A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN AUGUST 2017 Pablo Escobar: My Father

Juan Pablo Escobar; translated by Andrea Rosenberg

The popular series Narcos captures only half the truth. An international bestseller, this riveting, deeply personal memoir by Pablo Escobar's son reveals the full story.

Until now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most infamous drug kingpin of all time, but these versions have always been told from the outside, never from the intimacy of his own home.

More than two decades after the full-fledged manhunt finally caught up with the king of cocaine, Juan Pablo Escobar travels to the past to reveal an unabridged version of his father—a man capable of committing the most BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / CRIMINALS & OUTLAWS extreme acts of cruelty while simultaneously professing infinite love for his A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin family. | 8/29/2017 9781250145024 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. This is not the story of a child seeking redemption for his father, but a Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W shocking look at the consequences of violence and the overwhelming need for Includes one 16-page black-and-white photograph peace and forgiveness. section

Subrights: UK Rights: Ebury PRAISE Translation Rights: Grupo Planeta “While focusing largely on his father, Escobar also includes the grim Other Available Formats: repercussions the cartel boss’s career had on his family. The matter-of-fact prose Hardcover ISBN: 9781250104625 Ebook ISBN: 9781250104632 serves the material well—when one’s daily life is a surreal blur of excess and danger, there’s no need for embellishment.” —Publishers Weekly

MARKETING “Escobar writes earnestly … will satisfy curiosity regarding the tawdry reality of Online Publicity childhood within a criminal family.” —Kirkus Reviews CriminalElement.com Promotion Active on Twitter: @sebasmarro (27.6 K followers) Son of the leader of the Medellín cartel, Pablo Escobar, JUAN PABLO ESCOBAR is an Author Website: architect, lecturer, drug policy reform advocate, and writer. He was a subject of the award- www.sebastianmarroquin.co winning documentary Sins of My Father and lives in Argentina.

2 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN AUGUST 2017

Big Blue Wrecking Crew Smashmouth Football, a Little Bit of Crazy, and the '86 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants

Jerry Barca

Now in paperback, the first in-depth look at the team that rebuilt the NY Giants franchise.

A marauding linebacker who changed the game of football, a tough-as-nails quarterback, and a fiery head coach helped the 1986 New York Giants leave an indelible mark on the NFL. Big Blue Wrecking Crew is the no-holds-barred story of the team that created Giant Football, the pound-you-into-submission, quarterback-crushing defense, coupled with a powerful ball control offense that resulted in a 1986 Superbowl Championship—the first in team history. SPORTS & RECREATION / FOOTBALL In a gripping narrative of the season that changed the course of a franchise, St. Martin's Griffin | 8/22/2017 author Jerry Barca takes readers on a wild journey filled with improbable 9781250144911 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. characters. Linebacker Lawrence Taylor partied with the same level of Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W recklessness and violence he put forth when he donned his jersey. Bill Parcells Includes one 16-page black-and-white photograph motivated his team in an unrelenting Jersey Guy way, and quiet defensive insert genius Bill Belichick would go on to greatness. Subrights: UK Rights: RLR Associates Translation Rights: RLR Associates Based on years of research and hundreds of interviews, Barca chronicles the Giants’ rise out of rock bottom to their status as a premiere NFL franchise. Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250071538 From behind-the-scenes personnel discussions of general manager George Ebook ISBN: 9781466882676 Young to the meeting rooms with Parcells and defensive coordinator Bill Belichick, Big Blue Wrecking Crew is filled with the riveting exploits of unforgettable players. It is an unfiltered look at how enormous egos came MARKETING together to win a championship, playing hard and partying equally as hard Radio Publicity along the way. Online Publicity Blog Outreach Online Reader Reviews PRAISE Author Twitter: @JBarca Author Website: www.JerryBarca.com "[Barca] pulls no punches, looking into the darker side of the franchise, including players’ issues with cocaine use, and Parcells’ mind games with players. You don’t have to be a Giants fan to be entranced by Barca’s engrossing book." —Associated Press ALSO AVAILABLE Unbeatable: Notre Dame's 1988 Championship "Big Blue Wrecking Crew is the football book that has everything -- drugs, death and the Last Great College Football Season 8/2014 | 9781250048653 and the decisions that lifted a flagship organization back to prominence, behind Trade Paperback | $17.99 / $24.99 Can. guys like LT, Parcells and Simms. It's a literary 30-for-30 and a must-read for any football fan.” —Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated

JERRY BARCA is an author and journalist. His writing has been published in The New York Times, SI.com, ESPN.com, and he is a regular contributor to Forbes. He is the author of Unbeatable and he produced the documentary film Plimpton!, which was a New York Times critic’s pick. Barca is a graduate of Seton Hall Prep with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and their four children.

3 MINOTAUR BOOKS AUGUST 2017

Presumption of Guilt A Joe Gunther Novel

Archer Mayor

A skeleton found encased in concrete at a site of a newly decommissioned nuclear power plant solves a 40 year old missing persons case and opens up a murder investigation.

A skeleton is found encased in a concrete slab at a recently decommissioned nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont—a discovery which solves a forty year old missing person case. But a body doesn’t end up buried in concrete by accident. Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI) are assigned the case because this very cold case that has now been reclassified as murder and they’re the only ones with the resources and ability FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / POLICE to investigate. The victim was Hank Mitchell, and Gunther must chase down PROCEDURAL old rumors and speculations to try and find answers for the essential questions Minotaur Books | 8/29/2017 - who benefited from his death and by making his body disappear? Could his 9781250145413 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. death be tied somehow to New York City mafia money that was being Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W laundered through the construction project?

Subrights: UK: The Friedrich Agency But what seems the coldest of cold cases roars back to life when one of the Translation: The Friedrich Agency central figures in this mystery is shot to death right after speaking with Other Available Formats: Gunther. And when a young police officer—the son of VBI investigator Hardcover ISBN: 9781250064684 Ebook ISBN: 9781466870918 Lester Spinney—is kidnapped, is that meant to be a warning to the VBI team to drop the case?

After all these many years, the truth behind the murder still has to the power MARKETING New in Paperback Mentions to kill, and it’s up to Gunther and his team to protect the innocent, track Author Website: ArcherMayor.com down the living, and finally put the dead to rest. Author Facebook: Facebook.com/ArcherMayor PRAISE “Archer Mayor has quietly been building an impressive body of work about Vermont Bureau of Investigation agent Joe Gunther...evoking a strong sense of place through skillful prose and a sturdy plot.” —Seattle Times

“Expertly crafted...Trip-wire tension complements intelligent detective work, fascinating forensics, and an airtight plot; the rich shared history of Mayor’s deftly drawn ensemble cast adds texture and depth.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Another fine entry in a wonderful series—well plotted, as always, and featuring one of the best ensemble casts in the genre.” —Booklist (starred review)

ARCHER MAYOR has, over the past 25 years, worked or still works as a firefighter/EMT, a death investigator for the Vermont state medical examiner, and a detective for the Windham County Sheriff's Office. He lives outside Brattleboro, Vermont. Visit the author's web-site at www.archermayor.com.

4 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017

Victoria A Novel

Daisy Goodwin

A novel of the young girl who became a great queen, from the New York Times bestselling author of The American Heiress and creator/writer of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria.

Early one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether this sheltered young woman, who stands less than five feet tall, can rule the greatest nation in the world. Surely she must rely on her mother and her venal advisor, Sir John Conroy, or her uncle, the Duke of FICTION / HISTORICAL St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 Cumberland, who are all too eager to relieve her of the burdens of power. 9781250045478 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Carton Qty: 20 The young queen is no puppet, however. She has very definite ideas about the 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W kind of queen she wants to be, and the first thing is to choose her name. “I do Subrights: UK Rights: Headline, UK not like the name Alexandrina,” she proclaims. “From now on I wish to be Translation: Peters Fraser & Dunlop known only by my second name, Victoria.” Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250045461 Everyone keeps saying she is destined to marry her first cousin, Prince Albert Audio ISBN: 9781427274359 of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. But Victoria found him dull and priggish when they Ebook ISBN: 9781466844100 Audio ISBN: 9781427274335 met three years ago. She is quite happy being queen with the help of her prime minister, Lord Melbourne, who may be old enough to be her father but is the first person to take her seriously.

MARKETING Online Publicity Drawing on Victoria's own diaries, which she first started reading when she was National Print Advertising a student at Cambridge University, Daisy Goodwin brings us the brilliantly Advertising in Shelf Awareness imagined life of a young woman about to make her mark on her nation—and Online Advertising Partnership with PBS the world. Discussion Guide Bound in Book Discussion Guide Available Online PRAISE Author Website: www.DaisyGoodwin.co.uk “Irresistible…Fans of Downton, The Crown, etc., will want to dive right in.” Active on Facebook: AuthorDaisyGoodwin —People Active on Twitter: @daisygoodwinuk (10.4 K followers) “In Victoria, Daisy Goodwin's lively and effervescent novel, the range of her Campaign Website: DaisyGoodwinNovels.com storytelling is rich...Goodwin's queen has all the makings of a captivating human paradox.” —The New York Times Book Review

DAISY GOODWIN is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The American ALSO AVAILABLE Heiress and The Fortune Hunter. She attended Columbia University's film school as a The Fortune Hunter: A Novel Harkness scholar after earning a degree in history at Cambridge University, and was chair of 3/2015 | 9781250043900 the judging panel of the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction. The creator and screenwriter of the Trade Paperback | $15.99 / $18.50 Can. Masterpiece presentation Victoria on PBS, she lives in London. The American Heiress: A Novel 3/2012 | 9780312658663 Trade Paperback | $16.99 / $23.99 Can.

5 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017

Hungry Girl Clean & Hungry OBSESSED!

Lisa Lillien

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Hungry Girl brand, all-new recipes for clean comfort food under 375 calories!

Lisa Lillien has sold millions of books by serving up clever and deliciously easy recipes with low calorie counts, huge portions, and easy-to-find HEALTH & FITNESS / DIET & ingredients that are good for you. With eleven New York Times bestsellers NUTRITION / WEIGHT LOSS under her belt, Lisa is taking things to the next level with Hungry Girl Clean St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250087256 | $21.99 / $30.99 Can. & Hungry OBSESSED! Keeping in line with the current clean-eating food Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 24 trend (and as a follow-up to her to last smash-hit book, Hungry Girl Clean & 9.1 in H | 7.5 in W Hungry), she's taking on the beloved foods that Americans are OBSESSED Subrights: UK Rights: Sterling Lord Literistic with—comfort foods, junk foods, international favorites, desserts, and more! Translation Rights: Sterling Lord Literistic Donuts, lasagna, fried chicken, quesadillas, fudge... No food is off-limits, and

Other Available Formats: all of them have been completely re-created, re-vamped, and CLEANED UP! Ebook ISBN: 9781250087263 With the unique and healthy recipes in this cookbook, you can finally enjoy ALL the foods you crave while eating clean and staying lean!

MARKETING You’ll find . . . Author Tour Spaghetti Squash Your Hunger B-fast Bowl (271 calories) National Broadcast Publicity Caramelized Onion Cauli-Crust Pizza (316 calories) National Radio Publicity Peanut Butter Cup French Toast (344 calories) National Print Publicity Online Advertising Campaign Love Me Tender Pot Roast (272 calories) Email Newsletter Advertising Philly You Up Cheesesteak Meatloaf (198 calories) Email Marketing Campaign Oh, Wow! Chicken & Waffles (353 calories) Pre-Order Promotion Blog Outreach Campaign Mad About Eggplant Manicotti (264 calories) Active on Facebook: Garlic & Onion Butternut Turnip Fries (196 calories) facebook.com/hungrygirl (1.4 million Grab a Fork Pork Fried Rice (197 calories) followers) Reconstructed Nachos (245 calories) Active on Twitter: @hungrygirl (184,000 followers) Three Cheers for Cheesecake Brownies (126 calories) Active on Instagram: @hungrygirl . . . and so much more! (114,000 followers)

LISA LILLIEN is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Hungry Girl brand. The founder of hungry-girl.com, she is obsessed with food—how wonderful it is, and how much of it she can eat and still fit into her pants. Millions of fans eagerly await Hungry Girl's recipes and tips & tricks each weekday. Lillien has also starred in a top-rated cooking show on Food Network and Cooking Channel. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

6 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN AUGUST 2017 Our Revolution A Future to Believe In

Bernie Sanders

An inside account of Sanders' extraordinary campaign—and a blueprint for future political action.

When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a “fringe” campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no money, no political organization, and it was taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / By the time Sanders’s campaign came to a close, however, it was clear that POLITICAL PROCESS / the pundits had gotten it wrong. Bernie had run one of the most consequential POLITICAL ADVOCACY A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin campaigns in the modern history of the country. He had received more than | 8/29/2017 13 million votes in primaries and caucuses throughout the country, won 9781250145000 | $17.99 / $24.99 Can. twenty-two states, and more than 1.4 million people had attended his public Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W meetings. Most important, he showed that the American people were Includes 57 black-and-white photographs prepared to take on the greed and irresponsibility of corporate America and throughout plus one 16-page color photograph the 1 percent. insert

Subrights: UK Rights: Profile Books In Our Revolution, Sanders shares his personal experiences from the Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press campaign trail, recounting the details of his historic primary fight and the Other Available Formats: people who made it possible. And for the millions looking to continue the Mass Market ISBN: 9781250160454 political revolution, he outlines a progressive agenda that will create jobs, Hardcover ISBN: 9781250132925 raise wages, protect the environment, and provide health care for all—and Ebook ISBN: 9781250132932 Audio ISBN: 9781427285331 ultimately transform our country and our world for the better. The campaign may be over, but the struggle goes on.

PRAISE MARKETING National Television Publicity "The Vermont Senator's calls in Our Revolution to dismantle the rigged system National Radio Publicity Online Publicity will find a receptive audience...[G]iven what’s just occurred the book is inevitably, Targeted Progressive Organizational satisfyingly prescient." —Bloomberg Outreach Email Marketing Campaign Author Website: OurRevolutionBook.com "There's not much what-if here and certainly no indecision. Instead, as if rallying the troops, Sanders writes confidently of a program that's sure to be revisited in 2020." —Kirkus Reviews

BERNIE SANDERS ran as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 2015 and 2016. He served as mayor of Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, for eight years before defeating an incumbent Republican to be the sole congressperson for the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991. He was elected to the Senate in 2007 and is now in his second term, making him the longest-serving independent in the history of the Congress. He lives in Burlington, Vermont, with his wife.

7 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN JUNE 2017

Superficial More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries

Andy Cohen

The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen Diaries.

The megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise is back, better than ever, and telling stories that will keep his publicist up at night.

Since the publication of his last book, Andy has toured the country with his sidekick Anderson Cooper, hit the radio waves with his own Sirius station, Radio Andy, appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher despite his mother’s BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY conviction he was not intellectually prepared, hosted NBC’s Primetime New / ENTERTAINMENT & Year’s Eve special, guest edited Entertainment Weekly, starred in Bravo’s Then PERFORMING ARTS St. Martin's Griffin | 6/6/2017 & Now with Andy Cohen, offended celebrities with his ongoing case of 9781250145710 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. foot-in-mouth disease, and welcomed home Teresa “Namaste” Giudice, from Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 a brief stint in jail. Hopping from the Hamptons to the Manhattan dating 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Plus one 16-page color photograph insert world, the dog park to the red carpet, Cardinals superfan and mama’s boy Andy Cohen, with Wacha in tow, is the kind of star that fans are dying to be Other Available Formats: friends with. This book gives them that chance. Ebook ISBN: 9781250116475 Hardcover ISBN: 9781250116482 Audio ISBN: 9781427281692 If The Andy Cohen Diaries was deemed “the literary equivalent of a Fresca Audio ISBN: 9781427281739 and tequila” by Jimmy Fallon, Superficial is a double: dishier, juicier, and friskier. In this account of his escapades—personal, professional, and behind- the-scenes—Andy tells us not only what goes down, but exactly what he MARKETING thinks of it. Author Events National Television Publicity National Radio Publicity ANDY COHEN is the host and executive producer of Watch What Happens: Live. He is the National Print Publicity executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and hosts Bravo's highly rated reunion Online Publicity specials. He tours nationally with Anderson Cooper on AC2, hosts Then & Now with Andy Online Advertising Cohen on Bravo and Radio Andy on Sirius XM. He has won an Emmy and two Peabody Twitter: @Andy (1.89 M followers) Awards for his work. The author of two New York Times bestsellers, Most Talkative and The Instagram: @bravoandy (1.9 M followers) Andy Cohen Diaries, he lives in New York City with his dog, Wacha. Facebook: @andycohen (590 K followers) Author Website: theandycohendiaries.com

8 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN AUGUST 2017

Karolina's Twins A Novel

Ronald H. Balson

In the tradition of The Nightingale, Sarah's Key, and Lilac Girls, comes a WWII saga inspired by true events from Ronald H. Balson, author of the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers.

“Readers who crave more books like Balson’s Once We Were Brothers and Kristin Hannah’s bestselling The Nightingale will be enthralled by Karolina’s Twins.” —Booklist (starred review)

FICTION / HISTORICAL She made a promise in desperation St. Martin's Griffin | 8/15/2017 Now it's time to keep it 9781250089045 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Lena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US and began a new life at the Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press end of World War II. But now something has resurfaced that Lena cannot Translation: St. Martin's Press ignore: an unfulfilled promise she made long ago that can no longer stay Other Available Formats: buried. Ebook ISBN: 9781250089052 Hardcover ISBN: 9781250098375 Audio ISBN: 9781427281715 Driven to renew the quest that still keeps her awake at night, Lena enlists the help of lawyer Catherine Lockhart and private investigator Liam Taggart. Behind Lena’s stoic facade are memories that will no longer be contained. She begins to recount a tale, harkening back to her harrowing past in MARKETING Online Advertising Nazi-occupied Poland, of the bond she shared with her childhood friend Email Marketing Campaign Karolina. Two girls, coming of age in a dangerous time, bearers of secrets that Discussion Guide Bound in Book only they could share. Featured Title on ReadingGroupGold.com Author Available for Book Club Call-In Blog Outreach Just when you think there could not be anything new to ferret out from Feature on HistoryReader.com World War II comes Karolina's Twins, a spellbinding new novel by the Feature on JewishReads.com bestselling author of Once We Were Brothers and Saving Sophie. In this richly Author Website: RonaldBalson.com woven tale of love, survival and resilience during some of the darkest hours, the unbreakable bond between girlhood friends will have consequences into the future and beyond.

PRAISE "A heart-wrenching...triumphant story." —The Chicago Tribune

"Karolina's Twins is involving right from the start, it reads quickly, and fans of historical fiction are sure to enjoy it." —Chicago Jewish Star

RONALD H. BALSON is a Chicago trial attorney, educator, and writer. His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also the author of Saving Sophie and the international bestseller Once We Were Brothers.

9 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017

The Moosewood Restaurant Table 250 Brand-New Recipes from the Natural Foods Restaurant That Revolutionized Eating in America

The Moosewood Collective

Over 250 brand new recipes from Moosewood, the beloved Ithaca, New York natural foods restaurant still influencing the

COOKING / VEGETARIAN ways Americans eat in its fifth decade. St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 9781250074331 | $35.00 / $45.00 Can. "It's Moosewood's world. We're just eating in it." —Christine Muhlke, The Hardcover | 416 pages | Carton Qty: 4 9.5 in H | 8 in W New York Times Includes color endpapers and 40 color photographs throughout The Moosewood Restaurant Table, the newest cookbook from America’s Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press most beloved natural foods restaurant, brings the restaurant’s millions of fans Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press up-to-date with what’s going on in the famous Ithaca NY kitchen that started Other Available Formats: a revolution in the way we eat. With the restaurant now in its fifth decade, Ebook ISBN: 9781466885974 the Moosewood chefs continue to remain faithful to the farm-to-table philosophy that has governed the restaurant since its founding while keeping an eye on what’s new in the greenmarket, what you might find in your weekly

MARKETING CSA share, and the meals you want to put on your table right now. The National Print Publicity Moosewood Restaurant Table is filled with more than 250 never-published- Pre-Publication Trade Advertising before recipes, including a healthy number that are vegan and gluten-free, and Online Advertising Campaign the array is mouthwatering: Two Potato Tomato Curry, Cashew-crusted Blog Outreach Campaign Promote Within the Moosewood Chickpea Burgers, Cuban Picadillo with Tofu, Pot Pies for Autumn, Winter, Restaurants and Spring, Butternut Latkes, Jamaican Jerk Tempeh Patties, and plenty Social Media Campaign more. Of course, a Moosewood Restaurant cookbook wouldn’t be complete Video Trailer Campaign Author Website: MoosewoodCooks.com without desserts and there are enough to please everyone—Turkish Coffee Brownies, Orange Pistachio Cornmeal Cake, and Cherry Tomato Upside-Down Cake to mention just a few. Whether you’re a longtime fan of Moosewood Restaurant and their cookbooks or someone new to the feast, let The Moosewood Restaurant Table revolutionize your table ...

PRAISE "It's Moosewood's world. We're just eating in it." —Christine Muhlke, The New York Times

"When seeking a marker of the changes in the cookbook market over the last 40 years, one need look no further than Ithaca, New York." —Publishers Weekly on Moosewood Restaurant Favorites

THE MOOSEWOOD COLLECTIVE has nineteen members who share responsibilities and participate in the various jobs necessary to run what has grown from a very small natural foods restaurant to a larger and more diversified company. Some members have worked for the restaurant since it was founded in 1973.

10 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017 Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Search and Destroy

Jay Bonansinga

The latest novel in the New York Times bestselling series!

What could possibly go wrong?

