TARYN FAGERNESS AGENCY Spring 2020 ADULT Catalog 1 FICTION The Guest Book meets Everything I Never Told You in this gripping novel of a small town caught up in a shocking disappearance, and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love LOST AT SEA by Erica Boyce When beloved fisherman John Staybrook vanishes in the night, his loss stirs up more than grief. His daughter Ella is convinced he’s still alive and vows to bring him home. But as she searches the small Massachu- setts town, secrets throughout the community begin to bubble to the surface. As the pieces fall into place of what really happened, everyone from the babysitter to the local librarian are swept into a more urgent question: Why would someone go out in the middle of a deadly storm? Erica Boyce weaves a tense yet hopeful tale of family secrets whispering across the rocky shores and the unshakeable strength that love leaves behind. Sourcebooks Landmark March 2020 “Lost at Sea is a gripping novel about a fishing community and the daily Trade paperback dangers which await them, and the complex relationships surfacing 79k words when one of their own disappear. Set in the small New England town of Devil’s Purse, Boyce has weaved a spellbinding and atmospheric tale of Genre: Fiction community, family bonds, love and loss, and the fortitude needed to survive in an unforgiving landscape.” – Kim Michele Richardson, author Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek English rights) “Erica Boyce has crafted a heartfelt, deeply moving novel about identi- Primary agent: Eric Smith ty, friendship and family. Thought-provoking and propulsive, with a P.S. Literary Agency strong sense of place and a set of intriguing, complex characters, Lost at Sea is impossible to put down.” – Daniela Petrova, author of Her Material: Available Daughter’s Mother “With beautiful, tender prose and a captivating web of characters, Lost at Sea is a masterful portrait of a fishing village marked by tragedy— and all the secrets therein. Boyce has crafted a poignant and thought- provoking narrative that stuck with me long after I read the final page.” – Andrea Bartz, author of The Lost Night Erica Boyce is currently a member of the Massachu- setts Bar, an Associate Fiction Editor at Pangyrus, and a participant in her home state’s lovely writing communities, The Writer’s Loft and Grub Street. She is also the Fishing Community Coordinator at Catch Invest, where she works with fishermen and community organizers across the country to help keep small-boat fishing fleets in business. She lives outside Boston with her husband and dog. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, crafting, reading (of course), and adjectives. www.ericaboyce.com 2 A woman ahead of her time, searching for her true calling in life and love SALT THE SNOW by Carrie Callaghan American journalist Milly Bennett has covered murders in San Francis- co, fires in Hawaii, and a civil war in China, but 1930s Moscow presents her greatest challenge yet. When her young Russian husband is sudden- ly arrested by the secret police, Milly tries to get him released. But his arrest reveals both painful secrets about her marriage and hard truths about the Soviet state she has been working to serve. Disillusioned and pulled toward the front lines of a captivating new conflict, Milly must find a way to do the right thing for her husband, her conscience, and her heart. Salt the Snow is a vivid and impeccably researched tale of a woman ahead of her time, searching for her true calling in life and love. “The vivid prose of Salt the Snow sets the reader in the middle of socio- Chicago Review Press economic upheavals and political unrest with the best possible tour guide, wisecracking American journalist Milly Bennett. Callaghan excels February 2020 at bringing little-known real-life women out of the darkness of historical Hardcover obscurity and into the light of recognition. From the first scene, the 86k words reader is plunged into a world of suspense and intrigue, led by an unfor- gettable protagonist. Milly is not so much a character as a fully realized, Genre: Historical fiction complex human being: her brilliance and self-sufficiency are admirable, Rights available: and her loneliness and feelings of unworthiness are heartbreaking. A Translation (US publisher has world fascinating novel!” – Clarissa Harwood, author of Impossible Saints and English rights) Bear No Malice Previous foreign publishers: Germany (HarperCollins Germany) “A vivid, well-researched story of a complex and ahead-of-her-time woman, an American journalist, who finds herself—head and heart— Primary agent: while living and working in an equally complex Russia.” – Jenni L. Shannon Hassan Marsal Lyon Literary Agency Walsh, author of Becoming Bonnie Material: Available “Salt the Snow is a vivid journey through the kaleidoscope of 1930s Eu- rope with an irrepressible and all too human guide in Milly Bennett. Don’t miss this book and its unforgettable heroine!” – Linnea Hartsuy- ker, author of The Half-Drowned King and