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Crime Author Don Winslow Announces Official Book Tour Dates For ‘The Cartel’

Crime lovers (and gangsters) near and far, it’s almost time! One of THE PEN HUSTLER’s most beloved crime writers is taking his show on the road to promote the highly anticipated book release of THE CARTEL.TheCartelBookCover

The 2015 publication is a follow-up sequel to the novel, The Power of the Dog, a 2005 crime thriller penned by NY Times bestselling author Don Winslow, which centers around the DEA’s involvement with Mexico’s War on Drugs.

THE CARTEL will pick right up where The Power of the Dog left off and chronicle an epic bloody drug war between to mortal enemies which spans over a 45 year time period.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

From the internationally best-selling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping, true-to-life, ripped-from-the-headlines epic story of power, corruption, revenge, and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars.

It’s 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adán Barrera, the head of El Federación, the world’s most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller’s partner. Finally putting Barrera away cost Keller dearly—the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead.

Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the empire that Keller shattered. Unwilling to live in a world with Barrera in it, Keller goes on a ten-year odyssey to take him down. His obsession with justice—or is it revenge?—becomes a ruthless struggle that stretches from the cities, mountains, and deserts of Mexico to Washington’s corridors of power to the streets of Berlin and Barcelona.
Keller fights his personal battle against the devastated backdrop of Mexico’s drug war, a conflict of unprecedented scale and viciousness, as cartels vie for power and he comes to the final reckoning with Barrera—and himself—that he always knew must happen.

The Cartel is a story of revenge, honor, and sacrifice, as one man tries to face down the devil without losing his soul. It is the story of the war on drugs and the men—and women—who wage it. –Amazon.com

Both novels are in the pre-production phases and are anticipated to be adapted into Hollywood films. Movie production is tentatively set to begin in 2016.

Until then, grab a copy of both books and stop by and meet Don Winslow at one of his meet and greets.

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The book is set to be released on June 23 and will be available for purchase at all online retailers and anywhere books are sold. You can be the first line to get yours by pre-order on Amazon.

As the official publication date approaches, more book tour dates will be added.

If you are in any of these cities, make sure to stop by and “meet the author”. If (and when) the tour ever reaches ATL, we will most certainly be there with bells and whistles on.

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Crime Writer Ruth Rendell Dies In London At Age 85

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Ruth Rendell, one of Britain’s best-selling contemporary authors, also wrote under the pen-name Barbara Vine died at age 85.

She wrote more than 60 novels in a career spanning 50 years, her best-known creation being Inspector Wexford, which was turned into a highly successful TV series.

Rendell, one of Britain’s best-selling contemporary authors, also wrote under the pen-name Barbara Vine.

Born in Essex, she is credited with bringing a social and psychological dimension to crime fiction.

Publisher Penguin Random House said Rendell, who suffered a stroke in January, died in London on Saturday morning.

“We are devastated by the loss of one of our best-loved authors,” the publisher said in a statement.

Penguin Random House chair, Baroness Gail Rebuck, said Rendell was admired throughout publishing for her “brilliant body of work”.

“An insightful and elegant observer of society, many of her award-winning thrillers and psychological murder mysteries highlighted the causes she cared so deeply about.”

Rendell’s first Wexford book, From Doon with Death, was published in 1964, beginning a series of more than 20 starring Inspector Reginald Wexford, played in the TV series by George Baker.

Many of her works were translated into more than 20 languages and adapted for cinema and TV, attracting worldwide sales of 60 million.

She was the author of more than 20 standalone novels, whose protagonists were often on the margins of society, and was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for excellence in crime writing.

Her final novel, Dark Corners, is due to be published in October.

Rendell began her writing career as a reporter on an Essex newspaper.

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However, she was forced to resign after filing a story about a local sports club dinner that she hadn’t attended. Her report failed to mention that the after-dinner speaker had died half-way through the speech.

Rendell, whose writing brought her considerable wealth, was made a Labour life peer in 1997 and is reputed to have given generously to charity. She was a vocal campaigner against female genital mutilation.