For one brief moment, it seems Lilly and her plague-weary band of survivors might just engineer a better tomorrow. Banding together with other small town settlements, they begin a massive project to refurbish the railroad between Woodbury and Atlanta. The safer travel will begin a new FICTION / HORROR post-apocalyptic era of trade, progress, and democracy. A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 Little do they know, however, that trouble is brewing back home... 9781250112323 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W PRAISE Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press “Descent maintains the series’ strength due to the author’s truly powerful ability to Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press describe the series’ world and to establish tone, pacing, kinesthetics, and every Other Available Formats: other nut and bolt that holds a good novel together.” —Booklist on Descent Audio ISBN: 9781427274519 Hardcover ISBN: 9781250058515 Ebook ISBN: 9781466862746 “The books are a really fun read...It’s an interesting look at the universe that you already know and you might learn some things about your favorite characters you never knew.” —Fanbolt on The Fall of the Governor: Part One and Part Two MARKETING National Print and Online Publicity “An entertaining read.” —ComicBookMovie.com on The Road to Woodbury Online Advertising Campaign Facebook Campaign: /WalkingDeadNovels (1.2M Followers) JAY BONANSINGA is the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Ebook Promotion over twenty books in fifteen languages, with several optioned by major Hollywood studios. Backlist Promotion He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, the photographer Jill Norton, and his two teenage Author Website: JayBonansinga.com boys, and is currently hard at work on the next Walking Dead book. You can find Jay online at Author Twitter: @JayBonansinga www.jaybonansinga.com

11 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017

Les Parisiennes Resistance, Collaboration and the Women of Paris Under Nazi Occupation

Anne Sebba

New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba explores a devastating period in Paris's history and tells the stories of how women survived—or didn’t—during the Nazi occupation.

Paris in the 1940s was a place of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation, and secrets. During the occupation, the swastika flew from the Eiffel Tower and danger lurked on every corner. While Parisian men were either fighting at the front or captured and forced to work in German HISTORY / EUROPE / FRANCE factories, the women of Paris were left behind where they would come face to St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 face with the German conquerors on a daily basis, as waitresses, as shop 9781250136015 | $17.99 / $24.99 Can. assistants, or as wives and mothers, increasingly desperate to find food to feed Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Carton Qty: 16 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W their families as hunger became part of everyday life. Includes a black-and-white map plus three 8-page color photograph inserts When the Nazis and the puppet Vichy regime began rounding up Jews to ship Subrights: UK Rights: W&N east to concentration camps, the full horror of the war was brought home and Translation Rights: Aitken Alexander Associates the choice between collaboration and resistance became unavoidable. Sebba

Other Available Formats: focuses on the role of women, many of whom faced life and death decisions Hardcover ISBN: 9781250048592 every day. After the war ended, there would be a fierce settling of accounts Ebook ISBN: 9781466849563 between those who made peace with or, worse, helped the occupiers and those Audio ISBN: 9781427284914 who fought the Nazis in any way they could.

PRAISE MARKETING Online Publicity “Fascinating... Anne Sebba knows everything about Paris during the war and she Blog Outreach relates in Les Parisiennes the end of all the whispered stories I’ve been hearing all Early Reader Review Campaign Social Media Campaign, my life. She understands everything about the chic, loathsome collaborators and Twitter.com/annesebba, 1200+ followers the Holocaust victims, and their stories are told in an irresistible narrative flood.” Author website: annesebba.com —Edmund White, bestselling author of Our Young Man

“A solid biography of the woman who became the King of England’s excuse for ALSO AVAILABLE abdicating his throne . . . depicts Wallis as a woman who sought power and That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, privilege but never expected the damage she wrought or the wrath she Duchess of Windsor engendered.” —The New York Times on That Woman 2/2013 | 9781250022189 Trade Paperback | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. ANNE SEBBA is a biographer, lecturer, journalist and former Reuters foreign correspondent. She has written eight books, including acclaimed biographies of Jennie Churchill and Mother Theresa, as well as the New York Times bestseller That Woman about the life of Wallis Simpson. She is a member of the Society of Authors Executive Committee.

12 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN AUGUST 2017

The Next A Novel

Stephanie Gangi

A ghost story, a revenge story, a dog story, a family story, and a love story—this remarkable debut will haunt you and hold you captive.

Is there a right way to die? If so, Joanna DeAngelis has it all wrong. She’s consumed by betrayal, spending her numbered days obsessing over Ned McGowan, her much younger ex, and watching him thrive in the spotlight with someone new, while she wastes away. She’s every woman scorned, fantasizing about revenge… except she’s out of time.

FICTION / CONTEMPORARY WOMEN Joanna falls from her life, from the love of her daughters and devoted dog, St. Martin's Griffin | 8/15/2017 into an otherworldly landscape, a bleak infinity she can’t escape until she 9781250110572 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. rises up and returns and sets it right—makes Ned pay—so she can truly move Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 on. 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press From the other side into right this minute, Jo embarks on a sexy, spiritual Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press odyssey. As she travels beyond memory, beyond desire, she is transformed Other Available Formats: into a fierce female force of life, determined to know how to die, happily Hardcover ISBN: 9781250110565 ever after. Ebook ISBN: 9781250110589 Audio ISBN: 9781427280169 Audio ISBN: 9781427280176 PRAISE "A very cunning variation on the revenge fable." —The New York Times Book Review MARKETING Online Advertising Campaign Email Marketing Campaign "A novel so startlingly original and so unafraid to approach complicated, bald Blog Outreach Campaign emotion and anger." —The Brooklyn Rail Social Media Campaign Extensive Book Club Outreach Author Website: http://www.sgangi.com/ "The lusty, livid Joanna is the hottest middle-aged/dead woman in fiction." —The Active on Facebook: Minneapolis StarTribune facebook.com/author.stephaniegangi (359 followers) Active on Instagram: @stephaniegangi "Dripping in psychological genius, this otherworldly novel will leave you (79 followers) Active on Twitter: @gangi_land (139 mesmerized and entranced under Gangi's ghostly spell." —POPSUGAR followers) "This is a title worth silencing your smartphone for." —Library Journal (starred review)

"Good fun, good writing, and strong characters keep this high-wire plot aloft." —Kirkus Reviews

"Fast-paced and engro...

STEPHANIE GANGI lives, works and writes in New York City.

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Dagger 22 U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

Michael Golembesky

Now in paperback, the thrilling true story of a Marine special forces unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan from the New York Times bestselling author of Level Zero Heroes.

Level Zero Heroes, the bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the 22 men of Marine spec / MILITARY ops team, callsign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala St. Martin's Griffin | 9/19/2017 Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked 9781250144935 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 336 pages nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the spring fighting 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W season begins. No chance of that—this winter would be different. Includes 5 maps, 1 schematic drawing, and 22 black-and-white photographs throughout plus one Along with coalition Afghan and NATO forces, the Marines of Dagger 22 16-page color photograph insert continue their fight throughout the winter to shape the battlefield before the Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Afghan ground thaws. From one firefight to the next, the noose begins to Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press tighten around the village of Daneh Pasab and the command cell operating Other Available Formats: there. On April 6, 2010, a force of U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghan Hardcover ISBN: 9781250082961 Commandos, and Marine Corps special operations conduct a night assault to Ebook ISBN: 9781250082978 Audio ISBN: 9781427281760 destroy the heavily entrenched Taliban force, breaking their grip on the valley and stopping the spring offensive before it even begins.

But nothing ever goes easy for the operators of Dagger 22 and they would MARKETING Online Publicity soon need to lean on each other once again in one of the most brutal Blog Outreach environments on earth. Online Reader Reviews Author Facebook: Facebook.com/LevelZeroHeroes (138k PRAISE likes) Author Website: "One of the better battle memoirs to date from the war in Afghanistan... An www.LevelZeroHeroes.com unvarnished look at how this small team lived and worked together to carry out a very difficult mission under trying circumstances... The story of these brave Americans is told with both empathy and humor, showing the often dark wit and comradery of fighting men in isolated outposts and the loss they feel when one of ALSO AVAILABLE their most popular teammates is killed in action." —New York Journal of Books Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan STAFF SERGEANT MICHAEL GOLEMBESKY served 8 years with the United States 9/2015 | 9781250070296 Marine Corps and is a combat veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. Golembesky served as Trade Paperback | $15.99 / $18.50 Can. a Joint Terminal Attack Controller with Marine Special Operation Team 8222 (MARSOC). His previous book, Level Zero Heroes, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Colorado Springs, CO.

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Delicious Poke Cakes 80 Super Simple Desserts with an Extra Flavor Punch in Each Bite

Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moore

Delicious cakes with an extra flavor punch in every bite.

Poke cakes mean year-round fun and flavor. No stress—just rave reviews. From the authors of Delicious Dump Cakes, this collection of eighty tested recipes is a quick, easy guide to delicious desserts. Begin with a baked cake, prepared from a box mix, or use one of the cake recipes included. Poke holes COOKING / COURSES & DISHES in the baked cake with a fork, the handle of a wooden spoon, or a skewer so / CAKES all of the goodness and flavor can soak into the cake. Then just pour pudding, St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250135841 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. a topping, glaze, gelatin, or sauce over the cake and let the flavor seep into Paperback | 160 pages | Carton Qty: 40 every crevice and permeate every morsel of cake. Finish it off with a luscious, 9 in H | 7 in W creamy whipped topping or frosting and suddenly that everyday cake is new, Includes color photographs throughout unique, and oh-so-inviting, with an extra flavor punch in every bite. Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press ROXANNE WYSS and KATHY MOORE are cookbook authors and food consultants who Other Available Formats: share their test-kitchen expertise through creative recipes and tips that make cooking easier Ebook ISBN: 9781250135858 and more fun. Together they've written nine cookbooks including The Newlywed Cookbook and Delicious Dump Cakes, frequently teach cooking classes, and consult with food and appliance companies. Their professional career in food, spanning almost thirty years, now includes a popular blog, www.pluggedintocooking.com. MARKETING Online Promotion Email Marketing Campaign Blog Outreach Campaign Cookstr Promotion and Outreach Social Media Campaign

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Glow Kids How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids-and How to Break the Trance

Nicholas Kardaras

From addiction expert Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, a startling argument that technology has profoundly affected the brains of children—and not for the better.

We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses—and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces—the Glow Kids—are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence or FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / fad like some sort of digital hula-hoop? Some say that glowing screens might PARENTING even be good for kids—a form of interactive educational tool. St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 9781250146557 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 Don’t believe it. 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology—more Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity—has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain Other Available Formats: imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as Hardcover ISBN: 9781250097996 Ebook ISBN: 9781250098009 dopaminergic to the brain’s pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that excessive MARKETING Online Publicity screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person’s developing brain Extensive Blog and Organizational in the same way that cocaine addiction can. Outreach Early Reader Review Campaign Kardaras will dive into the sociological, psychological, cultural, and economic factors involved in the global tech epidemic to explore the effect all of our new technology is having on kids. Glow Kids also includes an opt-out letter and a "quiz" for parents.

DR. NICHOLAS KARDARAS is one of the country’s foremost addiction experts and Executive Director of the Dunes—one of the world’s top rehabs. He is a former Clinical Professor at Stony Brook Medicine, has taught neuropsychology at the doctoral-level, is the author of How Plato and Pythagoras Can Save Your Life (Conari, 2011), and is a frequent contributor to Psychology Today and Fox News.

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The Billionaires: The Bosses

Calista Fox

The new book in a sexy billionaire menage series by Calista Fox.

What do you do when you have not just one hot boss, but two? And they both want you?

What will it take to make her theirs?

Bayli Styles leaves California wine country behind for the bright lights of New York City, in search of fame and fortune. However, fame and fortune are a little further out of reach than she had hoped, so to supplement her meager FICTION / ROMANCE / EROTICA modeling income, she seeks a hostess position at Manhattan’s hottest new St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250096425 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. venue, owned by billionaires Rory St. James and Christian Davila. Bayli gets Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 24 much more than she bargained for when both devastatingly handsome and 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W magnetic men make her blood sizzle…and offer her the guiltiest of all Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press pleasures—themselves. Translation: St. Martin's Press

Other Available Formats: Bayli is the perfect solution to the two problems currently plaguing Ebook ISBN: 9781250096432 entrepreneurs Rory and Christian, professionally and sexually. She’d make the ultimate “face” for their current joint venture, but both men are thinking beyond business and waste no time seducing Bayli into their brand of double pleasure. In the end, the threesome will put it all on the line—their bodies, MARKETING National Print Publicity their hearts, their souls—either destined for failure, or for the redefinition of National Advertising true love. Blog Outreach NetGalley Outreach Early Reader Review Campaign PRAISE Email Marketing Campaign Online Promotion at "There's hot. And then there's Calista Fox. Prepare to have your heart Burned HeroesandHeartbreakers.com Deep." —Erin Quinn, New York Times bestselling author Author Twitter: Twitter.com/CalistaFoxBooks "Fox takes a deep...dive into the strong emotions that link her well-drawn hero and heroine...will keep readers on the edges of their seats through the surprise ending." —Publishers Weekly on Burned Hearts

"Combines pulse-pounding danger and passionate love...tantalizing." —Publishers Weekly on Flash Burned

"This dark and steamy tale will have you reaching for more than one chilled glass of wine to cool off." —RT Book Reviews on Flash Burned

CALISTA FOX is a former PR professional who now writes fast-paced, steamy books to set your pulse racing! She has won many Reviewer’s and Reader’s Choice Awards, as well as Best Book Awards. Calista has crossed the country many times over by corporate jet and travels internationally, always with her laptop in tow to capture intriguing story elements and exotic locales! She is also a member of Romance Writers of America and a Past President/Advisor of the Phoenix chapter.

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The New York Times Apple Picking Crosswords: 75 Sweet and Simple Puzzles Easy Crosswords Volume 1

Edited by Will Shortz

75 easy New York Times crossword puzzles in a convenient portable paperback.

Get cozy with America’s favorite crosswords!

From the pages of The New York Times comes this brand-new collection of GAMES & ACTIVITIES / light and easy puzzles, chosen from Monday and Tuesday editions of the CROSSWORDS newspaper. These solver-friendly puzzles allow you to sit back, relax, and lose St. Martin's Griffin | 9/12/2017 yourself in a puzzle. 9781250148063 | $7.99 / $11.50 Can. Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Carton Qty: 56 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W - 75 fun and easy New York Times puzzles - Portable format is perfect for travel or solving at home Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Edited by the biggest name in crosswords, Will Shortz

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

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The New York Times Lights Out Crosswords 75 Sunday Puzzles

Edited by Will Shortz

75 giant New York Times Sunday crossword puzzles to try... if you dare!

The New York Times Sunday crossword is the undisputed king of crossword puzzles. This collection features 75 of them, all edited by puzzlemaster Will Shortz and guaranteed to give you a thrill.

Inside you'll find: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / CROSSWORDS St. Martin's Griffin | 9/12/2017 - 75 classic Sunday New York Times crosswords 9781250147974 | $10.99 / $15.99 Can. - Portable packaging for solving on the go Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Carton Qty: 40 - Smart, fresh vocabulary, fun themes, and pop-culture references 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

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The Making of a Navy SEAL My Story of Surviving the Toughest Challenge and Training the Best

Brandon Webb, with John David Mann; Foreword by Marcus Luttrell

"A behind-the-scenes look at the best sniper program in the world." —Chris Kyle, USN (Ret.), SEAL Team 3 Chief and bestselling author of AMERICAN SNIPER

Members of the Navy SEAL elite sniper corps must complete some of the toughest and longest military training in the world. This is the dramatic tale of how Brandon Webb overcame a tough childhood to live his dream and YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / enter the exciting and dangerous world of Navy SEALS and Special Forces HISTORY / MILITARY & WARS snipers. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250144430 | $10.99 / $15.99 Can. combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Making of a Navy Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Carton Qty: 32 SEAL is a rare look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W eyes of a covert operations specialist. Includes 2 maps plus one 16-page black-and-white photograph insert But it is Webb's second career as a lead instructor for the shadowy "sniper Subrights: Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press cell" and Course Manager of the Navy SEAL Sniper Program that trained UK Rights: St. Martin's Press some of America's finest warriors—including Marcus Luttrell (Lone Survivor) Other Available Formats: and Chris Kyle (American Sniper)—that makes this story so special. The Hardcover ISBN: 9781250069429 Making of a Navy SEAL is Webb's tale of overcoming the odds to be the best, Ebook ISBN: 9781466878334 and a secret look inside one of the finest and most difficult military training courses ever.

MARKETING Online Advertising on SOFREP.com PRAISE Early Reader Reviews “Webb’s story makes for a breathless read for the many who will never encounter Library Marketing Campaign Blog Outreach anything remotely as mentally and physically challenging as the endless training QuickAndDirtyTips.com Promotion exercises to make it into the SEAL teams.” —Booklist Email Marketing Campaign Social Media Campaign Author Website: BrandonTylerWebb.com "What you're about to read is not just the making of a Navy SEAL sniper, but the Author Facebook: /BrandonWebbSeal story of one guy who went on to help shape the lives of hundreds of elite special (95k likes) Author Twitter: @BrandonTWebb (30k forces warriors. Brandon has a great story to tell, and it is living proof that you followers) can achieve anything you put your mind to." —Marcus Luttrell, Navy SEAL and bestselling author of Lone Survivor

BRANDON WEBB is a former U.S. Navy SEAL; his last assignment with the SEALs was ALSO AVAILABLE Course Manager for the elite SEAL Sniper Course, where he trained some of the most Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines accomplished snipers of the twenty-first century. Webb has received numerous distinguished for Combat service awards, including the Presidential Unit Citation and the Navy Commendation Medal 1/2015 | 9781250049698 with a "V" for "Valor." He lives in California. Trade Paperback | $9.99 / $11.50 Can.

I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior: Memoirs of an American Soldier 4/2012 | 9781250016430 Trade Paperback | $8.99 / $10.50 Can.

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America the Anxious How to Calm Down, Stop Worrying, and Find Happiness

Ruth Whippman

Are we looking for "happy" in all the wrong places? This "whip-sharp British Bill Bryson" (The Sunday Times UK) thinks we might be.

After she packed up her British worldview (that everything is pretty much rubbish) and moved to America, Ruth Whippman was increasingly perplexed and baffled by the daily focus, if not obsession, on her own and other peoples’ happiness: it came up among the mothers at the playground swings, with the butcher at the supermarket, with her babysitter who sang the praises of nudist happiness retreats, and even with her gynecologist. But despite the fact that PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Americans spend more time and money in search of happiness than any other St. Martin's Griffin | 9/19/2017 nation on earth, research shows that the United States is one of the least 9781250146052 | $15.99 contented, most anxious countries in the developed world. Whippman had Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Carton Qty: 32 discovered an American public that—stoked by the multi-billion dollar 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W happiness-industrial complex—was making itself crazy. Subrights: UK: Abrams Artists Agency Translation Rights: Abrams Artists Agency Now, in America the Anxious, Whippman embarks on an uproarious Other Available Formats: pilgrimage to explore the American happiness machine, tackling both the Hardcover ISBN: 9781250071521 ridiculous and the sublime. Her search to discover what, if anything, actually Ebook ISBN: 9781466882669 does make us happy, unveils a startlingly straightforward, rigorously- researched universal answer that requires no hot yoga.

MARKETING National Print Publicity PRAISE National Radio Publicity Praise for America the Anxious Online Publicity Online Promotions and Features Library Marketing “So necessary... Readers are lucky.” —New Republic Blog Outreach Email Marketing Campaign Author Website: RuthWhippman.com "A travelogue narrated by a curious, funny and highly motivated guide...[that] Active on Twitter @RuthWhippman successfully dismantles some of the major happiness studies.” —The New York Widespread ARC Distribution Times Book Review

"Like Bill Bryson, Whippman has a willingness to play up cultural differences to comic effect...She also has Bryson’s sharp ear for language and its potential for absurdity." —The Sunday Times UK

RUTH WHIPPMAN is a British writer, journalist, and documentary maker living in the United States. Her essays and comment pieces have appeared in various publications including the New York Times, The Independent, The Guardian and the Huffington Post. She graduated from Cambridge University and now lives in California, where she is the proud mother of two little boys.

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George Washington's Secret Spy War The Making of America's First Spymaster

John A. Nagy

Now in paperback, the untold story of how George Washington, a Virginia farmer, became the eighteenth century’s greatest and America’s first spymaster.

George Washington was America’s first spymaster, and his skill as a spymaster won the war for independence.

George Washington’s Secret Spy War is the untold story of how George HISTORY / UNITED STATES / Washington took a disorderly, ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 and best equipped army of its day. Author John Nagy was the nation’s leading 9781250144928 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. expert on the subject, discovering hundreds of spies who went behind enemy Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 lines to gather intelligence during the American Revolution, many of whom 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Includes one 16-page black-and-white photograph are completely unknown to most historians. section Using George Washington’s diary as the primary source, Nagy tells the story Subrights: UK Rights: Trident Media Group Translation Rights: Trident Media Group of Washington’s experiences during the French and Indian War and his first steps in the field of espionage. Despite what many believe, Washington did Other Available Formats: not come to the American Revolution completely unskilled in this area of Hardcover ISBN: 9781250096814 Ebook ISBN: 9781250096821 warfare. Espionage was a skill he honed during the French and Indian war and upon which he heavily depended during the American Revolution. He used espionage to level the playing field and then exploited it on to final victory.

Filled with thrilling and never-before-told stories from the battlefield and behind enemy lines, this is the story of how Washington out-spied the British. For the first time, readers will discover how espionage played a major part in the American Revolution and why Washington was a master at orchestrating it.

PRAISE "Nagy’s fast-paced chronicle reveals a little-known side of America’s Revolutionary War hero." —Publishers Weekly

"John A. Nagy, fellow historian and revolutionary War scholar extraordinaire!” —David McCullough, New York Times bestselling author of The Wright Brothers

“John A. Nagy knows more about American Revolutionary War espionage than anyone in history.” —Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author

JOHN A. NAGY was a Scholar-in-Residence at Saint Francis University and a consultant on espionage to The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington and the William L. Clement Library. John was an award-winning author of four books on the American Revolution. He passed away in 2016.

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Will Shortz Presents Math Masters Sudoku: 150 Puzzles for Clever Kids Sudoku for Kids Volume 1

Edited by Will Shortz

150 easy sudoku puzzles to sharpen kids' math skills.

Now kids can enjoy the puzzle that keeps their parents' minds racing and pencils sharpened. This edition, newly repackaged and designed for children 8 and up, begins with a sudoku lesson from Will Shortz and very easy 4x4 grids to warm up. Then young solvers advance to more challenging 6x6 grids and finally traditional 9x9 sudoku puzzles. JUVENILE NONFICTION / GAMES & ACTIVITIES / PUZZLES Features: St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250150172 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 176 pages | Carton Qty: 44 · 150 puzzles 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W · Four difficulty levels including smaller "kid grids" · Fun commentary and illustrations Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press · Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz · Big grids with lots of space for easy solving

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

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Will Shortz Presents Sweater Weather Sudoku: 200 Challenging Puzzles Hard Sudoku Volume 2

Edited by Will Shortz

The next in a new series: hard puzzles for serious sudoku solvers.

