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PINTAIL Trade Paperback November 2013<br />
the black ace<br />
A Novel<br />
G. B. Joyce<br />
978-0-14-318871-1 • $16.00/NCR<br />
Trade Paperback<br />
368 pp./5 1/4” x 8 1/4”/Novel<br />
Rights: 200<br />
Publishing History: Original<br />
Previous Book: The Code 978-0-670-06690-2 (10/12)<br />
On sale October 29, 2013<br />
suggested order<br />
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A Brad Shade thriller—the gritty, whip-smart<br />
sequel to The Code—an adrenaline-fueled sports<br />
thriller for fans of Elmore Leonard.<br />
Secrets, blackmail, and murder—a Brad Shade hat trick.<br />
When Brad Shade arrives in Swift Current in the wake of an old friend’s<br />
suicide, all he wants to do is make an appearance at the funeral and get<br />
back home. But Mitzi, the grieving widow, can’t believe her husband took<br />
his own life, especially when his multi-million-dollar business is thriving.<br />
When Shade starts asking questions, he ends up taking a sometimes<br />
violent detour through the dark side of a small prairie town that has no<br />
shortage of secrets it wants kept at almost any cost.<br />
The second in the Brad Shade series, The Black Ace reunites us with the<br />
wisecracking former journeyman hockey player who never played by a<br />
rule he wouldn’t bend or break for a win, who always plays to win, and<br />
who doesn’t know how to leave well enough alone.<br />
Praise for The Code:<br />
“[Joyce’s] knowledgeable, engagingly cynical perspective on hockey<br />
should prove compelling even for those readers with no interest in<br />
the sport.” —Publishers Weekly<br />
MARKETING<br />
• Sports radio inter<strong>view</strong>s<br />
• Print re<strong>view</strong> coverage<br />
• Online promotion<br />
• Blog campaign<br />
SALES POINTS<br />
• Second book in the popular Brad Shade series that is situated at the overlap of<br />
two huge markets: the crime readers who love Elmore Leonard and the sports<br />
readers who love Stephen Brunt<br />
• The Code is currently under option with the film production company<br />
Entertainment One<br />
G. B. Joyce is the author of the popular thriller The Code, the first book in the<br />
Brad Shade mystery series, as well as six books of sports nonfiction. He has<br />
worked as a scout for the Columbus Blue Jackets and has written for ESPN The<br />
Magazine for many years. Author website: bradshade.com<br />
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