY returns with a new thriller featuring Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller—in premium size!

“Connelly continues to write quality crime fiction, and THE CROSSING is another great character study mixed with a truly baffling puzzle.”

—Associated Press

“Connelly has created a subtle gem.” —New York Journal of Books

“Tense and effective.” —The Wall Street Journal

To catch a killer, Harry Bosch has to cross the line.Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. The murder rap against his client seems ironclad, but Mickey is sure it’s a setup. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch takes the case. With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucia Soto, he turns the investigation inside the police department. But as Bosch gets closer to discovering the truth, he makes himself a target.

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THE BURNING ROOM9781455524181 $9.99/$11.99 Can. Orig. pub. date: 10/15

THE BLACK BOX 9780446556729 $10.00/$11.00 Can. Orig. pub. date: 10/13

THE DROP9780446556699 $9.99/$10.99 Can. Orig. pub. date: 10/12

■ THE CROSSING (LB hc, 9780316225885, 11/15) hit the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, and has sold more than 625,000 copies across all formats. It will be published in GCP trade paperback (9781455524143) in 5/16.

■More than 58 million copies of Michael Connelly’s books have been sold worldwide. ■ Amazon adapted the Harry Bosch series for Prime Instant Video in 2014. Bosch, written by

Michael Connelly and Emmy Award-nominated Eric Overmyer (The Wire, Treme), stars Titus Welliver (Argo, The Good Wife) as Harry Bosch and is in its second season.

■ Available in large print: 9780316387798 • $30.00/$36.00 Can. ■ Also available in a Hachette Audio <replay> edition:

Abr. CD: 9781478913511 • $15.00/$18.00 Can. ■ Also available as an ebook.

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PROMOTION ■ 15-copy floor display with special riser: 9781455542116 • $149.85/$179.85 Can.

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TITLE:UNSPEAKABLE (Reissue)

AUTHOR:Sandra Brown

ISBN:9781455593934

PRICE:$7.99/$9.49 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:GCP hardcover and trade paperback

PAGES:512

SPINE SIZE:1-9/32"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Arlington, TX

SETTING:Blewer County, TX

TERRITORIES:U.S., Canada, and Open Market

SANDRA BROWN is back with a New York Times bestselling classic in her successful reissue program!

“Fast-paced and romantically charged... a harrowing tale of crime, revenge, and redemption.” —Publishers Weekly

“The suspense is keep-the-lights-on riveting.” —Dallas Morning News

“Brown fires your imagination with irresistible characters, unexpected plot twists, scandalous secrets...so electric you feel the zing.”

—The Literary Guild

Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escaped the penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence. Bent on revenge, he’s going back to where he began—Blewer County, Texas. Anna Corbett, born deaf and lately widowed, fights to keep the ranch that is her son’s birthright, unaware that she is at the center of Herbold’s horrific scheme, and that her world of self-imposed isolation is about to explode. Drifter Jack Sawyer arrives at Anna’s ranch asking for work, hoping to protect the innocent woman and her son from Herbold’s rage. But Sawyer can’t outrun the secrets that stalk him—or the day of reckoning awaiting them all.

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THE WITNESS9781455538263 $7.99/$9.49 Can. Reissue date: 3/16 Orig. pub. date: 6/96

THE ALIBI9781455538256 $7.99/$9.49 Can. Reissue date: 10/15 Orig. pub. date: 8/00

BREATH OF SCANDAL9781455529834 $8.00/$9.00 Can. Reissue date: 3/15 Orig. pub. date: 7/91

■ UNSPEAKABLE (GCP hc, 9780446519793, 6/98; GCP mm, 9780446607193, 9/99) remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 12 weeks, peaking at #3, reached #2 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list, and also hit the Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. It has sold more than 1.8 million copies across all formats and will be reissued simultaneously in GCP trade paperback (9781455593941 ) in 10/16.

■ The novels in the Sandra Brown reissue program continuously hit the New York Times bestseller list, attesting to her enduring popularity.

■ Sandra Brown is the author of more than 67 New York Times bestsellers. There are more than 80 million copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated into 34 languages.

■ This edition contains a teaser chapter from the author’s latest hardcover, Sting (GCP, 8/16). ■ Also available in ebook.


PROMOTION ■ 15-copy floor display with special riser: 9781455568864 • $119.85/$142.35 Can.