Ready for some tough love? Snuggle up with this collection of 200 challenging sudoku puzzles from puzzlemaster Will Shortz! GAMES & ACTIVITIES / SUDOKU St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250148049 | $10.99 / $15.99 Can. Features: Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 24 7.1 in H | 5 in W - 200 hard puzzles Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press - Big grids for easy solving Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Introduction by legendary puzzlemaster Will Shortz

WILL SHORTZ has been crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and the founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

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Will Shortz Presents Extra Hot Sudoku: 200 Hard Puzzles Hard Sudoku Volume 1

Edited by Will Shortz

The first in a new series: hard puzzles for serious sudoku solvers.

Can you take the heat? Fire up your brain with these 200 tough sudoku puzzles from puzzlemaster Will Shortz!

Features: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / SUDOKU St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 - 200 hard puzzles 9781250148032 | $10.99 / $15.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 24 - Big grids for easy solving 7.1 in H | 5 in W - Introduction by legendary puzzlemaster Will Shortz

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press WILL SHORTZ has been crossword editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and the founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

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The Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy

Andy Heidel

This is THE best nerd cocktail book you'll ever encounter—in any galaxy!—from the owner of the best nerd-themed bar you'll ever visit.

Nerds unite!

For the first time ever comes a book that unites two of the best things in the world: nerd culture, and booze. Because if anything is true, it’s that nerds are awesome, and many of us like to throw back an adult beverage or two while re-watching Firefly for the seventeenth time. COOKING / BEVERAGES / WINE & SPIRITS St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 The Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy has something for all fans, from Agents of 9781250121219 | $22.99 / $32.99 Can. Shield to X-Men. With over a hundred delicious and easy-to-make recipes, Hardcover | 224 pages this is going to be THE go-to book for anyone who loves nerdy pop culture 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W (and drinking). All of the cocktails are created and field tested by the owner Includes 39 two-color illustrations throughout and four-color endpapers of The Way Station, everyone’s favorite Doctor Who themed bar, so you can be assured that these drinks will quench whatever thirst you’ve got. Subrights: UK: Foundry Literary + Media Translation: Foundry Literary + Media Cocktails include: the George R. R. Martini; the Mai Tai Fighter; Blade Other Available Formats: Rummer; the Felicia Laundry Day; the Flux Incapacitator; Close Encounters Ebook ISBN: 9781250121226 of the Third Lime; Cognac the Barbarian; the Sonic Screwdriver; Beer is the Mind Killer; the Shirley Temple of Doom; the Well Wheaton; Klingon Bloodwine; and The Vermouth is Out There. MARKETING Online Promotion Email Marketing Campaign ANDY HEIDEL is the owner of The Way Station, a bar and music venue in Brooklyn, NY. As Extensive Cookstr Promotion and R. Andrew Heidel he is the author of the short story collection “Desperate Moon” which Outreach features an introduction by Harlan Ellison and praise from Ray Bradbury. As a book publicist, Promotions with Tor.com including galley he launched the Eos imprint and helped make Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and Neal giveaways Stephenson bestselling authors while with Avon Books and HarperCollins. He turned to bar Extensive Social Media Campaign ownership when he was downsized, and hasn't looked back sinc...

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Flowers: The Watercolor Art Pad

Rachel Pedder-Smith

Beautiful botanical drawings ready to paint or color.

Anyone can produce beautiful botanical paintings with this book containing ready-to-paint favorite flowers in outline form by artist Rachel Pedder-Smith. Follow the step-by-step instructions to create your own paintings on high-quality art paper, which works perfectly with watercolor paint, acrylic paint, artist's pencils, and fiber-tip pens. Each flower has a ready-to-paint outline and a color palette recommended by the artist and a section of guided tutorials. Plus, each painting can be removed and framed, if desired.

RACHEL PEDDER-SMITH is a botanical artist from the Royal College of Art, London. She is best known for her ground-breaking and exquisite 18-foot Herbarium Specimen Painting, which was displayed at Kew Gardens.

ART / TECHNIQUES / WATERCOLOR PAINTING St. Martin's Griffin | 9/5/2017 9781250146472 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 48 pages 11.8 in H | 8 in W

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Risking It All A Novel

Nina Darnton

In the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and Jodi Picoult comes a novel about a woman who'll go to any lengths to become a mother.

When Marcia, a driven, successful editor in New York with a loving husband, finds she can’t conceive a child, it rips the heart out of her seemingly-perfect life. Her desire to be a mother has become her obsession, and after trying and failing to become pregnant by every known method, she focuses all of her energy on her one remaining option: surrogacy. Her husband resists, and tries to convince her that they can be happy without a child; but faced with her unyielding determination, he relents, and reluctantly goes along with the idea. FICTION / CONTEMPORARY Everything looks good...until an unexpected tragedy forces Marcia to face an WOMEN St. Martin's Griffin | 9/19/2017 impossible choice: can she be a wife and a mother, or is it either/or? Her 9781250075253 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. decision changes their plans, their marriage and their lives forever. Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W PRAISE Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Pres Translation: St. Martin's Press “With understanding and insight, Nina Darnton’s Risking it All is poignant depiction of marriage in a time of unforeseen hardship. This book made me reflect Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781466886643 on what we ask of our partners, and what we are willing to accept. It is also an inspiring example of what having one person believing in you can do for a child. The story is so compelling that the pages seemed to turn themselves until the very

MARKETING end.” —Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Mother's Promise Early Reader Reviewer Campaign NetGalley Promotion “This haunting page-turner will keep you up all night and be long remembered Social Media Outreach Author Website: ninadarnton.com after the last page has been read." —Mary Higgins Clark, on The Perfect Mother Active on Twitter: @ninadarnton (1257 followers) NINA DARNTON is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, An African Affair and The Active on Facebook: NinaDarntonBooks (311 followers) Perfect Mother. She has written for The New York Times, Elle, House and Garden, Travel and Leisure, the New York Post, and Newsweek. She has a BA from the University of Wisconsin, an MS in Psychology from the New School of Social Research, and an MFA from Columbia University. Nina and her husband John Darnton have three children and four grandchildren and live in New York City and New Paltz, New York.

28 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017

Enough Said What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?

Mark Thompson

A wide-ranging, provocative examination of free speech, political rhetoric, and the distortion of our common language—by the CEO of The New York Times Company.

“Free speech” always has been limited by obstacles: national, state, or local laws, organizational rules, social restrictions, incomplete transmission via technology, and the limits of language itself. Now, with the advent of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and YouTube, a new era has emerged, and free speech has exploded.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / CIVIL RIGHTS Never before have we enjoyed such free and diverse access to information, or St. Martin's Griffin | 9/12/2017 more freedom to debate issues. But with such openness of language and 9781250144539 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. opinion, we still have a generally poor understanding of the most important Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 issues that we face today. Why? 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W Subrights: UK: Agent, Caroline Michel, PFD In Enough Said, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson argues that there is Translation: Agent a widening gap between political power and the public, because public language Other Available Formats: is being misused or misunderstood. Drawing from classical rhetoric as well as Hardcover ISBN: 9781250059574 contemporary political doublespeak, Thompson outlines the dangers of Ebook ISBN: 9781466864726 speech without accountability, while identifying positive trends in modern speech and exploring our new age of public engagement.

MARKETING National Broadcast Publicity PRAISE National Radio Publicity “Thompson’s writing packs a high percentage of insights per page and his book National Print Publicity Online Publicity manages to be an exemplary investigation, a history, an autopsy, a practical Extensive Blog Outreach manual, and a cautionary tale all at once.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Enough Said displays many of the qualities that it identifies as lacking in our civic discourse. It is thoughtful, nuanced and wise; it considers opposing views; it takes ample note of history and is unafraid of complexity. To read this book is to feel there is cause, however tenuous, for hope.” —The Washington Post

MARK THOMPSON has been the President and CEO of The New York Times Company since 2012. Previously, he was Director-General of the BBC from 2004-2012, and CEO of Channel 4 Television Corporation from 2002-2004. Born in London, Thompson attended Stonyhurst College and Merton College Oxford. Thompson has three children with his wife, writer Jane Blumberg.

29 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017 The Confectioner's Tale A Novel of Paris

Laura Madeleine

“Delightful — a must read for every reading gourmet and for any Paris-Lover. Tasteful, joyful, Parisian – je l’aime.” —Nina George, New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop.

At the famous Patisserie Clermont, a chance encounter with the owner's daughter has given one young man a glimpse into a life he never knew

FICTION / CONTEMPORARY existed: of sweet cream and melted chocolate, golden caramel and powdered WOMEN sugar, of pastry light as air. But it is not just the art of confectionery that A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin holds him captive, and soon a forbidden love affair begins. | 9/19/2017 9781250137418 | $15.99 Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 Almost eighty years later, an academic discovers a hidden photograph of her 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W grandfather as a young man with two people she has never seen before. Scrawled on the back of the picture are the words “Forgive me.” Unable to Subrights: UK Rights: Penguin Random House Translation Rights: Johnson & Alcock (Ed Wilson) resist the mystery behind it, she begins to unravel the story of two star-crossed lovers and one irrevocable betrayal. Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250100542 Ebook ISBN: 9781250100559 PRAISE “In her fast-paced, deliciously addictive debut novel, Laura Madeleine throws the reader directly into 1910 Paris. You can feel the grittiness of Montmartre, see the MARKETING Left Bank streets, and smell the sugar in the patisseries. Featuring romance, family Twitter: @esthercrumpet Author Website: lauramadeleine.com secrets, and a well-executed dual narrative, The Confectioner’s Tale is as transportive a book as you can read.” —Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment

“Mouth-watering and mysterious... a compelling read.” —Leah Fleming, bestselling author of The Postcard

After a childhood spent acting professionally and training at a theatre school, LAURA MADELEINE changed her mind and went to study English Literature at Newnham College, Cambridge. She now writes fiction, as well as recipes, and was formerly the resident cake baker for Domestic Sluttery. She lives in Bristol, but can often be found visiting her family in Devon, eating cheese, and getting up to mischief with her sister, fantasy author Lucy Hounsom. The Confectioner's Tale is her first novel.

30 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

A Most Novel Revenge A Mystery

Ashley Weaver

Amory and Milo Ames “channel Nick and Nora Charles” (Booklist) in the latest installment in this Edgar-nominated charming traditional mystery series set in 1930s England.

“Well, darling, who do you suppose will turn up dead this time?”

With two murder investigations behind them and their marriage at last on steady ground, Amory and Milo Ames intend to winter quietly in Italy. The couple finds their plans derailed, however, when Amory receives an urgent summons to the English countryside from her cousin Laurel. At Lyonsgate, FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / COZY the country house of Laurel’s friend Reginald Lyons, Amory and Milo are Minotaur Books | 9/5/2017 surprised to discover an eccentric and distinguished group of guests have also 9781250112446 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. been invited, led by the notorious socialite Isobel Van Allen. Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W After years of social exile, Isobel has returned to England to write a sequel to Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press her scandalous first book, the thinly fictionalized account of a high society Translation Rights: Rees Literary Agency murder at the very country house to which the Ameses have been called. Her Other Available Formats: second incriminating volume, she warns the house’s occupants—all of whom Hardcover ISBN: 9781250060457 were present when one of their companions was killed years ago—will tell Ebook ISBN: 9781466865686 everything that really happened that fateful night. But some secrets are meant to stay buried, and when a desperate person turns to murder, it’s up to Amory and Milo to sort through a web of scandal and lies to uncover the MARKETING truth, and the identity of a killer. National Print Publicity Online Publicity Blog Outreach PRAISE Author Website: Ashley-Weaver.com Facebook: /AuthorAshleyWeaver "Reminiscent of many of Agatha Christie's famous 'house party' mysteries, A Twitter: /AshleyCWeaver Most Novel Revenge is a clever mystery with a pair of likable protagonists. Amory and Milo's witty repartee makes the story entertaining.... Ashley Weaver's charming style and interesting characters are sure to send readers looking for the first two Amory Ames mysteries (Murder at the Brightwell and Death Wears a Mask). Fans of Charles Todd, Susan Elia MacNeal and Jacqueline Winspear will appreciate the portrayal of 1930s England, as will anyone who enjoys deft historical mysteries." —Shelf Awareness on A Most Novel Revenge

ASHLEY WEAVER is the technical services coordinator at the Allen Parish Libraries in Oberlin, Louisiana. Weaver has worked in libraries since she was fourteen; she was a page and then a clerk before obtaining her MLIS from Louisiana State University. She is the author of two previous Amory Ames mysteries, Murder at the Brightwell and Death Wears a Mask.

31 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

Death of an Avid Reader A Kate Shackleton Mystery

Frances Brody

Frances Brody's “refreshingly complex heroine” (Kirkus Reviews) tackles yet another case.

An intricate plot in the post-WWI English countryside and Frances Brody's "refreshingly complex heroine" (Kirkus) make for absorbing 6th installment in this mystery perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Agatha Christie.

The Search for a Daughter Lady Coulton gave up the baby that would have ruined her marriage, born when Lord Coulton was abroad. Now that her husband is dying, she asks Kate FICTION / MYSTERY & to find Sophia. DETECTIVE / TRADITIONAL Minotaur Books | 9/12/2017 9781250067500 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. A Haunted Library Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 It is forty years since the ghost of a dead librarian haunted the old library, yet 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W the stories have begun again. Kate does not believe in ghosts but obligingly Subrights: UK Rights: Piatkus takes part in a ceremony to expel the restless spirit. Shockingly, there is a Translation Rights: Luxton Harris body in the basement, strangled, and covered in dusty volumes from a fallen

Other Available Formats: bookcase. It is Dr. Potter, a mathematician. Hardcover ISBN: 9781250067395 Ebook ISBN: 9781466875708 A Killer on the Loose Dr. Potter’s body is taken away. The police find a sick man sheltering in the basement. He is an Italian, Umberto, an organ grinder and owner of a lively MARKETING Capuchin monkey. Umberto becomes the prime suspect and will be charged Email Marketing Campaign with murder. Kate goes with Umberto to the infirmary. But he is too weak to Promotion on CriminalElement.com be a suspect. And now Kate must set out to find the real culprit. Library Marketing Campaign Author Website: FrancesBrody.com PRAISE "Brody has the style of the classic British cozy down pat." —Kirkus Reviews

“I have enjoyed all five Kate Shackleton books but this is the best so far. Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers.” —Daily Mail

“This is a well written, engaging story, easy to read and positively breathing the atmosphere of its setting and time. Don’t be put off if you’ve not met Kate before. This is almost the perfect stand-alone, with enough references to enable you to fill in the background for yourself...I’m impressed - and off to explore Kate’s earlier cases. If they’re as good as this, they’ll be well worth the effort!” —Crime Review

FRANCES BRODY is the author of the Kate Shackleton mysteries. She lives in the North of England, where she was born and grew up. Frances started her writing life in radio, with many plays and short stories broadcast by the BBC. She has also written for television and theater. Before turning to crime, she wrote sagas, winning the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin award for most regionally evocative debut saga of the millennium.

32 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN SEPTEMBER 2017

Cheesecake Love Inventive, Irresistible, and Super-Easy Cheesecake Desserts for Every Day

Jocelyn Brubaker

This playful and inventive cookbook teaches readers how to turn classic desserts into indulgent cheesecake-based brownies, cookies, pies, and more.

"If it doesn't have cheesecake in it, it should" is the baking motto that

COOKING / COURSES & DISHES Jocelyn Brubaker lives by. Over the years, she has baked thousands of / DESSERTS cheesecakes and challenged herself to work cheesecake into any and every St. Martin's Griffin | 9/26/2017 dessert you can imagine for the millions of readers who try and trust the 9781250084460 | $27.99 / $38.99 Can. recipes on her blog. Hardcover | 240 pages | Carton Qty: 10 10 in H | 8 in W Includes 67 color photographs throughout Now, in her debut cookbook, she'll show you all the wild and wonderful ways you can go beyond traditional cheesecake. This book is filled with creative Subrights: UK Rights: Stonesong Translation Rights: Stonesong and mouthwatering cheesecake desserts like Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Brownies, Cookies-and-Cream Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries, and Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250084477 Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Cookie Bars. Who can resist Marshmallow S'mores Cheesecake or Apple Crumb Cheesecake Pie?

With over 75 delicious recipes, dozens of easy-to-use baking tips, gorgeous MARKETING Online Promotion color photos, and Jocelyn's warmth and bubbly personality on every page, this Email Marketing Campaign cookbook will become a go-to source for all things cheesecake, making it the Blog Outreach Campaign perfect book for new or experienced bakers. With Jocelyn by your side in the Cookstr Promotion and Outreach kitchen, every dessert can become a blank canvas for cheesecake love. Social Media Campaign

PRAISE "She had me at cheesecake! This book takes my most favorite dessert and knocks it out of the park. Jocelyn's approach to baking cheesecake is wonderfully accessible for bakers of all experience levels. Beyond being insanely creative, her recipes are adorable and most importantly delicious!" —Shelly Jaronsky, author of The Cookies & Cups Cookbook

"I can imagine that Jocelyn's recipes are going to bring unending happiness, joy, and excitement to everyone in my life for years to come. It's a keeper!" —Amanda Rettke, author of Surprise-Inside Cakes and owner of I Am Baker

JOCELYN BRUBAKER is the baker, photographer, and writer behind the popular blog Inside BruCrew Life, which she started in 2008. Jocelyn's recipes regularly appear on Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, and Cosmopolitan.com, among other sites. She lives in Texas with her husband and three children.

33 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

Hell Bay A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

Will Thomas

When two people are murdered during a secret government conference on a secluded island estate, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker must find the killer among the guests before it’s too late.

"If you love Sherlock Holmes, historical mysteries, or just a good, rousing adventure, you'll love these books, too." —Laurell K. Hamilton

At the request of Her Majesty’s government, private enquiry agent Cyrus FICTION / MYSTERY & Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment—he’s to DETECTIVE / TRADITIONAL provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The Minotaur Books | 9/5/2017 conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a 9781250145437 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house party—an attempt to introduce Lord Hargrave’s two unmarried sons Subrights: UK: Maria Carvainis Translation: Maria Carvainis to potential mates.

Other Available Formats: But shortly after the parties land at the island, Lord Hargrave is killed by a Hardcover ISBN: 9781250077950 Ebook ISBN: 9781466890282 sniper shot, and the French ambassador’s head of security is found stabbed to death. The only means of egress from the island—a boat—has been sent away, and the means of signaling for help has been destroyed. Trapped in a manor house with no way of escape, Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas MARKETING National Print Publicity Llewelyn, must uncover which among them is the killer before the next Online Publicity victim falls. Criminal Element Feature Author Website: WillThomasAuthor.com PRAISE “[A] classic detective duo…. The best fun in this Big Boys’ Adventure Book is observing [protagonist Cyrus] Barker in action.” —Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review on Fatal Enquiry

“A satisfying addition to a satisfying series. Thomas continues to contribute to the historical thriller genre by combining appealing characters with thoroughly researched historical detail.” —Library Journal on Anatomy of Evil

“Well-crafted and immersive, this is a great addition [for] Thomas’ fans, as well as those of Alex Grecian and Anne Perry’s.” —Booklist on Fatal Enquiry

WILL THOMAS is the author of the Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn crime novels set in Victorian England, most recently Anatomy of Evil and Fatal Enquiry, as well as the Shamus and Barry award-nominated Some Danger Involved. He lives in Oklahoma.

34 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It. From WWE's The New Day

The New Day

A fun, full color book for fans of WWE's The New Day tag team with all the silliness, positivity, unicorns, trombones, and twerking fans can get.

WWE's Reigning RAW champion tag team, The New Day, presents the ultimate guide into their storyline world. Narrated by The New Day, their new book, The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It (It's Twerked For Us!) is the only resource fans need to embrace the power of positivity and live the SPORTS & RECREATION / New Day way of life. Broken into several brief, “in-world” chapters, this WRESTLING St. Martin's Griffin | 10/31/2017 tongue-in-cheek handbook will have even the most booty of individuals 9781250147004 | $21.99 / $30.99 Can. clapping, gyrating and radiating positivity like the New Day themselves. Hardcover | 256 pages 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Fans will learn: Includes color photographs throughout · How to Project Positivity; Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press · Top 10 signs you might be “booty” - see definition of the New Day’s Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press trademark insult- “booty” inside; Other Available Formats: · How to dance like Big E and/or How to twerk Like a Man; Ebook ISBN: 9781250147011 · Learn to play the trombone in 3 easy steps; · What your choice of headwear says about you.

MARKETING By the time you finish this book, you'll be an expert at picking out positive National Author Tour coordinating with attire, loving unicorns, and knowing how to battle nefarious WWE tag teams WWE appearances National Television Publicity with a smile on your face. Protip: Eat your Booty O's every morning for National Radio Publicity added strength! National Print Publicity Online Publicity Major Promotional Support with WWE PRAISE Online Advertising "A source of constant entertainment as duplicitous positive-energy Social Media Campaign, Facebook.com/BigE, 1.5M+ fans, evangelists...sore-winner trombone serenades, unicorn headgear, playground Facebook.com/KofiKingston, 3.5M+ antagonism, and more good gyrations than we can handle." —Rolling Stone fans, Facebook.com/XavierWoodsPhD, 535K+ fans, Facebook.com/TheNewDayWWE, 48K+ The New Day are WWE's reigning RAW Tag Team Champions, the longest running tag fans, Facebook.com/WWE, 34M+ fans, champs in history. Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods made their team debut on RAW in Facebook.com/WWEPublishing, 2.5M+ 2014, and they've been kicking butt with a smile ever since. They were Rolling Stone's "2015 fans Wrestler of the Year" collectively. Whether they're popping out of Booty O's cereal boxes Campaign website: wearing zany outfits and unicorn horns, or twerking while playing their trombone, TheNewDayBook.com “Francesca,” they're in it to win it with positivity and style.

35 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The Orphan of Florence

Jeanne Kalogridis

In this irresistible historical novel set in the turbulent world of the Medicis, a young woman finds herself driven from pick-pocketing to espionage when she meets a mysterious man.

