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! MysteriousPress.com ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! ! ! ! Contains:!! ! Original!fiction! Backlist!fiction! Black!Mask! Upcoming!titles! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ORIGINAL! FICTION! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! ! Body!Slam! By#Rex#Burns# # Targeted!by!thugs,!a!wrestling!impresario!reaches! out!to!an!old!friend! ! When#Otto#Lidke#got#a#tryout#in#pro#football,#he#hired# a#lawyer#friend#named#Jim#Raiford#to#handle#his# contract.#The#negotiations#were#bungled,#forcing# both#men#into#a#career#change.#Trying#to#start#a#pro# wrestling#circuit#in#Denver,#Lidke#runs#afoul#of#the# national#federation,#which#does#everything#it#can— legal#and#otherwise—to#stamp#out#his#new#venture.# When#shady#business#practices#escalate#into#threats# on#his#life,#Lidke#calls#on#Raiford,#now#a#private# investigator,#to#dig#up#some#dirt#on#the#men#who#are# trying#to#put#him#out#of#business.# # But#instead#he#gets#Raiford’s#daughter,#Julie—a#whipE smart#sleuth#looking#to#prove#she’s#every#bit#as#savvy# as#her#father.#As#Julie#and#her#dad#dig#into#the#vicious# world#of#smallEtime#wrestling,#they#find#that#though# the#fights#may#be#fixed,#the#danger#is#all#too#real.# # About!this!author:#Rex#Burns#(b.#1935)#is#the#author# of#numerous#thrillers#set#in#and#around#Denver,# Colorado.#Born#in#California,#he#served#in#the#Marine#Corps#and#attended#Stanford#and#the#University# of#Minnesota#before#becoming#a#writer.#His#Edgar#AwardEwinning#first#novel,#The$Alvarez$Journal# (1975)#introduced#Gabe#Wager,#a#Denver#police#detective#working#in#the#Organized#Crime#Unit.#Burns# continued#this#hardboiled#series#through#ten#more#novels,#concluding#it#with#1997’s#The$Leaning$Land.# The$Avenging$Angel#(1983)#was#adapted#as#a#feature#film,#Messenger$of$Death,#starring#Charles# Bronson.# # Burns#other#series#stars#Devlin#Kirk,#a#Denver#private#detective#whose#specialty#is#industrial#security.# Introduced#in#Suicide#Season,#Kirk#appeared#in#two#more#novels.#Once#the#author#of#a#monthly#mystery# review#column#in#the#Rocky#Mountain#News,#Burns#has#also#written#nonEfiction#and#hosted#the#Mystery# Channel’s#Anatomy#of#a#Mystery.#He#lives#and#writes#in#Boulder,#Colorado.# ! Rights:$World$English;$ebook,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club$ ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Under!the!Eye!of!God! By#Jerome#Charyn# ! After!decades!of!madness!in!the!Bronx,!Sidel!visits! the!craziest!state!in!the!country!! # Isaac#Sidel#is#too#popular#to#be#the#Vice#President.# Once#the#NYPD#commissioner,#he#became#the#most# beloved#mayor#in#New#York#history—famous#for#his# refusal#to#surrender#his#Glock,#and#his#habit#of# disappearing#for#months#at#a#time#to#fight#crime#at# street#level.#When#baseball#czar#J.#Michael#Storm# asks#Sidel#to#join#him#on#the#Democratic#ticket,#the# two#wild#men#romp#to#an#unprecedented#landslide.# But#as#the#new#President’s#young#administration# goes#off#the#rails—threatened#by#corruption,#sex#and# god#knows#what#else—Storm#tires#of#being# overshadowed#by#Sidel,#and#dispatches#him#to#a# place#from#which#tough#politicians#seldom#return:# Texas.# # There#Sidel#confronts#accusations#of#pedophilia,# rogue#astrologers#and#a#dimwitted#assassin#who# doesn’t#know#when#to#take#an#easy#shot.#If#this#Bronx# bomber#doesn’t#watch#his#step,#he#risks#making#Vice# Presidential#history#by#getting#killed#on#the#job.# About!this!author:#Jerome#Charyn#(b.#1937)#is#a#critically#acclaimed#author#of#nearly#fifty#books.#In# 1974#he#published#Blue$Eyes,#his#first#Isaac#Sidel#mystery.#This#first#in#the#soEcalled#Sidel#quartet# introduced#the#eccentric,#nearEmythic#Sidel,#and#his#bizarre#cast#of#sidekicks.#Although#he#completed# the#quartet#with#Secret$Isaac#(1978),#he#continued#following#the#character#through#Citizen$Sidel#(1999),# which#ends#with#his#antihero#making#a#run#at#the#White#House.#Under#the#Eye#of#God#is#the#first#Sidel# novel#since#Citizen$Sidel#in#1999.# Rights:$World$English;$print,$reprint,$book$club$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Killing!Yourself!to!Survive! By#David#Corbett# ! Seven!stories!of!desperation!and!death!from!a! master!of!crime!fiction! # Sterling#Associates#recruited#Satcher#in#the#killing# fields#of#Iraq.