Simon & Schuster
delivers with brand-new bestsellers!
ROME 1960
by David Maraniss
From decathlete Rafer Johnson to
Louisville boxer Cassius Clay, from
the first doping scandal to the first
shoe endorsement, the 1960 Rome
Olympics saw the birth of a new era,
not only in sports, but in the world
at large. With tensions in Germany,
China and sub-Saharan Africa, and
with the civil-rights movement
and the Cold War in full swing, the
world was on the brink of major
change. David Maraniss’ compelling
book reveals why the 1960 Rome
Olympics truly were “the Olympics
that changed the world.”
SIMON & SCHUSTER/HARDCOVER
On sale July 1
CHASING DARKNESS
by Robert Crais
The self-proclaimed “world’s
greatest detective” is back in
bestselling author Robert Crais’
new book, Chasing Darkness.
Private detective Elvis Cole goes
from hero to suspect when a man
Cole helped clear from murder
charges is found dead, clutching
the victim’s photo in his hands.
Will Cole be able to keep his cool
now that the tables are turned?
SIMON & SCHUSTER/HARDCOVER
On sale July 1
ATRIA/HARDCOVER
On sale July 1
THE LAS T PATRIOT
by Brad Thor
In this controversial new book from
bestselling author Brad Thor, the power
to forever change the face of militant
Islam lies in the hands of one man.
Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland
Security operative Scot Harvath thought
he had finally escaped his dark and
dangerous past, but when a car bomb
explodes outside a café in Paris, Harvath
is unwillingly pulled into his most
challenging mission yet. The death of
Dr. Marwan Khalifa, one of the world’s
preeminent Koran scholars, is just the
beginning of a sinister plot to keep
Mohammed’s mysterious final revelation
a secret from the rest of the world. Timely
and terrifying, The Last Patriot is Brad
Thor at his best.
Bestselling author James Lee Burke leaves the
Purchase familiar bayous of Louisiana and transports
James Lee Burke's readers to the mountainous wilds of Montana in his thrilling new book, Swan Peak. Detective
Swan Peak and Dave Robicheaux is fighting his own demons
SAVE $2.00 of alcoholism and rage, but that won’t stop
him from doing what he does best: solving
crimes. Loved by readers and critics alike, it’s
at the register no coincidence that Burke has been called “the Faulkner of crime fiction.”
Valid July 8 to 14, 2008
SIMON & SCHUS TER/HARDCOVER
On sale July 8
