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Del Toro, GuillermoHogan, ChuckTHE NIGHT ETERNAL: Book Three of the Strain Trilogy“The most credible and frightening of all the vampire books of the past decade.” —San Francisco Chronicle onTHE FALL“Relentlessly paves the way for what promises to be an epic third book.” —Kirkus Reviews on THE FALLThe third and final novel in the stunning New York Times bestselling trilogy about a vampire invasion and the bandof men and women who must stop them, by one of Hollywood’s most popular and imaginative storytellers, thecreator of the Oscar-winning Pan’s Labyrinth. Following the horrific conclusion of events in THE FALL, NuclearWinter blankets the land, darkening the Earth but for one hour of sunlight each day. And it is no coincidence thatthese conditions create a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won, they have control of the planet,and humans have been entirely subjugated, interred in vast camps across the world, where, herded like livestock,they are farmed and harvested for the sustenance and pleasure of the Master Race. A ragtag network of freehumans continues the desperate resistance and is made up of everyday people, among them Eph, head of theCDC’s team; Vasiliy, the colorful Russian exterminator; and Gus, the former gangbanger with a special talent fordispatching the undead. It’s their job to disrupt the devastating new world order and battle the Master and hisminions at every turn. But to succeed, the humans will have to rely on the intervention of an unexpected race ofbeings—creatures that give new meaning to the phrase “angels”—in the ultimate battle to reclaim and rehabilitatethe planet for all humanity. William MorrowRights sold: Catalan/Suma; Chinese (complex characters)/Crown Publishing; Croatian/Algoritam; Czech/Beta;Danish/Hr Ferdinand; Dutch/Flying Dutchman; Finnish/Tammi; French/Presses de la Cite; German/Heyne;Greek/Livanis; Hungarian/Konyvmolykepzo; Italian/Mondadori; Japanese/Hayakawa; Korean/Munhakdongne;Lithuanian/Media Incognito; Norwegian/Versal; Portuguese/Santillana Portugal; Polish/Nasza Ksiengarnia;Romanian/Litera Publishing; Russian/36.6 Book Club Publishers; Serbian/Carobna Knjiga; Slovak/Ikar;Spanish/Suma; Swedish/Bra Bocker; Portuguese in Brazil/Rocco; Turkish/Ithaki Yayinlari; UK/HarperCollins UKPublication: November 2011Estimated length: 368 pagesManuscript available(JS)Dietrich, William*THE TREASURE OF MONTEZUMA: An Ethan Gage AdventureAcclaimed New York Times bestselling author William Dietrich delivers his fifth installment in the popular andbestselling Ethan Gage adventure series. The action races from the slopes of the Swiss Alps to the sultry tropics ofthe Caribbean, with a mysterious and magical Spanish treasure, the fate of England, and the first successful slaverevolt in history hanging in the balance. Allied with his new wife, Astiza, Ethan Gage embarks in a desperate huntin the isles of the Caribbean for the Lost Treasure of Montezuma, a legendary hoard that tradition says was savedand hidden from the Spanish conquistadors of Cortez. In pursuit are British agents who hope the gold will financethe black slave revolt in St. Dominique, or Haiti, robbing France of its richest colony. French agents are seekingthe treasure for an even bigger prize: certain Aztec ornaments look like flying machines, and ruthless secretpoliceman Leon Martel dreams they could hold the key to a new weapon that could defeat Britain. THETREASURE OF MONTEZUMA has William Dietrich’s trademark combination of humor, exotic geography,fascinating historical figures, and details of life at the dawn of the 19th century. HarperDAKOTA CIPHYER sold: France/Le Cherche Midi; Germany/Weltbild; Hungary/General Press; Norway/Damm;Poland/Rebis; Russia/Eksmo; Serbia/Alnari; UK/Allison & BusbyPublication: June 2012Estimated length: 320 pagesManuscript available: November 2011(CB)Donohue, MegHOW TO EAT A CUPCAKEFor fans of Jennifer Weiner, a deliciously charming debut about two childhood friends who are as close as sisters,despite their differences, but then grow apart, ultimately reconnecting as adults. Funny, free-spirited AnnieQuintana and wealthy, ambitious, beautiful Julia St. Clair grow up side-by-side in the St. Clair’s San Franciscomansion. Julia St. Clair is wealthy and privileged, and Annie is the daughter of the St. Clair family live-in6