#A#marine#who#learned#the#brutalities# and#frustrations#of#war#in#Fallujah,#Satcher#was#ideal# for#Sterling,#a#shadowy#corporation#whose#business# is#to#kill#for#America#when#the#CIA#can’t.#He#comes#to# Guatemala,#the#deadliest#nation#in#the#Americas,#to# kidnap#a#Sinaloan#cartel#member#and#turn#him# against#his#family.#There#he#meets#Odilia,#an#idealistic# young#lawyer#dedicated#to#raising#her#country#from# the#mire.#Both#want#to#save#Guatemala,#but# Satcher’s#method#means#destroying#it#first.# # This#new#story#from#the#hardEboiled#mind#of#David# Corbett#is#a#glimpse#into#a#life#most#Americans#prefer# to#ignore.#Along#with#the#six#others#in#this#volume,#it# provides#a#glimpse#into#the#darkest#corners#of#the# modern#world,#and#a#reminder#that#hope#springs# even#from#the#bloodiest#soil.# # About!this!author:#Before#becoming#a#novelist,#David#Corbett#spent#fifteen#years#as#an#investigator#for# the#San#Francisco#private#detective#agency#Palladino#&#Sutherland.#In#1995,#he#left#to#help#his#wife#set# up#her#own#law#firm,#and#in#2000#sold#his#first#novel,#The$Devil’s$Redhead.#His#second#novel,#Done$For$a$ Dime$(2003),#was#a#New#York#Times#Notable#Book#and#was#nominated#for#a#Macavity#award.#His#third# novel,#Blood$of$Paradise$(2007),#was#nominated#for#the#Edgar#and#numerous#other#awards,#and#was# named#both#a#San#Francisco#Chronicle#Notable#Book#and#one#of#the#Top#Ten#Mysteries#and#Thrillers#of# 2007#by#the#Washington$Post.# ## Rights:$World;$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! A!Measure!of!Blood! By#Kathleen#George# # A!murder!sends!a!child!into!foster!care!and!drags!a! detective!into!a!feverish!hunt!for!justice! ! Nadal#watches#for#weeks#before#he#first#approaches# the#boy.#No#matter#what#Maggie#Brown#says,#he’s# sure#Matt#is#his#son,#and#a#boy#should#know#his# father.#After#their#first#confrontation,#Maggie#should# have#run.#She#should#have#hidden#her#child.#But#she# underestimated#the#man#who#was#once#her#lover.# With#selfErighteous#determination,#Nadal#goes#to#her# house.#He#demands#to#spend#time#with#the#boy.# When#she#refuses,#he#reaches#for#a#knife.# # By#the#time#homicide#detective#Richard#Christie# arrives#on#the#scene,#all#that#remains#of#Maggie# Brown#is#a#bloodstain#on#the#floor.#The#killer#has# vanished,#and#Matt#is#too#scared#to#remember# anything#but#his#mother’s#fear.#As#Christie#looks#for# the#killer#and#Maggie’s#friends#fight#to#keep#Matt#out# of#the#hands#of#Child#Services,#Nadal#watches#the# news#and#waits.#A#boy#should#be#with#his#father.#He’s# going#to#get#his#son.# $ About!this!author:#Kathleen#George#is#an#author#of#thrillers#and#a#professor#of#theatre.#Born#in# Johnstown,#Pennsylvania,#she#completed#a#doctorate#of#theatre#at#the#University#of#Pittsburgh,#where# she#has#taught#for#many#years.#In#1999,#she#published#The$Man$in$the$Buick,#a#collection#of#short# stories#that#she#followed#up#with#Taken#(2001),#a#wellEreceived#thriller#about#a#child’s#disappearance.# She#continued#writing#police#procedurals#starring#Pittsburgh#homicide#detective#Richard#Christie,# including#Fallen#(2004),#Afterimage#(2007),#and#Hideout#(2011).# # In#2009,#she#published#The#Odds,#a#thriller#about#the#drug#trade#in#Pittsburgh,#which#was#nominated# for#an#Edgar#Award.#Besides#writing#thrillers,#George#is#the#editor#of#Pittsburgh$Noir#(2011),#an# anthology#of#crime#stories#set#in#the#Steel#City,#and#several#books#about#theatre,#including#Rhythm$in$ Drama#(1980),#Playwriting:$The$First$Workshop#(1994),#and#Winter’s$Tales#(2005).#She#is#married#to# writer#Hilary#Masters.# ! Rights:$World;$ebook,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club,$Foreign$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Archie!Meets!Nero!Wolfe! By#Robert#Goldsborough# # To!become!part!of!the!Nero!Wolfe!legend,!Archie! Goodwin!must!prove!his!worth! # Archie#Goodwin#comes#to#New#York#City#hoping#for#a# bit#of#excitement.#In#his#third#week#working#as#a# night#watchman,#he#stops#two#burglars#in#their# tracks—with#a#pair#of#hot#lead#slugs.#Dismissed#from# his#job#for#being#“triggerEhappy,”#he#parlays#his# newfound#notoriety#into#a#job#as#a#detective’s# assistant,#helping#honest#sleuth#Del#Bascom#solve# cases#like#the#Morningside#Piano#Heist,#the#Rive# Gauche#Art#Gallery#Swindle,#and#the#SumnerEHayes# Burglary.