Some of our favorite series continue in this week's new books to read for science fiction and fantasy. Staked is the latest in the Iron Druid Chronicles, the Study series returns with Night Study, and City of Blades follows the crowd favorite City of Stairs. The Demon Cycle series is also back with The Skull Throne.
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For anyone who liked the Selection, prepare yourself because Kiera Cass's new book is out this week. That's right, The Siren is finally available for the reading. Also out this week is the next book in the Numbers Game Saga and two WWII era novels (Anna and the Swallow Man and Front Line).
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The 1800s come to life in The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict with the recovered story of a young African American man detailing his time in forced labor and prison. Ostend tells the story of two influential writers in the midst of WWII.
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Where My Heart Used to Beat is perfect for readers who enjoy complicated stories of tragic pasts told through beautiful writing. The Swans of Fifth Avenue is a historical scandal told in an entertaining yet emotionally compelling novel by the same author who wrote The Aviator's Wife. Don't miss any of this week's new releases in literary fiction.
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Jeff Gunhus' exciting new thriller, Killer Pursuit, follows FBI Special Agent Allison McNeil as she investigates the brutal murder of a high-society Washington D.C. call girl. Her best lead to finding the killer is from the secret webcam hidden in the call girl's Georgetown bedroom. Allison quickly discovers that she's not the only person interested in the ominous recording. Every book in the Allison McNeil series is non-stop, action-packed fun - Killer Pursuit is no exception. Enter to win a free copy of this classic mystery thriller today!
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After a high-society call girl is brutally murdered in her Georgetown home, investigators find two cameras hidden in the walls of her bedroom. One has its memory erased, presumably by the murderer. The second is a webcam with an encrypted connection...and no one knows who's on the other end.
FBI Special Agent Allison McNeil is asked by FBI Director Clarence Mason to run an off-the-record investigation of the murder because of its similarity to a case she worked a year earlier. Allison knows the most direct path to apprehending the killer is to find the videos, but rumors that the victim's client list may include some of Washington's most powerful men makes her doubt Mason's motives.
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'The Herald of Hell' is a medieval mystery, a tale of murderous mayhem in the London of 1381. The Peasant’s Revolt is imminent. The vortex of violence has begun. The terror which is about to engulf the city is now a grim reality. The peasant armies from the surrounding shires are determined to invade London, seize the Tower and, some whisper, kill the young king, Richard II. Secret messages are passed backwards and forwards. Spies meet at the dead of night. Men who should be trusted, betray their masters and commit grisly suicide in a London brothel. All these are strands pointing to the coming violence. People whisper about the Day of the Great Slaughter when the strongholds fall and the New Jerusalem emerges on the banks of the Thames. Others plot a more gruesome way forward where the city is purged through a bloodbath and a new system of government is imposed.
If you had to pick one place to vacation for the rest of your life, where would you choose?
The place I would chose for a vocation for the rest of my life would be Rome. They call it the Eternal City and rightly so. It’s also eternal in its attractions, be it the Coliseum or the Catacombs or a walk down the Via Appia where Crassus crucified Spartacus and his followers. Rome is a great city of marvellous beauty and yet chilling bloodthirsty memories. There is so much to see both within and without.
Who was your childhood hero?
My childhood hero would have to be Sherlock Holmes, that enigmatic figure striding through the misty streets of Victorian London in hot pursuit of some cold-hearted murderer or deadly assassin.
If you could invent anything, what would it be?
If I could invent anything it would be a computer that can take dictation directly and accurately.
What's on your writing desk?
My writing desk is littered with pens, paper, little gifts, important books and the manuscripts of novels I am currently working on.
Who is your favorite historical figure?
My favourite historical figure must be Joan of Arc. An absolutely incredible woman, a military genius and a born leader. A true saint but also a soldier. How can you forget Joan shouting at an English mercenary captain to show himself, “Come out Glasdale, so I can send your soul to Hell.”
What's your favorite quote or scene from The Herald of Hell?
I like the way the novel ends, “That when the storm breaks and the lightning flashes in one corner of heaven to light up the other, we shall all be sheltering under the same tree, Master Thibault.”
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
My favourite quote is from the Jesuit poet Hopkins, “The world is charged with the Grandeur of God. It will shine out like the shining from shook foil…..”
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TERMS OF USE is a thriller that explores the dark side of social media, where big Internet companies use our data to analyze and manipulate our thoughts and actions. On one level it’s an action-packed who-done-it that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. But it also speaks to Americans’ growing anxiety over data privacy and the rise of social engineering. TERMS OF USE began as a thought exercise: during my many years as a Silicon Valley reporter, I always wondered how we could trust the companies that amass, store and analyze all our data. What might happen if the wrong people assumed control of these companies (and every electronic bread crumb we’ve left behind)? How bad could it get? As you see in TERMS OF USE, things could get pretty wild.
Say you now host a literary-themed talk show (congrats). Who would be your first guest? What would you ask that person?
It would be toss up between Stephen King and the late Gabriel Garcia Marquez (assuming he could communicate from the great beyond). They both have/had incredible imagination and I’d love to know how they conjure and coax their ideas, how they mold those ideas into finished sentences and whether they have any tips for new authors (like me) who haven’t been able to fully harness and/or manage that creative process.
What books are currently on your night stand?
“Who Owns the Future?” by Jaron Lanier and “Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt” by Michael Lewis.
What's your favorite quote or scene from Terms of Use?
“And it raises a very disturbing question: If you make a decision that was a foregone conclusion based on the stream of information you’ve been fed, have you really exercised free will?”
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
Do unto others… It all seems to work out pretty well if you just follow that one golden rule.