The Golden Wolf Carrie Callaghan’s short fiction has appeared in Silk Road, Weave Magazine, and The Mac- Guffin, among others. She is a senior analyst at the State Department, as well as a senior contributing editor at the Washington Inde- pendent Review of Books. Her debut novel was A Light of Her Own. www.carriecallaghan.com 3 From the internationally bestselling author of Vox comes a suspenseful new novel that explores a disturbing new reality where the government controls more than the future of our children MASTER CLASS by Christina Dalcher The future of every child is determined by one standardized measure- ment: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and they attend a top tier school with a golden future ahead of them. Score low, and they are sent to a federally run boarding school with limited prospects for future em- ployment. The purpose? Education costs are cut, teachers focus on the best students, and parents are happy. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s elite schools. When her nine-year-old daughter fails her monthly test, her Q score drops to a disastrously low level and she is immediately forced to leave her top school for a federal school hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena knows intimately the dangers of failure in their tiered educational sys- Berkley tem, but as a mother who just lost her child, all Elena wants is to be April 2020 near her daughter again. And she will do the unthinkable to make it Hardcover happen. 81k words Genre: Dystopian thriller “One thing you’ll understand while you’re working for me,” Mrs. Underwood says, leading me away from Rights available: Translation Freddie and steering me toward the serving counter. Her words are slow and deliberate and horrible as she Foreign sales: Brazil (Sextante), British (HQ), France (NiL), German (Fischer), slides a tray from the stack and sets it down much too Hungary (Művelt Nép), Italy (Nord), Ro- firmly on the metal surface. “And you will mania (RAO), Spain (Roca) understand it, Dr. Fairchild. No one is special here. Previous foreign publishers: Brazil No one.” In her hand is the package of cookies meant (Sextante), British (HQ), Bulgaria (Locus), Czech (Host), Estonia (Postimees), for Freddie. France (NiL), Germany (Fischer), Greece (Brainfood), Hungary (Művelt Nép), Isra- el (Dani Books), Italy (Nord), Japan (Hayakawa), Korea (Dasan Books), The Netherlands (Meulenhoff Boekerij), Po- land (Muza), Portugal (20/20 Editora), Christina Dalcher is the internationally bestsel- Romania (RAO), Russia (Exmo), Slovakia ling author of Vox. She earned her doctorate in (IKAR), Spain (Roca), Turkey (Panama), theoretical linguistics from Georgetown Univer- Ukraine (BookChef) sity. Her short stories and flash fiction appear in Highlights: over one hundred journals worldwide. Her * Vox: recognitions include the Bath Flash Award’s — Indiebound, National, Speigel, and Short List; nominations for The Pushcart Prize, Sunday Times UK bestseller. — BookExpo 2018, Booksellers Share Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions; and Their Hot Picks. multiple other awards. She teaches flash fiction — Entertainment Weekly, Books to as a member of the faculty at The Muse Writers Read After The Handmaid’s Tale. — Goodreads, The 20 Hottest Debuts of Center in Norfolk, Virginia. After spending sev- the Season. eral years abroad, most recently in Sri Lanka, Dalcher and her husband now split their time between the American South and Naples, Italy. Primary agent: http://christinadalcher.com Laura Bradford Bradford Literary Agency 4 Material: Available Thirteen stories—beginning after the clock strikes 12 and ending before dawn—from some of the top thriller writers in the world NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT: A Suspense Anthology edited by Jeffery Deaver Suspense Magazine and New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver present the short story anthology, Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original tales, with each chilling read beginning after midnight arrives and ending before dawn awakens. Favorites exploring this mysterious window of time are: Joseph Badal, Linwood Barclay, Rhys Bowen, Heather Graham, Alan Jacobson, Paul Kemprecos, Shannon Kirk, Jon Land, John Lescroart, D.P. Lyle, Kevin O’Brien, and Hank Phillippi Ryan. This incredible gathering of authors will delight fans of all genres as they Suspense Publishing answer that age-old question of why...“Nothing Good Happens After October 2020 Midnight.” Trade paperback 85k words Genre: Anthology Rights available: British and translation Primary agent: Liza Fleissig Liza Royce Agency Material: Available March 2020 A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, Jeffery Deaver is an international #1 bestselling author. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the New York Times, the Times of London, Italy’s Corriere del- la Sera, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Los Angeles Times, and his books have been trans- lated into over 25 languages.