Amazon Launches Thomas & Mercer, a Mystery/Thriller Imprint

Posted on May 18, 2011

Amazon.com announced the launch of Thomas & Mercer, the fifth imprint from Amazon Publishing. This new imprint will publish mystery and thriller novels. The announcement comes just days after Amazon.com announced Montlake Romance, a romance imprint.

Thomas & Mercer will launch with four books this fall. There is the list:

• Kyle Mills is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including his award-winning The Second Horseman and Lords of Corruption. His new book, The Immortalists, will be published on October 4.
• J.A. Konrath is the author of seven thrillers in the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series, as well as horror novels under the name Jack Kilborn, and more. Stirred, to be published on November 22, is the eighth and final novel in the Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series. It will be co-written with author Blake Crouch.
• D.M. Annechino is the author of the AmazonEncore book They Never Die Quietly. Resuscitation, the sequel to They Never Die Quietly, will be published on October 11.
• John Rector is a prize-winning short story writer and author of the novels The Grove, published by AmazonEncore, and The Cold Kiss, which was named Best Debut Novel of 2010 by Suspense Magazine. Already Gone, Rector's third novel, will be published on October 25.