Giulia has been an orphan all her life. Raised in Florence's famous Ospedale degli Innocenti, her probing questions and insubordinate behavior made her an unwelcome presence, and at the age of fifteen, she was given an awful choice: become a nun, or be married off to a man she didn't love. She chose neither, and after refusing an elderly suitor, Guilia escaped onto the streets of Florence.

FICTION / HISTORICAL St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 Now, after spending two years as a successful pickpocket, an old man catches 9780312675479 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. her about to make off with his purse, and rather than having her carted off to Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 prison he offers her a business proposition. The man claims to be a cabalist, a 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 1 lb Wt student of Jewish mysticism and ritual magic, who works for the most Subrights: UK Rights: Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary powerful families in Florence. But his identity is secret—he is known only as Agency "the Magician of Florence"—and he is in need of an assistant. She accepts the Translation Rights: Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency job and begins smuggling his talismans throughout the city.

Other Available Formats: But the talismans are not what they seem, and neither is the Magician. When Ebook ISBN: 9781466850231 Giulia's involvement with him ends with his murder, she's drawn into a treacherous web of espionage and deceit involving the forces of Rome, Naples, and a man known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. Accused of the MARKETING Online advertising Magician's murder, Giulia is pursued by the handsome policeman Niccolo, Early Reader Reviews Lorenzo's henchmen, and foreign spies, and in order to survive, she must not NetGalley Promotion only solve the mystery of the mystery of the Magician's murder, but that of Library Marketing her own past. Social Media Campaign Email Marketing Campaign Blog Outreach PRAISE Author website: http://www.jeannekalogridis.com/ "Dark and majestic... Kalogridis deftly illuminates the complexities of the era, Author Facebook: while exploring ageless themes of love, loyalty, betrayal and sacrifice https://www.facebook.com/pages /Jeanne-Kalogridis —remarkable!" —Pam Jenoff, international bestselling author of The Kommandant's Girl

"History is as much a character as her hero and heroines, and readers are drawn into these intriguing tales through Kalogridis' clean writing style." —RT Book Reviews

"Seasoned historic novelist Kalogridis nails the palace intrigue and lush pageantry of the Renaissance." —Publishers Weekly on The Devil's Queen

JEANNE KALOGRIDIS lives in California, where she shares a house with an adorably wiggly black lab named Django. She is the author of the critically acclaimed The Borgia Bride, and numerous other dark fantasy and historical novels.

36 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Autentico Cooking Italian, the Authentic Way

Rolando Beramendi

Classic, delicious, authentic Italian food from the founder of Italian food importer Manicaretti.

Unlike so many Italian cookbooks, Autentico goes far beyond pasta. In a world where culinary shortcuts, adulteration, misleading labeling, and mass production of seemingly “authentic” food rule, culinary archaeologist, innovator, importer, and cooking teacher Rolando Beramendi has kept centuries-old culinary traditions alive. Nothing is more authentic than that. COOKING / REGIONAL & ETHNIC / ITALIAN In Autentico, Rolando details how to make some classic dishes such as St. Martin's Griffin | 10/24/2017 9781250124975 | $35.00 / $49.00 Can. spaghetti cacio e pepe, Tuscan ragù, and eggplant parmesan as they were Hardcover | 368 pages meant to be made – not the versions that somehow became muddled as they 10.6 in H | 7.6 in W made their way across the Atlantic. Among the 150 recipes, you’ll find Baked Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Zucchini Blossoms filled with goat ricotta, rather than mozzarella; The Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press Greenest Minestrone; Gnocchi with Kale Pesto; Risotto with Roasted Beets,

Other Available Formats: Gorgonzola, and Pistachios; Roast Lamb with Red Peppers; Salt Cod with Ebook ISBN: 9781250124982 Prunes, and a Tuscan Stew with spice route flavors that could have been served to the Medicis during the Renaissance. And of course, there are dolci (desserts): Summer Fruit Caponata, Meringata with Dark Chocolate Sauce, and Olive Oil Cake with Blood Orange Syrup. MARKETING National Print Publicity Online Advertising Campaign Autentico features authentic Italian food that relies on the craftsmanship and Email Marketing Campaign quality of the ingredients used, the play of textures, and simple tastes. Bon Blog Outreach Campaign Email Marketing Campaign appetit! Quick and Dirty Tips Podcast Promotion Author Website: www.manicaretti.com PRAISE “Rolando has an amazing eye (as well as a nose and a palate) for the very best in food and drink, and he is as apt to find it in a peasant farmhouse in Tuscany as he is in an aristocratic palazzo in the Veneto. ” —Nancy Harmon Jenkins, author of The Four Seasons of Pasta

“Rolando Beramendi has an unrivaled passion for the Italian foods he sells...With infectious joy, Rolando speaks of their history, explains how to use them, even how to eat them.” —Nancy Silverton, author of Mozza at Home

“Rolando Beramendi has had an enormous impact on American food." —Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman’s

ROLANDO BERAMENDI is the founder of the Italian fine food importer Manicaretti and a frequent winner of Specialty Food Show awards. Truly a “chef’s chef,” his products, cooking classes, and culinary expertise have been praised by luminaries such as Ina Garten, Alice Waters, Mario Batali, Thomas Keller, Nancy Silverton, and many more. He splits his time between New York, San Francisco, and his home in Florence.

37 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

If You Knew My Sister

Michelle Adams

In the vein of Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, a novel of psychological suspense where a woman returns to her family's home to learn the truth and escape her sister's influence

If you knew my sister, you’d run too…

First there was the Robert Kneel incident. Then what happened to Margot Wolfe. And now she’s found me again.

Dr. Irini Harringford was given away by her parents just before her fourth birthday. Although she has spent her whole life trying to convince herself she FICTION / THRILLERS / doesn't need them, deep down Irini longs to understand why she was PSYCHOLOGICAL St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 abandoned, while her parents kept her older sister, Elle. 9781250126702 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 24 So when Elle gets in touch with news that their mother has died, Irini 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W reluctantly agrees to return to the family home. But she is ill at ease. She and Subrights: UK rights: Madeleine Milburn Agency Elle are not close. Irini knows only too well what Elle is capable of. Translation rights: Madeleine Milburn Agency Inexplicably drawn to her enigmatic sister, yet terrified of the sway she holds, Other Available Formats: Irini tries to protect herself even as she is sucked back into her family's toxic Ebook ISBN: 9781250109101 web of secrets...and soon realizes that the past is more complicated than she Audio ISBN: 9781427294166 imagined, and that her very future rests upon discovering the truth about why she was really given away.

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38 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Christmas in London A Novel

Anita Hughes

A charming, glamourous love story set at Claridge's in London during the magical week before Christmas starring a sweet NYC baker and the Cooking Channel Producer who could change her life.

It’s a week before Christmas and Louisa Graham is working twelve hour shifts at a bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side. When a young cooking show assistant comes in from the rain and begs to buy all the cinnamon rolls on her tray, she doesn’t know what to do. Louisa is just the baker, and they aren't hers to sell. But the show burned the rolls they were supposed to film that FICTION / CONTEMPORARY WOMEN day, so she agrees. St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 9781250145796 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. The next morning, Louisa finds out that her cinnamon rolls were a hit, but Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W the host was allergic, and the whole crew is supposed to leave for London that afternoon. They want Louisa to step in for their annual Christmas Eve Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Dinner TV special at Claridge's. It’s a great opportunity, and Digby Bunting, Translation Rights: Trident Media Group Louisa’s famous baking idol, will be there. Even if he does seem more Other Available Formats: interested in her than her food. Ebook ISBN: 9781250145802 And then there’s Kate, the show's beautiful producer. On their first day in London she runs into the skinny boy she jilted at St. Andrew's in Scotland ten MARKETING years ago. Now he’s a handsome, brilliant mathematician, and newly divorced. Early Reader Reviews Their familiar spark is still there, but so is the scar of how they left things. HeroesandHeartbreakers.com Promotion Featured Title on ReadingGroupGold.com Kate and Louisa are busy preparing for the show, but old and new flames are Book Club Outreach complicating their work. Blog Outreach Email Marketing Active on Facebook: Set during London's most festive time of year and filled with delicious food, /AnitaHughesAuthor Christmas in London is about love and friendship, and the season's most Active on Twitter: @hughesanita important lesson: learning how to ask for and give forgiveness. Author Website: AnitaHughesBooks.com

PRAISE "Christmas. Paris. Star-crossed lovers. Yup, it’s the perfect holiday read!" —Debbie Macomber, #1 NYT bestselling author of Dashing Through the Snow on Christmas in Paris

"Gorgeously festive and evocative, this is a compelling story filled with characters you truly care about. I adored it." —Melissa Hill, USA Today bestselling author of The Charm Bracelet on Christmas in Paris

ANITA HUGHES is the author of Monarch Beach, Market Street, Lake Como, French Coast, Rome in Love, Island in the Sea, Santorini Sunsets, Christmas in Paris, White Sand, Blue Sea, and Emerald Coast. She attended UC Berkeley's Masters in Creative Writing Program, and lives in Dana Point, California, where she is at work on her next novel.

39 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The Diamond Empire

K'Wan

The next gritty, compelling novel from #1 Essence bestselling author K'wan.

#1 Essence bestselling author K’Wan returns with the next explosive, hard-hitting follow-up novel to the street love story Diamonds and Pearl. It’s about to be an all-out war. While an ambitious rival has taken over Diamonds’s crew, Diamonds lies in wait in exile, carefully planning his next move to comeback and reclaim his position as king of the streets of New York for good. But when an unexpected enemy from the past one-ups Diamonds and beats him at his own game, Diamonds needs to dig deep into his bag of tricks—and make an unlikely alliance—in order to climb back to the top. FICTION / AFRICAN AMERICAN / URBAN St. Martin's Griffin | 10/10/2017 After opening her heart to Diamonds and then having him disappear, Pearl 9781250102638 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. lives her days in a very dark place. But when her father’s empire is toppled Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 and a gaping power vacuum needs to be filled, Pearl is drawn into the very life 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W her father so desperately wanted to shield her from. Pearl needs to fight tooth Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press and nail to become queen of her father’s kingdom, as Diamonds claws his way Translation: St. Martin's Press back to Pearl. Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250102645 PRAISE Audio ISBN: 9781427290632 "Top-notch street lit... one of the top urban fiction novels of the year." —Library Journal Starred Review on Diamonds and Pearl

MARKETING Early Reader Reviews K'WAN is a multiple literary award winner and bestselling author of over a twenty titles Bookseller Outreach which include: Gangsta, Road Dawgz, Street Dreams, Hoodlum, Eve, Hood Rat, Blow, Still Extensive Outreach to African American Hood, Gutter, Section 8, From Harlem with Love, The Leak, Welfare Wifeys, Eviction Notice, media and readers Love & Gunplay, Animal, The Life & Times of Slim Goodie, Purple Reign, Little Nikki Grind, Email Marketing Campaign Animal II, The Fix, Black Lotus, First & Fifteenth, Ghetto Bastard, Animal 3, The Fix 2, The Social Media Campaign Active on Facebook: /KwantheWriter 13k Fix 3 and Animal 4. likes Active on Twitter: @kwan141 Author website kwanfoye.com

40 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

All-Time Favorite Sheet Cakes & Slab Pies Easy to Make, Easy to Serve

Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

Old-fashioned, comforting desserts.

Long before the current renaissance, these sturdy desserts were a staple at Midwestern holidays, southern family reunions, and potlucks everywhere: slab COOKING / COURSES & DISHES pies, generous fruit concoctions made in a baking sheet, topped with a / DESSERTS traditional pie crust or a crunchy crumble; or delicious shareable sheet cakes St. Martin's Griffin | 10/24/2017 loaded up with frosting. Now, these American originals are flourishing 9781250117588 | $24.99 / $34.99 Can. Paperback | 224 pages | Carton Qty: 24 everywhere from hip locales like Brooklyn neighborhood potlucks to church 9.1 in H | 7.5 in W suppers, and why not? A sheet cake has way more icing per bite than a layer Includes color photographs throughout cake; a slab pie, way more crust and fruit filling, giving more deliciousness in Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press each bite. Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press

Other Available Formats: Inside you'll find over 100 recipes for old and new favorites such as Chocolate Ebook ISBN: 9781250117595 Chip Cake with Pecan Caramel Frosting, Coconut Sheet Cake, Lemonade Cake with Lemon Whipped Cream, Cherry Pie with Pecan Crunch, Peanut Butter and Vanilla Pie, and the king of all pop-tarts, a Giant Jam Tart Pie, all easy to make, fun to serve, and wonderful to eat. MARKETING Online Promotion Email Marketing Campaign BRUCE WEINSTEIN and MARK SCARBROUGH have written a shelf of cookbooks Blog Outreach Campaign together. They also write a column called "Sundays in the Kitchen with Bruce and Mark" on Cookstr Promotion and Outreach weightwatchers.com, have an award-winning food related podcast, and contribute to many of Social Media Campaign the big food magazines. They are the authors of A La Mode and Turbo Blender Baking.

41 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 11 200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times

Edited by Will Shortz

200 of the famous giant Sunday puzzles from The New York Times.

It's the biggest crossword series around: New York Times crosswords editor Will GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Shortz's gigantic Sunday puzzles in an omnibus-size volume that guarantees CROSSWORDS hours of head-scratching and entertainment for all puzzlers. St. Martin's Griffin | 10/17/2017 9781250149329 | $18.99 / $26.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Carton Qty: 20 Features: 10.9 in H | 8.5 in W

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press - Convenience and value with 200 puzzles in a single volume Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Contemporary themed puzzles more than 50% bigger than the weekday puzzle - Fun, fresh vocabulary and challenging clues the New York Times Sunday crossword is famous for

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

42 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Home for the Holidays Crosswords: 200 Easy to Hard Puzzles

Edited by Will Shortz

Enjoy the holiday spirit with 200 easy to hard New York Times crossword puzzles in a cheerful Christmas-inspired package.

The only thing better than being home for the holidays is relaxing with this merry compilation of New York Times crossword puzzles, which packs hours GAMES & ACTIVITIES / of solving into a large-size paperback with a fun, flashy cover. CROSSWORDS St. Martin's Griffin | 10/17/2017 Featuring: 9781250147981 | $18.99 / $26.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Carton Qty: 20 10.9 in H | 8.5 in W - 200 easy to hard New York Times crosswords - Fresh wordplay and contemporary clues Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Puzzles edited by the #1 name in crosswords, Will Shortz

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

43 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Upside-Down Dogs

Serena Hodson

A beautiful full color photography book showcasing charming dogs from a mix of different breeds photographed upside down

PETS / DOGS by an award-winning photographer. St. Martin's Griffin | 10/17/2017 9781250131119 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. Hardcover | 128 pages Move over Shake and Underwater Dogs, there's a new pooch photographer in 7 in H | 9 in W town. Her name is Serena Hodson and she's got a very unique perspective. She Includes 100 color photographs takes beautiful color photographs of man's best friend...but her furry subjects Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press are always upside down. The results are stunning, charming, and laugh out loud Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press adorable. No matter the breed, no matter the background, Hodson is able to

Other Available Formats: capture the sweet personality of each dog she works with. Ebook ISBN: 9781250131126 Silly, drooly, whimsical, and fun, Upside Down Dogs is sure to bring a smile to every dog lover's face. There's no better book to help someone turn their frown upside down. MARKETING Print Publicity Online Publicity SERENA HODSON was born in New Zealand, but is now based in Brisbane, Australia. She is Blog Outreach an international multi-award-winning photographer. Her work revolving around her dogs, Bookseller Outreach Rocco, Ralph and Simon has a strong fan base around the world. Upside Down Dogs is her Author Website: serenahphotography.com.au first book. Author on Facebook @serenahphotography 85K Followers

44 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Southpaw Solvers: 100 Easy to Hard Crossword Puzzles for Lefties Left-Handed Crosswords Volume 2

Edited by Will Shortz

100 easy to hard puzzles gone topsy-turvy for easier left-handed solving.

GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Life can be tough for left-handed solvers: you love crosswords, but hate CROSSWORDS smearing ink when you get to those pesky puzzles printed on the right-hand St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 side of the book. 9781250147998 | $11.99 / $16.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 128 pages | Carton Qty: 54 10.9 in H | 8.5 in W Well, this book solves that problem: these puzzles are only printed on the left-hand side of the page! How is that possible? Because all the right-side Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press puzzles are printed upside-down, so the southpaw solver can flip the book Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press over and solve them...on the “right” side of the page!

Every puzzle inside is edited by puzzlemaster Will Shortz himself, and includes the fresh, fun clues the New York Times is famous for.

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

45 MINOTAUR BOOKS OCTOBER 2017

The Inheritance A Charles Lenox Mystery

Charles Finch

A mysterious bequest of money leads to a murder in this new novel in the bestselling series whose last installment The New York Times called "a sterling addition to this well-polished series."

Charles Lenox has received a cryptic plea for help from an old Harrow schoolmate, Gerald Leigh, but when he looks into the matter he finds that his friend has suddenly disappeared. As boys they had shared a secret: a bequest from a mysterious benefactor had smoothed Leigh’s way into the world after FICTION / MYSTERY & the death of his father. Lenox, already with a passionate interest in detective DETECTIVE / TRADITIONAL work, made discovering the benefactor's identity his first case – but was never Minotaur Books | 10/31/2017 able to solve it. 9781250130198 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Now, years later, Leigh has been the recipient of a second, even more generous bequest. Is it from the same anonymous sponsor? Or is the money Subrights: UK Rights: The Book Group Translation Rights: The Book Group poisoned by ulterior motives? Leigh’s disappearance suggests the latter, and as Lenox tries, desperately, to save his friend’s life, he’s forced into Other Available Formats: confrontations with both the most dangerous of east end gangs and the far Hardcover ISBN: 9781250070425 Ebook ISBN: 9781466880207 more genteel denizens of the illustrious Royal Society. When someone close to the bequest dies, Lenox must finally delve deep into the past to uncover at last the identity of the person who is either his friend’s savior – or his lethal enemy. MARKETING National Print Publicity National Online Publicity PRAISE Facebook Advertising Extensive Social Media “A sterling addition to this well-polished series.” —New York Times Book Review Promotion/Giveaways on Home By Nightfall Extensive Goodreads Giveaways Author Facebook: /CharlesFinchAuthor “Bravo Mr. Finch and keep them coming! More Lenox, please.” —Louise Penny, author of Still Life

ALSO AVAILABLE “A thick, leisurely, British detective novel, studded with memorable characters.” Home by Nightfall: A Charles Lenox Mystery —Hallie Ephron, The Boston Globe on The Laws of Murder 8/2016 | 9781250093646 Trade Paperback | $15.99 / $22.99 Can.

The Laws of Murder: A Charles Lenox Mystery "Finch is a clever plotter and assiduous researcher." —Seattle Times 8/2015 | 9781250067449 Trade Paperback | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. CHARLES FINCH is a graduate of Yale and Oxford. He is the author of the Charles Lenox The Last Enchantments: A Novel mysteries, including The Fleet Street Murders, The September Society, A Stranger in 3/2015 | 9781250063250 Mayfair, A Burial at Sea, A Death in the Small Hours, and An Old Betrayal. His first novel, Trade Paperback | $15.99 / $18.50 Can. A Beautiful Blue Death, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of Library Journal's Best Books of 2007, one of only five mystery novels on the list. He lives in New York City.

46 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Homeward Bound The Life of Paul Simon

Peter Ames Carlin

A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin.

To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS Central Park. Five years later, Simon’s album “Graceland” sold millions and St. Martin's Griffin | 10/24/2017 spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn’t stop there. 9781250145697 | $17.99 / $24.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Carton Qty: 20 The grandchild of Jewish emigrants from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Includes one 8-page black-and-white photograph empire, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 section million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ‘n’

Subrights: 1st ser., audio: Holt Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning—and Brit., trans., dram.: Writers House, LLC flexibility—of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world.

Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781627790345 Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story Ebook ISBN: 9781627790352 replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Audio ISBN: 9781427286918 Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s Homeward Bound is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history.

PETER AMES CARLIN is a writer and the author of several books, including Bruce, a biography of Bruce Springsteen published in 2012. Carlin has also been a free-lance journalist, a senior writer at People, and a television columnist and feature writer at The Oregonian. A regular speaker on music, art, and popular culture, Carlin lives in Portland, OR, with his wife and three children.

47 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017 Bear The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III

Robert Greenfield

The definitive biography of the reclusive and mysterious Grateful Dead benefactor and renowned LSD chemist without whom the counterculture would never have been born.

Augustus Owsley Stanley III, better known by his nickname, Bear, was one of the most iconic figures in the cultural revolution that changed both America and the world during the 1960s.

Owsley's high-octane rocket fuel enabled Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters to put on the Acid Tests. It also powered much of what happened on stage at BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS Monterey Pop. Owsley turned on Pete Townshend of The Who and Jimi A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin Hendrix. The shipment of LSD that Owsley sent John Lennon resulted in The | 10/31/2017 Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album and film. 9781250139184 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Convinced that the Grateful Dead were destined to become the world's Includes black-and-white photographs throughout greatest rock 'n' roll band, Owsley provided the money that kept them going Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press during their early days. As their longtime soundman, he then faithfully Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press recorded many of the Dead's greatest live performances and designed the massive space-age system that came to be known as the Wall of Sound. Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250081216 Ebook ISBN: 9781466893115 Award-winning author and biographer Robert Greenfield’s definitive biography of this Grateful Dead legend masterfully takes us through Owsley's incredible life and times to bring us a full picture of this fascinating man for the first MARKETING time. National Radio Publicity National Print Publicity PRAISE Online Publicity Promotion with DEAD.NET “Essential for Deadheads but also an engaging cultural portrait for anyone Library Marketing Campaign National Indiebound Campaign interested in the era.” —Kirkus Reviews Blog Outreach Early Reader Review Campaign "Robert Greenfield's gossipy Bear captures the genius and craziness of the man Email Marketing Campaign who turned on a generation and made the Grateful Dead into a rock powerhouse." —Shelf Awareness

"Perfectly in line with his insightful biographies of Jerry Garcia and Timothy Leary, Robert Greenfield’s Bear paints a rich portrait of yet another counterculture icon." —David Browne, author of So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead

A former associate editor at Rolling Stone magazine, Robert Greenfield is the critically acclaimed author of several classic rock books including the NYT bestselling Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia and biographies of Timothy Leary and Ahmet Ertegun. He is the co-author of Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out which won the ASCAP Foundation’s Deems Taylor Award. An award winning novelist, playwright and screenwriter, his short fiction has appeared in various magazines.

