Today marks the release of six highly anticipated new ebooks from Pegasus Books and Open Road Media. Featured titles include The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance, the deeply personal, profoundly provocative story of a vegan-turned-hunter; Mrs. God, a transformative ghost story from one of America’s most celebrated authors; The English Opium Eater, a masterful biography of one of England’s most notorious literary figures; A Darker Shade of Blue, a new short story collection from crime master John Harvey; Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly, the newest in Donald Thomas’ respected Sherlock Holmes series; and Caper, a new Stanley Hastings novel from Parnell Hall.
In The Mindful Carnivore Tovar Cerulli shares his personal journey from a strict vegan to a hunter who kills and prepares the animals for his table. Exploring the connections between humans and our food sources, Cerulli draws on personal anecdotes, philosophy, history, and religion, bringing a nuanced approach to a topic often dominated by black-and-white thinking. At once compassionate and probing, The Mindful Carnivore invites us to reconsider what it means to eat. Click here to read and share the first chapter.
From New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub comes Mrs. God, the tale of an inspired literary sojourn gone wrong. When professor William Standish receives an Esswood Fellowship and the opportunity to study his literary hero’s private manuscripts, he is thrilled beyond his wildest dreams. But, upon arrival at the Esswood House, things seem slightly off. He hears faint laughter in the halls, the pitter-pattering of small feet in the night; strange faces appear in the windows of the library, and there are eerie giant dollhouses in the basement. “When Peter Straub turns on all his jets, no one in the scream factory can equal him,” said author Stephen King—and Mrs. God is prime example. Click here to read and share the first chapter.
In The English Opium Eater, biographer Robert Morrison passionately argues for the critical importance and enduring value of this neglected icon of English literature, Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859). From de Quincey’s friendships with leading poets and men of letters—including William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge—to his influential attitudes on drug-induced creativity, he strikes a chord with contemporary readers and writers today. “Mr. Morrison gives us an admirably lucid tour through the long, chaotic shambles of de Quincey’s life,” said The Wall Street Journal.
A Darker Shade of Blue is a collection of noir and detective stories from the master of British crime fiction, John Harvey. Featuring characters like Frank Elder, who tried to turn his back on police work and failed; Jack Kiley, ex-cop and now a London-based PI; and the renowned jazz-loving and much-loved Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick, John Harvey’s finely crafted vignettes perfectly encapsulate life in the badlands of contemporary Britain.
In Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly, Holmes dives into the realm of the supernatural. In the title story, Holmes meets Miss Temple, a mysterious woman who has been found guilty—but also insane—at her trial for murdering a child under her care. Temple’s allegations of ghosts and phantoms send Holmes into the occult underworld of Victorian London to find the child’s true killer. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly said, “Sherlockians will hope Thomas continues to turn out these faithful and imaginative recreations for years to come.”
Caper is the latest in Parnell Hall’s Stanley Hastings series about the unluckiest private eye in New York City. When a gorgeous damsel in distress asks Stanley Hastings for his help, he is happy to oblige, even if it means playing a truant officer at her daughter’s school. Unfortunately the case is not as simple and easy as Hastings had hoped—Stanley being Stanley, nothing goes right and nothing is as it seems.
AVAILABLE 02/14/2012
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“I was a vegan for ten years; now I eat meat.” Meet Tovar Cerulli via video.
“Fear can inhabit almost anything.” Meet Peter Straub via video.
Download a PDF of the full release here.