1 Polis Books Rights Catalog Polis Books 1201 Hudson Street, #211S Hoboken, NJ 07030 646-306-4865 [email protected] www.PolisBooks.com Twitter.com/PolisBooks Facebook.com/PolisBooks Distributed by Publishers Group West Available at Booksellers and Wholesalers Print Catalog – Page 3 Digital Catalog – Page 22 1 2 Table of Contents – Print Catalog DEVILS AND DUST by J.D. Rhoades – Page 3 NOT EVEN PAST by Dave White – Page 4 THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB by Brenda Janowitz – Page 5 TIES THAT BLIND by Zachary Klein – Page 6 ASH by Shani Petroff and Darci Manley – Page 7 MURDER BOY by Bryon Quertermous – Page 8 THE SCARLET LETTER SOCIETY by Mary T. McCarthy – Page 9 CONCRETE ANGEL by Patricia Abbott – Page 10 NEW YORKED by Rob Hart – Page 11 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by Terrence McCauley - Page 12 COLLECTOR OF SECRETS by Richard Goodfellow – Page 13 SWITCH and SPEAK THE DEAD by Grant McKenzie – Page 14 THE MISSHAPES: The Coming Storm by Alex Flynn – Page 15-16 OCCUPIED EARTH: Stories of Aliens, Resistance and Survival at all Costs edited by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips – Page 17 THE PASTIME PROJECT by Derek Nikitas – Page 18 SAVAGE LANE by Jason Starr - Page 19 ORCHARD GROVE by Vincent Zandri – Page 20 2 3 DEVILS AND DUST J.D. RHOADES Fiction/Thriller Publication Date: February 24th, 2015 $24.95 • Hardcover • 304 pages • 6 x 9 ISBN: 1-978-940610-17-7• eISBN: 1-978-940610-48-1 Rights Available: World (audio to Audible) “Rhoades belongs on the same reading list with Stephen Hunter, Lee Child, and Randy Wayne White." —Booklist “Entertaining...Rhoades does a fine job of building the suspense and writes convincing action scenes.” —Publishers Weekly “You bring death,” the voice said, “and Hell follows with you.” Relentless bounty hunter Jack Keller returns in Devils and Dust, the long-awaited fourth installment of the critically acclaimed series from award-nominated author J. D. Rhoades. Keller’s been in exile, living a quiet life in the desert. Now his old friend and former employer Angela has tracked him down and needs his help. Oscar Sanchez, Angela’s husband and Keller’s best friend, has disappeared while investigating what happened to the sons he was trying to bring to America. If anyone can find Oscar, Keller can, but along the way he has to confront his own demons and his unresolved feelings for Angela — now his best friend’s wife. Keller’s quest takes him from a corrupt Mexican border town to a prison camp in the swamps of South Carolina and pits him against human traffickers, violent drug lords, and a vicious group of white suPremacists PerPetuating an evil as old as civilization itself in the name of God. All of them are about to learn a hard lesson: if Jack Keller's after you, he's bringing Hell with him. J.D. Rhoades was born and raised in North Carolina. He is the author of four Jack Keller novels, The Devil’s Right Hands, Good Day in Hell and Safe and Sound, along with two stand-alone thrillers: BREAKING COVER and BROKEN SHIELD. He lives in Carthage, NC. 3 4 NOT EVEN PAST Dave White Fiction/Mystery Publication Date: February 24th, 2015 $14.00 • Trade Paperback • 304 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 ISBN: 1-978-940610-38-8 • eISBN: 1-978-940610-03-0 Rights Available: World (audio to Audible) "White is one of a group of younger writers reimagining the P.I. novel by giving Donne solid connections to his culture (he's not alienated from his world) and a moral self-awareness I think is more interesting than the traditional P.I. code of behavior. This book flies." —Carole Barrowman, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “Dave White is everything you hope for in a crime novelist, delivering both white-knuckle suspense and nuanced characters, propulsive action and an emotional wallop.”—Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever Former private investigator Jackson Donne is looking toward the future—one that involves getting married to Kate Ellison. Until an anonymous email with a link and an old picture of him on the Police force shows uP in his mailbox. And once Donne clicks the link, nothing else matters. Six years ago, his fiancée, Jeanne Baker died in a car accident with a drunk driver. Or so Donne thought. Because when his web browser opens, he’s taken to a streaming video of Jeanne bound to a chair, bruised and screaming, but very much alive. He starts to investigate, but quickly finds out he’s lost most of his contacts over the years. The live-stream has stopPed working. The police hold a grudge that stems back to the days when he turned