Fiction

We love novels of all stripes, and we know what it's like to read a great manuscript into the wee hours of the night.  We represent a wide range of fiction and will take on any novel that sparks our passion, be it a mystery that makes us laugh or creeps us out, a literary novel with an ingenious hook, a romance, or a YA adventure story.

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Harry Dolan

Bad Things Happen

Amy Einhorn Books/Penguin


Dolan’s noir mystery, which James Patterson has called “a very smart, well-written roller-coaster ride that is always threatening to hurl the reader into roaring empty space,” introduces a new series featuring "the man who calls himself David Loogan" and Detective Elizabeth Waishkey.   Editing a literary mystery magazine like Gray Streets can be, it turns out, really deadly.

Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects

Shaye Areheart Books / Random House


Gillian Flynn’s bestselling debut, which Stephen King called “an admirably nasty piece of work…I found myself dreading the last thirty pages or so but was helpless to stop turning them.”  It’s also been praised by Harlan Coben, Augusten Burroughs, and Kate Atkinson, and it had the distinction of winning the Dagger Award.

Laura Fitzgerald

Veil of Roses

Bantam/Random House


Fitzgerald’s heartfelt debut novel follows an Iranian woman’s search for love and independence in America. Veil of Roses has been endorsed by Kavita Daswani, Lani Diane Rich, and Beth Kendrick, and Publishers Weekly writes, “Watching Tami find her voice through such small comforts as being able to sit alone in a house, walk to school unescorted or buy lingerie with her sister will leave readers rooting for her.”  The book was a Spring ‘07 Target Book Club Pick.

Kristina Springer

The Espressologist

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (BYR)


Kristina Springer’s debut YA novel is about 17-year old barista Jane Turner’s unique talent for matching couples based upon their favorite coffee drink. Jane calls it “Espressology”, and so far, she’s never been wrong in a match.  But can this be too much of a good thing? Jane is about to find out.  During a televised interview, at the height of her notoriety, she is forced into an impossible dilemma—lose her love interest or lose her credibility? The stakes are high and Jane soon realizes she may be in danger of losing it all—including her best friend.

Lisa Lutz & Dave Hayward

Heads You Lose

Putnam/Penguin Group


Best-selling author of The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz and real-life former romantic partner David Hayward team up to write a mystery in tag-team alternating chapters—that is, until they start to disagree about how the story should unfold.  The rising body count and mounting tension between the characters in  Heads You Lose will have you wondering if this cast will end up solving the mystery or killing each other first. As John Connolly writes, “Working the lunatic fringe of collaboration, the duet of Lutz and Hayward make beautiful music.  Sick and twisted, but beautiful.”

Alice LaPlante

Turn of Mind

Grove/Atlantic



Respected Stanford and San Francisco State writing teacher Alice LaPlante’s debut novel is a stunning literary thriller about an orthopedic surgeon with dementia—who may or may not have murdered her lifelong best friend.  Turn of Mind has been sold in 11 countries, is a number one Indie Next pick, received a starred Kirkus review, and has been praised by dozens of acclaimed writers, including Colin Harrison, who says, “LaPlante possesses both the wild audacity to attempt such a tour-de-force and the pure talent to pull it off.  Completely unforgettable.”