48 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Hope at Christmas

Nancy Naigle

A recently divorced woman and her daughter look for a fresh start by moving to a small town that embraces them in ways that only fate and the magic of Christmas can explain.

Sydney Ragsdale is divorced, but her husband is still calling the shots. In an attempt to shake free from his hold, she and her daughter, Ray Anne, head for tiny Hopewell, NC to the only asset her ex has no control over – a decaying farmhouse that once belonged to her grandparents. She finds solace at The Book Bea, the bookstore she’d loved as a child during her summer stays.

FICTION / ROMANCE / Kevin MacAlea, Mac to his friends, is the local high school history teacher CONTEMPORARY and baseball coach. Father of a twelve-year-old son, he’s Hopewell, North St. Martin's Griffin | 10/10/2017 Carolina’s most sought after bachelor. His young bride abandoned him and his 9781250108678 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. son just before Christmas and has never come back. It has left his son bitter Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W about Christmas which is hard for Mac who loves the magic of the season. He’s been the Santa here in Hopewell since the year Seth was born. Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press Translation: St. Martin's Press But when a catastrophe forces The Book Bea to close before the end of the year, everyone in the small town is feeling the loss. While Sydney is already Other Available Formats: off-balance by the bad news, her ex-husband breaks a promise to their Ebook ISBN: 9781250108685 daughter that sends Ray Anne running away. As Sydney tries to figure out what her next steps are she discovers all of the answers are right here in Hopewell. MARKETING National Print Publicity National Advertising PRAISE NetGalley Outreach Blog Outreach "This is a sweet, Hallmark-movie-style story of a woman figuring out what she Online Promotion at really wants with the help of a hunk, a stray kid, and enough decorations for HeroesandHeartbreakers.com several Pinterest boards." —Booklist Email Marketing Campaign Early Reader Review Campaign Author Facebook: USA Today bestselling author NANCY NAIGLE whips up small-town love stories with a Facebook.com/NancyNaigleAuthor, 2.9K dash of suspense and a whole lot of heart. Now happily retired, she devotes her time to Likes writing, antiquing, and the occasional spa day with friends. A native of Virginia Beach, she Author Twitter: Twitter.com/nancynaigle, currently calls North Carolina home. 5K Followers Visit nancynaigle.com

49 MINOTAUR BOOKS OCTOBER 2017

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas An Andy Carpenter Mystery

David Rosenfelt

This Christmas mystery, featuring reluctant criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara, showcases Rosenfelt’s trademark humor and larger-than-life characters.

Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter usually tries to avoid taking on new cases at all costs. But this time, he’s happy—eager, even—to take the case that’s just come his way. Andy’s long-time friend Martha “Pups” Boyer takes in stray puppies that the local dog rescue center can’t handle, raises them until FICTION / MYSTERY & they’re old enough to adopt, and then finds good homes for them. Not DETECTIVE everyone admires the work Pups does as much as Andy does, however. With Minotaur Books | 10/10/2017 Christmas just around the corner, one of Pups’s neighbors has just reported 9781250145611 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Pups to the city for having more than the legal number of pets in her home Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W under the local zoning laws.

Subrights: UK rights: Writers House Translation rights: Writers House Andy happily takes Pups’s case, and he feels confident in a positive outcome. Who could punish someone for rescuing puppies, after all, especially at Other Available Formats: Christmastime? But things get a lot more complicated when Randy Hardcover ISBN: 9781250106766 Ebook ISBN: 9781250106773 Hennessey, the neighbor who registered the complaint against Pups, turns up Audio ISBN: 9781427280282 dead. Pups had loudly and publicly threatened Hennessey after he filed his Audio ISBN: 9781427280299 complaint, and Pups was also the one to find his body. All the evidence seems to point to Pups as the killer, and suddenly Andy has a murder case on his hands. He doesn’t believe Pups could be guilty, but as he starts digging deeper MARKETING into the truth behind Hennessey’s murder, Andy may find himself facing a Library Marketing Campaign killer more dangerous than he ever imagined. National Print and Online Publicity Social Media Marketing Campaign Holiday Tie-In Promotion PRAISE Author Facebook: /DavidRosenfelt Author Website: DavidRosenfelt.com “Rosenfelt integrates Andy’s vocation of finding rescued dogs permanent homes—which the author shares with his character—without overwhelming the story.” —Publishers Weekly on The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

“Hounded [is] great summer entertainment, a page-turning mystery with a lot of good laughs along the way.” —Portland Press Herald on Hounded

“Entertaining…The self-deprecating lead, who winds up playing amateur sleuth, is engaging enough, and the plot follows a predictable course to a nevertheless satisfying finish.” —Publishers Weekly on Outfoxed

DAVID ROSENFELT is the Edgar-nominated and Shamus Award-winning author of seven stand-alones and thirteen previous Andy Carpenter novels, most recently Who Let the Dog Out?. After years living in California, he and his wife recently moved to Maine with the twenty-five golden retrievers that they’ve rescued. Rosenfelt’s hilarious account of this cross- country move, Dogtripping, is available from St. Martin’s Press.

50 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

The Moth Catcher A Vera Stanhope Mystery

Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves makes a much-anticipated return with another investigation for her brilliant detective DCI Vera Stanhope, brought to life in the hit TV series Vera by Brenda Blethyn.

Life seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have employed a house-sitter to look after the place while they’re away. But he is found dead by the side of the lane into the valley.

DI Vera Stanhope arrives on the scene with her detectives Holly and Joe. FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / WOMEN SLEUTHS When they look round the big house, Vera finds the body of a second man. Minotaur Books | 9/5/2017 9781250144690 | $16.99 As Vera is drawn into the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 community, she realizes that there may be deadly secrets trapped here . . . 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Subrights: UK Rights: Macmillan UK The Moth Catcher on Vera is available on iTunes, Amazon Video, Google Translation Rights: John Hawkins & Associates Play, Hulu, and Acorn TV. Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250105424 PRAISE Ebook ISBN: 9781250105431 Audio ISBN: 9781427279941 "I do love Vera!" —Val McDermid

"Atmospheric and well-wrought." —Publishers Weekly MARKETING National Print Publicity Goodreads Giveaway “It’s easy to admire Vera’s brainpower. . . her adventures have been a hit on Promotion with Acorn TV British television, and readers devoted to Cleeves’ tales of Jimmy Perez will want to give Vera a try.” —Kirkus Reviews

ANN CLEEVES was the Malice Domestic Honored International Visitor in 2015. In 2016, ALSO AVAILABLE she was a Left Coast Crime International Guest of Honor. Ann is reader-in-residence for the Cold Earth: A Shetland Mystery Harrogate Crime Writing Festival and was twice shortlisted for the Dagger Award before 4/2017 | 9781250107381 winning the first Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award for Raven Black. Vera, the television show Hardcover | $25.99 based on the Vera Stanhope series is now filming its seventh season. Ann Cleeves lives in The Crow Trap: The First Vera Stanhope England. Mystery 2/2017 | 9781250122742 Trade Paperback | $16.99 Harbour Street: A Vera Stanhope Mystery 9/2016 | 9781250104977 Trade Paperback | $16.99

51 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Fighting Blind A Green Beret's Story of Extraordinary Courage

Ivan Castro and Jim DeFelice

The true story of Ivan Castro, a Green Beret who was blinded by mortar fire in combat and fought his way back to active duty with help from the Boston Marathon.

Fighting was a practiced routine for Lieutenant Ivan Castro. But when a mortar round struck the rooftop of his sniper’s post in Iraq, he found himself in a battle more difficult than even he could have imagined. The direct hit killed two other soldiers and nearly claimed Castro’s life as well. Mangled by shrapnel and badly burned, Castro was medevac’d to Germany more dead than alive. His lungs were collapsed. He couldn’t hear. One eye had been blown out, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / MILITARY the nerve to the other severed. St. Martin's Griffin | 10/17/2017 9781250136022 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. In the weeks and months that followed, Castro would find that physical Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 28 darkness was nothing compared to the emotional darkness of loss and despair. 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Includes one 8-page black-and-white photograph Desperate for a reason to live, he eventually fought his way back to health section through exercise and a single-minded goal: running a marathon. Once he set

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press his course, there was no stopping him. Stubborn to a point that at times Translation Rights: Harold Ober Associates bordered on insanity, he managed not only to recover but to return to active duty. Since 2007, he has run over two dozen marathons, including the Boston Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250076540 Marathon in 2013, where he was one of the runners diverted when the bombs Ebook ISBN: 9781466887985 exploded.

Today, Castro he helps prepare soldiers for combat, working exactly as if he

MARKETING were “sighted.” This frankly told account of his struggle through adversity, Online Publicity the highs and lows and the always bumpy road in between, is a story of hope Blog Outreach and perseverance against the odds: an Unbroken for the present generation. Early Reader Reviews

PRAISE “An amazingly detailed account of fighting in Iraq—a humanizing, brave story that’s extremely readable.” —New York Times Book Review on American Sniper

“Eloquent ... An aggressively written account of frontline combat, with plenty of action.” —Kirkus Reviews on American Sniper

“Reads like a first-person thriller narrated by a sniper. The bare-bones facts are stunning. .... A first-rate military memoir.” —Booklist on American Sniper

CAPTAIN IVAN CASTRO is a decorated active-duty Special Forces soldier whose service record includes stints in the 82nd 101st Divisions as well as the Rangers, all elite units in the U.S. Army and world military. Though blind, he has run in some two dozen marathons, raising awareness for people with disabilities as well as veterans’ issues.

JIM DeFELICE is the co-author of Chris Kyle’s #1 New York Times bestseller American Sniper.

52 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The Bestseller Code Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel

Jodie Archer and Matthew L. Jockers

What a ground-breaking algorithm can teach us about books, stories, and reading.

Ask most book people about massive success in the world of fiction, and you’ll typically hear that it’s a game of hazy crystal balls. The sales figures of E. L. James or Dan Brown seem to be freakish—random occurrences in an unpredictable market. But what if there were an algorithm that could reveal a secret DNA of bestsellers, regardless of their genre? What if it knew, just from analyzing the words alone, that authors such as Junot Diaz, Jodi Picoult, and Donna Tartt had telltale signs of success all over their pages? LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / PUBLISHING St. Martin's Griffin | 10/10/2017 Thanks to Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers, the algorithm exists, the code 9781250088758 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. has been cracked, and the results bring fresh new insights into fiction. Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Carton Qty: 32 Fine-tuned on over 20,000 contemporary novels, the system analyzes 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W themes, plot, character, setting, and also the frequencies of tiny but Includes 20 graphs amazingly significant markers of style. The result is surprising, a bit ironic, Subrights: UK Rights: Trident Media Group and delightfully unorthodox. Translation Rights: Trident Media Group

Other Available Formats: This book explains groundbreaking text mining research in accessible terms, Hardcover ISBN: 9781250088277 but its real story is in what the algorithm reveals about reading and writing and Ebook ISBN: 9781250088284 authorship. It is a celebration of books, readers, and writers.

PRAISE “Non-formulaic, eye-opening, deeply-researched — and really worth your time.” —GQ

"Reveals the diverse directions in which popular fiction may be taken... the bestseller-ometer may find its most noble application as a democratizing force.” —The Atlantic

"Fascinating” —The Times Review

JODIE ARCHER bought and edited books for Penguin UK before her doctoral program in English at Stanford University. After her PhD, she worked at Apple as their research lead on literature. She is now a full time writer.

MATTHEW L. JOCKERS is Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he teaches and directs the Nebraska Literary Lab. His text mining research has been profiled in the New York Times, The LA Review of Books, and more.

53 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Mini Crosswords: 150 Easy Fun-Sized Puzzles Mini Crosswords Volume 1

Joel Fagliano

The first in a new series: New York Times mini crossword puzzles!

GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Only got a minute of free time? That's all you need to complete a New York CROSSWORDS Times mini crossword puzzle! Conveniently pint-sized and easy to solve, St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 9781250148001 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. these charming minis are too cute for any puzzler to resist. Trade Paperback | 224 pages 6 in H | 4.8 in W - 150 easy mini puzzles Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press - Portable size for on-the-go solving Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Available in print for the first time

JOEL FAGLIANO is the digital puzzles editor at The New York Times. He also works as the assistant to Will Shortz on the print puzzles. He's a 2014 graduate of Pomona College, with a major in Linguistics and Cognitive Science. Joel lives in New York City.

54 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Weekend Wrangler Crosswords: 50 Saturday and Sunday Puzzles Weekend Crosswords Volume 3

Edited by Will Shortz

50 Saturday and Sunday crossword puzzles to wrangle with!

What’s the best part of the weekend? The crosswords! GAMES & ACTIVITIES / CROSSWORDS St. Martin's Griffin | 10/10/2017 If you love the challenging Saturday and luxuriously long Sunday crosswords, 9781250147967 | $11.99 / $16.99 Can. then you better lasso this new collection edited by puzzlemaster Will Shortz, Spiral Bound | 64 pages | Carton Qty: 80 featuring: 11 in H | 8.5 in W

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press - 50 New York Times Saturday and Sunday crosswords Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Spiral binding for convenient solving - Fresh, fun wordplay

Giddyup!

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

55 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Insomnia Crosswords: 150 Easy to Hard Puzzles to Bring to Bed with You

Edited by Will Shortz

150 easy to hard crossword puzzles to keep you up all night.

Can’t sleep? Grab a crossword puzzle!

When insomnia strikes, don’t lay in bed and count sheep—grab a pen and get puzzling! This collection, edited by puzzlemaster Will Shortz, features:

- 150 easy to hard crossword puzzles GAMES & ACTIVITIES / - A portable package that’s perfect for solving on the go CROSSWORDS - Fresh, fun wordplay from the pages of The New York Times St. Martin's Griffin | 10/10/2017 9781250147950 | $12.99 / $17.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 240 pages WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press York. Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press

56 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Will Shortz Presents Fireside Sudoku: 200 Easy to Hard Puzzles Easy to Hard Sudoku Volume 1

Edited by Will Shortz

The first in a new series: easy to hard sudoku puzzles.

The weather outside may be frightful, but these puzzles are so delightful! Kick back and relax with these 200 sudoku puzzles that get progressively challenging as you go. GAMES & ACTIVITIES / SUDOKU St. Martin's Griffin | 10/10/2017 9781250148056 | $10.99 / $15.99 Can. Features: Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 24 7.1 in H | 5 in W - 200 easy to hard puzzles Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press - Big grids for easy solving Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press - Introduction by legendary puzzlemaster Will Shortz

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, is the only academically accredited “enigmatologist” in the world. He founded and directs the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held annually in Brooklyn, New York, as well as the World Puzzle Championship. He also serves as Puzzlemaster on NPR’sWeekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

57 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Joe Ledger Unstoppable

Edited by Jonathan Maberry and Bryan Thomas Schmidt

A Joe Ledger anthology of zombie and monster stories by other respected horror and thriller writers including Steve Alten, Mira Grant, and Tim Lebbon among others.

Joe Ledger Fans Rejoice!

Everyone’s favorite snarky, dangerous, idealistic, relentless covert operative is back and this time he’s brought friends. Joe Ledger: Unstoppable presents original short stories about Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences by some of New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry’s "friends in FICTION / THRILLERS St. Martin's Griffin | 10/31/2017 the industry." Buckle up for powerful, exciting and nail-biting adventures by 9781250090805 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Mira Grant, Scott Sigler, Tim Lebbon, Larry Correia, Weston Ochse, Steve Trade Paperback | 416 pages Alten, David Farland, Aaron Rosenberg, James A. Moore, James R. Tuck, 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Jeremy Robinson, Joe Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press McKinney, Jon McGoran, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Nicholas Steven, Bryan Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press Thomas Schmidt, G.P. Charles, Christopher Golden, Dana Fredsti, and Other Available Formats: Jonathan Maberry! Ebook ISBN: 9781250090812 Audio ISBN: 9781427290656 Joe Ledger is a former Baltimore cop who was recruited into a secret government agency tasked with stopping terrorists who are using bleeding-edge science weapons. The stakes are always high. If you have to call MARKETING Joe Ledger, it’s already hit the fan! National Print and Online Publicity Early Reader Campaign Library Marketing Campaign PRAISE Promotion on CriminalElement.com Promotion on Tor.com Praise for Kill Switch Author Facebook: JonathanMaberry Author Twitter: @JonathanMaberry Author Website: JonathanMaberry.com "Is Kill Switch recommended? Yes, without question...Series fans will certainly have much to celebrate in this new Joe Ledger entry...wonderfully unique, suspenseful and endlessly ingenious." —Bookgasm

"A blend of sf, horror, technothriller, and crime novel, this is one of the best adrenaline reads out there." —Library Journal (starred review)

"Maberry evokes Lovecraftian elements and modern-day thriller tropes to craft a fast-paced tale...a sort of kitchen-sink affair that shouldn't work nearly as well as it does." —Publishers Weekly

JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times bestselling author, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, anthology editor, and comic book writer. He writes horror, thrillers, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and suspense for adults and teens.

BRYAN THOMAS SCHMIDT is a Hugo-nominated editor and author. His debut novel, The Worker Prince, achieved Honorable Mention on Barnes and Noble's Year's Best SF of 2011. He also edited The Martian by Andy Weir, amongst other novels.

58 MINOTAUR BOOKS OCTOBER 2017

Inherit the Bones A Mystery

Emily Littlejohn

In Emily Littlejohn’s accomplished and poignant debut, police officer Gemma Monroe identifies a murdered clown in a visiting circus as the mayor’s son, presumed dead for the last three years.

Secrets and lies can’t stay buried forever in Cedar Valley.

In the summer, hikers and campers pack the small Colorado town’s meadows and fields. And in the winter, skiers and snowboarders take over the mountains. Season by season, year after year, time passes and the lies, like the FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / POLICE aspens and evergreens that surround the town, take root and spread deep. PROCEDURAL Minotaur Books | 10/24/2017 Now, someone has uncovered the lies, and it is his murder that continues a 9781250145598 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. chain of events that began almost forty years ago. Detective Gemma Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Monroe’s investigation takes her from the seedy grounds of a traveling circus to the powerful homes of those who would control Cedar Valley’s future. Subrights: UK rights: St. Martin's Press Translation rights: St. Martin's Press Six-months pregnant, with a partner she can’t trust and colleagues who know Other Available Formats: more than they’re saying, Gemma tracks a killer who will stop at nothing to Hardcover ISBN: 9781250089397 Ebook ISBN: 9781250089403 keep those secrets buried. Beautifully written with a riveting plot and a richly drawn cast of characters, Inherit the Bones is a mesmerizing debut from Emily Littlejohn. MARKETING New in Paperback Mentions Hardcover Tie-In: A Season to Lie PRAISE Author Website: EmilyLittlejohn.com “In her well-crafted debut, Emily Littlejohn skillfully captures life in a small town—and the insidious secret keeping that can come with it...The perfect fall page-turner.” —Real Simple Magazine

“Littlejohn writes with assurance and skill...Highly recommended.” —Library Journal (starred review, Debut of the Month)

“Small town Colorado police detective Gemma Monroe is a human and fallible heroine I can't wait to meet again, and Littlejohn's prose is lyrical and gripping—the book is a sure bet for one of the finest debut novels of the year.” —Deborah Crombie

EMILY LITTLEJOHN was born and raised in southern California and has called Colorado home since 2003. She worked for several years at the Denver Public Library and is now a library supervisor at the Westminster Public Library. If she’s not writing, reading, or working, she’s enjoying the mountains with her husband and sweet old dog. She has a deep love of horror stories, butter pecan ice cream, and road trips. Inherit the Bones is her first novel.

59 MINOTAUR BOOKS OCTOBER 2017

Teetotaled A Mystery

Maia Chance

In Maia Chance’s follow-up to her acclaimed Prohibition-era caper Come Hell or Highball, Lola Woodby is hired to find a diary, but soon the diary owner’s future mother-in-law is murdered.

After her philandering husband died and left her penniless in Prohibition-era New York, Lola Woodby escaped with her Swedish cook to the only place she could—her deceased husband’s secret love nest in the middle of Manhattan. Her only comforts were chocolate cake, dime store detective novels, and the FICTION / MYSTERY & occasional highball (okay, maybe not so occasional). But rent came due and DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL Lola and Berta were forced to accept the first job that came their way, leading Minotaur Books | 10/24/2017 them to set up shop as private detectives operating out of Alfie’s cramped 9781250145581 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. love nest. Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Now Lola and Berta are in danger of losing the business they’ve barely gotten Subrights: UK rights: St. Martin's Press Translation rights: FinePrint Literary off the ground—work is sparse and money is running out. So when a society matron offers them a job, they take it—even if it means sneaking into a Other Available Formats: slimming and exercise facility and consuming only water and health food until Hardcover ISBN: 9781250072214 Ebook ISBN: 9781466883598 they can steal a diary from Grace Whiddle, a resident at the “health farm.” But barely a day in, Grace and her diary escape from the facility—and Grace’s future mother-in-law is found murdered on the premises. Lola and Berta are promptly fired. But before they can climb into Lola’s brown and white MARKETING New in Paperback Mentions Duesenberg Model A and whiz off the health farm property, they find Hardcover Tie-In: Gin and Panic themselves with a new client and a new charge: to solve the murder of Grace’s Author Website: MaiaChance.com future mother-in-law. Author Facebook: Facebook.com/MaiaChance Author Twitter: Twitter.com/MaiaChance PRAISE “A romp through New York society, coastal estates, yachts, Yankee Stadium, and Coney Island, mostly in Lola’s red and white Duesenberg, her Pomeranian, Cedric, in tow. This second in the series will have readers cheering as Lola and Berta triumph after being rebuffed, tricked, and dismissed by the men who hold the keys to murder.” —Booklist

“Fun…Lola and Berta may not be Holmes and Watson, but their deficits in experience and talent are balanced by determination and an abundance of action. P.G. Wodehouse fans will find a lot to like.” —Publishers Weekly

MAIA CHANCE was a finalist for the 2004 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. She is writing her dissertation on nineteenth-century American literature. She is also the author of the Fairy Tale Fatal mystery series.

