A very Happy & Healthy New Year to you all! Let’s hope 2018 is an incredible one.
I’m delighted to start off 2018 by officially announcing our special Oversized Signed & Numbered Limited Hardcover edition of Robert McCammon’s forthcoming brand-new novel THE LISTENER!
This is one of Robert McCammon’s best works to date and is already receiving starred and rave reviews. Cemetery Dance called it a ‘game changer’, and they’re not wrong. It truly is an incredible book.
This brand-new novel is being published first in the US by Cemetery Dance Publications in February 2018, and their Signed Limited edition sold out in no time. Their trade hardcover edition is still available, and our special Oversized Signed & Numbered Limited Hardcover edition will be published in March/April.
“ McCammon masterfully combines historical thriller and supernatural horror in a compelling and suspenseful tale of race, class, and family… This is a violent and gritty tale, but redemption is always possible.”
—Booklist (Starred Review)
1934. Businesses went under by the hundreds, debt and foreclosures boomed, and breadlines grew in many American cities.
In the midst of this misery, some folks explored unscrupulous ways to make money. Angel-faced John Partlow and carnival huckster Ginger LaFrance are among the worst of this lot. Joining together they leave their small time confidence scams behind to attempt an elaborate kidnapping-for-ransom scheme in New Orleans.
In a different part of town, Curtis Mayhew, a young black man who works as a redcap for the Union Railroad Station, has a reputation for mending quarrels and misunderstandings among his friends. What those friends don't know is that Curtis has a special talent for listening... and he can sometimes hear things that aren't spoken aloud.
One day, Curtis Mayhew's special talent allows him to overhear a child's cry for help (THIS MAN IN THE CAR HE'S GOT A GUN), which draws him into the dangerous world of Partlow and LaFrance.
This gritty depression-era crime thriller is a complex tale enriched by powerfully observed social commentary and hints of the supernatural, and it represents Robert McCammon writing at the very top of his game.
A Note From Robert McCammon:
The Listener is about the kidnapping of two children and is set in New Orleans in 1934. This is a book I've been wanting to write for several years, since I discovered what an epidemic (a tragic epidemic, at that) kidnapping became during the desperation of the Great Depression. It got to be so bad that the New York Times began running a box at the top of the front page listing who had been kidnapped, and among those victims, which ones had been returned to their families. Desperate times, indeed. The Listener isn't exactly supernatural, though there is a "strange" element. I understand we all enjoy reading about vampires, werewolves, ghoulies, and other creatures of the night, but the most fearsome and deadly monster is the human being…and I believe I have created two of the most fearsome and horrific human beings in The Listener that you could ever fear to meet. And these people, I think, are likely the kind who would kidnap two children and not have much concern whether the kids lived or died. Grim stuff, but you can be sure there's someone in The Listener who embodies all the good qualities of the human kind who will move Heaven and Earth to find the children…though he's probably the last person anyone would think of as a "hero."
Reserve your copy today! Don't miss your opportunity to be 1 of just 550 collectors to showcase this Special Oversized Signed Limited Hardcover edition of Robert McCammon’s outstanding new novel The Listener.
https://sstpublications.co.uk/The-Listener.html
Thanks so much to everyone who has already preordered their copy, your support is truly overwhelming.
I really hope you enjoyed your new year celebrations, and may 2018 bring you nothing but good things.
Take care,
Paul.