The Trust

Author:  Norb Vonnegut
Publisher:  Minotaur Books

The Trust
Norb Vonnegut

Norb Vonnegut returns to Newman Communications for his third novel, THE TRUST (Minotaur Books, July 2012). Having worked with Vonnegut for book publicity and promotion on THE GODS OF GREENWICH , Newman Communications is pleased to have him back with his much anticipated newest release.

Every one of Vonnegut’s novels has a big idea grounded in reality.  THE TRUST shows how some financial criminals hide behind the First Amendment–specifically freedom of religion. The idea for the story traces back to an incident when Pablo Escobar’s first cousin tried to open an account with Vonnegut’s PWM team at Morgan Stanley.

Having worked on Wall Street for twenty years, Vonnegut (cousin of the late Kurt) is more than qualified to tell the tale. He combines his wealth management expertise and intuitive, darkly humorous writing into a fast-talking, suspense thriller that burrows inside the world of big-money philanthropy.

The book publicity and reviews are piling in and the consensus is unanimous;  Vonnegut has a winner in THE TRUST:

• The New York Times says THE TRUST is “money-porn beach reading.”

“Norb Vonnegut is the seriously underappreciated author of three glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance. This may not sound like a red-hot franchise, but he has made it one. With “Top Producer” (2009), “The Gods of Greenwich” (2011) and now “The Trust,” he is three for three in his own improbably sexy genre.

“Mr. Vonnegut dreams up diabolically elegant business crimes, then sends smart-talking characters to follow the money. He draws upon his own Wall Street experience (with Morgan Stanley, among other employers) to provide the sound of insider acumen. “I’ve had 14 managers over the last 10 years,” Grove O’Rourke says at the start of the new book. Grove was the stockbroker hero of “Top Producer,” and now he’s back for an encore.”

• Associated Press writes: “Vonnegut turns out crisp prose and delightful conversations that move the reader from one exciting event to another.”   (July 16, 2012)
• Publisher’s Weekly:  “Drawing on his own years on Wall Street, Vonnegut (Kurt’s fourth cousin) bolsters this efficient thriller with credible financial and legal detail while offering in Biscuit a colorful foil to his rather stolid hero”
• Forbes.com shares Vonnegut’s journey from Wall Street to writer.
• Kirkus Reviews:  “Mommas, don’t let your sons grow up to be Manhattan brokers or board members of charitable foundations. They’d never survive the combination    of criminal plots and personal threats…    A fast and furious novel from Vonnegut and a guaranteed good time.”

Vonnegut will hold book signings and events in New York City, Rhode Island (his current home town), Connecticut, and in North Carolina where part of The Trust takes place  and in Charleston, South Carolina, Vonnegut’s childhood home and the  setting for much of The Trust.

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Devious: A Bentz and Montoya Novel

Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Jackson has returned to Newman Communications for a radio book publicity campaign in support of her new hardcover mystery, Devious: A Bentz and Montoya Novel. Working closely with Newman Communications, Lisa embarked on a radio book publicity tour that spotlighted her novel around the country. Newman Communications facilitated  appearances on radio stations across the USA, such as:

• WGTD, NPR Affiliate
  
• KKZZ AM, Los Angeles, CA
• WHFS AM, Washington, DC
• KINK FM, Portland OR
• Voice of America, National Radio

About the book:

Lisa Jackson’s Devious is a thrilling tale of murder and suspense, set in one of the least expected locations one could imagine: a cathedral. Devious: A Bentz and Montoya Novel follows the journey of Valerie Houston as she searches for the person responsible for the death of her sister Camilla, a nun whose body was found hung in a cathedral in New Orleans. Jackson’s brilliantly paced story weaves together suspense, intrigue, and action to create a heart-pumping story that keeps the reader enthralled until the very last page. Whether she is bumping up against authoritative police or trying to unlock the truth behind Camilla’s past, Jackson’s Valerie Houston is a hero for the ages.

About the Author:

Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, Lost Souls, and, Shiver. A novelist for over two decades, Lisa Jackson has over fifteen million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. Lisa resides in the Pacific Northwest with her family and an eighty-pound dog. For more information on the author and her novels, please visit Lisa’s website at www.lisajackson.com.

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The Gods of Greenwich

Author: Norb Vonnegut
Publisher: Minotaur Books

The Gods of Greenwich

Norb Vonnegut, the best-selling author of  Top Producer, returns to the high stakes world of Wall Street in The Gods of Greenwich. Hired to provide a full book publicity tour for The Gods of Greenwich, Newman guided Vonnegut through a book publicity campaign from galley stage to finished books.  With an impressive financial background, author Norb Vonnegut used his experience on Wall Street to offer a (fictional) peek into the lives of America’s most powerful people.  Newman’s book publicity campaign helped orchestrate a successful book launch party in NYC, two New York Times articles, a series of book signings, amongst other fantastic interviews.

