Congratulations to Stuart Neville!
His debut novel
The Ghosts of Belfast
won the
Los Angeles TimesBook Prize on April 23rd.
THE GHOSTS OF BELFASTStuart Neville
"A crime novel that counts among the best brought out this calendar year."
--Los Angeles Times
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Dear
Soho Crime/Soho Constable fans,
Book Expo 2010, the largest gathering of publishers, agents, authors, librarians, and
booksellers in the US is just around the corner, and as usual we have some
special Soho Crime events lined up for it. We even had some T-shirts made up.
We're
kicking off the festivities with a party on Tuesday, May 25th @7 p.m. at Partners and Crime Bookstore in New York City. Join us for an evening of murderous chit chat, booze, and snacks featuring Soho Press authors James Benn, Cara
Black, Henry Chang, and Mick Herron, who will be in attendance signing their latest
mysteries and available backlist titles. This event is free and open to the
public.
For
those of you who will be at BEA, those same authors will be
signing books Wednesday morning between 10:00 and 11:30AM in the autographing
area. James Benn will be signing advance copies of his newest Billy Boyle
mystery RAG AND BONE, while Henry Chang will sign advance copies of the third
Jack Yu investigation RED JADE. If you can't make it to the autographing area
then, Black, Benn, and Chang will also be signing at the Mystery Writers of
America booth later in the day.
Finally,
make sure you stop by our own booth (#4505) to pick up advance copies of
COLLUSION, Stuart Neville's highly anticipated sequel to last year's
award-winning (see sidebar) THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST. We'll also have
water-pistols and tote bags, but they're all first-come, first-serve, so hurry
before they run out.
In other news, both Jassy Mackenzie's debut Random Violence, set in post-Apartheid Johannesburg, and Barbara Cleverly's latest Joe Sandilands mystery Strange Images of Death, have garnered impressive reviews in The New York Times Book Review. Scroll down to read more.
Soho Press
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RANDOM VIOLENCE
Jassy Mackenzie
 After ten years in England, South African P.I. Jade de Jong returns to violent JohannesburgHelping Superintendent David Patel to investigate a case of car-jacking and murder leads Jade to a series of brutal and apparently senseless killings which turn out to be a carefully plotted scheme for profit--by her father's murderer.
JASSY MACKENZIE was born in Rhodesia and moved to South Africa when she was eight years old. She has actually been carjacked at gunpoint outside her home. She is thirty-seven years old and lives in Kyalami with her partner, Dion, two horses and two cats. She edits and writes for the annual publication Best of South Africa. Stolen Lives, the next book in the Jade de Jong series, will be published by Soho Crime in Spring 2011.
"[A] hard edged first novel.... Even as Mackenzie
captures Johannesburg's 'crazy boomtown energy,' she doesn't shy away from the
rough stuff. None of which, it should be said, is quite rough enough to scare
this remarkable new sleuth, whose future exploits should be worth watching."--The New York Times Book Review
Starred Review: "Set in contemporary South Africa, Mackenzie's
triumphant debut introduces PI Jade de Jong.... The plot has more than its fair
share of nice twists, and Mackenzie does a superb job of making the reader care
for her gutsy lead while offering a glimpse at life in South Africa after
apartheid. Readers will wish Jade a long fictional career."--Publishers
Weekly
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STRANGE IMAGES OF DEATH
Barbara Cleverly
 In a Provence chateau in 1926, a murder and a missing child echo centuries-old crimesScotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands is on leave, dropping off his niece at an ancient French chateau. After a murder and a kidnapping, Joe must delve into a horror story from the past to solve these contemporary crimes.
BARBARA CLEVERLY is a former teacher and a graduate of Durham University who now lives in Cambridge, England. Her debut, The Last Kashmiri Rose, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2002.
"Cleverly has written a cunning variation on the
country-house whodunit.... Cleverly is a great strategist, and this intricately
plotted mystery is one of her best."--The New York Times Book Review
Starred Review: "Excellent.... Golden
age fans who appreciate deceptive storytelling enhanced by the kind of in-depth
characterization lacking in Agatha Christie will be more than satisfied."--Publishers
Weekly
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For author tour information, please contact Justin Hargett in the Soho Press Publicity Department at 917-816-0781 or via email at jhargett@sohopress.com. For ordering information, please go to www.cbsd.com or call 800-283-3572.
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