Books archive: May 2010 Archives

Here's what was featured in the April edition of The Big Thrill:

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• 61 Hours by Lee Child
• The Radix by Brett King
• Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon
• Down Among the Dead Men by Robert Gregory Browne
• Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• Island of Betrayal by Alan L Moss
• The Inheritance by Simon Tolkien
• The Insider by Reece Hirsch
• The Hypnotist by M.J. Rose
• Delta Blues by Edited by Carolyn Haines
• Frenzy by Robert Liparulo
• City of Fear by David Hewson
• Play Dead by Ryan Brown
• The Ark by Boyd Morrison
• The Terrorist by Peter Steiner
• Dweller by Jeff Strand
• Strip by Thomas Perry
• Fortuna by Michael Stevens
• Killer by Dave Zeltserman
• Never Let You Go by Erin Healy
• ALONE: Chasers by James Phelan
• House of Secrets by Richard Hawke
• City of Dreams by William Martin
• Valley of Bones by Eric Wilson
• The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles by Ken Kuhlken
• Touching Darkness by Jaime Rush
• L.A. Bytes by P.A. Brown
• Die Twice by Andrew Grant
• Red November by W. Craig Reed
• Taurus Eyes by Bonnie Hearn Hill
• Cheat the Grave by Vicki Pettersson
• Dead in the Water by Meredith Cole
• Fire Force by Matt Lynn
• 2 In The Hat by Raffi Yessayan
• A Host of Shadows by Harry Shannon
• Street Kids: The Lives of Runaway and Thrownaway Teens by R. Barri Flowers
• Anywhere She Runs by Debra Webb
• Death on the Aegean Queen by Maria Hudgins
• Manifest Destiny by Rick Robinson
• The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
• A Between The Lines interview with Lee Child
• Thrillers: 100 Must Reads - An Interview with Gayle Lynds
• International News from Gerard Brennan and Mike Nicol

Coming next month: a Between The Lines interview with Janet Evanovich, and the latest thrillers from Cat Adams, Bill Cameron, Pamela Callow. Barry Grant, Mary Kennedy, Nikita Black, Allyson James, Sheri Whitefeather, Irene Ziegler, Leigh Russell. Dianne Emley, Cindy Gerard, Tess Gerritsen, Dennis Tafoya, Yasmine Galenorn, E. J. Rand, Jon Land, Julie Kramer, Barbara Levenson, Gregory Lamberson, James R. Hannibal, Rebecca Cantrell, Scott Sigler, Rick Chesler, Jim Bernheimer, John Rector, Eric Van Lustbader, Thomas Greanias, Matt Forbeck, Kevin O'Brien, Lisa Brackmann, Alexandra Sokoloff, Karin Slaughter, Jeannie Holmes, Barry Grant and more. It's gonna be a thriller! 

ThrillerFest News

Nearly 40 agents have signed up for AgentFest! Find out who in the AgentFest section of www.thrillerfest.org.  You can also read a profile of an debut author who's launching big this month thanks to finding his agent at AgentFest. Check out the world-class authors and agents who are instructors at CraftFest, and back in Latest News, coming soon: the next in the continuing series of our 2010 ThrillerFest Headliners, Lisa Scottoline.

"ThrillerFest has lots of extras this year," adds Kathleen Antrim, ThrillerFest director, says. "For starters, there's a party every night:

Wednesday night: CraftFest Cocktail Party.
Thursday night: Opening Reception Cocktail Party.
Friday night: ITW Publications Reception. By the time ThrillerFest arrives, ITW will have launched four major new publications. To celebrate these works, we're having a grand signing/cocktail party.
Saturday night: ITW Awards Banquet. One ticket, one night, three parties: the pre-event cocktail party, the banquet, and the post-event after-party.

If you haven't yet registered, log onto www.ThrillerFest.org for event details, registration link, and hotel reservations.  Be there!

WATCHLIST: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book!

Imagine a literary jam session with 22 of your favorite masters of pulse-pounding fiction and you have WATCHLIST: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book. Jeffery Deaver conceived of the characters and put the plot into motion and Jim Fusilli leant a sharp editorial eye, finely orchestrating this chorus of suspense that includes such top writers as Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, Gayle Lynds, P.J. Parrish and many others. Dramatic tension ties the novellas together as each thriller titan leads the reader down dark alleys and around blind corners, saving the fireworks for the climactic endings, also crafted by Jeffery Deaver.

This two-fisted tome has the chills, breakneck pacing, and diabolical switchbacks that thriller lovers have come to expect. Reading into the wee, small hours is practically guaranteed.

Read and listen to a review of WATCHLIST by Lynn Neary on NPR's "All Things Considered."

Coming soon: First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has teamed up with the International Thriller Writers for First Thrills, a showcase of many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre.

First Thrills includes never-before-published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child, Stephen Coonts, Jeffrey Deaver, Heather Graham, Gregg Hurwitz, John Lescroart, John Lutz (with Lise E. Baker), Alex Kava (with Deb Carlin), Michael Palmer (with Daniel James Palmer), Karin Slaughter, and Wendi Corsi Staub.

The collection also serves as an introduction to those ITW has christened its rising stars, including Sean Michael Bailey, Ken Bruen, Ryan Brown, Bill Cameron, Rebecca Cantrell, Karen Dionne, JT Ellison, Theo Gangi, Rip Gerber, CJ Lyons, Grant McKenzie, Marc Paoletti, Cynthia Robinson, and Kelli Stanley.    Available June 22

Coming soon: Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads

A new ITW publication coming soon from Oceanview, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, features 100 works--from Beowulf to The Bourne Identity, Dracula to Deliverance, Heart of Darkness to The Hunt for Red October--deemed must-reads by the International Thriller Writers organization.

Much more than an anthology, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads goes deep inside the most notable thrillers published over the centuries. Through lively, spirited, and thoughtful essays that examine each work's significance, impact, and influence, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads provides both historical and personal perspective on those spellbinding works that have kept readers on the edge of their seats for centuries.

Read the interview this month with Gayle Lynds, as well as previous interviews with Tess Gerritsen and Douglas Preston, then watch this space for more details!