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THE STORY OF MY ASSASSINS
TEJPAL, TARUN
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
One of the most explosive books to ever come out of India, The Story of My Assassins is gripping from its first
sentence: "The morning I learnt I'd been shot I was sitting in my office on the second floor looking out the big
glass window at the yellow ringlets of a laburnum tree..." The story of a celebrated journalist learning that the
police have captured five killers on their way to his office continues on to an absorbing saga that causes the
journalist to reexamine his own life, while compulsively investigating the lives of his would-be killers. The result is
an absorbing saga that takes us from the cream of Delhi's smart set, from lavish and hedonistic parties in
marble-decked homes, to seedy, slummy Uttar Pradesh, home to the five men and boys held responsible for the
intrigue. "They are no more victims than any of us -- trapped in the lives we have been given." And as the
protagonist realizes it's true, he also realizes that none of these characters, ranging from village waifs and strays
to dangerous thugs, could have masterminded the plot. So who wanted him dead?
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 25,000
MELVILLE HOUSE 544 PAGES
9781612191621
$27.95 HC
OCTOBER 2012
STRANGER IN THE ROOM
WILLIAMS, AMANDA KYLE
Summer is smoldering through Atlanta on Fourth of July weekend, as fireworks crack through the air and steam
rises from the pavement on Peachtree. Private investigator and ex–FBI profiler Keye Street wants nothing more
than a couple of quiet days alone with her boyfriend, Aaron—but, as usual, murder gets in the way.
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 30,000
BANTAM 288 PAGES
9780553808087 SERIES: KEYE STREET
$31.00 HC
AUGUST 2012
SUMMERSET ABBEY
BROWN, T.J.
Rowena and Victoria, daughters to the third son of the Earl of Summerset, have always treated their
housekeeper’s daughter, Prudence, like a sister. But when their father dies and they move in with their uncle’s
family in a much stricter household, Prudence is relegated to the downstairs maids’ quarters, much to the girls’
shock and dismay. The impending war offers each girl hope for a more modern future, but the ever-present
specter of class expectations makes it difficult for Prudence to maintain a foot in both worlds.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 50,000
GALLERY 288 PAGES
9781451698985
$17.00 TP Original
JANUARY 2012
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