New York, NY; London, UK (February
7, 2013) – Hard Case Crime, the award-winning line of crime fiction from editor
Charles Ardai and publisher Titan Books, announced today that it will publish
the first new book in 12 years from Elissa Wald, author of Meeting the Master
and Holding Fire and a celebrated chronicler of the world of
dominance and submission.
Junot Diaz, the Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, called Wald
“a writer whose prose I’ve long admired,” adding, “Wald’s vision of the world
has much to teach us about the brevity of desire and the longevity of pain.”
Pat Conroy, the best-selling author of Prince of Tides and The Great
Santini, wrote, “Elissa Wald is a brave, disturbing new voice in American
fiction. She works all the margins of the wild side and brings us news from
those frontiers that very few writers have dared approach.” And Time Out New
York wrote, “Elissa Wald, a veteran of what vanilla reviewers call ‘the S/M
scene,’ brings new meaning to the term ‘literary submission.’ If you’re looking
for a good erotic read, cuff yourself to this book. And don’t unlock the cuffs
until you’re told.”
Scheduled for publication in
October 2013, The Secret Lives of Married Women tells the story of two
identical twin sisters – one a former libertine now living in suburbia, the
other a sexually repressed defense attorney working in New York City – who
confront the dark side of desire when men in their lives show themselves capable
of violence.
“Elissa Wald is an extraordinarily
gifted writer, equally capable of making you shiver with suspense or arousal,”
said Charles Ardai. “Her prose is haunting, her characters unforgettable, her
storytelling masterful – and she proves that even in our jaded era some things
still have the power to shock. This book will leave scorch marks on bedside
tables all across America.”
Wald is only the second female
author ever to write a book for Hard Case Crime, and The Secret Lives of
Married Women will be the imprint’s first new book after publishing Stephen
King’s novel Joyland in the summer. A stunning cover painting by Glen
Orbik in the style of the classic paperback era completes the package – and for
those who might find the cover too steamy to carry on the subway or leave out in
their home, the novel will also be released in a discreet
e-book edition.
e-book edition.
About Hard Case
Crime
Called “the best new American
publisher to appear in the last decade” by Neal Pollack in The Stranger,
Hard Case Crime has been nominated for or won numerous honors since its
inception including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Anthony, the Barry, and the
Spinetingler Award. The series’ books have been adapted for television and
film, with two features currently in development at Universal Pictures and the
TV series “Haven” going into its fourth season next fall on SyFy. Hard Case
Crime is published through a collaboration between Winterfall LLC and Titan
Publishing Group.
About Titan Publishing
Group
Titan Publishing Group is an
independently owned publishing company, established in 1981, comprising three
divisions: Titan Books, Titan Magazines/Comics and Titan Merchandise. Titan
Books, recently nominated as Independent Publisher of the Year 2011, has a
rapidly growing fiction list encompassing original fiction and reissues,
primarily in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk and
crime. Recent crime and thriller acquisitions include Mickey Spillane and Max
Allan Collins’ all-new Mike Hammer novels, the Matt Helm series by Donald
Hamilton and the entire backlist of the Queen of Spy Writers, Helen MacInnes.
Titan Books also has an extensive line of media and pop culture-related
non-fiction, graphic novels, art and music books. The company is based at
offices in London, but operates worldwide, with sales and distribution in the US
and Canada being handled by Random House. www.titanbooks.com
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