Welcome back to celebrate the UK launch date of Exhibit A!

Tuesday’s round-up showed the amazing coverage received for not only Exhibit A itself, but also Richard Parker‘s Scare Me and Dan O’Shea‘s Penance which launch the imprint today in the UK, and now in our second celebration of Exhibit A‘s launch, it’s time to look forward to the books that are swiftly following. Whet your appetites with these reviews and teasers, and roll on the summer for publication dates!

• Releasing in June (28 May US & ebook / 6 June UK) is Sean Lynch‘s Wounded Prey, and it has been racking up the early reviews.. As the blurb elves say: “A visceral and heart-wrenching cross between No Country For Old Men and Silence of the Lambs, this is an exhilarating debut from a thrillingly authentic author.” If you’re cynical and don’t believe the publisher or publicist who writes these (and why, pray tell, would you ever not?) well take a look at these reviews and let us show you exactly why Wounded Prey is that good:

• Cheffo Jeffo‘s review starts with a stark warning, advising readers to not start reading on a weekday and that dark places lie ahead…if that sounds like exactly the book you like to read, you’ll be even happier with his summary: “The affections are earned and honest. The pursuit is grueling. The violence is horrifying. Wounded Prey is well-written, compelling and frighteningly believable.”

• Over on Mallory Heart’s Review, Sean’s background in law enforcement is highlighted as to how he gets the nature of the plot so right, but also his writing and it really is excellent: “Disturbing and unsettling topic; but deeply-characterized, good understanding of psychology, well-written.”

• Stuart Evers of NetGalley chose Wounded Prey as one of his ‘big things’ for 2013, and boy Stuart sir, do we agree!

• Finally today, which in case we haven’t mentioned it already is the UK launch date of Exhibit A, the brilliant Liam of Troubled Scribe posted a review that cannot be picked and prodded at, but here’s the last paragraph:

“Reading Wounded Prey for me was like living in the shadows of Vernon Slocum and  crawling my way through the jungles of Vietnam, praying I would make it out alive, watching as the big man slaughtered innocents and combatants alike. In case you can’t tell, I’m still in awe at what a presence Lynch has given Slocum and I can’t imagine any another character trying to enact Slocum’s perverse role. I’m sure there  will be more Farrell and Kearns quests which I will be thrilled to read, but those who try and step up to fill Slocum’s shoes have a might big challenge ahead of them. 9 out of 10 Liams for Wounded Prey by Sean Lynch, I almost wish the hunt had never ended.”

Boom.

Following the mighty Wounded Prey is The Cambodian Book of the Dead in July (25 June US & ebook / 4 July UK) and if we compared Wounded Prey to No Country for Old Men and Silence of the Lambs, The Cambodian Book of the Dead by Tom Vater has been firmly registered as an Apocalypse Now meets The Beach. Crime Fiction Lover have declared: “The narrative is fast-paced and the frequent action scenes are convincingly written. The smells and sounds of Cambodia are vividly brought to life, and aficionados of this kind of writing will love the book.”

• I am, Indeed is calling The Cambodian Book of the Dead “haunting and palpable with tension” and “a great read for mystery and history fans alike”. As ARCs and e-copies fly out of the office, we are greatly looking forward to seeing the rest of these reviews start to come in. If you do have any requests, please drop me a line on caroline [dot] lambe [at] angryrobotbooks [dot] com.

So, with William Sutton‘s Lawless and the Devil of Euston Square in August and J.B. Turner‘s Hard Road due in August (30 July US & ebook / 1 August UK), this summer, whilst not being able to guarantee a sunny season, is sure to be one of heart-pounding, adrenaline-pumping, fear-inducing terror and tension, and we at Exhibit A are looking forward to bringing that to you!

We’ve got another great signing to tell you about today: Exhibit A is delighted to announce that we’ll be publishing two novels by four-time Emmy award-winning writer and producer, Terry Irving.

Courier is the first in the Freelancer series of breakneck-paced political thrillers, featuring Rick Putnam, a Vietnam veteran and motorcycle courier for one of Washington’s leading TV networks. It’s a super fast thriller, set in 1970s America, with a lead as cool as Easy Rider playing detective against a host of rogue US government elements determined to bury the truth.

