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#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson is featured on the cover of RT Book Reviews in advance of the publication of her new hardcover, Without Mercy!
Lisa Jackson’s Without Mercy also received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which said, "The murder of Julia 'Jules' Farentino's father creates a bond with her younger half-sister, Shaylee Stillman in this juicy creep-a-thon from bestseller Jackson... This campy cool thriller builds to a surprising cliffhanger ending."
>Without Mercy
Joanne Fluke’s latest Hannah Swensen Mystery, Apple Turnover Murder debuts at number 10 on the New York Times bestseller list for the week of March 14th.
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True Crime with Aphrodite Jones
Ten-Part Series Premieres Thursday, March 11 at 10 PM (ET)
Unlike those before her, crime reporter and renowned author Aphrodite Jones conducts her own investigations into some of the most enduring and baffling mysteries of our time. Each episode of True Crime With Aphrodite Jones presents a high-profile case - from the Michael Jackson conspiracy to the never captured Zodiac Killer - where Jones presents compelling evidence and theories that allows viewers to rethink their past perceptions of these crimes. Each episode revisits the complete story but also uncovers surprising, often overlooked details that connect the dots in new and unexpected ways. As an expert storyteller, Jones is passionate and immerses herself in each story, often landing pivotal interviews and extraordinary access. This is her life's work, presented in a gripping, fast-paced, contemporary series.
>The FBI Killer
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Debut novelist Ken Wheaton has just received a Starred Review from Booklist for his upcoming novel, The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival. Booklist says: “Readers need to hold onto their hats because Wheaton’s roller-coaster ride of a book has hilarious highs that plunge to soul-baring angst, then zoom back up to the top.”
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Publishers Weekly gives Cynthia Eden a Starred Review for her upcoming paranormal romance, Eternal Hunter. They say: “Danger and excitement leap off every page of this fast-paced paranormal romance… Well-crafted characters and nail-biting suspense and passion elevate this tale above the glutted paranormal market.”
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T. Greenwood’s upcoming novel, The Hungry Season, has received a Starred Review in Library Journal! They say: “This compelling study of a family in need of rescue is very effective, owing to Greenwood's eloquent, exquisite word artistry and her knack for developing subtle, suspenseful scenes… Greenwood's sensitive and gripping examination of a family in crisis is real, complex, and anything but formulaic.”
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Object Of Desire by William J. Mann, One Last Kiss by Mary Wilbon and Finding Me by Darnella Ford were all nominated for the 2009-2010 Stonewall Book Award. Congratulations!
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>One Last Kiss
>Finding Me
New York Times bestselling Gregg Olsen (Victim Six; Pinnacle Books, February 2010) appeared in a 4.5-minute segment that ran during the evening news on the NBC affiliate in Seattle on Tuesday (November 17th, 2009). The theme of the segment is that Gregg loves women who are bad. The focus is on his true-crime books, but the last line of the interview, mentioning the Kitsap Cutter, is a reference to his upcoming title Victim Six.
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Drama Queers! by Frank Anthony Polito received “Honorable Mention” for Book Of The Year on AfterElton.com’s 2009 Visibility Awards.
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2010 ITW Award Nominees
Best First Novel Nominee:
Craig Larsen – Mania
Best Paperback Nominees:
John Gilstrap – No Mercy
John Lutz – Urge to Kill
Best Short Story Nominees:
“Bullets and Fire” by Joe R. Lansdale
“The Days When You Were Anything Else” by Marcus Sakey
Both from Sex, Thugs, and Rock & Roll, edited by Todd Robinson
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>No Mercy
>Urge to Kill
>Thuglit Presents Sex, Thugs, and Rock & Roll
The Georgia Romance Writers announced their 2009 Maggie Awards for Excellence:
Judy Duarte, author of Mulberry Park, is the winner of the Maggie Award in the Inspirational category.
Nominated in the Historical category:
His Woman by Diana Cosby
Don’t Tempt Me by Sylvia Day
A Knight Well Spent by Jackie Ivie
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