WEB MARKETING ■ facebook.com/AuthorSandraBrown, @SandraBrown_NYT

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The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to acquire this incredible find for his new museum. Equipping the cargo ship Rolvaag with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

ON SALE 10/25/16

TITLE:THE ICE LIMIT (Reissue)

AUTHORS:Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

ISBN:9781455595853

PRICE:$7.99/$9.49 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:GCP hardcover and mass market

PAGES:512

SPINE SIZE:1-9/32"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHORS’ HOMES:Preston: New Mexico & Maine Child: New Jersey

SETTING:Various

TERRITORIES:World

“Chock-full of cliff-hanging surprises and unexpected twists....If nonstop thrills and a genuinely satisfying adventure are what you’re after, then look no further.”

—Providence Sunday Journal

“ Compelling....Riddled with subplots, treachery, and betrayal....Packs a series of surprise wallops.”

—Toronto Star

KEYNOTE:Tie in to Preston & Child’s latest thriller, Beyond the Ice Limit, with the book that started it all—now reissued with a brand-new cover.

SALES POINTS: ◆ THE ICE LIMIT (GCP hc, 9780446525879, 7/00; GCP mm, 9780446610230, 7/01) has sold more than 490,000 copies across all formats.

◆ The authors’ latest thriller, Beyond the Ice Limit (GCP hc, 5/16), which features characters first introduced in THE ICE LIMIT, will be published in GCP mass market in 12/16. This edition contains a teaser chapter from it.

◆ Available in Hachette Audio: Unabr. CD: 9781478904038 • $25.00/$28.00 Can.

◆ Also available in ebook.

MARKETING CAMPAIGN: ■ National print and online media campaign ■ Web marketing ■ facebook.com/PrestonAndChild ■ PrestonChild.com

ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRESTON & CHILD’S GIDEON CREW SERIES:

THE LOST ISLAND9781455525799 $8.00/$9.00 Can. Orig. pub. date: 3/15

GIDEON’S CORPSE9781455588084 $8.00/$9.00 Can. Reissue date: 3/15 Orig. pub. date: 9/12

GIDEON’S SWORD9781455588107 $8.00/$9.00 Can. Reissue date: 3/15 Orig. pub. date: 11/11

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TITLE:MISTLETOE COTTAGE

AUTHOR:Debbie Mason

ISBN:9781455537174

PRICE:$5.99/$7.49 Can.

CATEGORY:ContemporaryRomance

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Forever original

PAGES:400

SPINE SIZE:1"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Ontario, Canada

SETTING:A fictional small town off the coast of Massachusetts


An all-new series from USA Today bestselling author DEBBIE MASON

“A quintessential romance with everything readers love: familiar and likable characters, clever dialogue and a juicy plot!” —RT Book Reviews on Christmas in July

“Mason once again brings us an emotional journey with sizzle, humor and a thread of suspense.” —TheRomanceDish.com on Wedding Bells in Christmas

Sophia DiRossi didn’t want to leave the small seaside town where she grew up. But to hide her teen pregnancy, she didn’t have a choice. Now back with her daughter Mia, Sophia begins to think her luck has changed. She has a new job as manager of the hotel and a handsome new neighbor, Liam Gallagher, who she’s been secretly in love with since she was 15.

Years ago, Liam Gallagher had been in love with Sophia, and now her little girl has stolen a piece of his heart too. This time he won’t let anything or anyone interfere with his second chance with Sophia. He only hopes, when he finally tells her the secret he’s been keeping since that long-ago summer, he won’t lose her.

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HAPPY EVER AFTER IN CHRISTMAS9781455537167 $5.99/$7.49 Can. Orig. pub. date: 6/16

KISS ME IN CHRISTMAS9781455588060 $5.99/$7.49 Can. Orig. pub. date: 2/16

■ MISTLETOE COTTAGE is priced at $5.99 to appeal to new readers and accounts alike. ■ The next two books in the series will be published by Forever in 2/17 and 6/17, respectively.

■ Debbie Mason is the USA Today bestselling author of the seven-book Christmas, Colorado, series.

■ Fans of New York Times bestselling authors Brenda Novak (A Winter Wedding, Mira, 2015), Robyn Carr (Wildest Dream, Mira, 2015), and RaeAnne Thayne (Evergreen Springs, HQN,2015) will love Debbie Mason.

