News: July 2010 Archives

ITW member Matt Hilton has two major launches of books on opposite sides of the Atlantic within two days of each other. On August 17th - Judgment and Wrath - the second in his Joe Hunter thriller series will be launched in the USA by William Morrow and Company. On 19th August, Hodder and Stoughton will publish the fourth book in the series, called Cut and Run, in the UK.

Matt is gearing up for two solid months of publicity, beginning with Thrillerfest V where his debut novel, Dead Men's Dust has been shortlisted in the debut novel of 2009 awards.

As part of the continuing partnership between ITW and Audible.com, Audible has just released Silent Screams, the first book in C. E. Lawrence's new thriller series with Kensington Press.  The book is read by veteran voice actor Christian Rummel.

Lawrence wrote most of the book in a secluded cabin at Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, in the woods of Ulster County.  She writes, "My 'security' consisted of a feeble hook and eye lock that a five year old could pry off with a screwdriver.  My Home Protection System was a fat, indolent tabby cat who was more interested in chasing chipmunks and coming home smelling of skunk than warning me of intruders."

She put in requests to the Woodstock Library for every book they had on serial killers, forensics, and other sordid topics.  "This was during the Bush administration, so I'm surprised they didn't flag my library card - I kept expecting a Lincoln town car to pull into my driveway with two Men in Black wearing and ear pieces and Ray Bans.  I imagined being whisked away by the FBI or the NSA to languish in an Egyptian prison, where I would finally give up the names of my "handlers" - Pia and her colleagues at the Woodstock Library, where they don't charge late fees, because, according to Pia, 'We tried it once, but it was too much trouble.'"

Silent Screams is now available through Audible Books.  The sequel, Silent Victim, due out in December, will also be available on Audible shortly afterwards.  Both books have also recently been sold to Piper Verlag in Germany.

You can listen to an excerpt of Silent Screams or purchase the recording at Audible's website.

Visit C. E. Lawrence's website at http://celawrence.com/.

Mystery author Angela Henry has signed a contract with Harlequin's new digital-first imprint, Carina Press, to publish her romantic thriller, The Paris Secret.

In a departure from her award-winning Kendra Clayton mystery series, Henry was inspired to write The Paris Secret after a solo trip to Paris in 2007. While touring the Palace of Versailles, she heard a tale about a love child born at the palace as the result of an affair between a French queen and her African lover.

"I was so intrigued by the story that I started researching it as soon as I got home," claims Henry, who says the resulting novel incorporates two things that she loves, history and mystery.

In The Paris Secret, librarian Maya Sinclair's Paris getaway goes horribly wrong when she ends up on the run after being targeted by a killer who thinks she holds the key to finding a priceless book hidden centuries ago by a French queen's secret daughter.

The Paris Secret will hit digital bookshelves in the fall of 2010 and be available wherever ebooks are sold. For more information, please visit www.angelahenry.com.