Patricia Cornwell Returns to S&SMarysue Rucci and
Anne Speyer at Scribner won U.S. rights to the next two Kay Scarpetta novels from
Esther Newberg at CAA, with the first set for January 2027. Cornwell published the last several books in the series with Hachette’s Grand Central.
Simon Six Sets Second NovelJonathan Karp acquired world rights to
Thoughts and Prayers by former Army Soldier
Robert Miner from
Heather Jackson, who has an eponymous agency. The debut novel centers on “people who share America’s obsession with guns,” per the publisher.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are
Claire McKade’s
The Bridge to Nowhere and Everywhere, a dystopian romance about a young scientist who must team up with her brother’s killer to survive a “televised gauntlet”;
Seichō Matsumoto’s 1961 thriller
Twilight in Musashino, which follows a European clergyman as he navigates the criminal underbelly of postwar Tokyo; and two cookbooks by
Anessa Petteruti: the tomato-forward
Pomorezza and
Espressa, which features coffee-based drink and dessert recipes.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
Crown of Antlers by
Leyla Brittan, about a 16-year-old girl sent to a Wyoming ranch to recover from a traumatic incident, only to make an enemy of the camp’s picture-perfect rodeo queen and her friends; Newbery Honor author
Lesa Cline-Ransome’s middle grade novel
The Long Path, a dystopian tale about four siblings on a 100-mile journey to escape the chaos of a world gone dark; and
Jackie Khalilieh’s YA romantic dramedy,
The Four Horsemen of Gracie Georgie's Past, in which art student Gracie, haunted by a string of failed relationships, enlists her introverted movie buff best friend (and first ex-boyfriend) to help her figure out why her love life keeps falling apart.
Bantam Sets Jack Reacher Spin-Off