housekeeper. When the girls reach their teen years, their differences pull them apart. Years later they findthemselves joining forces to open a cupcake shop, but they become the target of a dangerous mystery man set onsabotaging the bakery for unknown reasons. As Annie and Julia build their business and try to soothe old woundsand betrayals, they uncover details about the sudden death of Annie’s mother, and find love where they leastexpect it. A graduate of Columbia University’s MFA program, Donohue writes with depth, wit, and snappy dialogue.Her stories have appeared in the Gettysburg Review, the Tulane Review, and the Adirondack Review. HarperPaperbacksRights sold: Germany/Heyne; Italy/GarzantiPublication: March 2012Estimated length: 320 pagesManuscript available(CB)Fishman, Zoe*THE FIFTEEN SECOND RULEAn exciting new novel from the author of BALANCING ACTS about a young woman who returns home for summerafter her first year away at college, where a tragedy pushes her to uncover family truths and take a good look at thewoman she wants to become. Ruth Wasserman has always felt like an outsider in her Alabama town. Being acurly-haired Jewish girl amongst blonde Southern Baptists was never easy and, within her own family, she hasalways played second fiddle to her older brother—a star athlete and student who her parents adore. After one yearaway at college she returns home looking like a new, wiser woman on the outside, but struggling with low selfesteem and a possible eating disorder. While working as a lifeguard, a child almost drowns on her watch. Therepercussions will push her to confront truths about her parents, her brother, and herself that she’s been trying toignore. This is an engaging story beautifully shows how tragedy can make us stronger and that knowing who weare on the inside is our greatest strength. Harper PaperbacksBALANCING ACTS sold in Germany/Ullstein; Holland/Arena; Italy/Sperling & Kupfer; Poland/Proszynski-skaPublication: May 2012Estimated length: 384 pagesManuscript available: November 2011(CB)Frank, Dorothea Benton*UNTITLED NOVELA moving new tale from New York Times bestselling author, Dorothea Benton Frank. At once side-splittingly funnyand incredibly heart-rending, this is a beautiful story about one woman’s struggle to maintain normalcy in the faceof tremendous change. As a nurse serving in Iraq, she has seen everything. But nothing can prepare her for thechallenges that face her when she learns her husband has been killed in a car accident. She moves back down toSullivans Island where her grandmother can help take care of her son. Dorothea Benton Frank’s most recent novel,FOLLY BEACH, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #4 and was in the top 10 for four weeks straight.Like Anne Rivers Siddons, Rebecca Wells, and Pat Conroy, Dorothea’s novels are wonderfully atmospheric. Theirwarm, vivid details bring the South to life, and make readers feel like they are part of the community. WilliamMorrowPublication: June 2012Estimated length: 336 pagesManuscript available: January 2012(JS)Freveletti, JamieTHE NINTH DAY“Jamie Freveletti shows once again why she is one of the top thriller writers working today. . . . crisp writing, cleverplotting, and memorable characters . . . On every page you’ll find just the right blend of menace and normality—allof it written by a master.”—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Jefferson KeyIn this sequel to RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL and RUNNING DARK, brilliant biochemist Emma Caldridge is caughtin a drug cartel’s deadly plot. Emma Caldridge is hiking through the Arizona mountains when she stumbles upon ahuman trafficker smuggling illegal aliens into the United States. Chased across the border, she is caught by one of7

