Atlantic Monthly Press imprint: 271 books

Straight to Hell

True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals

by John LeFevre
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015

The hilarious New York Times bestseller “sharply observes the lives of globe-trotting, overindulging investment bankers” (Entertainment Weekly).   “Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I’d wonder where the rest of my money went.” —@GSElevator   For three...
by Andrew Keen
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015

The renowned Internet commentator and author of How to Fix the Future“expos[es] the greed, egotism and narcissism that fuels the tech world” (Chicago Tribune). The digital revolution has contributed to the world in many positive ways, but we are less aware of the Internet’s deeply negative...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

A New York Times–bestselling series: A murder mystery set on Italy’s secretive island of Murano, renowned for its world-famous glass. On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Brunetti and his assistant play hooky from work to help a friend, Marco Ribetti, arrested during an environmental...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009

Work turns toxic for a Venice, Italy police detective in this novel in the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling series. Incinerators across the south of Italy are at full capacity, burning who-knows-what and releasing unacceptable levels of dangerous air pollutants, while in Naples,...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

When an immigrant dies on a Venice street, it will take a determined detective to pursue the case to its shocking end: “[An] outstanding series.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review On a cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

A wall of silence surrounds a cadet’s death at an elite military academy: “Superb . . . This is an outstanding book.” —Publishers Weekly Detective Commissario Guido Brunetti has been called to investigate a parent’s worst nightmare. A young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed...
by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015

This illustrated history of the gondola—its cultural significance and ingenious design—includes audio recordings of Venetian barcarole. First used in medieval Venice as a getaway boat, the gondola evolved over the centuries from a floating pleasure palace for the Venetian elite, to a tourist...

My Venice

And Other Essays

by Donna Leon
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013

A collection of “entertaining . . . unapologetically opinionated” essays from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti novels (The New York Times). Donna Leon has won legions of fans and waves of critical acclaim for her international bestselling mystery...
by Lily King
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010

A New York Times Editors’ Choice—“a gripping epic about a father and daughter that plumbs the dark side of a family riven by addiction and mental illness” (Entertainment Weekly). Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling—Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him, and his worldview...
by Robert Chalmers
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

**“A spontaneous seduction prompts a surreal chain of events in this raucous new novel . . . This is a wry, writhing tale about the forces that shape our fate.” —**Booklist After his highly popular Who’s Who in Hell, Robert Chalmers delivers his second novel, a painfully funny story...
by John Lawton
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010

Inspector Troy of Scotland Yard returns in “one of the best thrillers of the year” (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review). Spanning the tumultuous years 1934 to 1948, John Lawton’s A Lily of the Field is a brilliant historical thriller from a master of the form. The book follows...
by Matthew Glass
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012

When US and China play nuclear wargames expect “as much gut-wrenching suspense as any thriller in recent memory” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   When American aid workers are massacred in Uganda by terrorists, President Tom Knowles opts for military intervention. It’s his chance to put...
by Val McDermid
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Psychologist Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan—the UK crime fighting partners from the TV series Wire in the Blood—face down a serial killer.   International bestselling crime writer Val McDermid’s work speaks for itself: her books have sold millions of copies worldwide, won numerous accolades,...
by Mike Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011

**Washington political fixer Joe DeMarco is caught in the middle of a silent war—in a thriller that “will make your heart race and your mind ponder” (Lisa Gardner, New York Times–bestselling author). Author of House Witness, 2019 Edgar Award Finalist for Best Novel**   When the NSA...
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