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MINOTAUR BOOKS JANUARY 2022 A Flicker in the Dark Stacy Willingham From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page. When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of her family were left to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now 20 years later, Chloe is a psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge FICTION / THRILLERS / CRIME Minotaur Books | 1/11/2022 and getting ready for her wedding. She finally has a fragile grasp on the 9781250803825 | $27.99 / $36.99 Can. happiness she’s worked so hard to get. Sometimes, though, she feels as out of Hardcover with dust jacket | 368 pages | Carton control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. And then a Qty: 20 local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, and that terrifying summer 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, and seeing parallels that aren't really there, Subrights: UK Rights: Writers House, LLC or for the second time in her life, is she about to unmask a killer? Translation Rights: Writers House, LLC Other Available Formats: In a debut novel that has already been optioned for a limited series by actress Ebook ISBN: 9781250803832 Emma Stone and sold to a dozen countries around the world, Stacy Willingham Audio ISBN: 9781250838841 Audio ISBN: 9781250838858 has created an unforgettable character in a spellbinding thriller that will appeal equally to fans of Gillian Flynn and Karin Slaughter. PRAISE MARKETING * National Broadcast Publicity “A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy * National Print Publicity * Online Publicity Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin * Trade Advertising Slaughter * Pre-Pub Online Advertising * Online Advertising * Widespread ARC Distribution “I have not felt this excited about a thriller in years. I could not put this book down. * Early Reader Review Campaign It's fabulous.” —Chelsea Cain * Goodreads Promotion * NetGalley Promotion * Bookstagrammer Campaign "An engaging, propulsive read, loaded with surprising twists, that genuinely thrills * Email Marketing Campaign as it gets deep under the skin of its fascinating heroine, Chloe Davis. I tore through * CriminalElement.com Campaign this book." —Alison Gaylin * Library Marketing Campaign * Discussion Guide Available Online * Author Website: StacyWillingham.com "Don't trust anyone in this wickedly good debut by Stacy Willingham. A twisty and * Author Facebook: @StacyWillinghamAuthor propulsive thriller." —Peter Swanson * Author Twitter: @svwillingham * Aut... STACY WILLINGHAM worked as a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies before deciding to write fiction full time. She earned her BA in Magazine Journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art & Design. She currently lives in Charleston, SC with her husband, Britt, and Labradoodle, Mako. A Flicker in the Dark is her first novel, and she is currently writing her second. 2 MINOTAUR BOOKS JANUARY 2022 Desolation Canyon P. J. Tracy P.J. Tracy “seems to have found her literary sweet spot” (New York Times Book Review) with her dazzling new series, and in Desolation Canyon, fans get a deeper look into the complex characters wh... LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan is struggling to move forward after the death of her brother in Afghanistan and taking a life in the line of duty. Her stoic parents offer little support – they refuse to address anything difficult, and she’s afraid their relationship is eroding beyond the point of recovery. The days off are the hardest, because they give Margaret time to think. A moment of weakness leads to cocktails with a colleague—an attraction she FICTION / THRILLERS / CRIME Minotaur Books | 1/18/2022 knows could be dangerous —at the luxurious Hotel Bel-Air bar. A stroll through 9781250754950 | $27.99 / $36.99 Can. the grounds leads to a grim discovery beneath the surface of Swan Lake: the Hardcover with dust jacket | 320 pages | Carton body of a successful attorney who made his fortune in international trade. Qty: 20 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W It initially appears to be death by misadventure, but the case is anything but Subrights: UK rights: St. Martin's Press straightforward. As a series of shocking revelations emerge, Nolan finds herself Translation rights: Frances Goldin Literary confronting a sinister cabal that just might destroy her and everyone she loves. Agency Other Available Formats: PRAISE Ebook ISBN: 9781250830197 Audio ISBN: 9781250845498 Praise for Deep into the Dark “Tracy seems to have found her literary sweet spot.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New MARKETING York Times Book Review * National Print Publicity * Online Publicity * Trade Advertising “Riveting. Tracy’s characters are richly developed and seriously human, each * Pre-Pub Online Advertising struggling with how to overcome their dangerous dark pasts. I’m eager for more of * Online Advertising * Library Marketing Campaign Tracy’s new gang.