■ Also available in ebook and downloadable audio.


PROMOTION ■ Special terms available. See your sales rep for details.

WEB MARKETING ■ facebook.com/Debbie-Mason, @AuthorDebMason

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TITLE:ONLY YOU

AUTHOR:Denise Grover Swank

ISBN:9781455539765

PRICE:$6.99/$8.49 Can.

CATEGORY:ContemporaryRomance


PAGES:368

SPINE SIZE:15/16”

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Kansas City, MO

SETTING:Various

TERRITORIES:World English

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

DENISE GROVER SWANKlaunches her all-new contemporary romance series.

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Retired Marine Kevin Vandemeer is back in his hometown, working construction and avoiding his mother’s matchmaking attempts. While he figures out what to do next, he moves into a fixer-upper, planning to renovate and flip it. But when he meets his new next-door neighbor, he starts rethinking his bachelor ways.

Time and distance have done little to reduce Holly Greenwood’s crush on Kevin Vandemeer, and that’s unlikely to change now that he lives next door. She has too much going on to let herself be distracted by a man who doesn’t want a relationship. But the more time they spend together, the more Holly’s teenage crush is turning into grown-up feelings. Feelings that Kevin just might reciprocate....

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■ The next two books in the Bachelor Brotherhood series, Until You and Always You, will be published by Forever in 5/17 and 10/17, respectively. The Bachelor Brotherhood series is a spin-off of Denise’s bestselling Wedding Pact series.

■ Denise Grover Swank is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the self published Wedding Pact series (The Substitute, 1/15; The Player, 6/15; and The Gambler, 9/15), which has sold more than 215,000 copies combined. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Rose Gardner mystery series.

■ Fans of Jill Shalvis (Nobody But You, GCP, 3/16), Bella Andre (It Must Be Your Love, Mira, 2015), and Kristan Higgins (Anything for You, HQN, 2015) will love Denise Grover Swank.

■ Also available in ebook and downloadable audio.


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Rachel Foster needs a job and fast. Thank goodness she scored jobs bartending at a local pub and dog sitting in Crane Tower, a high-end apartment building downtown. Her goal: to gather enough capital to finally start her own business. So when her tall, handsome, and as she learns later, billionaire neighbor comes to her with a proposition, she can’t turn him down.

As the head of Guest and Restaurant services, it’s Tag Crane’s job to be the life of the party. But when things at the hotel nosedive, he knows he’s going to need help. Not only is the gorgeous blonde in his building a smart, savvy business woman turned bartender, but she’s snared his attention in a way no other woman ever has.

Rachel knows a player is always a player and she’s determined to keep her heart out of it. But as days working side by side become sultry nights, she can’t deny she’s falling for the billionaire prince. Will the billionaire next door break her heart?

ON SALE 10/25/16

TITLE:THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR

AUTHOR:Jessica Lemmon

ISBN:9781455566587

PRICE:$5.99/$7.49 Can.

CATEGORY:Contemporary Romance


PAGES:384

SPINE SIZE:31/32"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Miamisburg, OH

SETTING:Chicago and Hawaii

TERRITORIES:World

“Everything I love in a romance.”—Lori Foster on Bringing Home the Bad Boy

“ Jessica Lemmon is an auto-buy for me! Her Bad Boys are just sooo good!” —Erin Nicholas, New York Times bestselling author

KEYNOTE:The billionaires are back in the second installment in Jessica Lemmon’s Billionaire Bad Boys series!

SALES POINTS: ◆ Jessica Lemmon is returning to the trope that launched her career—billionaires! The first book in Lemmon’s new Billionaire Bad Boys series, The Billionaire Bachelor, will be published by Forever in 6/16. The third book in the series, The Bastard Billionaire, will be published by Forever in 2/17.

◆ Fans of Jill Shalvis (Nobody But You, GCP, 3/16) and Jennifer Probst (Everywhere and Every Way, Pocket, 2016) will love Lemmon’s billionaire series.

◆ Also available in ebook and downloadable audio.