the deadliest drug cartels in Mexico and is taken to the marijuana fields outside Ciudad Juarez. There shediscovers there is something horribly wrong with the plants. Covered with wart-like growths they, and anyone whotouches them, contract a new and virulent form of leprosy that can kill humans within nine days. The cartel believesthat the fields are infected by herbicide sprayed by the US, and it transports the diseased shipment along the Northroute into the U.S. in retaliation. Emma knows that the best chance to find a cure is in her own laboratory, but thecartel refuses to let her go. However, they agree to let her ride with the shipment, and she convinces them to breakinto any lab they can along the way. Time is running short, and Emma herself becomes infected. She begins a raceagainst time to save not only her own life, but the lives of everyone who touches the shipment. Jamie Freveletti isa trial lawyer who practices in Chicago. After attending law school, she lived in Geneva, Switzerland while obtaininga diploma in International Studies. She’s also a runner who both practices and teaches Akido, a Japanese martialart. RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL was the winner of the Thriller Award, the Berry Award, and the CrimespreeAward. Morrow Avon Mass Market OriginalRights sold: German/UllsteinRUNNING DARK sold: Finnish/Paasilinna; German/UllsteinPublication: October 2011Estimated length: 352 pagesBook available(JS)Gordon, AlexGIDEONAn edge-of-your seat supernatural thriller from debut author Alex Gordon, in which a community is forced to battle acenturies-old evil, and their only hope for safety lies in the hands of a young woman who’s never heard of them.After the death of her parents, Lauren discovers that the people she had known as John and Mary Reardon wereonce completely different people, and the only clues she has are an old photograph, some letters, and the name ofa town, Gideon. To complicate matters, Lauren’s been hallucinating: hearing voices and having conversations withdead college classmates. But Lauren’s not so sure that they really are hallucinations—a strange man is stalkingher and the friends who try to help her have ended up dead. Resolved to find out the truth about her parents andher life, she finds herself in a small Midwest town where nothing is as it seems. Two hundred years ago, a witchwas burned at the stake but in Gideon, the past is far from buried. Harper Mass MarketPublication: February 2013Estimated length: 432 pagesManuscript available: January 2012(CB)Gottlieb, EliTHE FACE THIEFTHE FACE THIEF is psychological suspense at its best—the story of two men who are obsessed with onedamaged, yet very charismatic woman—and how she cons each of them. As the book opens, a beautiful womannamed Margot is in the midst of falling down a seemingly endless staircase. Was she pushed or did she fall? Shelies in a hospital bed coming out of a coma and slowly remembering her past, while the novel moves fluidly backand forth between the people whose lives intersected—damagingly—with her own. Lawrence Billings, an instructorin the Chinese art of face reading, taught her the skills she used to gain unfair advantage in business transactionsand with whom she attempted, compulsively, to have an affair. John Potash is a newly married 40-something whoMargot defrauded out of most of his—and his elderly mother’s—life’s savings. As this brilliant, damaged womandazzles and defrauds each of these men in a different way, the book builds to a shattering climax. Written with theliterary flair and power of Ian McEwan and rich in portraits of marriages under siege, THE FACE THIEF is a novelthat probes the sources of human greed and of loyalty beset by temptation. Eli Gottlieb is the author of twoprevious novels. His first novel, The Boy Who Went Away, received extraordinary notices and was a New YorkTimes Notable Book. It also won the prestigious Rome Prize and the 1998 McKitterick Prize by the British Societyof Aughtos. His second novel, Now You See Him, was published in 2008 to great acclaim (“a hypnotic read” —TheLA Times; “a gorgeous, surprising novel” —USA Today). It hit the Denver Post list and was #1 on the RockyMountain News bestseller list. It was also a #1 Book Sense pick. William MorrrowUK rights: Betsy Lerner (betsy@dclagency.com); Translation rights: William Morrow8

