Order of Adam Dalgliesh Books

Adam Dalgleish is a fictional character appearing in a series of mystery novels by British author P.D. James. He works at New Scotland Yard in London, starting out as a Detective Chief Inspector and rising through the ranks as the series progresses. Dalgliesh is a gentleman detective, a staple of British detective fiction. (more…)

Scholastic Updates U.S. Figures For “The Hunger Games”

Scholastic has announced that over 50 million copies of the popular The Hunger Games series have been sold in print and digital formats. Since the series first came out in Fall 2008, the series has seen steady growth in sales.

The 50 million figure includes 23 million copies of The Hunger Games, 14 million of Catching Fire and 13 million of Mockingjay. (more…)

Order of P.D. James Books

P.D. James was the pen name of Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park. P.D. James was an English novelist of crime fiction, thrillers and dystopian fiction. She was best known for her detective fiction novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a policeman and poet. She has also written a couple of novels featuring Cordelia Gray and a few standalone novels. (more…)

Order of Victor Carl Books

Victor Carl is a character featured in a series of legal suspense novels by American author William Lashner. Based out of Philadelphia, Carl works as a defense attorney. (more…)

“Jason Bourne” Author Eric Van Lustbader To Self-Publish

Eric Van Lustbader, best known nowadays as the current author of the Jason Bourne series (taking over from series creator Robert Ludlum), has decided to follow in the footsteps of Jackie Collins and J.K. Rowling and go the self-publishing route. Authors are getting the rights back for their backlisted eBooks and making them available on the eBook market themselves.

“We’ve gotten all the rights back to my books from publishers, and we’re working on an e-book project for my backlist,” says Van Lustbader. (more…)

Order of William Lashner Books

William Lashner is an American novelist who started as a trial lawyer. He graduated from the NYU School of Law and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. As a trial lawyer, he served in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. His legal suspense novels feature Victor Carl, a down-on-his-luck lawyer in Philadelphia. (more…)

Order of Kenzie/Gennaro Books

Kenzie/Gennaro is a series of crime fiction novels by American novelist Dennis Lehane. The series features Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, who started out as childhood friends and eventually became private eyes, running their own detective agency in Boston. They have an on-again, off-again relationship as “more than friends,” but still manage to work together as partners. (more…)

Val McDermid To Re-Write “Northanger Abbey”; Other Austen Re-Writes Planned

Crime fiction novelist Val McDermid is looking to re-write the classic Jane Austen novel Northanger Abbey as part of a new series from HarperFiction. The updated edition of the novel is planned for Spring 2014.

Other Jane Austen novels being re-written include Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope and Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld. (more…)

Sony Pictures TV Gets Rights To “Outlander”

We already have True Blood and Game of Thrones, but soon we will have a TV series based on the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. (more…)

Literary Classics To Get New Erotica Updates

In the “Say it ain’t so!” department, erotica publishers are now looking to literary classics such as Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte as their next cash cows, in light of the wave of success of the Fifty Shades series.

Total E-Bound is 100% convinced that there is a market for more sexually explicit versions of the 19th century classics by Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, spicing the novels up for a new generation. (more…)