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Marcus Sakey

Q&A with Marcus Sakey, Author of Afterlife

By Marcus Sakey

July 18, 2017

Markus Sakey is a novelist and screenwriter whose books have sold more than a million copies and been translated into dozens of languages. His titles include The Blade Itself, Good People (which was adapted for film and starred James Franco and Kate Hudson), and the Brilliance Trilogy: Brilliance, A Better World, and Written in Fire.…

Written in Fire: New Excerpt

By Marcus Sakey

February 18, 2016

Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey is the explosive conclusion of The Brilliance Trilogy where the world is in utter disarray, and Nick Cooper must risk everything he loves to face his oldest enemy (Available now). For thirty years humanity struggled to cope with the brilliants, the one percent of people born with remarkable gifts.…

Announcing 2014’s Edgar Nominees (and Our Own Winner)!

By Crime HQ

January 17, 2014

After last month's announcement of two new Grandmasters and the Raven Award winner, Mystery Writers of America has announced the rest of the shortlist of award nominees and special winners.  The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel…

Brilliance by Marcus Sakey, The Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon, Mystery Girl by David Gordon, Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman

Now Win This: BEA Bundle Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

June 10, 2013

While you might not have been at Book Expo America, Criminal Element has you covered. BEA is a great chance to find authors with a little bit of something for everyone, so that's what we're bringing you today with four great advanced reader copies: Brilliance by Marcus Sakey, Mystery Girl by David Gordon, Spider Woman's…

The Thriller Award

ITW Announces the Nominees for the International Thriller Awards

By Crime HQ

April 4, 2012

The International Thriller Writers has announced the finalists for the 2012 Thriller Awards.  The winners will be announced at ThrillerFest VI on July 14, 2012.   Best Hard Cover Novel: Joseph Finder – Buried Secrets Jonathan Hayes – A Hard Death Stephen King – 11/22/63 Michael Koryta – The Ridge Marcus Sakey – The Two…

A bag of cash

Three of a Kind: Finding a Bag of Money

By Eric Beetner

January 13, 2012

Admit it—you’ve thought about it. If you came across a stash of money out of the blue, a huge pile of cash dropped from nowhere into your lap, you’d be tempted to keep it, wouldn’t you? If you answered. “Yes, I’ve thought about it,” you’d be a normal human being. If you answered, “I’d totally…

The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen and The Amateurs by Marcus Sakey

Pulp in the Wild: Shelf Mates Edition

By Eric Beetner

November 20, 2011

As I sat staring at my bookshelves, taking stock of the books that surround and inspire me, I started to notice some titles that seemed like maybe I should shelve them next to each other. I kept looking, dug deeper into the closet, and began playing a little game with titles. It killed some time…

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