MARKETING CAMPAIGN: ■ National print and online media campaign ■ Special terms available ■ Web marketing ■ facebook.com/AuthorJessicaLemmon, @Lemmony ■ JessicaLemmon.com

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THE BILLIONAIRE BACHELOR9781455566549 $5.99/$7.49 Can. Orig. pub. date: 6/16

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Penelope Kline decided to give up her career as a social worker and become a bail enforcement agent. However, she wasn’t planning on using her newfound ass-kicking skills to save the only family she has left. When her niece disappears while on a humanitarian trip in the Honduran jungle, Penelope knows that her rescue mission is going to be dangerous, but what she doesn’t know is that she’s also going to be in danger of losing her heart.

Alpha Security Operative Rafael Ortega never had a problem completing an assignment. But that was before he met, and unintentionally kidnapped, the sexy, smart-mouthed Penelope. She has a talent for getting into trouble and hitting Rafe right where it hurts. Initially at odds, the duo are now forced to team up when their missions put them in the crosshairs of a diabolical drug-lord.

ON SALE 10/25/16

TITLE:HEATED PURSUIT

AUTHOR:April Hunt

ISBN:9781455539451

PRICE:$5.99/$7.49 Can.

CATEGORY:Romantic Suspense


PAGES:304

SPINE SIZE:25/32"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Bristow, VA

SETTING:Honduras

TERRITORIES:World

KEYNOTE:April Hunt makes her Forever debut with a romantic suspense series featuring former Special Forces members who now make up an elite special ops team.

SALES POINTS: ◆ The next book in April Hunt’s new series, Holding Fire, will be published by Forever in 3/17.

◆ HEATED PURSUIT is being published at the attractice price of $5.99 to entice new accounts and readers alike.

◆ Fans of Julie Ann Walker (Devil and the Deep, Sourcebooks, 2016), Lora Leigh (Dirty Little Lies, SMP, 2016), and Rebecca Zanetti (Total Surrender, Forever, 3/15) will love April Hunt.

◆ Readers crave high-action storytelling with military alpha heroes, and Hunt delivers.


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Cash Hardeman thought he’d have plenty of time to find the right woman...until he discovers that he’ll lose the family ranch if he’s not married by 30. With that deadline just around the corner and no prospects in sight, Cash knows it’s only a matter of time before he’ll lose everything. But when Boston beauty Annelise blows into his life, he can’t help but wonder if she’s what he’s been looking for all along.

Giving her bodyguards and the paparazzi the slip, heiress Annelise Montjoy has come to this small Texas town on a life-or-death mission. But living incognito in Maverick Junction is nothing like she expected, and she’s finding it difficult to keep her identity a secret—especially with a rough-and-tumble cowboy like Cash tempting her. It’s not long before she starts to wonder if she’s finally found the man who can love her for herself rather than her money.

ON SALE 10/25/16

TITLE:SOMEBODY LIKE YOU

AUTHOR:Lynnette Austin

ISBN:9781455569441

PRICE:$7.99/$9.49 Can.

CATEGORY:Contemporary Western Romance

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Forever Yours original

PAGES:368

SPINE SIZE:31/32"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOMES:Florida and Georgia

SETTING:Texas

TERRITORIES:World

“Maverick Junction is a perfect example of small-town Texas, filled with a wonderful group of characters that are as bighearted as the state they hail from....Readers will want to visit Maverick Junction again and again.”

—RT Book Reviews

KEYNOTE:Lynnette Austin joins the Forever list with a sassy contemporary cowboy series, now in mass market.

SALES POINTS: ◆ The Maverick Junction series was first published in ebook by Forever Yours and is now available in mass market for the first time.

◆ The next two books in the series, Nearest Thing to Heaven (9781455569434) and Can’t Stop Lovin’ You (9781455569427), will be published by Forever in 12/16 and 3/17, respectively.

◆ Romance readers love Texas-set romances, and Lynnette Austin delivers a fun, flirty cowboy love story that hits the heart of the market.

◆ Fans of Jennifer Ryan (Stone Cold Cowboy, Avon, 2016), Maisey Yates (One Night Charmer, HQN, 2016), and Carolyn Brown (Hot Cowboy Nights, Forever, 5/16) will love the Maverick Junction series.

◆ Also available in ebook.

