MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2020 All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man’s life. When a strange key is found in Stephen’s possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the Sûreté, Jean-Guy FICTION / MYSTERY & Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d’Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, DETECTIVE / TRADITIONAL from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art. Minotaur Books | 9/1/2020 9781250145239 | $28.99 / $36.99 Can. Hardcover with dust jacket | 448 pages | Carton It sends them deep into the secrets Armand’s godfather has kept for decades. Qty: 16 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W A gruesome discovery in Stephen’s Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are Subrights: UK Rights: Teresa Chris Literary more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized. Agency Translation Rights: Teresa Chris Literary Agency Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find Other Available Formats: the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his Ebook ISBN: 9781250145253 colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family. Audio ISBN: 9781250760623 Audio ISBN: 9781250760616 For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide. MARKETING PRAISE *National Print Publicity *Online Publicity “A Better Man, with its mix of meteorological suspense, psychological insight and *Trade Advertising criminal pursuit, is arguably the best book yet in an outstanding, original oeuvre.” *Pre-Pub Online Advertising —Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal *Online Advertising *National IndieBound Campaign *Widespread Designed ARC Distribution “Enchanting…one of [Gamache’s] more ennobling missions.” —Marilyn Stasio, *Promotion on GamacheSeries.com The New York Times Book Review on A Better Man *Special Backlist Offers Available *Email Marketing Campaign *Social Media Campaign LOUISE PENNY is the author of the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling series of *Promotion on CriminalElement.com Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, most recently A Better Man. She has won numerous *Author Website: LouisePenny.com awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (seven times), and was a finalist for the *Author Facebook: @LouisePennyAuthor Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to (80k followers) Canadian culture. Louise lives in a small village south of Montréal. *Also Available from Macmillan Audio: 9781250760616 *Paperback Tie-In: A Better Man, on sale 06/2020 2 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2020 The Darkest Evening A Vera Stanhope Novel Ann Cleeves As NYT bestseller Ann Cleeves's Vera Stanhope series explodes in popularity in print and on TV, the ninth book finds Vera investigating a murder at her estranged family's home during a snowstorm. On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turn and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / WOMEN SLEUTHS toddler is strapped in the back seat. Minotaur Books | 9/8/2020 9781250204509 | $27.99 Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Hardcover with dust jacket | 384 pages | Carton Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little Qty: 20 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W shabby and run-down. It’s also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there’s a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, Subrights: UK Rights: Macmillan UK unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow. Translation Rights: John Hawkins & Associates Other Available Formats: As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland Ebook ISBN: 9781250204523 countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper Audio ISBN: 9781250771476 Audio ISBN: 9781250771469 into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past. PRAISE MARKETING "I loved The Seagull—quite simply it reminds me why Ann Cleeves is one of my *National Author Tour *National Print Publicity favorite mystery writers! I relish learning more about Vera with each book, and *Online Publicity The Seagull provides fresh insight into one of our most complex and lovable *Trade Advertising sleuths." —Louise Penny *Pre-Pub Online Advertising *Online Advertising *Britbox Promotion "Nobody loves unsettling undercurrents better than Ann Cleeves." —Val *Reading Group Gold Selection McDermid on Hidden Depths *Social Media Campaign *Video Campaign *Extensive Blog Outreach "Cleeves offers up evocative settings and flawed characters with depth, making her *Early Reader Review Campaign mysteries wonderfully addictive." —Library Journal (starred) on Harbour Street *NetGalley Promotion *Email Marketing Campaign *Author Facebook: /AnnCleeves ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy and New York Times bestselling author behind two hit *Author Twitter: @AnnCleeves television series—the BBC’s Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, and ITV’s Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn—both of which are watched and loved in the US. The Long Call, the first in the Two Rivers series introducing Detective Matthew Venn, was an instant New York Times bestseller. She lives in the UK. 3 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2020 A Deception at Thornecrest An Amory Ames Mystery Ashley Weaver The stylish, charming new novel in the Edgar-nominated Amory Ames mystery series, set in 1930s England. Amory Ames is alone at her country house Thornecrest, enjoying her last few weeks of peace and quiet as she prepares for the imminent arrival of her baby. Her husband, Milo, is in London on business, and Amory is content to catch up on her correspondence, organize the nursery, and avoid the well-meaning if rather overbearing company of the ladies in the village as they prepare for the Springtide Festival. But then a woman appears on her doorstep, also claiming to be Mrs. Ames, Milo’s wife. FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL Amory's marriage has had its ups and downs in the past, but her faith in her Minotaur Books | 9/8/2020 husband has been restored, and Milo has been nothing but thrilled about 9781250159793 | $27.99 / $37.99 Can. Hardcover with dust jacket | 288 pages | Carton becoming a father. Though the supposed second Mrs. Ames seems earnest, Qty: 24 Amory is convinced she must be mistaken, a belief that Milo confirms upon his 9.3 in H | 6.1 in W homecoming. However, when a second unexpected visitor arrives at Subrights: UK Rights: St. Martin's Press Thornecrest, secret identities and whirlwind romances appear to be becoming Translation Rights: Rees Literary Agency par for the course. Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250159809 It's not until the day of the festival, when Milo's stable hand Bertie is found dead, that the strange characters appearing in town begin to seem more sinister, and Amory is determined to uncover the killer in the crowd. MARKETING *Online Publicity PRAISE *Early Reviewer Campaign *Email Marketing Campaign "[A] highly enjoyable and engrossing mystery. [Weaver has a] sure touch for *Criminal Element Campaign evoking elegance and glamour." —Frances Brody on The Essence of Malice *Blog Outreach *Minotaur Cozy Program *Social Media Campaign "[Weaver's] books are a glittering, whirling throwback to the golden age of *Library Marketing Campaign mysteries, yet crafted with a panache all their own." —Anna Lee Huber, *Author website: Ashley-Weaver.com bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries on An Act of Villainy "It's all very Downton Abbey... [Weaver] channels the ambiance and spirit of British society during the post-World War I years." —Associated Press on Murder at the Brightwell 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 six previous Amory Ames mysteries: Murder at the Brightwell, Death Wears a Mask, A Most Novel Revenge, The Essence of Malice, An Act of Villainy, and A Dangerous Engagement. 4 MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2020 The Orphan's Guilt A Joe Gunther Novel Archer Mayor A simple drunk driving arrest snowballs into a homicide investigation, as Joe Gunther and his VBI team peel back layer upon layer of history to learn the long-hidden truth John Rust is arrested for drunk driving at a routine stop by a Vermont state trooper. Looking to find mitigating circumstances, his lawyer hires a private eye to look into the recent death of the driver's younger brother. The brother died at twenty-eight due to medical issues arising from a childhood brain injury. But then it's revealed that the brain injury was the result of shaken baby syndrome, rendering his death a murder—bringing in Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau FICTION / MYSTERY & of Investigation team. DETECTIVE / POLICE PROCEDURAL Minotaur Books | 9/29/2020 But that murder quickly becomes more than an ancient tale of avarice, betrayal, 9781250224149 | $27.99 / $37.99 Can.