This is the new cover for the first paperback release (and new eBook release) of ONE TRUE SENTENCE, coming quite soon from BeTimes Books.
The cover sets the template for the nine volumes to be released over the course of the next few months as the entire series of Hector Lassiter novels comes your way in rapid-fire fashion.
This cover was designed by JT Lindroos, who provided covers for my author interview collection ART IN THE BLOOD way back in ought-six, as well as a new genre-blending thriller called IMMORTAL GAIN (more on that soon, too) and the Chris Lyon series.
OTS will be closely followed by FOREVER'S JUST PRETEND, which features Brinke Devlin, the woman who made Hector into the man we know. Brinke of course made her debut in OTS, which is set in one week in Paris in February, 1924.
Here's the jacket description of ONE TRUE SENTENCE, followed by a new teaser trailer:
February, 1924: an incredible exchange
rate, lack of prohibition and post-war ennui have flooded the City of Light
with thousands of Americans — the psychologically damaged members of the
so-called Lost Generation. The cafés, bistros and garrets of Paris teem with
would-be poets, writers and painters.
Among them are two young and unknown
authors — Hector Lassiter and Ernest Hemingway. Both young men are mavericks
and realists who stand apart from the trendy schools of creativity sweeping
Paris — Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism. But a new vogue is gaining ground and
threatening the lives of Hector and Ernest’s closest friends: “Nada,” a cult
that drives its disciples to acts of murder and self-destruction.
One by one, editors of Left Bank literary
magazines are slaughtered in increasingly brazen attacks. As the killings
escalate, the literati form their own
improbable vigilante band to catch the killers. Drawn into the hunt, Hector is
pitched between two attractive mystery writers and a pretty, unbalanced poet — three
women with hidden agendas and dark imaginations…
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Praise for One
True Sentence
"Vivid,
remarkable characters--the historical people as well-drawn as the fictional
ones!--in a rich, evocative setting, and a gruesome serial killer with one of
the most unusual motives ever. Absolutely gripping!" —Diana
Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series
“Craig McDonald proves he is a master of
literary suspense in this riveting historical thriller set in the 1920s Paris
of Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. Complex protagonists, shocking
murders, and a gripping tale will leave you wanting more.” —Stefanie
Pintoff, Edgar-award winning author of A Curtain Falls
"Nobody
does mad pulp history like Craig McDonald. Reading a Hector Lassiter novel is
like having a great uncle pull you aside, pour you a tumbler of rye, and tell
you a story about how the 20th century really went down." —Duane
Swierczynski, author of Expiration Date
"A
finely-crafted pulp historical mystery…While McDonald plucks your heartstrings,
his wily hero Hector Lassiter will pound out a drum roll on your short ribs,
and yes, you actually will be thankful for the experience." —Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow
Season
“The real stuff… Sharp, smart, and
fascinating. McDonald brings alive a unique time and place with not only his
talent for history but style that would make his subjects proud.” —Ace
Atkins, author of Devil’s Garden and Infamous
“An
amazing montage of mystery, murder, meta-fiction, and literary-history, quite
unlike anything I’ve read before. ” —Craig
Holden, author of The Jazz Bird
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