MARKETING CAMPAIGN: ■ National print and online media campaign ■ Special terms available ■ Web marketing ■ facebook.com/Lynnette.Hallberg, @LynettAustin ■ AuthorLynnetteAustin.com

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Journalist Philip Mangan is trying to stay out of trouble in East Africa, his reputation and his life in tatters. But when he is caught in a terrorist attack in East Africa and a shadowy Chinese figure approaches him in the dead of night with information on the origins of the attack, Mangan is suddenly back in the eye of the storm. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away on a humid Hong Kong night, a key British Intelligence source is murdered minutes after meeting spy Trish Patterson. From Washington, D.C., to the hallowed halls of Oxford University and dusty African streets, a sinister power is stirring, one which will use Mangan and Patterson as pawns—if they survive.

ON SALE 10/25/16

TITLE:SPY GAMES

AUTHOR:Adam Brookes

ISBN:9780316399890

PRICE:$9.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Thriller

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Redhook hardcover

PAGES:448

TRIM SIZE:1-1/8"

SPINE SIZE:4-3/16" X 7-1/2"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:Takoma Park, MD

SETTING:East Africa, Hong Kong, America, and England


“A smarter or more exciting mystery likely won’t be released this year.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“ Brookes shows that his impressive debut was no fluke.” —Publishers Weekly

KEYNOTE:The action-packed, suspense-filled sequel to Adam Brookes’s outstanding spy thriller, Night Heron, is now in premium size!

SALES POINTS: ◆ SPY GAMES was published in Redhook hardcover (9780316399906) in 8/15.

◆ Night Heron (Redhook hc, 5/14; tp, 6/15), Adam Brookes’s debut thriller, has more than 42,000 copies in print. It will be published in Redhook mass market in 5/16.

◆ SPY GAMES will appeal to the fans of Child 44 (GCP, 4/08), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Knopf, 2008), and the films The Bourne Legacy, Skyfall, and Argo.

◆ Adam Brookes has been a foreign correspondent for many years, reporting for the BBC from China, Indonesia, and the United States. Assignments have also taken him to Afganistan, Iraq, Mongolia, North Korea, and numerous other countries around the globe.


MARKETING CAMPAIGN: ■ National print and online media campaign ■ Web marketing ■ facebook.com/AdamBrookesAuthor, @AdamBrookesWord

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM ADAM BROOKES:

NIGHT HERON9780316273091 $9.99/$11.99 Can. Orig. pub. date: 5/16

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When Lucy Bailey asks her friend Billy Wellington to help her rescue a stray dog, she has no idea of the repercussions. A serious crime is committed while Billy is absent from the children’s home where he lives and, when suspicion falls on him, the police decide that the safest thing for everybody is to lock him away in a mental institution. Lucy refuses to believe that Billy has done anything wrong, and enlists her cool-headed teenage brother Arnold to help. Billy also has two others on his side: Daniel Earnshawe, who has his own doubts about the police’s conclusions, and Helen Durkin, a beautiful but damaged girl who is seeking to make amends for her past. But just when it looks as though Billy’s freedom will soon be won, Arnold falls foul of the law. Refusing to give up hope, Lucy follows the few remaining clues, while Daniel and Helen resort to an alternative form of justice.

ON SALE 6/21/16

TITLE:NEARLY ALWAYS

AUTHOR:Ken McCoy

ISBN:9780349410234

PRICE:$8.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Piatkus original

PAGES:432

SPINE SIZE:1-3/32"

PER CARTON:48

AUTHOR’S HOME:England

SETTING:Various

TERRITORIES:U.S. and Canada

“A moving story and well told.”—Yorkshire Evening Press

“A staunchly powerful novel by a local author.” —Bradford Telegraph

KEYNOTE:A gripping saga set in 1950s Leeds, from beloved author Ken McCoy.

SALES POINTS: ◆ NEARLY ALWAYS is a sweeping family saga, full to the brim with historical detail and authentic local color.

◆ For 25 years Ken McCoy ran his own engineering company. During this time he also worked as a free-lance artist, greeting card designer, and after-dinner entertainer. He has appeared on television, radio, and as a comedian.

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Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line—for his friends and for his job with MI5. So when one of his former apprentices is kidnapped in the badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn’t hesitate to join a rescue mission. But when the plan goes horribly wrong, Shepherd ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists. His SAS training is of little help as his captors beat and torture him. Shepherd’s MI5 controller, Charlotte Button, is determined to get her man out of harm’s way, but to do that she’s going to have to break all the rules. Her only hope is to bring in America’s finest—the elite SEALs who carried out Operation Neptune Spear—in a do-or-die operation to rescue the captives.