#But#it’s#the#kidnapping#of#Tommie# Williamson,#the#son#of#a#New#York#hotel#magnate,# that#introduces#Goodwin#to#the#man#who#will#change# his#life.# # Young#Tommie#has#gone#missing,#and#only#one# detective#is#built#for#the#job:#Nero#Wolfe,#the# heavyset#genius#of#West#ThirtyEFifth#Street.#Together# they#will#form#one#of#the#most#unlikely#crime#fighting# duos#in#history—but#first#Goodwin#must#find#Tommie# Williamson,#and#prove#to#Wolfe#that#he#deserves#a#place#by#his#side.# $ About!this!author:#Robert#Goldsborough#(b.#1937)#is#an#American#author#best#known#for#continuing# Rex#Stout’s#famous#Nero#Wolfe#series.#Born#in#Chicago,#he#attended#Northwestern#University,#and# upon#graduation#went#to#work#for#the#Associated#Press,#beginning#a#lifelong#career#in#journalism#that# would#include#long#periods#at#the#Chicago#Tribune#and#Advertising#Age.# # While#at#the#Tribune,#Goldsborough#began#writing#mysteries#in#the#voice#of#Rex#Stout,#the#creator#of# iconic#sleuths#Nero#Wolfe#and#Archie#Goodwin.#Goldsborough’s#first#novel#starring#Wolfe,#Murder#in#E# Minor#(1986),#was#met#with#acclaim#both#from#critics#and#devoted#fans,#winning#a#Nero#Award#from# the#Wolfe#Pack.#Six#more#novels#followed,#including#Death$on$Deadline#(1987)#and#Fade$to$Black# (1990).#In#2005,#Goldsborough#published#Three$Strikes$You’re$Dead,#the#first#in#an#original#series# starring#Chicago#Tribune#reporter#Snap#Malek.## ! Rights:$ebook,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club,$Foreign$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Murder!in!the!Ball!Park! By#Robert#Goldsborough# # Wolfe!earns!a!big!league!callPup!after!a!senator!gets! taken!out!at!the!ball!game! ! Archie#Goodwin#and#Saul#Panzer#have#ventured#into# the#wilds#of#northern#Manhattan#to#watch#the#Giants# take#on#the#Dodgers#at#the#Polo#Grounds.#The# national#anthem#is#just#winding#down#when#Panzer# spies#a#notable#in#the#box#seats:#state#senator#Orson# Milbank,#a#silverEhaired#scoundrel#with#enemies#in# every#corner#of#upstate#New#York.#In#the#fourth# inning,#a#monstrous#line#drive#brings#every#fan#in#the# grandstand#to#his#feet—every#fan#save#for#one#silverE haired#senator,#who#has#been#shot#dead#by#a#sniper# in#the#upper#deck.# # Archie’s#employer—the#rotund#genius#Nero#Wolfe— has#no#interest#in#investigating#the#stadium#slaying,# but#Archie#is#swayed#by#the#senator’s#suspiciously# lovely#widow.#Her#husband#was#mired#hipEdeep#in# corruption,#and#sorting#out#who#killed#him#will#be#a# task#far#less#pleasant#than#an#afternoon#at#the#ball# park.# $ About!this!author:#Robert#Goldsborough#(b.#1937)#is#an#American#author#best#known#for#continuing# Rex#Stout’s#famous#Nero#Wolfe#series.#Born#in#Chicago,#he#attended#Northwestern#University,#and# upon#graduation#went#to#work#for#the#Associated#Press,#beginning#a#lifelong#career#in#journalism#that# would#include#long#periods#at#the#Chicago#Tribune#and#Advertising#Age.# # While#at#the#Tribune,#Goldsborough#began#writing#mysteries#in#the#voice#of#Rex#Stout,#the#creator#of# iconic#sleuths#Nero#Wolfe#and#Archie#Goodwin.#Goldsborough’s#first#novel#starring#Wolfe,#Murder#in#E# Minor#(1986),#was#met#with#acclaim#both#from#critics#and#devoted#fans,#winning#a#Nero#Award#from# the#Wolfe#Pack.#Six#more#novels#followed,#including#Death$on$Deadline#(1987)#and#Fade$to$Black# (1990).#In#2005,#Goldsborough#published#Three$Strikes$You’re$Dead,#the#first#in#an#original#series# starring#Chicago#Tribune#reporter#Snap#Malek.## ! Rights:$ebook,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club,$Foreign$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Bellringer! By#J.#Robert#Janes# # In!a!resort!town!turned!internment!camp,!a!female! prisoner!is!brutally!murdered! # Before#the#war,#the#hotels#of#Vittel#hosted#the# wealthiest#members#of#French#society.#Now,#in#the# winter#of#1943,#two#of#France’s#most#luxurious# resorts#have#been#converted#into#an#internment# camp#for#British#and#American#women#who#failed#to# escape#the#country#when#the#German#army#stormed# across#the#border.#For#two#years,#the#prisoners#have# lived#quietly,#surviving#on#Red#Cross#aid#packages,# but#now#they#are#beginning#to#die.# # An#American#woman#is#found#stabbed#through#the# heart#with#a#pitchfork.