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune * Extensive Blog Outreach * Early Reader Review Campaign “Tracy delivers a darker, richer story in Deep into the Dark.” —Oline Cogdill, Shelf * NetGalley Promotion * Goodreads Promotion Awareness * CriminalElement.com Promotion * Email Marketing Campaign P. J. TRACY is the pseudonym of Traci Lambrecht, bestselling and award winning author of the * Bookstagrammer Campaign * Author Facebook: /PJTracyAuthor Monkeewrench series. Lambrecht and her mother, P. J., wrote eight novels together as P. J. Tracy * Author Instagram: @PJTracyAuthor before P. J. passed away in 2016. Lambrecht has since continued the Monkeewrench series solo. * Author Website: pjtracy.com/ She spent most of her childhood painting and showing Arabian horses, and graduated with a Russian Studies major from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She now lives outside Minneapolis. 3 MINOTAUR BOOKS JANUARY 2022 The Mitford Vanishing A Mitford Murders Mystery Jessica Fellowes A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, The Mitford Vanishing is the fifth installment in the Mitford Murders series, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrig... 1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile their former maid Louisa Cannon is now a private detective, working with her policeman husband Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford FICTION / MYSTERY & requesting that they look into the disappearance of her Communist sister Jessica DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL in Spain. But one case leads to another as they are also asked to investigate the Minotaur Books | 1/18/2022 9781250819208 | $28.99 / $38.99 Can. mysterious vanishing of a soldier. Hardcover with dust jacket | 416 pages | Carton Qty: 20 As the two cases come together, Louisa and Guy discover that every marriage 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W has its secrets—but some are more deadly than others. Suddenly home feels a Subrights: UK: Little, Brown UK long way away... Translation: Caroline Michel, PFD Other Available Formats: PRAISE Ebook ISBN: 9781250819215 Audio ISBN: 9781250846112 “With nearly as much period detail as an episode of Downton [Abbey], this delightful Audio ISBN: 9781250846129 romp satisfies like a cup of strong nursery tea accompanied by a Battenburg cake.” —The Washington Post on The Mitford Murders MARKETING “Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie in this witty and twisty mystery.” —In * National Print Publicity * Online Publicity Touch Weekly on The Mitford Murders * Pre-Pub Online Advertising * Online Advertising “Exactly the sort of book you might enjoy with the fire blazing, the snow falling * Early Reader Review Campaign * Book Community Outreach etc.” —Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of Magpie Murders on * Social Media Campaign The Mitford Murders * Special Backlist Offers Available * Email Marketing Campaign * Library Marketing Campaign “Fellowes excels at depicting the inherent tensions between the upper classes and * Tastemaker Campaign their servants.” —Publishers Weekly on Bright Young Dead * CriminalElement.com Promotion * TheHistoryReader.com Promotion * Author Website: JessicaFellowes.com “A richly... * Author Facebook: @JessicaFellowesAuthor JESSICA FELLOWES is an author, journalist, and public speaker, best known for her five official * Author Twitter: @JessicaFellowes (10.3k followers) New York Times bestselling companion books to the Downton Abbey TV series. Former deputy * Author Instagram: @Author... director of Country Life, and columnist for the Mail on Sunday, she has written for the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, and The Lady. Jessica has spoken at events across the UK and US, and has made numerous appearances on radio and television. She lives in Oxfordshire with her family. 4 MINOTAUR BOOKS JANUARY 2022 Last Seen Alive Joanna Schaffhausen The fifth book in Joanna Schaffhausen's heartpounding Ellery Hathaway mystery series. Boston detective Ellery Hathaway met FBI agent Reed Markham when he pried open a serial killer’s closet to rescue her. Years on, their relationship remains defined by that moment and by Francis Coben’s horrific crimes. To free herself from Coben’s legacy, Ellery had to walk away from Reed, too. But Coben is not letting go so easily. He has an impossible proposition: Coben will finally give up the location of the remaining bodies, on one condition—Reed must bring him Ellery. Now the families of the missing victims are crying out for justice that only Ellery FICTION / MYSTERY & can deliver. The media hungers for a sequel and Coben is their camera-ready star. DETECTIVE / POLICE He claims he is sorry and wants to make amends.
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