International bestselling author Mark Dawson has united two of his landmark characters (John Milton and Beatrix Rose) in a single intriguing team-up story entitled Phoenix. She does Britain’s dirty work, but this time she needs help. Beatrix Rose, meet John Milton… Beatrix Rose has a knack for making the British government’s problems go away. When the assassin is sent
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Self-Published titles at Kobo represent nearly 1 in every 4 books sold in the English language for 2016. To spotlight some of the highest selling titles by UNIT for 2016, we present the top-selling 25 titles published through Kobo Writing Life by UNIT sales. Mystery/Thriller/Suspense titles led the way in 2016, but Romance, always a strong selling category, remains quite
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Standing out in a crowed marketplace is something that smart authors and publishers do. We have raved about it in the past, and here’s another example from the marketing folks at Publishers Group Canada, when they shipped an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of the latest Ann Cleeves thriller. Check out this previous post about Attention Market Packaging on a Peter
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By Eva Lesko Natiello Do you ever wonder this? Have you ever asked yourself in the middle of the night, as you turn to look at your husband or wife in bed next to you, “Do I know everything I should about this person?”? This is exactly what makes the “marriage thriller” (GONE GIRL, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, THE
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Episode 61 features an interview with Peter James, an international best-selling British writer of crime fiction, which took place at Kobo’s HQ in June 2016 in front of a live audience. Peter is interviewed by KWL Director Mark Lefebvre. In their discussion, Peter and Mark talk about: Peter’s work on the Canadian children’s television program Polka Dot Door in Toronto
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