#By#the#time#inspectors#JeanE Louis#StECyr#and#Hermann#Kohler#arrive#from#Paris,# rigor#mortis#and#the#February#frost#have#frozen#her# solid.#In#her#pockets#are#Cracker#Jacks#and#Hershey# bars—bribes#intended#for#one#of#the#guards.#To#bring# justice#to#Vittel,#StECyr#and#Kohler#will#have#to# unravel#the#conspiracy#that#is#at#the#heart#of#this# luxurious,#elegant#hell.# # About!this!author:#J.#Robert#Janes#is#best#known#for#writing#historical#thrillers.#Born#in#Toronto,#he# holds#degrees#in#mining#and#geology,#and#worked#as#an#engineer,#university#professor,#and#textbook# author#before#he#began#writing#fiction.## # In#1992,#Janes#published#Mayhem,#the#first#in#the#longErunning#StECyr#and#Kohler#series#for#which#he#is# best#known.#These#police#procedurals#set#in#NaziEoccupied#France#have#been#praised#for#the#author’s# attention#to#historical#detail,#as#well#as#their#swiftEmoving#plots.# # Rights:$World;$reprint,$book$club,$premium,$second$serial,$permissions,$POD,$foreign$ ! ! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! The!Hunting!Ground! By#J.#Robert#Janes# # During!the!war!and!after,!a!Frenchwoman!learns!to! live!for!vengeance! # In#Geneva,#a#frail#young#woman#sits#down#in#a#café.# On#her#arm#is#a#tattooed#number—a#souvenir#from# her#time#in#BergenEBelsen—and#as#far#as#her# government#is#concerned,#she#is#a#dead#woman,#a# casualty#of#the#camps.#Lily#de#St#Germain#is#back# from#the#dead,#and#ready#to#take#revenge#on#the# men#who#buried#her.# # At#the#war’s#start,#Lily#fled#the#countryside#for#Paris,# hoping#to#convince#her#husband#to#abandon#his#work# at#the#Louvre#and#help#get#their#children#to#safety#in# England.#There#she#found#him#in#the#arms#of#her# sister,#a#betrayal#that#pushed#her#into#the#ranks#of# the#Résistance—that#fearful#band#of#partisans#who# taught#her#to#kill,#and#forced#her#to#survive.#The#war# may#end#in#1945,#but#Lily’s#battle#will#have#only#just# begun.## # About!this!author:#J.#Robert#Janes#is#best#known#for# writing#historical#thrillers.#Born#in#Toronto,#he#holds#degrees#in#mining#and#geology,#and#worked#as#an# engineer,#university#professor,#and#textbook#author#before#he#began#writing#fiction.## # In#1992,#Janes#published#Mayhem,#the#first#in#the#longErunning#StECyr#and#Kohler#series#for#which#he#is# best#known.#These#police#procedurals#set#in#NaziEoccupied#France#have#been#praised#for#the#author’s# attention#to#historical#detail,#as#well#as#their#swiftEmoving#plots.# # Rights:$eBook,$print,$reprint,$book$club,$foreign$in$all$languages$and$all$countries$ ! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Tapestry! By#J.#Robert#Janes# # A!series!of!interlocking!crimes!send!StPCyr!and! Kohler!into!the!heart!of!the!Parisian!underworld! # It#is#February,#1943,#and#the#Paris#night#is#inky#black.# For#three#years,#JeanELouis#StECyr#and#Hermann# Kohler#have#investigated#the#mundane#violence#of# occupied#France,#but#never#have#they#seen#a#winter# like#this.#Investigating#a#burgled#stamp#collectors’# shop,#they#get#a#call#that#they#went#to#the#wrong# crime#scene—they#were#supposed#to#have#been#sent# to#comfort#a#woman#who#was#attacked#for#running# around#with#Nazis#and#their#collaborators.#The# rapist’s#timing#was#perfect—so#perfect#that#the# detectives#wonder#if#they#were#deliberately#sent#to# the#wrong#place.# # Later#that#night,#they#find#a#naked#Frenchman# savagely#murdered#and#left#to#rot.#Was#he#a# homosexual?#A#pimp?#A#Résistant?#Theft,#murder,# rape—conspiracy.#It#is#just#another#night#in#Paris# under#the#Nazis.# # About!this!author:#J.#Robert#Janes#is#best#known#for#writing#historical#thrillers.#Born#in#Toronto,#he# holds#degrees#in#mining#and#geology,#and#worked#as#an#engineer,#university#professor,#and#textbook# author#before#he#began#writing#fiction.## # In#1992,#Janes#published#Mayhem,#the#first#in#the#longErunning#StECyr#and#Kohler#series#for#which#he#is# best#known.#These#police#procedurals#set#in#NaziEoccupied#France#have#been#praised#for#the#author’s# attention#to#historical#detail,#as#well#as#their#swiftEmoving#plots.# # Rights:$eBook,$print,$reprint,$book$club,$foreign$in$all$languages$and$all$countries$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Ruin!Value! By#J.#Sydney#Jones# # As!Europe!prepares!for!the!Nuremberg!trials,!a!killer! stalks!a!broken!city! # Nuremberg#is#a#dead#city.