in his corruPt police colleagues, and neither they nor the FBI are willing to believe a dead girl’s been kidnapped. As his investigation goes down one blind alley after another, Donne’s obsession with finding Jeanne grows. Vulnerable and alone, but unable to stoP looking, Donne turns to his nemesis Bill Martin—the only man to love Jeanne as much as he did—for helP. Dave White’s short story "Closure" won the Derringer Award for Best Short Mystery Story. Both When One Man Dies and The Evil That Men Do were nominated for the prestigious Shamus Award, and When One Man Dies was nominated for the Strand Critics Award for "Best First Novel". His standalone thriller, Witness To Death, was an ebook bestseller upon release and named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He lives in Nutley, New Jersey. 4 5 THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB Brenda Janowitz Fiction/New Adult Publication Date: March 24th, 2015 $14.95 • Trade paperback • 336 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 ISBN: 1-978-940610-35-1• eISBN: 1-978-940610-02-3 Rights Available: World English, Audio Other Rights: Mollie Glick, Foundry Literary Management "(A) sweet story…The series of hard knocks Jo suffers shake her out of her all-too- comfortable rut in a way that makes her a heroine worth following. Recommended for new adult romance fans." —Library Journal Jo Waldman lives life to her own soundtrack—working for her father by day while pursuing her music career in NYC’s clubs at night. Music is her Passion, along with her boyfriend, Jesse, who shares her dreams of making it big. Jo's old band, The Lonely Hearts Club, came thisclose to getting a recording contract, and she’s just biding her time, waiting for lightning to strike twice. So when Jo's father fires her and Jesse breaks up with her, Jo doesn’t get upset—she just wants to rage. Dusting off her comPuter, Jo writes an entry on the Lonely Hearts Club band’s blog, Pouring her heart out about the shortcomings of love. The post goes viral, and Jo soon becomes an icon for all things “anti-love.” There's only one problem: Max, the programmer helping Jo with her site is too damned cute! Jo's never been very good at depriving herself of anything, but if the budding relationship with Max is exPosed, she'll be revealed as a total fraud and risk losing all the people who have grown to love and trust her. Jo's got some big decisions to make, and it looks like she's going to have to move one step closer to doing something she never thought she'd do--becoming a grownup. Brenda Janowitz is the author of Jack With A Twist and Scot On The Rocks and Recipe For A Happy Life. Her work has also appeared in the New York Post , Publisher’s Weekly XOJane and Salon. You can find her at www.BrendaJanowitz.com or on Twitter at @BrendaJanowitz. She lives in Nassau County, NY. 5 6 TIES THAT BLIND Zachary Klein Fiction/Mystery Publication Date: March 24th, 2015 $14.95 • Trade Paperback • 336 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 ISBN: 1-978-940610-26-9• eISBN: 1-978-940610-49-8 Rights Available: World, Audio “Klein's private eye and his prickly prose are original.” –Boston Globe “Matt Jacob comes across as a heartfelt creation…A refreshing character in a genre rife with male posturing and two dimensional psychology.” —The New York Times Former social worker-turned-private investigator Matt Jacob has had his share of vices and woes. But he has always managed to stay one foot ahead of the criminals he hunts, while keeping one foot out of the grave. Now Matt is struggling to kick his addictions, put his demons under wraPs and settle down with a woman who makes him happy. Then, a phone call changes everything. Lou, the father of Matt’s dead wife, is on the line, irascible and distraught. His new girlfriend’s son has attemPted suicide and Lou, for some unknown reason, refuses to get paramedics or the police involved. When Matt uncovers the truth behind this boy’s despair, everything he has worked so hard for could end in an instant: his sobriety, his relationships with loved ones, even his own life. In Ties That Blind, Zachary Klein brings back some of the most original and riveting characters in crime fiction and puts them in a story that griPs from the first page to the last. Zachary Klein is the author of three critically-acclaimed books in the Matt Jacob series: Still Among The Living (selected as a New York Times Notable Book), Two Way Toll and No Saving Grace. The fourth book in his Matt Jacob series, Ties That Blind, will be published by Polis Books, which will also be reissuing the first three books in the series.