SALES HANDLE
Faye Longchamp has moved from pot-hunting on her home island in
Florida's Ten Thousand Islands region for money, to a PhD heading
an archaeological consulting firm with her husband. Faye goes to
Memphis to perform an assessment of a site, where she finds the
possible hunting ground of a longtime serial killer, as she
gradually theorizes after she uncovers a dying woman from a hastily
dug grave near the Mississippi.
KEY SELLING POINTS
The 11th book in the Faye Longchamp Mystery series
Crime novel
Set in Memphis
AUDIENCE
Fans of the Faye Longchamp Mystery series
Fans of novels featuring archeology
Fans of dark crime novels
MARKETING AND PUBLICITY HIGHLIGHTS
Author tour
City author tour including independent bookstores (plans still to
be determined)
Regional author appearances
PUBLICITY
National Print Media Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal,
Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal (targeted)
Publisher website will feature book (www.poisonedpenpress.com)
Author's website will feature book; email blasts to author's
subscribers
SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION (Facebook and blogs)
Blogs targeting mystery writers and readers
Mystery Writers of America (top mystery organization, varied
audience)
DorothyL (large varied readership, with interest in different types
of fiction)
MYSTERY WRITERS AND READERS
Type M for Murder: http://typemformurder.blogspot.com
ADVERTISING
Print advertising in (IBPA monthly mailing) targeted 1,000
postcards. 500 bookmarks. 25 posters.
Mary Anna Evans is the author of the Faye Longchamp archaeological mysteries, which have received recognition including the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Mississippi Author Award, and three Florida Book Awards bronze medals. She is an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches fiction and nonfiction writing.
"Evans is completely in control of what she wants us to see, hear,
and feel...Fascinating."
*Booklist on Findings, Faye Longchamp series
#4*
"Evans' signature archaeological lore adds even more interest to
this tale of love, hate, and greed."
*Kirkus Reviews on Burials, Faye Longchamp series
#10*
"An intriguing, multi-layered tale. Not only was I completely
stumped by the mystery, I was enchanted by the characters Evans
created with such respect."
*Claire Matturro, author of Wildcat Wine, on
Relics, Faye Longchamp series #2*
"Evans's enjoyable 10th Faye Longchamp mystery....sensitively
explores the issue of how to balance respecting cultural heritage
and gaining knowledge of the past through scientific research."
*Publishers Weekly on Burials, Faye Longchamp
series #10*
"The Longchamp mysteries combine history and mystery in a gritty
way that makes them feel different from most amateur-sleuth fare -
dark-edged rather than cozy. Faye, too, is not your traditional
amateur sleuth; she could just as easily anchor a gritty thriller
series and give some of the giants in that genre a run for their
money."
*Booklist*
"Evans expertly juggles a host of likely suspects, all the while
breathing life into the city of Memphis, from its tourist-filled
center to its marginal neighborhoods and the spectacular wilderness
of the state park."
*Publishers Weekly*
"The eleventh title in author Mary anna Evans' simply outstanding
'Faye Longchamp Mystery' series, Undercurrents is yet another
riveting gem of a novel that will prove to be an enduringly popular
addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections."
*Midwest Book Review*
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