Norb is working on a follow up to Gods of Greenwich, set to be finished this summer.

Norb’s recent media successes:

• New York Times book critic Janet Maslin dubbed the The Gods of Greenwich one of the summer’s ‘books to bury yourself in‘.
• The Boston Herald’s Jim Sullivan sat down with Vonnegut to discuss the worlds of finance and literature.
• Norb discusses the real people behind The Gods of Greenwich on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show :

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

About the Book:

Vonnegut delivers a recession-era nail-biter in THE GODS OF GREENWICH, the story of a super-powered hedge fund and a new employee who suspects a deadly secret behind its spectacular quarterly gains. Vonnegut illuminates with startling precision the dark places lurking in the collective psyche of the financial industry’s elite, and he uses that insight to fuel an electrifying tale of suspense.

About the Author:

Norb Vonnegut is from a military family and spent his formative years in Charleston, SC before heading to Phillips Exeter Academy, then Harvard, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1980. He went on to get his MBA from Harvard Business School. Before becoming a full time writer, Vonnegut worked at Silvercrest Asset Management as a Managing Director responsible for equity and fixed income portfolios. He has also worked for Morgan Stanley, PaineWebber, Kidder Peabody, and Chase Manhattan. Vonnegut is a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Foundation for the Blind and bicycles whenever possible.

He is a distant cousin to the late Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut blogs on The Huffington Post and on Acrimoney.com, a website that covers the wild world of Wall Street and the culture of finance. He is currently working on his third novel.

More information:

Check out Norb’s website at www.norbvonnegut.com.
More information about Norb and  ”The Gods of Greenwich” is available on Amazon.com.

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Author: Kathy Reichs
Publisher: Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

America’s Favorite Forensic Anthropologist Returns in Kathy Reichs’ 13^th Novel, Spider Bones

Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs

Bestselling author, Kathy Reichs – whose books have inspired the TV show, Bones – is back with her thirteenth novel featuring America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan. Book publicity firm, Newman Communications, scheduled Reichs with more than 20 national and local radio interviews, including USA Radio Network, CJAD-AM (Montreal), Northeast Public Radio, and Lifestyle Radio Network.

Book Description:

In Spider Bones, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called to the scene of a drowning in Quebec. The victim’s fingerprints identify him as John Lowery – an American soldier who had been declared dead in Vietnam in 1968 and buried long ago in North Carolina. How could a man have died twice, and how did his body end up in Canada? As Brennan’s investigation progresses, a riveting and complex tale of murder and deceit unfolds in Spider Bones.

About the Author:

Kathy Reichs, like her character Temperance Brennan, is a forensic anthropologist, formerly for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina and currently for the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Québec. She is one of only 82 forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, is past Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and serves on the National Police Services Advisory Board in Canada. Reichs’ first book, Déjà Dead, catapulted her to fame and became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Her novel, Devil Bones, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

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Executive Intent

Author: Dale Brown
Publisher: William Morrow

After the success with his first book publicity campaign for ” Rogue Forces ” ,  Dale Brown has returned to Newman Communications  with his newest title, “Executive Intent”.  Brown, the New York Times-bestselling master of military suspense, is back with an action-packed tale of intrigue and technological weaponry that puts the world’s superpowers in contest for dominance of space as well as Earth’s oceans.  Newman has produced another book publicity campaign, and spread the word on radio stations including: LA Talk Radio, WBZ in Boston, CNN, Cable Radio Network and stations in Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit and more.

About the Book:

The United States begins to establish the ultimate High Ground, a space-based anti-ballistic missile and anti-satellite system in Earth’s orbit, which could protect not only America, but also her allies from attack. The most controversial part of the system is Mjollnir, a precision-guided artificial meteorite that can strike almost anywhere on the planet in a matter of seconds. China responds by setting up dozens of anti-satellite missile sites around the world aimed at America’s Armstrong Space Station. Meanwhile, a series of accidents in space, the possibility of an arms race with China, the upcoming elections and a worsening economic outlook all put the pressure on U.S. President Joseph Gardner to cancel the weapon satellite system and call for treaties to eliminate all space-based weapons. But instead of negotiating, China surges its military forces for the first time since the Korean War by invading Somalia and Yemen and capturing the vital shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden.

Now, America’s vaunted nuclear aircraft carrier battle groups are in the crosshairs of Chinese hypersonic missiles and hunter-killer submarines. Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and others see America’s military dominance eroding and rush to take advantage.