60 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017 The Fall of the House of Cabal A Novel

Jonathan L. Howard

The fifth novel in the acclaimed, cult-favorite series starring Johannes Cabal, necromancer.

Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate goal: a cure for death. The path is vague, however, and certainly treacherous as it takes him into strange territories that, quite literally, no one has ever seen before. The task is too dangerous to venture upon alone, so he must seek assistance, FICTION / HORROR comrades for the coming travails. A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin | 11/14/2017 9781250144997 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. So assisted—ably and otherwise—by his vampiric brother, Horst, and by the Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 24 kindly accompaniment of a criminologist and a devil, he will encounter ruins 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W and diableries, mystery and murder, the depths of the lowest pit and a city of Subrights: UK Rights: Rogers, Coleridge & White horrors. London, to be exact. (Sam Copeland) Translation Rights: Rogers, Coleridge & White (Sam Copeland) PRAISE

Other Available Formats: Praise for the Series Hardcover ISBN: 9781250069979 Ebook ISBN: 9781466879850 “Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series make for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it MARKETING would be doing Howard a disservice.” —Sci-Fi-London New in Paperback Mentions Author Website: JonathanLHoward.com “Howard’s Dreamlands will thrill fans of H.P. Lovecraft, but Cabal leaves a permanent mark on even the most fluid of landscapes, and Howard’s writing shines, sketching out a personality both fascinating and heartbreaking.” —Bookgeeks

JONATHAN L. HOWARD is a game designer, scriptwriter, and a veteran of the computer-games industry since the early nineties, with titles such as the Broken Sword series to his credit. He is author of Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, Johannes Cabal the Detective, Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute, The Brothers Cabal, and Carter & Lovecraft, as well as the young adult novels Katya's World and Katya's War. He lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and daughter.

61 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017 Frank & Ava In Love and War

John Brady

The first book to tell the full story of the romance between Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.

It began in Hollywood's golden age when Ava was emerging as a movie star. But she fell in (and out of) love too easily. Mickey Rooney married her because he wanted another conquest. Artie Shaw treated her like a dumb brunette, giving her a reading list on their honeymoon. Neither marriage lasted a year. Then, after being courted by numerous others, along came Frank Sinatra.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY His passion for Ava destroyed his marriage and brought him close to ruin. / ENTERTAINMENT & Their wild affair broke all the rules of the prudish era as Frank left his wife PERFORMING ARTS A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin and children and pursued Ava on an international stage. They became | 10/10/2017 romantic renegades, with the press following them from location to location. 9781250145017 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W They married, but then came the quarrels, separations, infidelities, and Includes one 16-page black-and-white photograph reconciliations. Eventually, there was a divorce, and they thought it was over. section It wasn't. Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press Through all of the tortured years of separation and splintered affairs with others, they maintained a secretive relationship known only to those who Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250070913 recognized that this was the love of a lifetime. Over the years, they Ebook ISBN: 9781466881570 attempted to reconcile, romanced and nurtured each other, right to the end. Audio ISBN: 9781427264282 The love story of this couple has never been fully explored or explained —until now. Frank & Ava delves deeply into the lives of these two iconic MARKETING stars and their turbulent lifelong relationship. More than anything else, this is Online Publicity the story of a romance lived out under battlefield conditions. TheHistoryReade.com Promotion

PRAISE “A tantalizing lagniappe for those fascinated by the star-crossed duo—twinned in obsession, emotional instability, infidelity, and, finally, friendship.” —The Boston Globe

“Brady reveals the human side of a grand love affair that somehow survived a marriage and a divorce, epic battles, and sweeping romantic gestures.” —Library Journal

JOHN BRADY is a veteran editor and author of five books. A longtime Sinatra specialist, he worked at Warner/Reprise Records in the 1970s when Frank Sinatra came out of a brief retirement. Brady was editor-in-chief at Writer's Digest and Boston magazine, and founding editor of The Artist's Magazine. His byline has appeared in New York, New Times, Esquire, American Film, The Washington Post Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine and numerous other publications. He lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

62 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The Breast Cancer Survival Manual, Sixth Edition A Step-by-Step Guide for Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

John Link, M.D.

The updated edition of the essential resource for the 250,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women from thirty-five to fifty-four years of age, and few things are as terrifying and confusing as a diagnosis of this disease. The sixth edition of The Breast Cancer Survival Manual is a concise, information-packed guide that is newly revised to HEALTH & FITNESS / DISEASES contain all of the latest findings to help the woman facing treatment feel / CANCER St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 informed and empowered. John Link, M.D., a pioneer developer of Breastlink 9781250144522 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. Medical Group in Southern California includes the most current medical Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Carton Qty: 36 advice on: 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W Includes 30 black-and-white illustrations throughout --The Breastlink methodology of pretreatment conferences --New genomic tools to assist treating physicians in prescribing more “individualized” treatments that optimize cure and reduce side effects and “overtreatment” --Germ-line testing for breast cancer susceptibility --Her2 Positive Breast Cancer advances in therapy --A guide to accurately analyzing and understanding the ‘pathology’ of biopsy, including a look into pre-invasive breast cancer

And more. Of course, all of the basic information included in the previous editions—the nature and biology of breast cancer, choosing a treatment team, managing side effects, and optimizing medication—are here as well, making this the best book of its kind on the market.

DR. JOHN LINK is recognized as one of the world's leading breast cancer specialists, and is the pioneer developer of Breastlink Medical Group in Southern California.

63 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Festive Holiday Recipes 103 Must-Make Dishes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and More

Addie Gundry

In the fifth book in the RecipeLion series, readers will find recipes to see them through holiday entertaining from a big Thanksgiving dinner to a festive Christmas cocktail party.

Festive Holiday Recipes offers easy, delightful holiday recipes all in one place COOKING / HOLIDAY St. Martin's Griffin | 10/17/2017 for everyone looking for that last minute recipe for entertaining. There’s a 9781250146366 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. reason it’s called the most wonderful time of the year. From easy appetizers Trade Paperback | 240 pages for holiday and New Year’s Eve entertaining, like Caramelized Onion 9.1 in H | 7.5 in W Includes a color photograph for every recipe Tartlets, to recipes for The Best Roast Turkey and all your favorite sides, throughout pies, and even leftover ideas, this book is a home cook’s trusty sous chef for easy and elegant entertaining throughout the holiday season. Three words to Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press remember: Salted Caramel Eggnog.

Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250146359 Addie Gundry received her masters in culinary arts at Auguste Escoffier in Avignon, France. She has worked for Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart on management, restaurant openings, brand development, editorial, marketing, and sales. In 2015, she won Cutthroat Kitchen on The Food Network. As the executive producer for RecipeLion, MARKETING Addie creates culinary content for multiple web platforms and communities. She excels at Online Promotion making easy recipes elegant. Email Marketing Campaign with Recipe Lion Blog Outreach Campaign Social Media Advertising Cookstr Promotion and Outreach Social Media Campaign Recipe Trailer Campaign

64 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

Retro Recipes from the '50s and '60s 103 Vintage Appetizers, Dinners, Drinks, and More

Addie Gundry

In the sixth book in the RecipeLion series, nostalgic recipes from the Mad Men era get updates for today's modern kitchen.

In Retro Recipes from the ‘50s and ‘60s, nostalgic recipes from the Mad Men COOKING / REGIONAL & era, like Beef Wellington and Grasshopper Pie, finally get the rediscovery ETHNIC / AMERICAN they’re due. Post-war rationing became a distant memory, and the rise of St. Martin's Griffin | 10/17/2017 home entertainment culture made for prettier, more complex food. With 9781250146328 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 240 pages French influence from Julia Child, and elegant aspirational figures like 9.1 in H | 7.5 in W Jacqueline Kennedy, suburban dinner parties went glam. Backyard barbecues, Includes a color photograph for every recipe fondues gathering everyone around a table, and not to mention cocktail throughout parties were booming. From 1950's casseroles and hors d'oevres to more Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press modern, adventurous dishes, there's plenty to celebrate and embrace! Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press

Other Available Formats: Addie Gundry received her masters in culinary arts at Auguste Escoffier in Avignon, France. Ebook ISBN: 9781250146311 She has worked for Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart on management, restaurant openings, brand development, editorial, marketing, and sales. In 2015, she won Cutthroat Kitchen on The Food Network. As the executive producer for RecipeLion, Addie creates culinary content for multiple web platforms and communities. She excels at MARKETING making easy recipes elegant. Online Promotion Email Marketing Campaign with Recipe Lion Blog Outreach Campaign Social Media Advertising Cookstr Promotion and Outreach Social Media Campaign Recipe Trailer Campaign

65 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017

The New York Times Large-Print Brain Fuel Crosswords: 120 Large-Print Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times Large-Print Crosswords Volume 1

Edited by Will Shortz

120 large-print New York Times crossword puzzles to bulk up

GAMES & ACTIVITIES / your brain. CROSSWORDS St. Martin's Griffin | 10/3/2017 These large-print puzzles may be easy on the eyes, but they still challenge the 9781250148018 | $18.99 / $26.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 18 brain! 10.9 in H | 8.5 in W

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press This brand new large-print collection, edited by crossword king Will Shortz, Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press features:

- 120 easy-to-read crossword puzzles - All levels of difficulty - Fun, fresh clues from the pages of The New York Times

WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

66 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

Left to Chance

Amy Sue Nathan

From the author of The Good Neighbor and The Glass Wives comes an enchanting story of returning home and discovering what truly matters after loss.

No one knows why Teddi Lerner left Chance, Ohio so abruptly on the day of her best friend Celia’s funeral, but everyone certainly knows why Teddi is back six years later. Twelve-year-old Shayna has persuaded her "Aunt Tee," a successful photographer, to photograph her father’s wedding.

Even though it's been years since Shay's mother, Celia, died, Teddi can hardly bear the thought of her late best friend's husband marrying someone else. But Teddi's bond with Shay is stronger than the hurt. Plus, Teddi knows it's time FICTION / CONTEMPORARY WOMEN to face the consequences of her hasty retreat from family, friends, and, her St. Martin's Griffin | 11/21/2017 old flame. 9781250091116 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 As she looks through her camera’s lens, nothing in her small town looks the 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W same. That’s when she truly sees the hurt she's caused and—maybe—how to Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press fix it. Translation: Amy Nathan Gropper Other Available Formats: Funny, thoughtful, and brilliantly observed, Left to Chance is a heart-healing Ebook ISBN: 9781250091123 novel about the meaning of friendship, finding passion in life, and most of all, about renewing belief in the simple things that make life worth living.

MARKETING PRAISE Early Reader Reviews Featured title on Reading Group Gold "In LEFT TO CHANCE, Amy Sue Nathan, with her signature humor, deep Email Marketing Campaign Discussion Guide Available Online insight, and elegant prose, shows us that the price of admission for a life full of Library Marketing Campaign love and friendship is a beautiful kind of chaos."--Kate Moretti, New York Times Blog Outreach bestselling author of The Vanishing Year Active on Facebook: /AmySueNathan Active on Twitter: @AmySueNathan Author Website: AmySueNathan.com “An emotionally authentic story of love, loss, and nostalgia. Amy Sue Nathan’s sharply drawn plot and characters will have you turning pages well past bedtime.”--Emily Liebert, author of Some Women

AMY SUE NATHAN is the author of three novels and the founder of WomensFictionWriters.com, named a Best Website for Writers by Writer's Digest. Amy lives in Philadelphia and has a grown son and daughter. You can find her online, often when she shouldn't be. Visit AmySueNathan.com.

67 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

I Will Send Rain A Novel

Rae Meadows

A luminous, tenderly rendered novel of a woman fighting for her family's survival in the early years of the Dust Bowl; from the acclaimed and award-winning Rae Meadows.

Mulehead, Oklahoma. 1934. Annie Bell looks up from the kitchen sink to see the black clouds swelling against the horizon and she rejoices: at last, the rains have come. There hasn’t been rain for seventy-three days and counting and she and her family are facing the worst drought the Great Plains has ever seen. But when this storm proves even more dangerous than the parched weather before it, Annie realizes that their troubles are far from over. FICTION / HISTORICAL St. Martin's Griffin | 11/28/2017 Suddenly, dust is in Annie’s hair, covering the windowsills, in the pie resting 9781250145932 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. on the counter, in the corners of her children's dry, cracked lips. Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Carton Qty: 32 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W As the famine of the early Dust Bowl years force their neighbors to abandon Other Available Formats: their homesteads one by one, the Bells hang on to Mulehead and the only life Hardcover ISBN: 9781627794268 they’ve known. Annie’s teenager daughter Birdie hitches her heart to the boy Ebook ISBN: 9781627794275 next door with devastating consequences. Her young son Fred suffers silently from dust pneumonia, and her husband Samuel sees in this hardship a message: one night he wakes charged with a vision of faith and a call to fulfill it, no MARKETING matter how wild it may be. Online Publicity AuthorBuzz Bookclubbing BookBrowse Bookclub Campaign But it is steadfast Annie herself who puts the family she’s made and the path Discussion Guide Bound in Book they’ve chosen into a different kind of peril. When she begins to flirt with Discussion Guide Available Online the affections of an unlikely admirer, everything she holds dear is called into Author Available for Call-ins to Bookclubs question. Rich in detail and epic in scope, I Will Send Rain gives us the award- Active on Twitter: @RaeMeadows winning Rae Meadows at the height of her power... Active on Facebook: @rae.meadows Author Website: raemeadows.com/ PRAISE "A powerful rendering of human resilience." —Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Evocative. . . Timeless." —New York Times Book Review

"Lush and powerful . . . Meadows paints the Bell family's desperation with compassion and warmth, and her precise language turns grit into gold." —Emma Straub

RAE MEADOWS is the author of Calling Out, which received the 2006 Utah Book Award for fiction, No One Tells Everything, a Poets & Writers Notable Novel, and most recently the widely praised novel, Mercy Train. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York.

68 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

The Golden Rules 10 Steps to World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work

Bob Bowman with Charles Butler

From the record-breaking USA head coach of star athletes like Michael Phelps, comes the golden rules for achieving success in all aspects of life.

Bob Bowman, best known as the coach for the record-breaking run of Michael Phelps, is one of the most successful coaches in Olympic history. He is lauded for his intense personality, incredible dedication to his athletes, and his ability to nurture talent in athletes who have the heart and drive to win. This is his motivational book about winning in all walks of life and what you have to do to get there. He presents ten key concepts that all people should live by. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / MOTIVATIONAL Inside, illuminated by spirited anecdotes, Bowman will teach you how to get St. Martin's Griffin | 11/14/2017 gold out of every day by setting goals and getting motivated to achieve them. 9781250145888 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. He will explain that taking risks is the key to success in any pursuit, and Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 coach you on how you can become more risk-tolerant. 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Subrights: UK Rights: Chase Literary Agency By following The Golden Rules, you will learn through Bowman's expert Translation Rights: Chase Literary Agency coaching to visualize in order to achieve your goals, and that above all else, Other Available Formats: dedication to your training, your job, or whatever area it is you are seeking to Hardcover ISBN: 9781250059505 triumph in is paramount for success. Ebook ISBN: 9781466864573

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MARKETING "Bob is an icon in this sport and one of the most respected coaches in the Organizational Outreach industry. Under Bob's guidance we will compete for individual, conference and Reader Reviews on Goodreads Social Media Promotion national titles, produce All-Americans and Olympians, and create the most expansive developmental swim program in all of collegiate sports. His experience at every level of competition will allow him to grow our swimming program into an elite team and an invaluable community asset." —Ray Anderson, Vice President for University Athletics at Arizona State University

BOB BOWMAN is the longtime coach of 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, and has served as assistant coach in three different Summer Olympics, including 2004 in Sydney, 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London. He was the U.S. men's head coach at the 2007, 2009 and 2013 FINA World Championships and an assistant at the 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2011 World Championships. He is a two-time Big 10 Coach of the Year and currently works as the head swim coach at Arizona State University.

69 MINOTAUR BOOKS NOVEMBER 2017

MINOTAUR

A Darkness Absolute A Novel

Kelley Armstrong

The follow-up to #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong’s acclaimed City of the Lost, Rockton town detective Casey Duncan makes a terrible, and dangerous discovery.

When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people FICTION / MYSTERY & running from their past misdeeds and past lives. She knew living in Rockton DETECTIVE / POLICE meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, PROCEDURAL very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town Minotaur Books | 11/14/2017 council’s approval. What she didn’t expect is that Rockton comes with its 9781250092182 | $15.99 Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 own set of secrets and dangers. 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Now, in A Darkness Absolute, Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff’s deputy Subrights: UK rights: Helen Heller Agency Translation rights: Helen Heller Agency Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who’s Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250092175 been held captive for over a year. When the bodies of two other women turn Ebook ISBN: 9781250092205 up, Casey and her colleagues must find out if it’s an outsider behind the Audio ISBN: 9781427282590 killings or if the answer is more complicated than that...before another victim goes missing.

MARKETING Casey Duncan returns in another heart-racing thriller from #1 New York National Print Publicity Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Facebook Advertising Major Social Media Outreach Author Twitter: /KelleyArmstrong (38K) PRAISE Facebook: /KelleyArmstrongAuthor (65K) Author Website: KelleyArmstrong.com “[A] locked room mystery on steroids; readers should prepare for an all-nighter to finish it.” —Booklist on City of the Lost

“Excellent first in a new thriller series... A highly unusual set-up sets the stage for a distinctive cast of characters and a page-turning plot.” —Publishers Weekly on City of the Lost (starred review)

“Don’t pick this book up if you have anything else to do. It will grab you by the collar and won’t let you up for air until it’s good and ready. And once you’re done, you won’t soon forget it.” —Lisa Unger on Omens

KELLEY ARMSTRONG graduated with a degree in psychology and then studied computer programming. Now, she is a full-time writer and parent, and she lives with her husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada.

70 MINOTAUR BOOKS NOVEMBER 2017

A Midsummer's Equation A Detective Galileo Mystery

Keigo Higashino

Detective Galileo, international bestselling author Keigo Higashino's most beloved creation, returns in this sequel to the iconic The Devotion of Suspect X.

Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / POLICE as it is, believes its only hope lies in the development project. PROCEDURAL Minotaur Books | 11/7/2017 The night after the tense panel discussion, one of the resort's guests is found 9781250145420 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. dead on the seashore at the base of the local cliffs. The local police at first Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W believe it was a simple accident-that he wandered over the edge while walking on unfamiliar territory in the middle of the night. But when they discover Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press that the victim was a former policeman and that the cause of death was Translation: Aitken Alexander carbon monoxide poisoning, they begin to suspect he was murdered, and his Other Available Formats: body tossed off the cliff to misdirect the police. Ebook ISBN: 9781250027917 Hardcover ISBN: 9781250027924 Audio ISBN: 9781427264527 As the police try to uncover where Tsukahara was killed and why, Yukawa finds himself enmeshed in yet another confounding case of murder. In a series of twists as complex and surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Galileo uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic MARKETING National Print and Online Publicity events that led to this murder. Library Marketing Campaign New In Paperback Mentions PRAISE "We don’t get enough good Japanese crime fiction, which is a shame, because the Japanese have a long tradition of great writing. A Midsummer’s Equation, by one of Japan’s best-known and most prolific authors, is a case in point...There are more twists than a bag of pretzels before this novel ends.." —The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on A Midsummer's Equation

"An excellent brain knot of mystery...one of the most clever endings I've read in some time." —Los Angeles Times on The Devotion of Suspect X

KEIGO HIGASHINO is the most widely read author in Japan, with hundreds of millions of copies of his books sold worldwide, and over thirty films and television series based on his work. He won the Naoki Prize for The Devotion of Suspect X, his first novel featuring Detective Galileo and, in translation, it was a finalist for both the Edgar Award for Best Novel and the Barry Award. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

71 MINOTAUR BOOKS NOVEMBER 2017

Murder on Brittany Shores A Mystery

Jean-Luc Bannalec

Commissaire Dupin is back on the case when three bodies wash up on the shores of a Breton island paradise in this atmospheric mystery from international bestseller Jean-Luc Bannalec.

Ten miles off the coast of Brittany lie the fabled Glénan Islands. Boasting sparkling white sands and crystal clear waters, they seem perfectly idyllic, until one day in May when three bodies wash up on shore. At first glance the deaths appear accidental, but as the identities of the victims come to light, FICTION / MYSTERY & Commissaire Dupin is pulled back into action for a case of what seems to be DETECTIVE / POLICE cold-blooded murder. PROCEDURAL Minotaur Books | 11/28/2017 Ever viewed as an outsider in a region full of myths and traditions, Dupin 9781250112439 | $14.99 / $20.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 24 finds himself drawn deep into the history of the land. To get to the bottom of 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W the case, he must tangle with treasure hunters, militant marine biologists, and dangerous divers. The investigation leads him further into the perilous, Subrights: UK Rights: Hesperus Press Translation Rights: Kiepenheuer beautiful world of Glénan, as he discovers that there's more to the picturesque islands than meets the eye. Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250142191 Hardcover ISBN: 9781250071897 Steeped in the enchanting atmosphere of Brittany and peppered with wry humor, this superbly plotted mystery marks the return of this international bestselling series starring the cantankerous, coffee-swigging Commissaire Dupin. MARKETING New in Paperback Mentions Promotion on CriminalElement.com PRAISE Praise for Death in Brittany

"Jean-Luc Bannalec... has channeled his affection for the westernmost region of France into a charming first mystery." —New York Times Book Review

"Roll over Maigret. Commisaire Dupin has arrived." —M.C. Beaton

"Francophiles and art lovers will welcome Bannalec's good old-fashioned detective story set in Brittany... Bannelec excels at plotting and pacing, as well as vivid descriptions of the Finistère countryside." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A setting to die for... The star of the mystery, though, is Brittany." —Booklist (starred review)

JEAN-LUC BANNALEC is a pseudonym. The author divides his time between Germany and coastal Brittany, France. Death in Brittany, the first case for Commissaire Dupin, was published in German in March 2012 and sold 600,000 copies, spending many months on the bestseller list. It has been sold into 13 countries.

72 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

The New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles Volume 43 50 Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times

Edited by Will Shortz

The next in our spiral-bound Sunday series!

