The July pub date of THE SHIMMER coincides with the International Thriller Writers organization’s annual gala readers/writers conference, THRILLERFEST (July 8-11).  This year, it again takes place in New York City, where ITW will present David Morrell with its prestigious THRILLERMASTER award for a lifetime of devoting his career to expanding the idea of what a thriller can be.

Some of the featured special guests include David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Robin Cook, Brad Meltzer, and Katherine Neville.  Lee Child, Steve Berry, James Rollins, Gayle Lynds, and a host of other thriller luminaries will be there for the entire 4 days and very accessible.  For details, please go to ttp://www.thrillerwriters.org.

See all David Morrell titles at www.vjbooks.com

(boston.com, Nov. 30, Hallie Ephron)

The dark streets of Jeri Westerson’s debut novel, “Veil of Lies,” are in 14th-century London. Crispin Guest is a fallen knight who wears a “shabby knee-length cotehardie” and “patched stockings.” Once in service to the duke of Lancaster, he was cast out for plotting against Richard II. Without his patron, Crispin lives as a commoner and survives by hiring himself out as a detective known as Tracker. A medieval Sam Spade, a tough guy who operates according to his own moral compass and observes with detached, dry humor, Crispin sees through all manner of subterfuge and triumphs against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Nicholas Walcote, a reclusive wealthy textile merchant, hires Crispin to find out whether his young wife, the beautiful Philippa, is being unfaithful. With the help of Jack, a scrappy street urchin turned loyal servant, Crispin discovers that Philippa is indeed stepping out on her spouse. But before he can deliver the message, (more…)

(southwalesargus.co.uk, Dec. 23, Jane Helmich)

ANOTHER sterling thriller featuring the Camel Club, a group of oddballs and misfits who manage to outwit, and outfight, the villains – even when they are purportedly on the right side of the law.

Although sadly missing one of their members, killed in a previous skirmish, and “Oliver Stone” going off on a one-man mission, the club are soon working together to help him and defeat the bad guys.

A typically convoluted but fascinating plot filled with conspiracies kept me riveted. Baldacci is a master story teller.

See all David Baldacci‘s books at www.vjbooks.com!

(journalgazette.net, Kelly Soderlund)

Explore life, tackle literacy, says creator of “Absolute Power’

If best-selling author David Baldacci had his way, Clint Eastwood would have died.

Not for real, of course. But Eastwood’s character in the movie “Absolute Power” would have died halfway through, just as he did in the book, which Baldacci wrote.

But when Clint Eastwood wants his character to live, he does. William Goldman, the 1997 movie’s screenwriter, called Baldacci one day and said he had good news and bad news. Good news first: Clint Eastwood signed on to star, direct and produce “Absolute Power.”

The bad news: Clint Eastwood signed on to star, direct and produce (more…)

(Publisher’s Weekly, Nov. 17)

Divine Justice by David Baldacci

In Divine Justice, Baldacci exposes the problem of methadone addiction in our nation’s coal-mining communities.  A native of Virginia with famly roots in the Appalachian region, the author was inspired to address this true-life dilemma in his new novel: “the drug epidemic that has taken hold in these working class communities is devastating and needs to be addressed.”  He is currently on a 10-city book tour and will be featured in the December Reader’s Digest.  Grand Central announced a 701,000-copy first printing.

Get your copy of Divine Justice by David Baldacci at www.vjbooks.com today!

(www.journalgazette.net, Nov. 10)

David Baldacci, best-selling author of political and legal thrillers, will speak at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne on Friday (Nov. 14, 2009) as part of the Omnibus Lecture series.

Baldacci’s 17 novels include “Total Control,” “Saving Faith” and “Absolute (more…)