In addition to four Emmys, the author, Terry Irving, has also won three Peabody Awards and three DuPont Awards. He has been a producer, editor or writer with ABC, CNN, Fox and MSNBC.

Terry tells us: “I started my career racing through Washington on a motorcycle and getting published by Exhibit A is damn near the most exciting thing to happen since.”

We’ll be publishing Courier in May 2014 simultaneously in the UK and US in paperback and major ebook formats.

Here’s what The Bookseller magazine had to say about Terry joining us.

For more information on Terry, visit his website at www.terryirving.com or follow him on Twitter @terryirving.

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve signed award-winning Italian author Matteo Strukul for two fantastic crime novels: The Ballad of Mila and a sequel, Black Queen: The Justice of Mila.

The Ballad of Mila tells the story of female Italian Bounty Hunter, Mila Zago, a.k.a. Red Dread. Abandoned by her mother and violated by a gang of criminals just after they slaughtered her father, Mila is a cold-blooded killer, a deadly assassin.

Brought up by her grandfather on the Sette Comuni plateau under a rigid martial code, she returns home to seek her revenge, conspiring to create a spectacular showdown reminiscent of A Fistful of Dollars.

This is concise and thrilling storytelling of the highest order. Imagine Elmore Leonard behind the wheel of a car in Grand Theft Auto. Only twice as brutal and fast.

We’ll be publishing The Ballad of Mila in June 2014 simultaneously in the UK and US in paperback and eBook.

The author, Matteo Strukul, is also a well-known graphic novel writer. Together with international artist Alessandro Vitti (MARVEL and DC), he created Red Dread, a comic book series with Mila Zago as protagonist, which was awarded the Premio Leone di Narnia as “Best Italian comic book series of the year”. Matteo is also the artistic director of the Sugarpulp Festival and line editor of Revolver, a crime fiction imprint of Edizioni BD.

For more information on Matteo, visit www.matteostrukul.com, follow him on Twitter @MatteoStrukul, or see his Facebook page.

We’re delighted to announce that, in a deal brokered by The Gotham Group and ICM Partners, major Hollywood studio Relativity Media has acquired the film rights to Richard Parker’s brilliant psychological thriller Scare Me and has signed Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller to adapt the novel for screen.

Miller’s debut screenplay Stoker, starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Chan-wook Park, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently released to wide critical acclaim.

Scare Me tells the story of a wealthy businessman who receives a phone call in the middle of the night asking him, ‘When did you last google yourself?’ He discovers a website with photos of the inside of his own home, along with six other houses he’s never seen before, inside one of which a gruesome murder has already taken place.

Author Richard Parker said, “Relativity is the perfect home for this project and Wentworth Miller has the sort of dark sensibility that makes him the perfect screenwriter to adapt it.”

Exhibit A acquired dramatic rights to Scare Me as part of a two book deal with Richard Parker last year. Scare Me will be published in the UK and US in paperback and eBook this May.

Exhibit A is delighted to announce that we’ve signed Italian-based UK author Charles Lambert for two novels, The View From the Tower and The Folding World, in a deal concluded by commissioning editor Emlyn Rees and Isobel Dixon of the Blake Friedmann agency.

The View From the Tower is a gripping novel about friendship, love and betrayal, which begins with the killing of a high-level Italian civil servant when his wife is in a Rome hotel room with her lover, not far from the scene of the assassination.

Rees said, “This is an exquisitely-crafted psychological thriller that combines the suspense and wide appeal of a William Boyd or Le Carré novel with a plot that will ensnare readers right from the start and keep them feverishly turning the pages all night.”

Exhibit A will publish The View from the Tower in February 2014, simultaneously in the UK and US, in paperback and eBook.
The author, Charles Lambert, was born in England and educated at Cambridge, but has lived in Italy for more than twenty years. His short fiction has been shortlisted for the Willesden Short Story Prize and his story ‘The Scent of Cinnamon’ won him an O. Henry Prize.

His most recent novel Any Human Face was described by the Bookseller as “immensely impressive … holds you completely enthralled throughout” and in The Telegraph Jake Kerridge described it as “a slow-burning, beautifully written crime story that brings to life the Rome that tourists don’t see – luckily for them.”