The Sunday New York Times crossword has been a beloved fixture for over seventy years. It’s become America’s favorite—and most famous—crossword puzzle. GAMES & ACTIVITIES / CROSSWORDS St. Martin's Griffin | 11/7/2017 This 43rd collection of the Sunday puzzle features: 9781250148025 | $11.99 / $16.99 Can. Spiral Bound | 64 pages | Carton Qty: 80 - Fifty New York Times Sunday crosswords edited by Will Shortz 11 in H | 8.5 in W - Themed puzzles more than 50% bigger than the weekday crosswords Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press - Covered spiral binding for easy stay-flat solving Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press WILL SHORTZ, puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993, also founded and directs the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championship. He is the Puzzlemaster for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Shortz lives in Pleasantville, New York.

73 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017 Snowblind A Thriller

Ragnar Jonasson

A huge bestseller in England, France, and Australia. The U.S. debut of a spectacular new crime writer.

This trade paperback is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

Where: A quiet fishing village in northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors. It is accessible only via a small mountain tunnel.

Who: Ari Thor is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his FICTION / MYSTERY & girlfriend in Reykjavik. He has a past that he's unable to leave behind. DETECTIVE / INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY & CRIME A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin What: A young woman is found lying half naked in the snow, bleeding and | 11/7/2017 unconscious, and a highly esteemed elderly writer falls to his death. Ari is 9781250144683 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W secrets and lies are a way of life. Includes two black-and-white maps Past plays tag with the present, and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Subrights: UK Rights: DHH Literary Agency Ltd Translation: DHH Literary Agency Ltd Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness—blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose. Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250096074 Ebook ISBN: 9781250096081 Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent.

MARKETING PRAISE National Print Publicity Early Reader Review Campaign A classic crime story... first-rate and highly recommended." —Lee Child Promotion on Criminal Element Library Marketing Campaign “A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom...” —Ian Rankin

"Jonasson skillfully alternates points of view and shifts of time... The action builds to a shattering climax." —Publishers Weekly (boxed and starred)

"This classically crafted whodunit holds up nicely, but Jonasson's true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in "a thick, white darkness" that is strangely comforting."—New York Times Book Review

"A chiller of a thriller whose style and pace are...

RAGNAR JONASSON was born in Iceland and works as an Attorney at Law and writer in Reykjavik. Before embarking on a writing career, Ragnar translated fourteen Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic. Ragnar is the co-founder of the Reykjavik international crime writing festival Iceland Noir. He has appeared on panels at various crime fiction festivals, including Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime in the US. Ragnar lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two 74 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

In a Gilded Cage A Molly Murphy Mystery

Rhys Bowen

A charming entry in Rhys Bowen's larger-than-life, New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.

Irish P.I. Molly Murphy and the rest of New York City are in the midst of an influenza epidemic and a fight for women's suffrage that lands Molly in jail. Her betrothed, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, locates her, but he hardly has time to bail her out, what with gangs battling for control of the opium trade. At least Molly made some friends and got hired for two cases while serving her time. Emily Boswell is convinced her uncle stole her inheritance, while her college roommate Fanny Poindexter wants proof of her husband's FICTION / MYSTERY & philandering. When Fanny dies and her husband claims she's a victim of the DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL St. Martin's Griffin | 11/14/2017 epidemic, it's more than Molly's conscience can take. 9781250145604 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 With In a Gilded Cage, Rhys Bowen's New York Times bestselling series 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W continues to reinvent the past with its wit, charm, and keen eye for detail. Subrights: UK rights: Jane Rotrosen Agency Translation rights: Jane Rotrosen Agency PRAISE Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781429934626 Praise for Away in a Manger

“Molly Murphy, the plucky star of Rhys Bowen’s mystery series…likes to fight for the underdog. And that makes her a worthy and likable heroine for this MARKETING National Print Publicity atmospheric (yes, it’s snowing—endlessly!) holiday tale.” —USA Today Criminal Element Feature Author Website: RhysBowen.com Facebook: /RhysBowenAuthor “Heartwarming.” —Kirkus Reviews Twitter: @RhysBowen “Full of historical details and holiday spirit, this makes an excellent Yuletide read.” —Library Journal

RHYS BOWEN is the author of the Anthony and Agatha Award–winning Molly Murphy mysteries, the Edgar Award-nominated Evan Evans series, and the Royal Spyness series. Born in England, she lives in San Rafael, California.

75 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN DECEMBER 2017

The Billionaires: The Stepbrothers (BG)

Calista Fox

The new book in a sexy billionaire menage series by Calista Fox.

Scarlet Drake is an insurance fraud investigator hot on the heels of the thief who stole a multimillion-dollar art collection from tycoon Michael Vandenberg’s Hamptons estate. Unfortunately, the sexy Wolf of Wall Street is also her prime suspect—along with his equally mouthwatering step-brother, Montana rancher Sam Reed. Scarlet quickly finds herself tangled up in the two devilishly handsome men, and ensnared in a web of family lies.

FICTION / ROMANCE / EROTICA Michael is used to getting what he wants—and he wants Scarlet in his bed. Sam St. Martin's Griffin | 12/26/2017 had no intention of getting emotionally or romantically involved with a 9781250096449 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 24 woman again, but he can’t deny the sizzling chemistry with Scarlet. And when 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W the three of them cave to one sinfully delicious night of sheer decadence,

Subrights: UK: St. Martin's Press their sexy ménage becomes a fiery affair of the heart. But they don’t stand a Translation: St. Martin's Press chance at a happily ever after unless all of the absolute truths are finally revealed…

PRAISE MARKETING National Print Publicity "There's hot. And then there's Calista Fox. Prepare to have your heart Burned National Advertising Blog Outreach Deep." —Erin Quinn, New York Times bestselling author NetGalley Outreach Early Reader Review Campaign "Fox takes a deep...dive into the strong emotions that link her well-drawn hero Email Marketing Campaign Online Promotion at and heroine...will keep readers on the edges of their seats through the surprise HeroesandHeartbreakers.com ending." —Publishers Weekly on Burned Hearts Author Twitter: Twitter.com/CalistaFoxBooks Visit CalistaFox.com "Combines pulse-pounding danger and passionate love... tantalizing." —Publishers Weekly on Flash Burned

"This dark and steamy tale will have you reaching for more than one chilled glass of wine to cool off." —RT Book Reviews on Flash Burned

CALISTA FOX is a former PR professional, now writing fast-paced, steamy books to set your pulse racing! Her debut St. Martin’s Press trilogy opens with BURNED DEEP and concludes with a new book four, starring the trilogy’s secondary hero! She has won many Reviewer’s and Reader’s Choice Awards, as well as Best Book Awards and other competitions with publication as first prize. Calista is a Past President/Advisor of the Phoenix chapter of the Romance Writers of America national organization.

76 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN DECEMBER 2017

Easy Chicken Recipes 103 Soups, Salads, Casseroles, and More

Addie Gundry

In the seventh book in the RecipeLion series, the reliable workhorse protein finds a personality in inventive casseroles, comforting soups, hearty salads and more quick and easy weeknight dishes.

From a perfectly golden roaster chicken surrounded with herbed potatoes to COOKING / SPECIFIC INGREDIENTS / POULTRY soups, salads, and casseroles that make myriad uses of the resulting leftovers, St. Martin's Griffin | 12/5/2017 Easy Chicken Recipes is perfectly poised to answer home cooks' twin 9781250146281 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. boredom with and reliance upon the old standby: a chicken dinner. This book Trade Paperback | 240 pages includes easy appetizers like spicy chicken potstickers, inventive casseroles 9.1 in H | 7.5 in W Includes a color photograph for every recipe like Frontier Chicken and noodle casserole, comforting soups, backyard throughout favorites like Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches and more quick and easy weeknight

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press dishes for the oven, the skillet, the slow cooker, and the grill. Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press Addie Gundry received her masters in culinary arts at Auguste Escoffier in Avignon, France. She has worked for Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart on management, restaurant openings, brand development, editorial, marketing, and sales. In 2015, MARKETING she won Cutthroat Kitchen on The Food Network. As the executive producer for RecipeLion, Online Promotion Addie creates culinary content for multiple web platforms and communities. She excels at Email Marketing Campaign with Recipe making easy recipes elegant. Lion Blog Outreach Campaign Social Media Advertising Cookstr Promotion and Outreach Social Media Campaign Recipe Trailer Campaign

77 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN DECEMBER 2017

Essential Slow Cooker Recipes 103 Fuss-Free Slow Cooker Meals

Addie Gundry

In the eighth book in the RecipeLion series, America's favorite appliance turns out classic one pot meals, from overnight breakfasts to hearty entrees to comforting desserts.

A slow cooker is the ideal partner in crime when it comes to tackling dishes that can be too time- and work-intensive for every day, like French onion COOKING / METHODS / SLOW soup or chicken cordon bleu. And in this cookbook, we’re going way beyond COOKING St. Martin's Griffin | 12/5/2017 the expected soups and stews. There are recipes for appetizers like BBQ 9781250123381 | $19.99 / $27.99 Can. Meatballs, breads like Slow Cooker Dinner Rolls, make-ahead breakfasts like Trade Paperback | 240 pages Banana Pecan French Toast, and desserts like Pineapple Upside Down Cake. 9.1 in H | 7.5 in W Not to mention slow cooker twists on beloved recipes like Lasagna, Meatloaf, Includes a color photograph for every recipe throughout and Stuffed Peppers.

Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press Addie Gundry received her masters in culinary arts at Auguste Escoffier in Avignon, France. She has worked for Christian Etienne, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Martha Stewart on management, restaurant openings, brand development, editorial, marketing, and sales. In 2015, she won Cutthroat Kitchen on The Food Network. As the executive producer for RecipeLion, Addie creates culinary content for multiple web platforms and communities. She excels at MARKETING Online Promotion making easy recipes elegant. Email Marketing Campaign with Recipe Lion Blog Outreach Campaign Social Media Advertising Cookstr Promotion and Outreach Social Media Campaign Recipe Trailer Campaign

78 MINOTAUR BOOKS DECEMBER 2017

Stone Coffin A Mystery

Kjell Eriksson

The latest in the award-winning and internationally-acclaimed detective Ann Lindell mystery series, from a writer Henning Mankell called “one of the very best.”

Shortlisted for the Prize for Best Swedish Crime Novel.

On a sunny morning in June, a young woman and her six-year old daughter are run over by a car on the road to Uppsala. Both are killed immediately. Is it an accident, or did someone kill them on purpose?

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / POLICE The same morning the husband of the deceased young woman disappears. PROCEDURAL During the police investigation, it turns out that the husband had recently Minotaur Books | 12/5/2017 bought a property in the Dominican Republic, something that nobody knew 9781250144676 | $16.99 / $23.99 Can. about. A few days later a macabre discovery is made in a forest nearby. Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 28 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Eriksson has been nominated for the Best Swedish Crime Novel many times. Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Stone Coffin is the seventh novel in his critically-acclaimed and Translation Rights: Leonhardt & Hoier Literary Agency internationally-loved series.

Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250025500 PRAISE Hardcover ISBN: 9781250025517 Praise for Kjell Eriksson

“An outstanding series...riveting in tone and spirit . . . resembles the books of Maj MARKETING National Print Publicity Sjowall and Per Wahloo, not to mention those of the modern master Henning Online Publicity Mankell.” —Wall Street Journal Promotion on Criminal Element Library Marketing Campaign “With Kjell Eriksson, what we find is an extraordinary depth of feeling for honest people caught up in serious crime. Eriksson shows how crime undermines the foundations of both family and community.” —The New York Times Book ALSO AVAILABLE Review Open Grave: A Mystery 7/2016 | 9781250091086 “Eriksson adds each piece of his complex murder puzzle to the picture with Trade Paperback | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. masterly control…” —Kirkus Reviews on Black Lies, Red Blood Black Lies, Red Blood: A Mystery 5/2015 | 9781250042637 Trade Paperback | $15.99 / $18.50 Can. KJELL ERIKSSON is the author of The Princess of Burundi, The Cruel Stars of the Night, The Demon of Dakar, The Hand that Trembles, Black Lies, Red Blood, and Open Grave. His The Hand That Trembles: A Mystery 6/2012 | 9781250006905 series debut won Best First Novel by the Swedish Crime Academy, an accomplishment he later Trade Paperback | $16.99 / $19.99 Can. followed up by winning Best Swedish Crime Novel for The Princess of Burundi. This is his seventh novel to be published in the US. He lives in Sweden and France.

79 A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN OCTOBER 2017 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things A Novel

Bryn Greenwood

A New York Times bestseller — a provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.

A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

FICTION / LITERARY As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. | 10/3/2017 Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only 9781250153968 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms Subrights: UK Rights: Foundry Literary and Media Translation Rights: Foundry Literary and Media an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9781250074133 Ebook ISBN: 9781466885806 By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel MARKETING Author Tour you won’t soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things New In Paperback Review Mailings challenges all we know and believe about love. Online Publicity Online Advertising Campaign Major Special Readers' Edition Promotion PRAISE Bookclub Campaign Discussion Guide Bound in Book The title says it all. You will hold your little heart in your hands and keep blowing Discussion Guide Available Online on it to make sure it's alive." —The Top Ten Hottest Reads of 2016, New York Promotion on ReadingGroupGold.com Daily News Author Available for Call-in to Bookclubs Active on Twitter: @bryngreenwood Active on Facebook: "[A] powerful, provocative debut... intelligent, honest, and unsentimental." @bryngreenwoodwriter —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Author Website: bryngreenwood.com

"If you're looking for a dangerous, shocking, and unexpectedly touching story, this is it...This is a book that will shake you to the core." —Bustle "31 Books Bringing the Heat this Summer

BRYN GREENWOOD is a fourth-generation Kansan, and the daughter of a mostly reformed drug dealer. She earned an MA from Kansas State University and continues to work in academia as an administrator. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Chiron Review, Kansas Quarterly, Karamu, and The Battered Suitcase. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

80 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

A Beautiful Blue Death

Charles Finch

This Victorian debut is equal parts Sherlock Holmes, Gosford Park, and P. G. Wodehouse—a book called "the best kind of historical mystery" by bestselling author David Liss

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist another chance to unravel a mystery, even if it means trudging through the snow to her townhouse next door.

FICTION / MYSTERY & Prudence Smith, one of Jane's former servants, is dead—an apparent suicide. DETECTIVE / TRADITIONAL Minotaur Books | 9/5/2017 But Lenox suspects something far more sinister: murder, by a rare and deadly 9781250161642 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. poison. The grand house where the girl worked is full of suspects, and though Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 Prue dabbled with the hearts of more than a few men, Lenox is baffled by the 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W elusive motive for the girl's death. Other Available Formats: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780312386078 When another body turns up during the London season's most fashionable Ebook ISBN: 9781429955331 ball, Lenox must untangle a web of loyalties and animosities. Was it jealousy that killed Prudence Smith? Or was it something else entirely, something that Lenox alone can uncover before the killer strikes again—disturbingly close to home?

PRAISE "An impressive debut." —Publishers Weekly

"What a delightful book this is! … It's a rare accomplishment to make a murder so charming and a detective so compelling." —Louise Penny, author Still Life

"Fun, fascinating, and old-fashioned in the best sense of the word." —Lauren Belfer, author of City of Light

CHARLES FINCH graduated from Yale in 2003 and spent the next two years working for the Howard Dean and John Kerry presidential campaigns as well as writing his first novel. He is completing an advanced degree in literature at Oxford University.

81 MINOTAUR BOOKS OCTOBER 2017

The Poacher's Son

Paul Doiron

Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive—his own father. This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions prog...

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father Jack, a hard drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: they are searching FICTION / THRILLERS / CRIME for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before—and his father is Minotaur Books | 10/3/2017 their prime suspect. Jack has escaped from police custody, and only Mike 9781250161659 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. believes that his tormented father might not be guilty. Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no Other Available Formats: sympathy for the suspected cop-killer, Mike must come to terms with his Audio ISBN: 9781427265326 Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780312671143 haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack's brutality, but is the man capable of Ebook ISBN: 9781429926393 murder? Desperate and alone, he strikes up an uneasy alliance with a retired Audio ISBN: 9781427208972 warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a runaway fugitive. But the only way for Mike to save his father is to find the real killer—which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.The Poacher's Son is a sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.

PRAISE "[Doiron's] first novel comes with stunning vistas of the dense forests and wild rivers that have impressed visitors to Main ever since Benedict Arnold passed through on his march to Quebec in 1775. . . . The novel's eye-popping scenes, idyllic and otherwise, are conveyed by Doiron's narrator, Mike Boditch." —New York Times Book Review

"With precise and evocative prose, Paul Doiron weaves a riveting tale set deep in the wilderness that can be the tenuous bond between father and son. This is a compelling, moving, and utterly impressive debut!" —Andre Dubus III, author of The House of Sand and Fog

"The Poacher's Son is a gripping, original, and l...

PAUL DOIRON is the editor in chief of Down East: The Magazine of Maine. A native of Maine, he attended Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in English and he holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. Paul is a Registered Maine Guide and lives on a trout stream in coastal Maine with his wife.

82 MINOTAUR BOOKS OCTOBER 2017

The Brutal Telling A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Louise Penny

The wise and beleaguered Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines for the fifth book in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times bestselling series.

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

Chaos is coming, old son....

With these words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. Everybody goes to Olivier's bistro in the tiny village—including a stranger who is found on the FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / TRADITIONAL floor with his head bashed in. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, who knows Minotaur Books | 10/3/2017 and likes nearly everyone in Three Pines, is summoned from Québec to 9781250161666 | $9.99 investigate, and is dismayed to find that Olivier's story is full of holes. Could Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Carton Qty: 20 the beloved bistro owner have known the victim after all? And what are his 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W fingerprints doing all over the cabin that's discovered deep in the wilderness, Other Available Formats: with priceless antiques and the dead man's blood? Mass Market ISBN: 9781250109118 Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780312661687 Ebook ISBN: 9781429955355 As the villagers' secrets come spilling out, Gamache follows a trail of clues and Audio ISBN: 9781427271594 treasures—from first editions of Charlotte's Web and Jane Eyre to a spider web with a word mysteriously woven in it—into the woods and across the continent, only to return to Three Pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling.

PRAISE Praise For the Inspector Armand Gamache Series:

“Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary... Miraculous.” —The Washington Post

“Artful… powerful… magical.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Stellar…with her smart plotting and fascinating, nuanced characters, Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers.” —People

"If you don't give your heart to Gamache, you may have no heart to give." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

LOUISE PENNY is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (five times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in a small village south of Montréal.

83 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

Sworn to Silence A Kate Burkholder Novel

Linda Castillo

"Lovers of suspense will find no better novel to read this summer than Sworn to Silence, a teeth-chattering debut thriller." —USA TODAY

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and "English" residents have lived side by side for two centuries. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. In the aftermath of the violence, the town was left with a sense of fragility, a loss of FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / POLICE innocence. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of the PROCEDURAL Slaughterhouse Killer but came away from its brutality with the realization Minotaur Books | 9/5/2017 that she no longer belonged with the Amish. 9781250161635 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Now, a wealth of experience later, Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as Chief of Police. Her Amish roots and big city law enforcement Other Available Formats: background make her the perfect candidate. She's certain she's come to terms Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781250156617 Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780312597160 with her past—until the first body is discovered in a snowy field. Kate vows to Ebook ISBN: 9781429983730 stop the killer before he strikes again. But to do so, she must betray both her Audio ISBN: 9781427206695 family and her Amish past—and expose a dark secret that could destroy her.

PRAISE "Silence is the opening salvo in what promises to be a gripping series."

—People magazine

"Absolutely stunning. . . . A perfectly crafted thriller."

—Lisa Scottoline

"Complicated, haunted protagonists, shocking murders, psychological twists and bizarre crime scenes. . . . Sworn to Silence is a nail-biting series debut."

—Chelsea Cain

New York Times bestselling author LINDA CASTILLO lives in Texas with her husband and is currently at work on her next book in this series, also set in Amish Country and featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder.

84 MINOTAUR BOOKS DECEMBER 2017

One Dog Night

David Rosenfelt

"Heartwarming to dog lovers, absorbing to fans of courtroom byplay." —Kirkus Review

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

For six years Noah Galloway has lived with a terrible secret that could shatter his life, and when he's arrested for the arson murder of twenty-six people, his dread has become a horrible certainty. What he needs now is defense lawyer Andy Carpenter, who isn't looking for any new clients. So Noah plays his hole card: a shared love for Andy's golden retriever, Tara, and the knowledge that Noah rescued Tara first and made sure that she was placed with Andy when he could no longer care for her himself. With that revelation, Andy FICTION / MYSTERY & feels compelled to take Noah on and soon learns that the past that may DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | 12/5/2017 destroy Noah's life is just the beginning. Andy will have to pull out all of his 9781250160355 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. tricks to crack this cold case turned white hot in David Rosenfelt's One Dog Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Carton Qty: 16 Night. 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W

Other Available Formats: PRAISE Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781250006592 Ebook ISBN: 9781429970358 "Winning… Andy does his usual sterling—and amusing— performance in the courtroom... [It] will keep readers turning the pages." —Publishers Weekly

"A blessed anomaly in crime fiction… Rosenfelt peels back the layers of puzzlement ever so skillfully, tantalizing us throughout until, finally, both Andy and the reader are enlightened, simultaneously. A gem." —Booklist (starred review)

DAVID ROSENFELT is the Edgar and Shamus Award-nominated author of five stand-alones and eleven previous Andy Carpenter novels, most recently Collared. He and his wife live in Maine with the twenty-seven golden retrievers that they've rescued.

85 MINOTAUR BOOKS NOVEMBER 2017

The Tourist

Olen Steinhauer

"As rich and intriguing as the best of Le Carre, Deighton or Graham Greene, Steinhauer's complex, moving spy novel is perfect for our uncertain, emotionally fraught times." --Los Angeles Times on ...

