2015年7月14日，美国著名作家哈珀·李的第二本小说《设立守望者》（Go and Set a Watchman）在英美两地同时与读者见面。在美国销售首日，《设立守望者》即狂销70万册，创造了从未有过的销售纪录！在英国，这本书首日销量也高达105000册！

新作《设立守望者》的小说内容是哈珀·李的成名作《杀死一只知更鸟》的后传，不过这并不是哈珀·李的最新创作，而是曾经的旧作被重新发现后发表。其中的主人公斯库特和其让人印象深刻的律师父亲都将在新作中登场。

现年已88岁的哈珀·李在对美联社的采访中说：“在上世纪五十年代中期，我完成了一部名为《设立守望者》的小说，该书描述了女主人公斯库特作为一名成年女性的故事。但我的编辑却被斯库特儿时

John Spurling has won the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his fourth novel The Ten Thousand Things. The book is set in imperial China, during the 14th century. The Mongol founded Yuan Dynasty still rules China. The Mongols are still considered invaders and barbarians by the supporters of the Song dynasty. But a big change is coming soon.

The story is about one of

MR. MERCEDES won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel of 2015.  This is a huge honor for an author not commonly writing in the mystery field, and a testament to how successfully King embraced the hard boiled genre and put his own stamp on it.  The Mystery Writers of America obviously thinks i

We are very pleased to announce that James Ellroy has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America in recognition of his lifetime of achievement.  The award will be conferred at the annual MWA Edgar Awards on April 29th, 2015.

He has also been nominated for the Folio Prize, given by The Folio Society in the UK, for PERFIDIA. The nominated books are the works of fiction that, in the eyes of the 235 writers and critics of the Folio Academy, are the best of th

Amazing, wonderful news!!! Please see attached the Press Release from Penguin Random House UK regarding the rediscovery of a previous, unpublished novel  GO SET A WATCHMAN by Harper Lee, which spawned TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and is its sequel.