ON SALE 6/28/16

TITLE:WHITE LIES The 11th Spider Shepherd Thriller

AUTHOR:Stephen Leather

ISBN:9781444736625

PRICE:$8.99/$12.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Thriller

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Hodder hardcover and trade paperback

PAGES:400

SPINE SIZE:1"

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SETTING:Pakistan


“As tough as British thrillers get...gripping.” —Irish Independent

“Lots of gunfire, tactical talk and imaginative plotting. Let Spider draw you into his web, you won’t regret it.” —Sun

KEYNOTE:The 11th Spider Shepherd book in Stephen Leather’s bestselling series is a fast paced, heart-pounding thriller that will have you hooked from the first page to the last.

SALES POINTS: ◆ WHITE LIES is an edge-of-your-seat action adventure of the highest quality and incredibly topical. It was previously published in Hodder hardcover (9781444736588, 10/14) and trade paperback (9781444736618, 5/15).

◆ Dan Shepherd, undercover policeman, is a series character who w ill appeal to Jack Reacher fans.

◆ Stephen Leather is one of England’s most successful thriller writers and author of the critically acclaimed Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. His Sunday Times bestsellers have been translated into 15 languages and he has also written for television.

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Merrily Watkins, parish vicar, single mum, and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents in the sleepy village of Wychehill. Merrily is called in when two people are killed in a head-on crash that is also linked to the revamped local pub which has injected the valley with a shattering surge of inner-city nightlife and drugs. When a dealer is found savagely murdered, police ask if it’s a ritual killing, a gangland disposal, or a cry of outrage? As Merrily and the police follow separate paths towards the truth, Merrily’s teenage daughter, Jane, faces the consequences of her own obsession with a possibly prehistoric site in their home village of Ledwardine. Until, on a night of frenzied violence, in a place at the centre of an ancient, universal mystery, the final, shocking connections are made.

ON SALE 6/28/16

TITLE:THE REMAINS OF AN ALTAR A Merrily Watkins Mystery

AUTHOR:Phil Rickman

ISBN:9781847240910

PRICE:$9.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Quercus hardcover

PAGES:512

SPINE SIZE:1-9/32"

PER CARTON:48


SETTING:England


“Strikingly original and consistently intriguing.” —The Guardian on the Merrily Watkins series

“Spooky and indirect, elegantly crafted but always a sense of shadow behind you.” —New York Journal of Books on the Merrily Watkins series

KEYNOTE:The 8th book in the bestselling Merrily Watkins series finds the intrepid vicar and exorcist investigating a series of road accidents and stumbling into a barbed tangle of alienation and murder. SALES POINTS:

◆ There are 13 bestselling books in the Merrily Watkins series. THE REMAINS OF AN ALTAR was published in Quercus hardcover in 4/07 to critical acclaim and is now a major ITV drama.

◆ Phil Rickman is a British author of supernatural and mystery novels. He has worked as a journalist for BBC World Service TV and BBC Radio 4.

MARKETING CAMPAIGN: ■ National print and online media campaign ■ Web marketing ■ facebook.com/Pages/Phil-Rickman, @PhilRickman ■ PhilRickman.co.uk

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A medieval Master House is slowly falling into ruins. But the Duchy of Cornwall’s plans to renovate it are frustrated when the builder refuses to work there. “This is a place,” he says, “that doesn’t want to be restored.” Directed by the bishop to investigate, Merrily Watkins discovers ancient connections between the house and the nearby church built by the Knights Templar, whose shadow still envelopes isolated Garway Hill and its scattered communities. Why did all the local inns have astrological names? What deep history lies behind the vicious feud between two local families? And what happened here to intimidate even the great Edwardian ghost-story writer M. R. James? When a sudden death changes everything, Merrily starts to uncover fibers of fear and hatred stitched into history and now insidiously twisted in the corridors and cloisters of power.

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TITLE:THE FABRIC OF SIN A Merrily Watkins Mystery

AUTHOR:Phil Rickman

ISBN:9781847243959

PRICE:$8.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction


PAGES:544

SPINE SIZE:1-3/8"

PER CARTON:48


SETTING:England


“Cleverly blends supernatural elements with a conventional whodunit plot.” —Publishers Weekly

“Compassionate, original, and sharply contemporary. Rickman’s crime series is one of the best around.” —The Spectator

KEYNOTE:The 9th chilling case in the bestselling Merrily Watkins series finds the intrepid vicar and exorcist investigating a mysterious house falling into ruins in the Cornish countryside.