#In#the#aftermath#of#World# War#II,#two#thirds#of#its#population#is#dead#or#gone,# with#30,000#of#their#bodies#still#buried#under#rubble,# their#stench#turning#this#ruined#industrial#center#into# a#massive#open#grave.#Here,#the#vilest#war#criminals# in#history#will#be#tried.#But#in#Nuremberg’s#dark# streets#and#back#alleys,#chaos#rules.# # Captain#Nathan#Morgan#is#one#of#those#charged#with# bringing#order#to#the#home#of#the#War#Crimes# Tribunal.#A#New#York#homicide#detective#who#spent# the#war#in#Army#intelligence,#he#was#born#to#be#a# spy,#and#in#1945#there#is#no#finer#place#for#spying# than#Nuremberg.#As#America#grapples#with#the# Soviets#for#postwar#supremacy,#a#serial#murderer# targets#the#occupying#forces.#Nathan#Morgan#may#be# a#perfect#spy,#but#it#is#time#for#him#to#turn#cop#once# more.# ! About!this!author:#J.#Sydney#Jones#is#an#American#author#of#fiction#and#nonEfiction.#Born#in#the#United# States,#he#studied#abroad#in#Vienna#in#1968,#and#later#returned#to#Austria#to#live#for#nearly#two# decades.#He#began#writing#travel#books#in#the#late#‘70s,#many#of#which#concern#central#Europe,#and# published#his#first#thriller,#Time$Of$The$Wolf#in#1990.$In#2008,#Jones#published#The$Empty$Mirror,#a# mystery#set#in#19th#century#Vienna#that#would#become#the#first#of#several#books#in#the#Viennese$ Mystery#series.#His#most#recent#novel#is#The$Keeper$of$Hands#(2013).## ! Rights:$World;$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club,$foreign$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Fires!of!London$ By#Janice#Law# # A!killer!takes!refuge!in!the!blacked!out!streets!of! wartime!London! # The#Nazis#have#taken#Belgium,#and#France#will#fall# soon.#At#night,#London#blacks#out#its#lights#in#a# fruitless#attempt#to#hide#from#Hitler’s#bombers,#and# the#air#raid#warden#wanders#the#desolate#streets,#on# the#lookout#for#lights,#accidents,#and#late#night#fun.# Expelled#from#school#at#sixteen#for#immoral# practices,#the#warden#found#his#education#in#the# streets#of#Berlin#and#the#salons#of#Paris,#picking#up# snatches#of#culture#from#a#succession#of#middleEaged# men#charmed#by#his#young#face.#The#blackout#has# emptied#the#streets,#but#in#the#warden’s#pubs,#clubs# and#gambling#dens,#nightlife#never#ends.# # One#night,#death#intrudes#on#the#air#warden’s# midnight#paradise.#A#young#prostitute#has#been# found#in#the#park,#head#smashed#in.#Soon#the#men#of# the#London#night#will#have#more#to#fear#than#the# faraway#scream#of#a#falling#bomb.# # About!this!author:#Janice#Law#was#inspired#by#the#Watergate#scandal#to#write#her#first#novel,#The$Big$ Payoff#(1977).#The#novel#was#a#success,#winning#an#Edgar#nomination,#and#Law#went#on#to#write#eight# more#in#the#series,#including#Death$Under$Par#(1980)#and#CrossTCheck#(1997).# # Law#later#wrote#historical#mysteries#The$Countess#(1989)#and#All$The$King’s$Ladies#(1986).#After# concluding#the#Peters#series,#she#wrote#three#standalone#suspense#novels—The$Night$Bus#(2000),#The$ Lost$Diaries$of$Iris$Weed#(2002)#and#Voices#(2003).#Since#then#she#has#focused#on#writing#short#stories,# many#of#which#appear#in#Ellery#Queen#Mystery#Magazine.## ! Rights:$World;$print,$reprint,$book$club,$POD,$foreign$ ! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Prisoner!of!the!Riviera! By#Janice#Law# # In!postwar!France,!a!gambler!finds!that!surviving!his! vacation!may!be!a!long!shot! ! Peace#has#come#to#England#and#the#blackout#is#over,# but#the#gloom#has#yet#to#lift#from#London.#One#night,# leaving#a#gambling#club#where#he#has#run#up#a# considerable#tab,#the#young#painter#Francis#Bacon,# accompanied#by#his#lover,#sees#a#man#gunned#down# in#the#street.#They#do#what#they#can#to#stanch#the# flow#of#blood,#but#the#Frenchman#dies#in#the# hospital.#Soon#afterward,#Bacon#receives#a#strange# offer#from#the#club#owner:#He#will#erase#Bacon’s# debts#if#the#painter#delivers#a#package#to#the#dead# man’s#widow,#Madame#Renard,#on#the#Riviera.#What# gambler#could#resist#a#trip#to#Monte#Carlo?# # After#handing#over#the#parcel,#Bacon#learns#that# Madame#Renard#is#dead—and#the#striking#young# woman#who#accepted#the#delivery#is#an#imposter.# The#Riviera#may#be#lovely,#but#in#1945,#its#sunE drenched#beaches#can#be#just#as#dark#as#the#back# alleys#of#London.# $ About!this!author:#Janice#Law#(b.#1941)#is#an#acclaimed#author#of#mystery#fiction.