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

One of the most acclaimed writers of a generation of crime novelists, Olen Steinhauer delivers an intricate and thoroughly engrossing spy thriller with his New York Times bestselling novel, The Tourist. A decade ago Milo Weaver used to be a "tourist" for the CIA—an undercover FICTION / THRILLERS agent with no home, no identity—but he's since left the field to become a Minotaur Books | 11/7/2017 middle-level manager at their New York headquarters. He's acquired a wife, a 9781250160362 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. daughter, and a brownstone in Brooklyn, and tried to leave his life of secrets Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W and lies behind. However, when the arrest of a long-sought-after assassin triggers an investigation into one of Milo's oldest friends and exposes new Other Available Formats: layers of intrigue in his old cases, he must go back undercover to find out Mass Market ISBN: 9781250018410 Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780312374877 who's been pulling the strings once and for all. Ebook ISBN: 9781429977180 Steinhauer--a two-time Edgar Award nominee--weaves an elaborate story of loyalty, risk, and betrayal in an utterly compelling novel that is both thoroughly modern and reminiscent of the espionage luminaries: Len Deighton, Graham Greene, and John LeCarré.

PRAISE "The kind of principled hero we long to believe still exists in fiction, if not in life." --The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) "Remember John le Carre… when he wrote about beaten-down, morally directionless spies? In other words, when he was good? That's how Olen Steinhauer writes in this tale of a world-weary spook who can't escape the old game." --Time "Tour de Force… First-rate popular fiction… The Tourist is serious entertainment that raises interesting questions." --Washington Post "Elaborately engineered… He immerses his reader in the same kind of uncertainty that Milo faces at every turn… As for Mr. Steinhauer, the two-time Ed...

OLEN STEINHAUER, a New York Times bestseller and two-time Edgar Award finalist, has been shortlisted for the Anthony, the Macavity, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, and the Barry awards. Raised in Virginia, he lives in Budapest, Hungary. This is his first contemporary thriller.

86 MINOTAUR BOOKS DECEMBER 2017

Murder at the Brightwell A Mystery

Ashley Weaver

An exquisite seaside resort, an eccentric group of British aristrocrats on holiday, and rich 1930's detail lay the setting for this stupendous debut mystery of manners by a young librarian

This reissue is part of the Minotaur Signature Editions program.

Amory Ames is a wealthy young woman who questions her marriage to her notoriously charming playboy husband, Milo. Looking for a change, she accepts a request for help from her former fiancé, Gil Trent, not knowing that she'll soon become embroiled in a murder investigation that will not only FICTION / MYSTERY & test her friendship with Gil, but will upset the status quo with her husband. DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL Minotaur Books | 12/5/2017 9781250160348 | $9.99 / $13.99 Can. Amory accompanies Gil to the Brightwell Hotel in an attempt to circumvent Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 the marriage of his sister, Emmeline, to Rupert Howe, a disreputable ladies 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W man. Amory sees in the situation a grim reflection of her own floundering Subrights: UK Rights: SMP marriage. There is more then her happiness at stake, however, when Rupert is Translation Rights: Rees Literary Agency murdered and Gil is arrested for the crime. Amory is determined to prove his Other Available Formats: innocence and find the real killer, despite attempted dissuasion from the Trade Paperback ISBN: 9781250074621 disapproving police inspector on the case. Matters are further complicated by Ebook ISBN: 9781466846531 Milo's unexpected arrival, and the two form an uneasy alliance as Amory enlists his reluctant aid in clearing Gil's name. As the stakes grow higher and the line between friend and foe becomes less clear, Amory must decide where her heart lies and catch the killer before she, too, becomes a victim.

Murder at the Brightwell is a delicious mystery in which murder invades polite society and romance springs in unexpected places. Weaver has penned a delightful debut in the tradition of J...

PRAISE "It's all very Downton Abbey…. Weaver lays the foundation for a solid series in her first novel as she channels the ambience and spirit of British society during the post-World War I years."—Associated Press

"This debut novel by a librarian lays the foundation for a stylish series with Milo and Amory channeling Nick and Nora Charles."—Booklist

"Fans of plucky female amateur sleuths will welcome Amory Ames, the heroine of Weaver's pleasing debut... the affable Amory could carry a series."—Publishers Weekly

ASHLEY WEAVER is the Technical Services Coordinator at the Allen Parish Libraries in Oberlin, Louisiana. Weaver has worked in libraries since she was 14; she was a page and then a clerk before obtaining her MLIS from Louisiana State University. She lives in Oakdale, Louisiana.

87 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN AUGUST 2017

One Thousand White Women (20th Anniversary Edition) The Journals of May Dodd

Jim Fergus

The 20th anniversary edition of Jim Fergus’s award winning classic novel

One Thousand White Women begins with May Dodd's journey west into the unknown. A government program in which women are brought west as brides for the Cheyenne, is her vehicle. What follows is the story of May's adventures: her marriage to Little Wolf, chief of the Cheyenne nation, and her conflict of being caught between two worlds, loving two men, living two FICTION / HISTORICAL lives. Jim Fergus has so vividly depicted the American West that it is as if St. Martin's Griffin | 8/1/2017 these diaries are a capsule in time. 9781250154705 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Carton Qty: 16 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W PRAISE Subrights: UK Rights: Writers House “A most impressive novel that melds the physical world to the spiritual. One Translation Rights: St. Martin's Press (excluding France, Italy, Romania, Russia, and Spain) Thousand White Women is engaging, entertaining, well-written, and well-told. It will be widely read for a long time, as will the rest of Jim Fergus's work.” --Rick Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781429938846 Bass, author of Where the Sea Used to Be Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780312199432 “Jim Fergus knows his country in a way that's evocative of Dee Brown and all the other great writers of the American West and its native peoples. But One Thousand MARKETING White Women is more than a chronicle of the Old West. It's a superb tale of Regional Author Tour National Print Publicity sorrow, suspense, exultation, and triumph that leaves the reader waiting to turn National Print Advertising the page and wonderfully wrung out at the end.”... Pre-Publication Trade Advertising Extensive Summer-Long Book Club Jim Fergus is an award winning writer whose work has appeared in numerous national Outreach and Promotion Online Advertising Campaign magazines and newspapers. He is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books. Jim IndieBound Campaign divides his time between southern Arizona, northern Colorado, and France. Email Marketing Campaign Discussion Guide Available Online Author Available for Book Club Call-Ins Library Marketing Campaign Academic Marketing Campaign Early Reader Review Campaign Author Website: jimfergus.com

88 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

Sticker by Number: Beautiful Botanicals

Shane Madden

Sticker by Number: Beautiful Botanicals is part of the exciting follow-up to the adult coloring craze—adult sticker books!

GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Sticker by Number: Beautiful Botanicals is a creative and meditative ACTIVITY BOOKS experience. Like an old-fashioned paint by number, the designs in the book St. Martin's Griffin | 11/21/2017 can be gradually filled in using the included stickers, transforming the delicate 9781250164278 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. line drawings into ornate, full-color masterpieces. The process is at once Trade Paperback | 64 pages 9.3 in H | 9.3 in W artistic and calming—the perfect way to exercise your creativity and create a moment of peace in a busy day. Subrights: UK Rights: Quantum Translation Rights: Quantum The book features 12 different floral designs—from a brilliant tropical flowers to soft cherry blossoms—all of which are paired with mindful meditation exercises related to the flower. For instance, as you piece together the Lotus design you will be guided to meditate on calmness and focus, while the Sunflower illustration will prompt reflection on happiness and personal growth.

With beautiful illustrations and insightful text, Sticker by Number: Beautiful Botanicals will help readers step outside of life’s frantic rush, unlock their creativity, and discover a sense of tranquility.

SHANE MADDEN is an award-winning illustrator, cover artist, and technical illustrator. He has worked on over 200 published covers for books, magazines, and games, including New York Times bestsellers such as White Hot Kiss. He is the author of 3D Dot-to-Dot: Cities and 3D Dot-to-Dot: Animals. Shane loves taking on challenges and creating innovative artwork that engages people in new ways. Shane lives in Toronto,Canada, with his family.

89 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN NOVEMBER 2017

Sticker by Number: Calming Creatures

Shane Madden

Sticker by Number: Calming Creatures is the fun next step after adult coloring books—adult sticker books!

GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Sticker by Number: Calming Creatures is a creative and meditative ACTIVITY BOOKS experience. Like an old-fashioned paint by number, the designs in the book St. Martin's Griffin | 11/21/2017 can be gradually filled in using the included stickers, transforming the delicate 9781250164285 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. line drawings into stunning, full-color masterpieces. The process is at once Trade Paperback | 64 pages 9.3 in H | 9.3 in W artistic and calming—the perfect way to exercise your creativity and create a moment of tranquility in a busy day. Subrights: UK Rights: Quantum Translation Rights: Quantum The book features 12 different creatures—from a boldly patterned elephant to a delicate swan—all of which are paired with mindful meditation exercises related to the animal. For instance, as you piece together the Lion design you will be guided to meditate on the self-confidence that inspires bravery, while the Horse illustration will prompt reflection on the theme of freedom and the pursuit of ambition.

With beautiful illustrations and insightful text, Sticker by Number: Calming Creatures will help readers step outside of life’s frantic rush, unlock their creativity, and discover a sense of peace.

SHANE MADDEN is an award-winning illustrator, cover artist, and technical illustrator. He has worked on over 200 published covers for books, magazines, and games, including New York Times bestsellers such as White Hot Kiss. He is the author of 3D Dot-to-Dot: Cities and 3D Dot-to-Dot: Animals. Shane loves taking on challenges and creating innovative artwork that engages people in new ways. Shane lives in Toronto, Canada, with his family.

90 ST. MARTIN'S GRIFFIN MAY 2017

The Field of Fight How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies

Lt. General Michael T. Flynn and Michael Ledeen

The New York Times, and USA Today, and Washington Post bestseller: A top military insider reveals why ISIS and other terrorist groups are gaining ground—and presents a new plan to defeat them.

Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino, Nice, Orlando, and more attacks by radical Islamists. We’re in a global war and it’s time to admit it—so we can win it.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / SECURITY Lt. General Michael T. Flynn spent more than thirty-three years in Army St. Martin's Griffin | 5/30/2017 intelligence, serving in Grenada, Haiti, Central America, Iraq, Afghanistan, 9781250131621 | $15.99 / $22.99 Can. Trade Paperback | 208 pages | Carton Qty: 36 and other global war on terror operational areas. He worked closely with 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W Generals Stanley McChrystal and David Petraeus, Admiral Mike Mullen,

Subrights: UK: Glen Hartley, Writers' Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and other policy, defense, Representatives intelligence, and war-fighting leaders. But shortly before he was scheduled to Translation: Glen Hartley, Writers' Representatives retire, Flynn was dismissed from his position as Director of the Defense Other Available Formats: Intelligence Agency after telling a congressional committee that the Hardcover ISBN: 9781250106223 American people are in more danger than we were just a few years ago. Why? Ebook ISBN: 9781250106230 Because Flynn told an uncomfortable truth, one the Obama administration Audio ISBN: 9781427285089 didn’t want the public to hear. The fact is that ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, and others are growing in number, power, and penetration into Western targets. Because our government has minimized the actions of terrorists and MARKETING sought to separate those actions from Islam itself, we don’t fully grasp the National Broadcast Publicity enormity of the threat they pose against us. The Field of Fight offers a plan National Print Publicity Online Publicity that combines creative and strategic solutions with political engagement and Online Promotion effective military action: a plan not just to “manage” the problem, but to Blog Outreach win. Promotion on Facebook.com/FieldofFight Promotion on Twitter.com/FieldofFight PRAISE “General Flynn’s The Field of Fight is as good an introduction to the long war we are in as any I have read. It is also a sobering and indeed frightening indictment of the intellectual dishonesty which has blocked our leaders from winning this war.” —Newt Gingrich

“[The Field of Fight] is both an engaging personal memoir by a great American soldier and military intelligence officer...” —Senator Joseph Lieberman

Lt. General MICHAEL T. FLYNN spent 33 years as an intelligence officer. Before he was terminated from government service, he served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has since founded the Flynn Intel Group, a government consulting firm.

MICHAEL LEDEEN is the author of War Against the Terror Masters and The Iranian Time Bomb. He spent twenty years at the American Enterprise Institute and now holds a chair at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

91 WEDNESDAY BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2017

Invision Chronicles of Nick

Sherrilyn Kenyon

The next novel in the bestselling Chronicles of Nick series from #1 New York Times bestselling author SHERRILYN KENYON, now in trade paperback.

Think you have a lot of pressure on your shoulders? Nick Gautier was born to bring about the end of the world . . . it's not easy being the heir of a demon overlord.

But Nick is determined to thwart his destiny and get into a good college. To be more than his genetics and prophecy foretell. No one is ever going to tell YOUNG ADULT FICTION / FANTASY / CONTEMPORARY this stubborn Cajun who and what he really is. Or how to live his life. Wednesday Books | 9/5/2017 9781250063908 | $11.99 / $16.99 Can. Not even the Fates of the Universe. But now that he and his team of ancient Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 gods and demons have claimed the Eye of Ananke and he sees the missteps of 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W the future, he has to battle the demons within that are far deadlier and more Subrights: UK Rights: Atom (Little, Brown treacherous than any he's battled before. All the while his arch nemesis is back UK)Translation Rights: Trident Media Group and determined to reclaim his place as the harbinger for Armageddon. Even if Other Available Formats: it means killing Nick and barbecuing everyone he loves to do so. Hardcover ISBN: 9781250063885 Audio ISBN: 9781427267726 Ebook ISBN: 9781466868878 PRAISE Audio ISBN: 9781427267733 "[A] publishing phenomenon . . . [Sherrilyn Kenyon is] the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene . . . Just one example of arguably the most in-demand and prolific authors in America these days." —Publishers Weekly

New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon is a regular in the #1 spot. This extraordinary bestseller continues to top every genre she writes, including manga and graphic novels. With more than 70 million copies of her books are in print in more than one hundred countries, her current series include The Dark-Hunters®, The League®, Deadman’s Cross™, Chronicles of Nick®, Hellchasers™, Mikro Chasers™, and The Lords of Avalon®.

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Adams, Michelle; If You Knew My Sister...... 38 Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel; Bryn Murghab, Afghanistan; Michael Golembesky...... 14 Greenwood...... 80 Darkness Absolute, A: A Novel; Kelley Armstrong...... 70 All-Time Favorite Sheet Cakes & Slab Pies: Easy to Make, Darnton, Nina; Risking It All: A Novel...... 28 Easy to Serve; Bruce Weinstein...... 41 Death of an Avid Reader: A Kate Shackleton Mystery; America the Anxious: How to Calm Down, Stop Worrying, Frances Brody...... 32 and Find Happiness; Ruth Whippman...... 21 Delicious Poke Cakes: 80 Super Simple Desserts with an Archer, Jodie; The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Extra Flavor Punch in Each Bite; Roxanne Wyss...... 15 Blockbuster Novel...... 53 Diamond Empire, The; K'wan...... 40 Armstrong, Kelley; A Darkness Absolute: A Novel...... 70 Doiron, Paul; The Poacher's Son...... 82 Autentico: Cooking Italian, the Authentic Way; Rolando Easy Chicken Recipes: 103 Soups, Salads, Casseroles, Beramendi...... 37 and More; Addie Gundry...... 77 Balson, Ronald H.; Karolina's Twins: A Novel...... 9 Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Bannalec, Jean-Luc; Murder on Brittany Shores: A Mystery . . . Politics?; Mark Thompson...... 29 ...... 72 Eriksson, Kjell; Stone Coffin: A Mystery...... 79 Barca, Jerry; Big Blue Wrecking Crew: Smashmouth Football, Escobar, Juan Pablo; Pablo Escobar: My Father...... 2 a Little Bit of Crazy, and the '86 Super Bowl Champion New Essential Slow Cooker Recipes: 103 Fuss-Free Slow York Giants...... 3 Cooker Meals; Addie Gundry...... 78 Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III; Ewen, Ettore; The Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be Robert Greenfield...... 48 It.: From WWE's The New Day...... 35 Beautiful Blue Death, A; Charles Finch...... 81 Fall of the House of Cabal, The: A Novel; Jonathan L. Beramendi, Rolando; Autentico: Cooking Italian, the Authentic Howard...... 61 Way...... 37 Fergus, Jim; One Thousand White Women (20th Anniversary Bestseller Code, The: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel; Edition): The Journals of May Dodd...... 88 Jodie Archer...... 53 Festive Holiday Recipes: 103 Must-Make Dishes for Big Blue Wrecking Crew: Smashmouth Football, a Little Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and More; Addie Bit of Crazy, and the '86 Super Bowl Champion New York Gundry...... 64 Giants; Jerry Barca...... 3 Field of Fight, The: How We Can Win the Global War Billionaires: The Bosses, The; Calista Fox...... 17 Against Radical Islam and Its Allies; Lieutenant General Billionaires: The Stepbrothers (BG), The; Calista Fox. . . . 76 (Ret.) Michael T. Flynn...... 91 Bonansinga, Jay; Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Search Fighting Blind: A Green Beret's Story of Extraordinary and Destroy...... 11 Courage; Ivan Castro...... 52 Book of Booty: Shake It. Love It. Never Be It., The: From Finch, Charles; A Beautiful Blue Death...... 81 WWE's The New Day; Ettore Ewen...... 35 Finch, Charles; The Inheritance: A Charles Lenox Mystery . . . Bowen, Rhys; In a Gilded Cage: A Molly Murphy Mystery. . . 75 ...... 46 Bowman, Bob; The Golden Rules: 10 Steps to World-Class Flowers: The Watercolor Art Pad; Rachel Pedder-Smith . . . . Excellence in Your Life and Work...... 69 ...... 27 Brady, John; Frank & Ava: In Love and War...... 62 Flynn, Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael T.; The Field of Fight: Breast Cancer Survival Manual, Sixth Edition, The: A Step- How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its by-Step Guide for Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Allies...... 91 Cancer; John Link, M.D...... 63 Fox, Calista; The Billionaires: The Bosses...... 17 Brody, Frances; Death of an Avid Reader: A Kate Shackleton Fox, Calista; The Billionaires: The Stepbrothers (BG)...... 76 Mystery...... 32 Frank & Ava: In Love and War; John Brady...... 62 Brubaker, Jocelyn; Cheesecake Love: Inventive, Irresistible, Gangi, Stephanie; The Next: A Novel...... 13 and Super-Easy Cheesecake Desserts for Every Day...... 33 George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of Brutal Telling, The: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel; America's First Spymaster; John A. Nagy...... 22 Louise Penny...... 83 Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids- Carlin, Peter Ames; Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon and How to Break the Trance; Nicholas Kardaras...... 16 ...... 47 Golden Rules, The: 10 Steps to World-Class Excellence in Castillo, Linda; Sworn to Silence: A Kate Burkholder Novel . . . Your Life and Work; Bob Bowman...... 69 ...... 84 Golembesky, Michael; Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Castro, Ivan; Fighting Blind: A Green Beret's Story of Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan...... 14 Extraordinary Courage...... 52 Goodwin, Daisy; Victoria: A Novel...... 5 Chance, Maia; Teetotaled: A Mystery...... 60 Greenfield, Robert; Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Cheesecake Love: Inventive, Irresistible, and Super-Easy Owsley Stanley III...... 48 Cheesecake Desserts for Every Day; Jocelyn Brubaker . . . . Greenwood, Bryn; All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel ...... 33 ...... 80 Christmas in London: A Novel; Anita Hughes...... 39 Gundry, Addie; Easy Chicken Recipes: 103 Soups, Salads, Cleeves, Ann; The Moth Catcher: A Vera Stanhope Mystery . . Casseroles, and More...... 77 ...... 51 Gundry, Addie; Essential Slow Cooker Recipes: 103 Fuss-Free Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy, The; Andy Heidel...... 26 Slow Cooker Meals...... 78 Cohen, Andy; Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Gundry, Addie; Festive Holiday Recipes: 103 Must-Make Cohen Diaries...... 8 Dishes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and More Confectioner's Tale, The: A Novel of Paris; Laura Madeleine ...... 64 ...... 30 Gundry, Addie; Retro Recipes from the '50s and '60s: 103 Vintage Appetizers, Dinners, Drinks, and More...... 65 Heidel, Andy; The Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy...... 26 New York Times Home for the Holidays Crosswords: 200 Hell Bay: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel; Will Thomas...... 34 Easy to Hard Puzzles, The; The New York Times...... 43 Higashino, Keigo; A Midsummer's Equation: A Detective New York Times Insomnia Crosswords: 150 Easy to Hard Galileo Mystery...... 71 Puzzles to Bring to Bed with You, The; The New York Times Hodson, Serena; Upside-Down Dogs...... 44 ...... 56 Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon; Peter Ames New York Times Large-Print Brain Fuel Crosswords: 120 Carlin...... 47 Large-Print Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Hope at Christmas; Nancy Naigle...... 49 Times, The: Large-Print Crosswords Volume 1; The New York Times...... 66 Howard, Jonathan L.; The Fall of the House of Cabal: A Novel New York Times Lights Out Crosswords, The: 75 Sunday ...... 61 Puzzles; The New York Times...... 19 Hughes, Anita; Christmas in London: A Novel...... 39 New York Times Mini Crosswords: 150 Easy Fun-Sized Hungry Girl Clean & Hungry OBSESSED!; Lisa Lillien. . . . . 6 Puzzles, The: Mini Crosswords Volume 1; The New York I Will Send Rain: A Novel; Rae Meadows...... 68 Times...... 54 If You Knew My Sister; Michelle Adams...... 38 New York Times Southpaw Solvers: 100 Easy to Hard In a Gilded Cage: A Molly Murphy Mystery; Rhys Bowen . . . Crossword Puzzles for Lefties, The: Left-Handed Crosswords Volume 2; The New York Times...... 45 ...... 75 New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 11, Inherit the Bones: A Mystery; Emily Littlejohn...... 59 The: 200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of Inheritance, The: A Charles Lenox Mystery; Charles Finch . The New York Times; The New York Times...... 42 ...... 46 New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles Volume 43, Invision: Chronicles of Nick; Sherrilyn Kenyon...... 92 The: 50 Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Joe Ledger: Unstoppable...... 58 Times; The New York Times...... 73 Jonasson, Ragnar; Snowblind: A Thriller...... 74 New York Times Weekend Wrangler Crosswords: 50 Kalogridis, Jeanne; The Orphan of Florence...... 36 Saturday and Sunday Puzzles, The: Weekend Crosswords Volume 3; The New York Times...... 55 Kardaras, Nicholas; Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids-and How to Break the Trance...... 16 Next, The: A Novel; Stephanie Gangi...... 13 Karolina's Twins: A Novel; Ronald H. 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