NOW YOU SEE HIM sold: Chinese, simplified characters/Read 99; Czech/Euromedia; Danish/HR Ferdinand;French/10/18; German/Droemer; Hebrew/Kinneret; Italian/Piemme; Portuguese In Brazil/Rocco; Romanian/SCLeda; Serbian/Dereta; Spanish/TusquetsPublication: January 2012Estimated length: 256 pagesManuscript available(JS)Gray, Shelley Shepard*MISSING: The Secrets of Crittenden County, Book One (March 2012)*SEARCH: The Secrets of Crittenden County, Book Two (June 2012)*FOUND: The Secrets of Crittenden County, Book Three (October 2012)Beloved author Shelley Shepard Gray delivers another page-turning romance series set in the Amish country. InMISSING, the serenity of the quiet community of Crittenden Kentucky is disrupted when Amelia Andersondiscovers the body of Perry Borntrager in an abandoned well. When a homicide detective arrives to help solve thecrime, two suspects, Perry’s former girlfriend Lydia Plank and Englisher Walter Anderson, are drawn togetherforming a surprising companionship during this time of hardship. With SEARCH, we meet Fannie who struggles totell everyone about the secrets Perry told her before his death. Drawn to the police officer assigned to the case,Luke Reynolds, she reveals all to him and a new and complicated bond presents itself. William MorrowPaperbacksPublication: March, June, October 2012Estimated length: 272 pagesManuscript available: November 2011(CB)Greenfeld, Karl Taro*TRIBURBIAThis novel-in-stories is both haunting and heartbreaking, darkly funny and surprisingly poignant. Much like JenniferEgan’s A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD and Tom Rachman’s THE IMPREFECTIONISTS, the chapters inGreenfeld’s book are arranged as puzzle pieces—snippets of individual lives that fit perfectly together, working tocreate an image that’s striking in its clarity, and comprehensive in its collective weight. The book is set in TriBeCa—a neighborhood whose name has become synonymous with downtown New York wealth, soaring lofts, massiveyachts, and precious restaurants. At the core of TRIBURBIA is a group of fathers thrown together by circumstance;each morning, they meet one another for breakfast after dropping their children off at the same exorbitantly pricedprivate school. They are musicians, producers, photographers, and gangsters, confronting the terrible truths aboutambition, wealth, and sex. Over the course of a year, the book uncovers the sacrifices and betrayals that haunteach man. In a world where consequences are so easily glossed over, Greenfeld shows how the repercussions ofour choices not only rattle our own lives, but also have the power to devastate the lives of the people we love. Thestories are narrated by both men and women, giving the reader an equal experience of both men’s and women’spoints-of-view, and together coalesce into a single narrative that’s as compelling and as captivating as any novel.Greenfeld is the author of four previous books, all nonfiction, including the much-acclaimed memoir BOY ALONE(Harper 2009), which Peter Matthiessen called “A candid, brave, painful and well written memoir.” His other threebooks include THE CHINA SYNDROME (Harper 2007), about which Amy Tan said, “If you take this book to bed,don’t expect any sleep”; STANDARD DEVIATIONS (Villard 2002), which William Gibson called “Lucid. Merciless.Unforgettable” and SPEED TRIBES (Harper 1995), about Japan’s troubled youth. Karl’s fiction has appeared insuch renowned publications as The Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, American Short Fiction, TheMissouri Review, One Story, Commentary, The Southern Review, and The Sun. His writing has also beenanthologized in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best American Travel Writing,and Best Creative Nonfiction, and has been translated into nine languages. Born in Kobe, Japan, Karl has lived inParis, Hong Kong, New York, and Tokyo. Karl was recently awarded a PEN/O Henry Prize for a short story of hispublished last year in the Santa Monica Review. HarperBOY ALONE sold: Dutch/House Of Books; Korean/Hong-ik Publishing; Italian/Piemme; Portuguese rights inBrazil/Planeta do BrasilPublication: Spring 2013Estimated length: 336 pagesManuscript available(JS)9