#The#Watergate# scandal#inspired#her#to#write#her#first#novel,#The$Big$Payoff#(1977),#which#introduced#Anna#Peters,#a# streetEsmart#young#woman#who#blackmails#her#boss,#a#corrupt#oil#executive.#The#novel#was#a#success,# winning#an#Edgar#nomination,#and#Law#went#on#to#write#eight#more#in#the#series,#including#Death$ Under$Par#(1980)#and#CrossTCheck#(1997).## # After#Death$Under$Par,#Law#set#aside#the#character#for#several#years#to#write#historical#mysteries#The# Countess#(1989)#and#All$the$King’s$Ladies#(1986).#After#concluding#the#Peters#series,#she#wrote#three# standEalone#suspense#novels:#The$Night$Bus#(2000),#The$Lost$Diaries$of$Iris$Weed#(2002),#and#Voices# (2003).#Since#then,#Law#has#focused#on#writing#short#stories,#many#of#which#appear#in#Ellery#Queen’s# Mystery#Magazine.## ! 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By#Gregg#Loomis# # One!man!stands!between!the!United!States!and!a! conspiracy!that!threatens!Western!Civilization!! # Though#not#on#government#payroll,#Jason#Peters#kills# for#Uncle#Sam.#NARCOM#is#a#private#corporation#that# does#what#the#CIA#doesn’t#have#the#nerve#to#do,#and# Jason#is#its#best#operative—until#the#job#gets#the#best# of#him.#He#completes#his#last#mission#and#is#happy#to# retire#to#Italy,#swearing#to#his#girlfriend#that#he#will# kill#no#more.#He#has#just#settled#into#a#peaceful#life# when#NARCOM#comes#knocking.## # A#contractor#for#the#organization#has#been#shot#while# on#assignment#in#Iceland,#and#refuses#to#talk#to# anyone#but#Jason.#NARCOM#convinces#him#to#go,# swearing#it#will#be#a#quick,#factEfinding#mission.#But# behind#this#simple#assignment#lurks#a#massive# environmental#conspiracy,#and#Jason#quickly#finds# there#is#no#one#he#can#trust#besides#himself.# ! About!this!author:#Gregg#Loomis#is#an#American# author#of#thrillers.#Born#in#Atlanta,#he#spent#his#youth# traveling#the#world,#and#has#worked#as#a#commercial#pilot,#a#racecar#driver#and#a#commercial#lawyer.# He#published#his#first#novel,#the#bayou#thriller#Voodoo$Fury,#in#1991.#But#his#greatest#success#came#in# 2005,#when#The$Pegasus$Secret#introduced#the#world#to#adventuring#lawyer#Lang#Reilly,#whose# globetrotting#adventures#Loomis#followed#through#five#more#novels,#including#The$Coptic$Secret#(2009)# and#The$Cathar$Secret#(2011).#In#2007,#Gates$of$Hades#began#a#new#series,#starring#Jason#Peters,#an# international#operative#working#for#NARCOM—the#private#corporation#that#does#what#the#nation’s# clandestine#services#cannot.$# ! Rights:$eBook,$reprint,$audio,$book$club,$foreign$rights$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! The!First!Casualty! By#Gregg#Loomis# # Armed!with!a!powerful!laser,!a!terrorist!group! threatens!the!US—and!one!government!agent!must! race!to!recover!the!weapon!before!it’s!too!late! # Air#France#Flight#447#is#high#above#the#Atlantic,# making#its#way#through#a#patch#of#turbulence,#when# its#instruments#begin#to#fail.#Pilot#and#crew#fight#to# regain#control#as#the#plane#plummets#from#the#sky,# but#death#comes#before#they#even#hit#the#water.# When#investigators#pick#through#the#wrecked#aircraft# and#desiccated#bodies,#they#can#reach#only#one# conclusion:#Flight#447#disintegrated#in#midEair.# # The#cause#was#a#laser,#the#likes#of#which#the#world# has#never#known.#Based#on#the#mad#dreams#of# Nikola#Tesla,#the#weapon’s#destructive#powers#are# immeasurable,#and#it#has#fallen#into#the#hands#of#Al# Qaeda—or#its#allies.#It’s#up#to#Jason#Peters—a#highly# trained#government#operative#who#was#beginning#to# get#bored#with#his#retirement—to#recover#the#laser# to#safety.#Ending#this#threat#will#force#him#to#shed# quite#a#bit#of#terrorist#blood,#but#Peters#has#never# minded#getting#dirty#for#the#sake#of#Uncle#Sam.# ! About!this!author:#Gregg#Loomis#is#an#American#author#of#thrillers.#Born#in#Atlanta,#he#spent#his#youth# traveling#the#world,#and#has#worked#as#a#commercial#pilot,#a#racecar#driver#and#a#commercial#lawyer.# He#published#his#first#novel,#the#bayou#thriller#Voodoo$Fury,#in#1991.#But#his#greatest#success#came#in# 2005,#when#The$Pegasus$Secret#introduced#the#world#to#adventuring#lawyer#Lang#Reilly,#whose# globetrotting#adventures#Loomis#followed#through#five#more#novels,#including#The$Coptic$Secret#(2009)# and#The$Cathar$Secret#(2011).