About the Author:

Former U.S. Air Force captain Dale Brown is the superstar author of 22 action-adventure “techno-thriller” novels starting with Flight of the Old Dog in 1987. He is also the co-author of the best-selling Dreamland techno-thriller series and writer and technical consultant of the Act of War PC real-time strategy game published by Atari Interactive and the Megafortress PC flight simulator by Three-Sixty Pacific. Dale’s novels are published in 11 languages and distributed to over 70 countries. Dale is a command pilot in Angel Flight West, a group that volunteer their time, skills, and aircraft to fly needy medical patients free of charge to receive medical treatment. Dale is also a pilot in the Civil Air Patrol, which performs search and rescue, disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, surveillance, and many other missions in support of the U.S. Air Force and other federal agencies. He supports a number of organizations to promote law enforcement, education, literacy, and support for military veterans and their families. Dale Brown is a Life Member of the Air Force Association, U.S. Naval Institute, and National Rifle Association. He is a multi-engine and instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found in the skies all across the United States, at the controls of his Piper Aztec-E. On the ground, Dale is an AYSO youth soccer referee and enjoys tennis and scuba diving. Dale, his wife Diane, and son Hunter live near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

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Little Giant of Aberdeen County

Author: Tiffany Baker
Publisher: Grand Central/Hachette

Newman Communications providing National Book Publicity Tour for Little Giant of Aberdeen County

The Newman Team is excited about the National Book Publicity Tour for Tiffany Baker’s bestselling debut novel. The recently released paperback edition of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County is just in time for a Summer Book Publicity Tour, opening up many National outlets.

The Book Publicity Tour for Little Giant has had much success; not only has Little Giant become a hit in the social media sphere, it has scored inclusion in Summer reading roundups nationally. Several top daily newspapers including the News-Journal and the York Daily Record have reviewed the novel or requested a place in the Book Publicity Tour. Other major outlets the Newman Team will target for the  Book Publicity Tour include national, local, and regional TV stations, regional and national NPR radio stations, Top Daily Newspapers,  and National Magazines.

About the Book:

When Truly Plaice’s mother was pregnant, the whole town of Aberdeen lined up to bet on the weight of the baby that could stretch a woman to such epic proportions. Young Truly would pay the price of her enormity. Her father blamed her for her mother’s death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her older sister and polar opposite, Serena Jane, the epitome of feminine perfection. His subsequent death left Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the town’s prodigal May Queen and Truly to eke out an existence with a rattletrap, outcast family on its rundown farm.

While Truly’s remarkable size makes her the subject of constant curiosity and humiliation by her peers, Serena Jane’s beauty proves to be both her biggest blessing and her worst curse, for it targets her as the obsession of Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans, Aberdeen’s family doctors for generations. When Bob Bob does the unthinkable to claim Serena Jane, his actions change the destiny of all Aberdeen County.

In the end, Truly is forced to face her own larger-than-life demons, redefine mercy, and consider the possibility that love cannot be ordered to size.

About the Author:

Tiffany Baker lives in Marin County (CA) with her husband and three young children.  She is hard at work on her second novel, Fleur de Sel.

More information:

http://www.tiffanybaker.com/

http://amzn.to/bQhX85

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Without Mercy

Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Kensington

Lisa Jackson's Without Mercy

New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Jackson has returned to Newman Communications for another book publicity tour and publicity services for her latest release, Without Mercy.

We worked tirelessly on constructing a Book Publicity Media Tour for Lisa’s previous book Malice, generating national interest from nationally syndicated radio shows across the US and including Canada.

Following on the success of the Malice book publicity tour, Lisa Jackson chose to return to Newman Communications and work with our team on another Media Tour for Without Mercy, Jackson’s “pulse-pounding thriller.”

About the Book:

Without Mercy brings us a tempting and terrifying tale about a string of shady disappearances at an elite boarding school. The protagonist, Julia “Jules” Farentino, has been plagued with nightmares and migraine headaches ever since her father was stabbed to death in a home invasion. Her half-sister, Shaylee, now seventeen, has had her own difficulties since the tragedy, earning a rap sheet for drug use, theft, and vandalism.

Faced with jail time, Shay instead opts for rehabilitation at Blue Rock Academy; a school with a reputation for turning wayward kids around. Jules is skeptical of this option for her sister’s treatment-especially when one of the students disappeared without a trace.

Jules’s concern grows when Shay grows fearful for her safety, convinced her every move is being watched. Two more unexplained disappearances persuade Jules to take action. Jules applies for-and lands-a teaching job at the academy. Despite the façade of its breathtaking campus, and its State-of-the-art equipment, Blue Rock gives Jules the creeps. Even the director’s demeanor sends chills up her spine, and Jules notices quickly that the rest of the staff is less than friendly. Only Cooper Trent, another recent hire, engages Jules…but he has his own suspicions, his own secrets.

Camaraderie is the least of her worries though, as several more students disappear, Jules discovers that she is the next target of the bloodthirsty killer…

About the Author:

Before Lisa Jackson became a nationally bestselling author, she was a woman struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them. Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The  New York Times, the USA Today, and the Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists. As those who know her can attest, this funny, smart woman who enjoys making the hair stand up on the back of her readers’ necks, is a mom, a daughter, a workaholic and an amazing writer

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