Scott Allan Morrison is the author of the new book Terms of Use.
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Fans of Vince Flynn books mourned when he passed away in 2013 and took his genius for political thrillers with him. Thankfully Kyle Mills took up the mantle of the Vince Flynn series starring Mitch Rapp with this fall’s release of The Survivor, so there is no need to say goodbye just yet. Whether it’s the suspenseful action, the (almost) impossibly talented protagonist, or the mysteries in need of solving, there are plenty of additional authors like Vince Flynn out there to add to your shelves.
The Promise
Robert Crais
Release Date: November 10, 2015
A brutal murder, a single surviving witness, and two class act teams ready to save the day…or die trying. Robert Crais’s newest release is reminiscent of the most suspenseful parts of Vince Flynn books and perfect for mystery thriller lovers.
A Banquet of Consequences
Elizabeth George
Release Date: October 27, 2015
There must be a link between a devastating suicide and a dreadful poisoning, and one woman is determined to find it even if it leads to her own downfall. A thriller that is equal parts suspenseful and disturbing, Elizabeth George is on our list of authors like Vince Flynn for the fans who take their action with a side of psychology.
Forty Thieves
Thomas Perry
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Pit two couples against one another and what do you get? When one couple is a retired detective team and the other is a team of assassins, you get the newest thriller from Thomas Perry. Fans of Vince Flynn books will love the adventure and suspense mixed with a bit of comedy.
Playing With Fire
Tess Gerritsen
Release Date: October 27, 2015
When one woman stumbles across a long-held family secret, that family will use all their power to stop her from revealing it…at whatever cost. A complex thriller with terrifying twists, this is the perfect choice when you’ve finished all the Vince Flynn books.
Iron Wolf
Dale Brown
August 25, 2015
The fate of Eastern Europe is at stake when the best-trained soldiers meet their match in manned robots. One of our authors like Vince Flynn, Dale Brown constructs an elaborate military thriller where the U.S. is put to the test in a war like no other.
The Art of War
Stephen Coonts
Release Date: February 2, 2016
After the CIA director is assassinated, the new director is running out of time to uncover a conspiracy of the deadliest kind: a nuclear attack. Fans of Vince Flynn series will not want to miss this action-packed thriller as two men set out to save the entire US Navy.
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Meg Cabot's highly anticipated addition to the Mediator series is fast-paced, fun, and flirty. Remembrance follows the recently graduated and newly engaged Susannah Simon as she unlocks the secrets to a decade-old murder at her alma mater. Always filling her stories with unexpected twists and turns, Meg Cabot keeps us on our toes with ghosts hauntings, old beaus, and more! Remembrance will come out February 2nd but you have the chance to get a free copy by entering our exclusive giveaway for NewInBook readers.
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You can take the boy out of the darkness.
But you can’t take the darkness out of the boy.
All Susannah Simon wants is to make a good impression at her first job since graduating from college (and since becoming engaged to Dr. Jesse de Silva).
But when she’s hired as a guidance counselor, she stumbles across a clues about a long forgotten murder and soon ancient history isn’t all that’s coming back to haunt her. Old ghosts as well as new ones are coming out of the woodwork, some to test her, some to vex her, and it isn’t only because she’s a mediator, gifted with second sight.
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The Center of the World tracks the impact of a posthumous letter on a loving family. In THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, the letter informs fifteen-year-old Sofia that everything she believed about her origins has been a lie. For her mom, Kate, the revelation uncovers a terrible truth – one that involves civil unrest and bloodshed, death-defying heroism and child-smuggling, harrowing sacrifice and desperate decisions. As mother and daughter confront the damage done by years of dangerous yet necessary deceptions, they discover how much love, hope, and happiness may still remain—if they have the courage to face their past
If you had an extra hour each day, how would you spend it?
Really, a whole extra hour every day? I would have a massage. Which I couldn’t possibly afford every day, so I would probably walk along a small river in my town, which is as close to a massage as I can imagine. But I wouldn’t spend the extra hour sitting. As a writer, I already do too much of that.
What advice would you give your teenage self?
Save your Bob Dylan albums. All of them. After that bit of wisdom, I would try to tell my teenage self to recognize her truth and to speak her truth, rather than looking for it in others. And please lighten up.
Who was your childhood hero?
As a child, my mother was my hero. She was so smart, interesting, surprising, artistic and adventuresome.
As a young adult my two heroes were Jane Goodall for her ground-breaking research about the lives of chimps and Louis Leakey, an archeologist in Africa who was a champion of saving animals from extinction.
If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be?
He is extraordinarily well-read. He is a constitutional scholar. There are no lack of books in the Obama household. I would totally flip if he read my newest book, THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, because it’s based on historical events, yet the outcomes emerge in very personal ways through the most intimate relationships.
You wouldn’t be caught dead, where?
A gun show
What's your favorite quote or scene from The Center of the World?
One of my favorite scenes takes place after the massacre, when Kate talks with Fernando about adopting Sofia, the Mayan war orphan:
Kate had known Fernando for only a week and yet she felt comforted by his steady warmth, his lack of embellishment. He said, “If you are successful, if you can get adoption papers for the little girl, then it will still be a hard life for both of you. You will save her from our war weary country, but there will come a day when she will long for the land of her birth, for the sight of people who look like her, and for a hint of those who came before her. Ancestors. But you are right; she will be alive.”
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
I wish that there was a word that combined gratitude and persistence, although they don’t normally go together. But we have our lives for just a speck of time, so we should enjoy it, really find the joy in it.
Jacqueline Sheenan is the author of the new book The Center of the World.
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