SALES POINTS: ◆ There are 13 bestselling books in the Merrily Watkins series.THE FABRIC OF SIN was published in Quercus hardcover in 11/07 to critical acclaim and has been adapted into an ITV drama.



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Spider Shepherd’s MI5 Controller, Charlie Button, has gone rogue, using government resources to exact revenge on the men who killed her husband. Worse, Spider is asked to cooperate with his nemesis at MI6 to take Charlie down. Meanwhile, Spider’s 16-year-old-son is caught with drugs, expelled from school, and threatened with prosecution. The drug police offer Spider a deal: go undercover, unmask a local dealer, and his son will go free. Spider has no option but to cooperate. But is he any better than Charlie, using work resources to resolve personal issues? There’s little time to debate, because another high profile mission is about to engulf him. President Vladimir Putin is about to visit the UK, and a father who lost his son on the downed Malaysian plane over the Ukraine wants revenge. It’s now down to Spider to stop the assassination of a head of state on British soil.

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TITLE:BLACK OPS The 12th Spider Shepherd Thriller

AUTHOR:Stephen Leather

ISBN:9781444736670

PRICE:$8.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Thriller

PUBLISHING BACKGROUND:Hodder hardcover and trade paperback

PAGES:432

SPINE SIZE:1-3/32"

PER CARTON:48


SETTING:England


“A writer at the top of his game.” —Sunday Express

“Lots of gunfire, tactical talk and imaginative plotting. Let Spider draw you into his web, you won’t regret it.” —Sun

KEYNOTE:The 12th Spider Shepherd book in Stephen Leather’s bestselling series is a fast paced, heart-pounding thriller that will have you hooked from the first page to the last.

SALES POINTS: ◆ BLACK OPS is an edge-of-your-seat action adventure of the highest quality and incredibly topical. It was previously published in Hodder hardcover (9781444736632, 9/15) and trade paperback (9781444736649, 9/15).

◆ Dan Shepherd, undercover policeman, is a series character who w ill appeal to Jack Reacher fans.

◆ Stephen Leather is one of England’s most successful thriller writers and author of the critically acclaimed Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels. His Sunday Times bestsellers have been translated into 15 languages and he has also written for television.

MARKETING CAMPAIGN: ■ National print and online media campaign ■ Web marketing ■ facebook.com/StephenLeatherOfficial, @StephenLeather ■ StephenLeather.com, DanSpiderShepherd.com

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In Merrily Watkins’s village, the river is rising. The village has never been flooded in living memory, but within days it will be an island. There’s no electricity. The church is serving as a temporary mortuary for two people who drowned. Only one man feels safe. An aggressively atheist author has been moved, for his own safety, into a secluded house just outside the village. Fundamentalist Christians have hated him for years. Now he’s offended the Muslims. Bad move. Meanwhile, archaeologists, assisted by Merrily’s teenage daughter, Jane, are at work in Coleman’s Meadow, unearthing an ancient row of standing stones which some people would rather stay buried. The atheist’s young wife is becoming conspicuously agitated. Is it the fear of discovery—or the kind of fear that she, of all people, could never disclose? One thing is clear: the last person who’s going to be welcome in that house is an exorcist.

ON SALE 8/30/16

TITLE:TO DREAM OF THE DEAD: A Merrily Watkins Mystery

AUTHOR:Phil Rickman

ISBN:9781847247926

PRICE:$8.99/$11.99 Can.

CATEGORY:Fiction


PAGES:528

SPINE SIZE:1-11/32"

PER CARTON:48


SETTING:England


“Merrily is a most original sleuth and an interesting, sparky woman of emotional and spiritual depth.” —The Times

“Past and present collide with fatal results in Rickman’s unsettling mystery.” —Publishers Weekly

KEYNOTE:The 10th book in the bestselling Merrily Watkins series finds the intrepid vicar and exorcist forced to untangle her village’s history against the swirling uncertainty of the future.

SALES POINTS: ◆ There are 13 bestselling books in the Merrily Watkins series.TO DREAM OF THE DEAD was published in Quercus hardcover in 11/08 to critical acclaim and is now a major ITV drama.



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