New Releases by Andrew Bourelle

Basketball star Garrett’s brother has been kidnapped – and if he doesn’t fix the NBA championship, Jake will be dead before the final buzzer, in this edge-of-the-seat thriller set in the dark, criminal underbelly of Sin City Caitlin Glass had aspirations of becoming a professional basketball player until an injury ended her college career. Now a small-town police officer with a husband and young son, she’s watched with envy as her ex-boyfriend, Garrett Streeter, became a star. But as Garrett leads his team to the NBA Finals, he suddenly shows up at her door, asking for help. Garrett’s brother has been kidnapped. If Garrett wants Jake to survive, he has to do the unthinkable: cheat, and fix the championship series. If they don’t track Jake down before the final buzzer, he’ll be dead. Putting aside her deep misgivings, she dives into the dark, criminal underbelly of glitzy Las Vegas while the clock is ticking, and the seconds Jake has to live are running out . . . Shot Clock is the latest novel by critically acclaimed author Andrew Bourelle, James Patterson’s co-writer, who Publishers Weekly described as “a writer to watch”. Fans of Harlan Coben, David Baldacci and Lee Child, take note!

In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the great Texas Rangers go on a no-holds-barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas. Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer. When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case. Yates, a quick-draw champion, partners with expert archer Ava Cruz of the Tigua Tribal police. The investigation leads to the edges of Texas’s most unforgiving landscape, where the officers take dead aim with every shot in their arsenals.

2022 NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BOOK AWARD, FICTION-CRIME Un deținut aflat în permisie descoperă un secret cumplit despre moartea misterioasă a surorii lui — și se întoarce în lumea interlopă ca să scoată la lumină adevărul. Închis pentru un atac armat, Ethan Lockhart visează să aibă cândva o viață obișnuită. Însă când primește o permisie de 48 de ore ca să meargă la înmormântarea surorii lui, Abby, își dă seama că nimeni nu-i văzuse cadavrul și hotărăște să afle ce s-a petrecut cu ea. Cămătarul Shark, fostul șef al lui Ethan, conduce acum un imperiu criminal. Pe măsură ce Ethan și cea mai bună prietenă a lui Abby găsesc noi indicii, sunt tot mai convinși că Shark e responsabil pentru crimă, dar nu au dovezi. Dacă vrea să dezlege în 48 de ore misterul morții lui Abby, Ethan va trebui să redevină infractorul care a jurat că nu va mai fi vreodată. „Un thriller perfect cu acțiunea desfășurată într-un timp limitat, cu profunzime, personaje și mister — recomand din toată inima." – Lee Child „Plină de energie! Bourelle este un scriitor care merită urmărit." – Publishers Weekly „O poveste cu ritm alert și un mod minunat să-ți petreci, dacă nu 48 de ore, măcar trei sau patru." – Kirkus Reviews

23 1/2 Lies: Lindsay Boxer''s estranged father is gunned down execution-style, and her investigation uncovers life-altering truths.

Dive into an action-packed thrill ride James Patterson hails as “the best thriller I’ve read all year . . . tough in all the right places, tense, surprising, and well written.” A prison inmate on furlough learns a terrible secret about his sister’s death—and returns to the criminal underworld to uncover the truth. Serving a 10-year sentence in a Nevada prison for armed robbery, Ethan Lockhart hopes that he can one day become a productive, law-abiding member of society. But society has other plans for Ethan. When he’s given a 48-hour furlough to attend his sister Abby’s funeral, he learns that her body was never found—just enough blood to declare her dead instead of missing—and he begins to suspect that there’s more to her death than was reported. Ethan decides to use his 48-hour window to find out what happened. But to get to the bottom of the mystery, he’ll have to return to his unsavory past. Ethan teams up with his sister’s best friend Whitney in a search for the truth. United in their shared grief, their chemistry—both emotional and physical—also begins to heat up. But romance goes on hold as the suspects mount. Ethan’s old boss, Shark, a mid-level loan shark now heads a criminal empire. As Ethan and Whitney uncover more clues, they become convinced that Shark is responsible for the murder, but they have no proof. If Ethan is going to solve his sister’s murder in 48 hours, he will have to become the criminal he swore he’d never be again.

A teenage girl''s classmates begin disappearing only to haunt her dreams, ships full of ghostly passengers in need of release test those who are tasked to give them peace, psychopomps whose job is guiding the spirits of the dead to the other side meet in a support group, and more fill these pages. Featuring work by Pete Aldin, Andrew Bourelle, Stephanie A. Cain, Beth Cato, M.L.D. Curelas, Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, Amanda C. Davis, Roddy Fosburg, Joseph Halden, Lynn Hardaker, L.S. Johnson, Michael M. Jones, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, Samantha Kymmell-Harvey, C.S. MacCath, Jonathan C. Parrish, Alexandra Seidel, Samantha L. Strong, Michael B. Tager, Rachel M. Thompson, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Sarah Van Goethem, Xan van Rooyen, Lilah Wild, Suzanne J. Willis and BD Wilson. These twenty-six ghost stories, each with a unique perspective and style, explore hauntings and specters in ways both new and familiar.

Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder of Innocence," in which a global effort captures a serial predator; and "A Murderous Affair," in which a rookie FBI agent is set up by his informant.

Our 240 page Issue No9, Spring 2019 edition of Mystery Tribune is a must-have featuring Brendan DuBois, Andrew Bourelle, Greg Herren, Kevin Egan and Brian Silverman among others. Issue No9: Spring 2019 features A curated collection of short fiction including stories by Brendan DuBois, Andrew Bourelle, Greg Herren, Kevin Egan, Brian Silverman, E.A. Aymar, J.B. Stevens, Tom Larsen, and Tim Bemis. Interviews and Reviews by Jasper Fforde, Tracy Clark, Tori Eldridge, Isabella Maldonado, Tobias Carroll, and Charles Perry. Art and Photography by Montserrat Diaz, Sabrina Fattal, Valentin Duciel and more. This issue also features a preview of the new The Bone Parish Vol. 1 graphic novel by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf. NY Times Bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman has called Mystery Tribune “a cut above” and mystery grand masters Lawrence Block and Max Allan Collins have praised it for its “solid fiction” and “the most elegant design”. An elegantly crafted quarterly issue, printed on uncoated paper and with a beautiful layout designed for optimal reading experience, our Spring 2019 issue will make a perfect companion or gift for avid mystery readers and fans of literary crime fiction.

"Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie." -Suzanne Willis, "A Silver Thread Between Worlds"Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new stories share the pages of this fairy-themed collection. Within these offerings you''ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses-these stories deliver all the things you already love about fairies and a few new tricks as well.A dusting of dragons, shapeshifters and ogres accompany these tales which include feminist fairies overcoming trauma, Norse fairies breaking the rules to interfere in human affairs, intergalactic fairies hitching a ride to a new home, political satire featuring an idiot king and talking animals, a new Robin Archer story, fairy run nightclubs and so, so much more.Altogether this anthology includes twenty-six brand new tales-one for each letter of the alphabet-from contributors Pete Aldin, Steve Bornstein, Andrew Bourelle, Stephanie A. Cain, Beth Cato, Sara Cleto, Cory Cone, Danielle Davis, Megan Engelhardt, Michael Fosburg, Joseph Halden, Lynn Hardaker, L.S. Johnson, Michael M. Jones, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, Samantha Kymmell-Harvey, C.S. MacCath, Jonathan C. Parrish, Alexandra Seidel, Michael B. Tager, Rachel M. Thompson, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Brittany Warman, Lilah Wild, Suzanne J. Willis and BD Wilson

What we abandon begins to rot from the inside, while the outside succumbs to the ravages of nature and time. Unsightly creatures take root, protecting their new feeding grounds with ferocious antipathy. Darkness fills the debris-filled corridors, and in the darkness lurk all of the things that make our skin crawl. An abandoned building is a place of death and gloom. The living are not welcome there. But there they''ll go. Because the living are nothing if not curious--and inimitably stupid.

MURDER BEYOND THE GRAVE (with Andrew Bourelle): Stephen Small has it all-a Ferrari, fancy house, loving wife and three boys. But the only thing he needs right now is enough air to breathe. Kidnapped, buried in a box, and held for ransom, Stephen has forty-eight hours of oxygen. The clock is ticking ... MURDER IN PARADISE (with Christopher Charles): High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, developers Jim and Bonnie Hood excitedly tour Camp Nelson Lodge. They intend to buy and modernise this beautiful rustic property, but the locals don''t like rich outsiders changing their way of life. After a grisly shooting, everybody will discover just how you can make a killing in real estate ...

The debut literary novel of Andrew Bourelle, winner of the 2016 Autumn House Press Fiction Contest

A landlord finds something left behind by a former tenant, something with a will of its own... A bride explores her new husband''s manor house, seeking the mystery that overshadows his life... A survivor of the apocalypse sees an insidious change infecting the few remaining humans... This second volume of the "Arcane" anthology series presents these and eighteen more stories of dark imagination. Contributors: Andrew Bourelle Miranda Ciccone Libby Cudmore Eric Dimbleby Michael R. Fletcher Milo James Fowler Gef Fox Adele Gardner Jean Graham Michael Haynes Harry Markov Matthew Quinn Martin Patrick S. McGinnity Brooke Miller Joanna Parypinski Craig Pay Philip M. Roberts Priya Sharma Anna Sykora Nicole M. Taylor Steve Toase Ian Welke

My dissertation addresses the use of creative nonfiction in composition courses. I''ve found that while creative nonfiction is growing in popularity--and even though teachers sometimes use it in first-year composition courses--no one has critically looked at its relationship with composition. I argue that the use of creative nonfiction reading and writing assignments can accomplish the goals of first-year writing courses as well, if not better, than other approaches. I make this argument in two ways. The first is in terms of expressivist and social-epistemic pedagogies, looking at ways creative nonfiction can fulfill the expectations of these popular but seemingly antithetical approaches to teaching composition. Secondly, I measure creative nonfiction up against the "WPA Outcomes for First-Year Composition" established by the Council of Writing Program Administrators, to see if the genre can accomplish the multitude of goals expected of the courses. I also offer practical examples of creative nonfiction reading and writing assignments teachers can use or modify for their own classes.