Grippando, JamesNEED YOU NOW“Grippando keeps the reader guessing the dramatic tension remains high with a sadistic hired killer, high stakeswheeler-dealers, and plenty of cinematic escapes.” —Publishers Weekly on MONEY TO BURNNew York Times bestseller James Grippando delivers a new stand-alone thriller about a young Wall Street advisorand his girlfriend who uncover a financial scheme that reaches into the halls of government. Abe Cushman, theevil genius behind a sixty-billion dollar Ponzi scheme, has taken his own life. He takes his secrets to the grave,which creates a big problem for Washington’s power elite. They knew about Cushman’s fraud, looked the otherway, and even encouraged Cushman’s cataclysmic collapse—all done to further a secret government agendaknown as Operation BAQ. Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall Street advisor at the world’s largest Swiss bank, has aneven bigger problem. His girlfriend Lilly has a direct tie to billions of dollars in losses suffered by Cushman’s mostdangerous “victims,” a group of powerful investors whose identities and dirty finances are cloaked in secrecy.Patrick and Lilly are in a run for their lives that leads to the heart of Operation BAQ, and they are determined touncover the truth. HarperMONEY TO BURN sold in Poland/Bertelsmann; Turkey/ReklamPublication: January 2012Estimated length: 368 pagesManuscript available(CB)Gross, Andrew*15 SECONDSFrom the bestselling author of The Blue Zone and Eyes Wide Open,15 SECONDS is a thrilling, fast-paced story ofa man, on the run, desperate to prove his innocence and to save his family’s lives. Henry Steadman didn’t have acare in the world as he sped through Jacksonville, Florida, but suddenly his life was turned upside down in 15seconds. He was there to deliver a talk at a medical convention and was stopped by a local policeman for a minortraffic violation. While the ticket is being written, a blue sedan appears and the driver shoots the policeman dead,speeding away quickly enough that Henry is instantly seen as a cop killer. An all-points bulletin is put out for hisarrest, and Henry must figure out whom he can trust. He calls his friend Mike who urges him to come over rightaway, but he finds Mike dead and more evidence links Henry to this death as well. The stakes get even higher asHenry’s family is drawn into this web of increasing suspense and terror, and he must untangle the clues and figureout who is out to get him. Andrew Gross is the author of the New York Times and international bestsellersReckless, The Blue Zone, Don’t Look Twice, and The Dark Tide, which was nominated for the Best Thriller of theYear award by the International Thriller Writers. He is also coauthor of five number one bestsellers with JamesPatterson, including Judge & Jury and Lifeguard. William MorrowEYES WIDE OPEN sold in Hungarian/GeopenPublication: July 2012Estimated length: 352 pagesManuscript available: October 2011(JS)Harrison, KimPERFECT BLOODNew York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to heracclaimed PALE DEMON. Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams ofhuman and other. Pulled in to investigate by the FBI, former witch turned day-walking demon Rachel Morgan soonrealizes a horrifying truth—others want to create their own demons, but to do so, they need her blood. She’s facedvampires, witches, werewolves, demons, and more, but humanity itself might be Rachel’s toughest challenge. Thisis the tenth installment in Harrison’s highly successful Hollows series. Harper VoyagerDEAD WITCH WALKING sold: China (simplified)/Shanghai 99; China(complex)/King-In; Czech/Fantom Press;France/Bragelonne; Germany/Heyne; Holland/Luitingh; Hungary/Beholder; Italy/Fanucci; Japan/Hayakawa;Poland/Mag Josek Rodek; Norway/Schibsted; Portugal/Saida de Emergencia; Russia/AST; Spain/Factoria deIdeas; Serbia/Laguna; Turkey/Artemis10

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Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as an "utterly irresistible heroine," hard-living homicide detective Darlene O'Hara returns from Peter de Jonge's first novel, SHADOWS STILL REMAIN, in this edgy noir thriller set on New York City's Lower East Side. A nurse stops by the offices of Homicide South in Manhattan to report the confession of