No One You Know is the next book club pick for the Times Media Group, which includes 14 Northern California newspapers. There’s an excerpt from the novel in the Marin Independent Journal today. Excerpts will be running in several newspapers over the next couple of weeks. Book club discussions of No One You Know will take place at the following bookstores: 7 p.m. Mon., Sept. 14, at Book Passage, Corte Madera, 415-927-0960 7 p.m. Wed., Sept. 23 at Clayton Books, 5433 D Clayton Road, Clayton, 925-673-3325. Next Book Club “meeting”: Oct. 4 in the A&E section of the newspaper....
No One You Know
Stuff chicks want
Just discovered through Google alerts: StuffChicksWant.com. “The place to find stuff that women want. Written by women, for women (and so their men know what their women want).” I’m sold–I DO already want half the stuff I saw there–Zid Zidi Mini Poofs, anyone? Bright Bangle Watches? The Ice Cream Ball? They do books, too! (and I must say, biased as I am, that they have good taste). Today’s entry is a review of No One You Know. An excerpt below: Michelle Richmond is a writer of near-perfect pitch. Beyond eloquent, richly poetic, and blessed with subtle but flawless comedic...
British Bankers and No One You Know
Coutts & Co, the UK private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland, publishes a magazine for its female clients called Coutts Woman. The magazine runs a monthly feature called “Coutts Woman Loves,” and this month, Coutts woman loves No One You Know: “Betrayal and tragedy are the two themes beautifully explored in this literary thriller. A gripping read which you will find hard to put down.” Also on the July list: Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth and Keith Donohue’s Angels of Destruction.
Sweet three
Less than a month after publication, No One You Know has gone into its third trade paperback printing. A big shout-out to readers, booksellers, and to everyone who has spread the word via goodreads, librarything, etc. If your book club is reading No One You Know, please visit my book club page for extra goodies. Purchase signed copies here.
Briefly in Britain
The current issue of UK’s Star Magazine features No One You Know, and gives it four (out of five) stars. Gotta love British brevity. The review in its entirety reads: When Lila is violently murdered, her sister Ellie doesn’t know where to turn. Years later, off the beaten track in Nicaragua, she meets the man accused of the murder. Maintaining his innocence, he gives her Lila’s diary, leaving Ellie to unravel the mystery of her sister’s life.
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
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