#In#2007,#Gates$of$Hades#began#a#new#series,#starring#Jason#Peters,#an# international#operative#working#for#NARCOM—the#private#corporation#that#does#what#the#nation’s# clandestine#services#cannot.$# ! Rights:$eBook,$reprint,$audio,$book$club,$foreign$rights$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Jimmy!the!Stick$ By#Michael#Mayo# # A!gunman!comes!out!of!retirement!to!guard!his! former!partner’s!family! # Jimmy#Quinn#was#a#gunman,#bootlegger#and# bagman,#running#with#the#likes#of#Lucky#Luciano,# Meyer#Lansky#and#Mad#Dog#Coll,#until#a#bullet#in#the# leg#ended#his#career.#He#bought#a#speakeasy#on#the# East#Side#and#settled#into#a#quiet#retirement—until# one#night,#when#a#cop#busts#through#the#door,#beats# Jimmy#senseless,#and#arrests#him#on#charges#that#fall# apart#by#morning.#When#Jimmy#emerges#from#his# cell,#he#learns#that#the#Lindbergh#baby#has#been# kidnapped,#and#his#old#friend#and#partner#Walter# Spencer#wants#a#word.# # Spence#has#left#his#criminal#past#behind,#marrying# into#the#Pennyweight#family—of#Pennyweight# Petroleum—and#settling#into#a#legitimate#lifestyle#in# rural#New#Jersey.#Now#Spence#has#business#out#of# state,#and#with#the#Lindbergh#kidnapping#weighing# on#his#mind,#he#wants#Jimmy#to#stay#and#protect#his# family.#A#few#days#guarding#Spence’s#beautiful#wife# should#be#easy#work,#but#he#quickly#finds#that#New#Jersey#can#be#even#more#dangerous#than#the# streets#of#New#York#City.# ! About!this!author:#Michael#Mayo#has#written#about#film#for#The$Washington$Post#and#The$Roanoke$ Times.#He#was#the#host#of#the#nationallyEsyndicated$Movie$Show$on$Radio#and#Max$and$Mike$On$the$ Movies.#His#books#include#VideoHound’s$Video$Premieres,#Horror$Show,#and#War$Movies.#He#edited# three#volumes#of#The$DVD$Guide.## # His#most#recent#book#is#American$Murder:$Criminals,$Crime$and$the$Media,#and#he#blogs#about#film# occasionally#at#mikeonmovies.com.## ! Rights:$World;$audio,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! ! Ark$ By#Charles#McCarry# # Earth’s!wealthiest!man!attempts!to!save!humanity! from!a!coming!apocalypse!! # The#planet’s#first#and#only#trillionaire,#Henry#Peel,# did#not#make#his#fortune#by#being#a#fool.#A#gifted# inventor#and#scientist,#he#possesses#an#imagination# on#the#scale#of#history’s#greatest#thinkers,#and#he# has#turned#it#to#the#problem#of#Earth’s#core.#Two# decades#ago,#scientists#learned#that#the#core#spins# faster#than#the#rest#of#the#planet,#storing#up#a# cache#of#energy#that,#if#released,#could#cause#an# earthquake#that#would#obliterate#human#life.#To# begin#mankind#anew,#Henry#Peel#is#going#to#lead#us# to#the#stars.## # He#gathers#the#world’s#leading#physicists#and# engineers#and#asks#them#to#design#a#spaceship# large#enough#to#safeguard#a#sample#of#humanity# and#durable#enough#to#survive#a#thousandEyear# voyage.#Money#is#no#object,#but#time#is#short.#The# apocalypse#is#on#its#way.# # About!this!author:#A#former#operative#for#the#CIA,#Charles#McCarry#is#a#revered#author#of#espionage# fiction.#He#began#his#writing#career#as#an#army#correspondent#for#Stars$and$Stripes.#In#the#1950s#he# served#as#a#speechwriter#for#President#Eisenhower#before#taking#a#post#with#the#CIA,#for#whom#he# traveled#the#globe#as#a#deep#cover#operative.#He#left#the#Agency#in#1967,#and#set#about#converting#his# experiences#into#fiction.# # His#first#novel,#The$Miernik$Dossier$(1971),#introduced#Paul#Christopher,#an#American#spy#who#struggles# to#balance#his#family#life#with#his#work.#McCarry#has#continued#writing#about#Christopher#and#his#family# for#decades,#producing#ten#novels#in#the#series#to#date.## ! Rights:$World;$reprint,$book$club,$POD,$foreign$ ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! Disappeared! By#Anthony#Quinn# ! In!Northern!Ireland’s!darkest!corner,!the!Troubles! have!never!ended! # Though#bombs#no#longer#rock#Belfast,#for#some#the# fight#goes#on.#Retired#Special#Branch#agent#David# Hughes#disappears#after#looking#into#the#previously# closed#case#of#Oliver#Jordan,#who#went#missing#at# the#hands#of#the#IRA#decades#ago.#Soon#after,#a# former#spy#is#found#bludgeoned#to#death,#the#day# after#placing#his#own#obituary#in#the#newspaper.# Beneath#Northern#Ireland’s#modern#calm,#ancient# jealousies#threaten#to#rend#the#country#asunder# once#more.# # A#Catholic#detective#in#a#Protestant#nation,#Celcius# Daly#knows#too#well#the#agonies#of#sectarian#strife.