The View From the Tower and the novel that follows will continue this suspenseful exploration of Rome’s dark side.

For more info on the author, visit his website at charleslambert.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter at @charles_lambert.

I know it’s really all about what’s on the inside, not the outside, but damn it all, we’re pretty excited about these first four Exhibit A covers, which we’ve laid out for your perusal and delectation below.

Here at Exhibit A Towers, we’ve gone one better. We’ve got giant printouts of them in all their transcendent glory covering our walls.

Now, I’m not saying we’re obsessed or anything. Just like I’m not saying we’re just sitting here all day gazing up at these stunning images in rapt and loving awe. But, hell yeah, I admit it, Team Ex A members have been noted staring lingeringly at them with increasing frequency. There’s even been some surreptitious stroking of their smooth surfaces. Some whispering too, about their sexy fonts and alluring lines and curves.

We’d love to hear your thoughts and really hope you like them / love them / want to marry them as much as we do. Click the images below for larger versions. And, please, feel free to share them with your friends.

        

You’ll be able to buy the first of these books – Scare Me by Richard Parker and Penance by Dan O’Shea – from late April (US/CAN print and global ebook) and early May (UK print). Wounded Prey by Sean Lynch will follow in late May / early June and The Cambodian Book of the Dead by Tom Vater in late June / early July.

Press Release

 22^nd January 2013

Exhibit A Signs Robert Bailey in Two-Book Crime Fiction Deal

Exhibit A, the crime fiction imprint of Angry Robot Books, has signed debut US author Robert Bailey for two novels, featuring Tom McMurtrie, a long time law professor at the University of Alabama.

Commissioning editor, Emlyn Rees, bought World English rights in The Professor and Between Black & White from Liza Fleissig at the Liza Royce Agency, New York.

The Professor is a US legal thriller about one of legendary Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s football players turned Law Professor, who hasn’t tried a case in forty years until he teams up with a former student for a wrongful death action against the biggest trucking company in the South. The deck was stacked for them to lose, but they had other plans, and what ensues becomes not just a fight for justice, but literally a fight for their lives.

Rees said, “This is a fantastic new take on the US legal thriller. Think John Grisham for the audience that flocked to Friday Night Lights.”

Exhibit A will publish The Professor in January 2014 simultaneously in the UK and US in paperback and eBook.

The author, Robert Bailey, attended Law School at the University of Alabama and is now a civil defense trial lawyer in his hometown of Huntsville. From the time he could walk, he’s loved stories, especially those about Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and his beloved Alabama Crimson Tide football team. In his free time, Robert enjoys playing golf, watching football and coaching his sons’ little league baseball teams.

You can follow Robert on Twitter @RBaileyBooks.

Press Release

18th December 2012

Angry Robot’s crime imprint, Exhibit A, has acquired two titles by debut Canadian author Dan Newman.

Commissioning editor Emlyn Rees bought World English rights in The Clearing and a follow up from Carrie Pestritto at Prospect Agency, New York.

The Clearing is a neo-Gothic chiller, which tells the story of how four boys walked into a Caribbean jungle in 1976, but only three came back alive. They blamed what happened on a mythical monster, but now almost forty years later the truth is about to come out.

Rees said, “This is a terrifying novel, dealing with our fear of the unknown and our capacity to be tricked into madness. It will appeal to fans of both Shutter Island and Stand By Me and will leave readers too scared to turn out the light.”

Exhibit A will be publishing The Clearing in November 2013 simultaneously in the UK and US.

Press Release

11^th December 2012

Angry Robot’s crime imprint, Exhibit A, has acquired two titles by debut UK author J B Turner.

Commissioning editor Emlyn Rees bought World English rights in No Way Back from Sam Copeland at Rogers, Coleridge & White.

No Way Back is the first in a series of hard-hitting US thrillers featuring the extraordinary partnership between female FBI Assistant Director, Martha Meyerstein, and US Government covert assassin, Jon Reznick.

Rees said, “This is an extremely well-researched and authentic series. A perfect page-turning blend of politics, corruption and thrills.”

Exhibit A will be publishing No Way Back in August 2013 simultaneously in the UK and US.