In a plot twist worthy of the finest thriller, The Chopin Manuscript was masterminded by the board of the International Thriller Writers to promote and elevate the art of the thriller by presenting it in a unique form - weekly audio installments on Audible.com. Named one of four best audio books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly and awarded the Audio Book of the Year, The Chopin Manuscript was hailed by USA Today as "action at full boil" and The Sunday Times of London said it was "fabulous fun."  

It is now available in print along with a stunning new sequel - The Copper Bracelet - in WATCHLIST: TWO SERIAL THRILLERS IN ONE KILLER BOOK (Vanguard Press; January 2010).

The audio serial that launched this unique project originated from an idea by best-selling author M.J. Rose and Steve Feldberg at Audible.com. "When I joined the ITW founding board of directors in 2004," said Rose, "my job was to come up with some unique marketing concepts to help further the genre's visibility. This idea seemed like it was going to be the toughest to pull off - to get all these amazing writers to agree to contribute so much time and talent." To her amazement, Rose's contemporaries greeted her idea with a resounding, "Yes!"

This collaboration brings together some of the world's greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver who conceived the characters and set the plots in motion.  Movie and stage actor Alfred Molina narrated The Chopin Manuscript, and also The Copper Bracelet. His deft characterizations of a variety of ages, genders and nationalities helped the recording win an Audio Award for Best Original Work from the Audio Publisher's Association. The novella beat out such august competition as a multi-cast recording of the Old Testament featuring Denzel Washington, Steven Colbert's I Am America, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. The news floored Jeffery Deaver: "Beating God and Harry Potter is one thing - but Colbert? It's a humbling experience."

Now The Copper Bracelet joins the original novella, a second stunning installment guaranteed to keep readers up nights turning pages. It's a collaboration that can truly be called thrilling - in every sense of the word.