# To#solve#this#string#of#murders,#he#must#reach# decades#into#the#past,#confronting#a#painful#history# that#Ireland#would#prefer#to#forget.# # About!this!author:#Anthony#Quinn#is#an#Irish# author#and#journalist.#Born#in#Northern#Ireland’s# County#Tyrone,#Quinn#majored#in#English#at#Queen’s#University,#Belfast.#After#college,#he#worked#a# number#of#odd#jobs#before#finding#work#as#a#journalist.#He#has#written#short#stories#for#years,#winning# critical#acclaim#and,#twice,#a#place#on#the#short#list#for#the#Hennessy/New#Irish#Writing#Award.#His#food# writing#saw#him#finish#as#the#runnerEup#in#a#Sunday$Times#competition.# # Disappeared$is#his#first#novel.#Quinn#continues#his#work#as#a#journalist,#reporting#on#the#county#of#his# birth#for#the#Tyrone$Times.## # Rights:$World;$audio,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club$ ! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! ! Border!Angels! By#Anthony#Quinn# # On!the!Irish!border,!a!haggard!detective! investigates!human!trafficking!and!a!scorched! corpse# # The#border#between#Northern#Ireland#and#the# Republic#is#a#rugged#place:#cold,#windswept#and#dark.# For#the#girls#brought#here#from#Eastern#Europe,#it# may#as#well#be#a#war#zone.#Put#to#work#in#a# farmhouse#brothel#near#South#Armagh,#the#women# there#are#forced#into#a#living#hell.#One#night,#the# pimp#takes#one#of#them#for#a#ride.#She#is#just# planning#her#escape#when#the#car#explodes.#The#next# morning,#there#is#nothing#left#but#the#pimp’s#charred# body#and#the#woman’s#footprints#in#the#snow.# ## As#his#forensics#specialists#pick#over#the#burned# corpse,#police#inspector#Celcius#Daly#obsesses#over# the#footprints.#Where#did#the#woman#come#from,# and#where#did#she#go?#It#is#the#sort#of#question#asked# only#in#the#borderlands—between#North#and#South,# between#life#and#death.# # About!this!author:#Anthony#Quinn#is#an#Irish#author#and#journalist.#Born#in#Northern#Ireland’s#County# Tyrone,#Quinn#majored#in#English#at#Queen’s#University,#Belfast.#After#college,#he#worked#a#number#of# odd#jobs#before#finding#work#as#a#journalist.#He#has#written#short#stories#for#years,#winning#critical# acclaim#and,#twice,#a#place#on#the#short#list#for#the#Hennessy/New#Irish#Writing#Award.#His#food#writing# saw#him#finish#as#the#runnerEup#in#a#Sunday$Times#competition.# # Border$Angels$is#the#followEup#to#his#first#novel,$Disappeared.$Quinn#continues#his#work#as#a#journalist,# reporting#on#the#county#of#his#birth#for#the#Tyrone$Times.## # Rights:$World;$audio,$print,$reprint,$POD,$book$club,$translation$ ! ! ! ! www.mysteriouspress.com * [email protected] Rights inquiries: Biagi Literary Management * [email protected] ! One!for!Our!Baby! By#John#Sandrolini# # For!the!sake!of!Ol’!Blue!Eyes,!a!pilot!searches! California!for!the!woman!they!both!love! ! When#World#War#II#ended,#fighter#ace#Joe#Buonomo# didn’t#make#it#back#for#the#parades.#After#nearly#a# decade#adrift#in#troubled#seas,#he#washed#up#in# California,#determined#to#reEclaim#his#life.#But#he# didn’t#really#begin#again#until#he#met#Helen.#For#a# brief,#blissful#while,#everything#was#perfect—until#his# postEwar#past#intervened,#and#he#lost#his#fiancée# forever.# # Years#later,#he’s#running#an#air#freight#business#and# doing#the#occasional#odd#job#for#a#certain#crooner# named#Frank#Sinatra.#One#afternoon,#Joe#agrees#to# give#Frank’s#latest#honey#a#lift#to#Los#Angeles.#Not# until#she#arrives#at#the#airport#does#he#realize#it’s# Helen.#Tormented#by#old#feelings,#he#drops#her#in# L.A.,#where#she#has#a#screen#test#the#next#morning.# But#Helen#never#makes#it#to#the#studio.#To#find#her,# Joe#will#have#to#go#up#against#the#mob,#the#FBI,#and# the#forces#behind#presidential#candidate##John#F.# Kennedy.#The#only#catch#is,#who#is#he#rescuing#her#for—Sinatra?#Or#himself?# ## About!this!author:#John#Sandrolini#(b.#1965),#a#native#Chicagoan,#is#a#Captain#for#a#major#U.S.#airline,# with#more#than#14,000#hours#of#domestic#and#international#flying#in#his#logbook.#A#graduate#of# Northern#Illinois#University#and#a#veteran#of#eight#years#in#the#Air#National#Guard,#he#lives#aboard#his# sloop#“La#Sirena”#in#Southern#California#waters,#encountering#new#characters#at#every#port#of#call.#One$ For$Our$Baby#(2013)#is#his#first#novel.## ! 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