A beaut of a Memoir among these books...

From Publishers Lunch Weekly Deluxe:

FICTION/DEBUT:

Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith's OUTSIDE IN, a comedic novel that captures the sparkling absurdities of life in LA and explores the less glamorous side of success in the entertainment world, to Ann Campbell at Broadway, for publication in September 2007, by Lydia Wills of Paradigm (world).ddrake@randomhouse.com

Former CNN journalist Margaret Lowrie Robertson's SEASON OF BETRAYAL, set in Beirut 1983, exploring betrayal in friendship, love, and war as the marriage of a foreign correspondant and his young wife implodes against the backgound of an exploding city, to Lindsey Smith and Tina Polman at Harcourt, by Bill Contardi at Brandt & Hochman (NA).

MYSTERY/CRIME:

Linda Castillo's SWORN TO SILENCE, which centers around a series of shocking murders taking place in Amish country, the female cop (who is one of the tiny percentage of Amish who leave the faith) investigating them, and the contrast between the Amish and 'English' communities, to Charles Spicer at Minotaur, by Nancy Yost at Lowenstein-Yost (World English).

MWA Grandmaster Stuart Kaminsky's PEOPLE WHO WALK IN DARKNESS, marking the return of detective Porfiry Rostnikov, the story of a murder in a Siberian diamond mine that uncovers a trail of corruption and violence, to Claire Eddy at Tor, in a very nice deal, by Donald Maass of the Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA). dmaass@maassagency.com

THRILLER:

KILLER YEAR, an anthology from the group of debut mystery/thriller writers who are members of the Killer Year group, edited by Lee Child, to Mike Homler at Minotaur, in a nice deal, for publication in early 2008, by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group (NA).

GENERAL/OTHER:

Model Carol Alt and Nina Malkin's THIS YEAR'S MODEL, the first two novels in a series based on Alt's real-life journey from discovery by a random photographer in a restaurant to the cover of hundreds of fashion magazines, to Maureen O'Neal at Regan Books, by Laura Dail at Laura Dail Literary Agency (NA).Maureen.O'Neal@Harpercollins.comLDail@LDLAInc.com

Sigrid Nunez's SALVATION CITY, in which a viral epidemic has killed off large numbers of people, including the liberal, intellectual parents of the 13-year-old protagonist and his sister, who are then sent to live with a charismatic Christian fundamentalist pastor and his wife, preparing for the Rapture, to Sarah McGrath at Riverhead, by Joy Harris at the Joy Harris Agency.

CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT:

Former features editor of New York Magazine and frequent contributor to Vogue, NYTimes, and Seventeen Amy Goldwasser's BLOODY RED HEART, a collection of personal essays written by teenage girls, which she recognizes as the first generation to communicate so extensively in writing -- blogging, IM'ing, emailing, and social networking, to Danielle Friedman at Hudson Street Press, by Lydia Wills at Paradigm (world).

BIOGRAPHY:
Director of Iranian studies at Stanford University Abbas Milani's MAHMOUD AHMEDINIJAD: A Biography, a biography of Iranian President, to Colin Robinson at Scribner, for publication in fall 2008, by Wendy Strothman (World).

BUSINESS/INVESTING/FINANCE:

Christopher Flett's WHAT MEN DON'T TELL WOMEN ABOUT BUSINESS, sharing how men see business, how they see women in business, and what men would tell women if there were no consequences, to Emily Conway at Wiley, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).

HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Former visiting scholar at Riyadh's King Faisal Institute for Research and Islamic Studies Mark Weston's PROPHETS AND PRINCES, a history of Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the present, with an introduction by former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Wyche Fowler, to Stephen Power at Wiley, in a nice deal, by Bob Shuman at Peter Rubie Literary Agency (World).

John Lawrence Reynolds's SECRET SOCIETIES: Inside the World's Most Notorious Organizations, to James Jayo for his first acquisition at Arcade, in a nice deal, by Sandra Homer at Key Porter Books (US). sandra.homer@keyporter.com

Guardian science writer and University College London lecturer Peter D. Smith's DOOMSDAY MEN: Dr. Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon, a cultural history of weapons of mass destruction, looking at the lives of the inventors as well as the cultural shadows cast by the science and the weaponry, which are at the root of many of our current fears and concerns about science, technology, and our future, to Michael Flamini at St. Martin's, by Zoe Pagnamenta at PFD New York, on behalf of James Gill at PFD.UK rights: Penguin PressTranslation: ila@ila-agency.co.uk

MEMOIR:

Former president of Mercury Records and past CEO of Air America Radio Danny Goldberg's BUMPING INTO GENIUSES, a romp through the rock 'n' roll business from the inside out, to Lauren Marino and William Shinker at Gotham, by Steve Wasserman of Kneerim & Williams (NA).

Journalist David Giffels' memoir about his quest to rebuild a Gilded Age mansion in Akron -- where he finds an octogenarian living in one of the rooms and $40,000 in Depression-era cash in the floorboards in another -- to find a stable home for his growing family and to lose himself in an epic renovation, to David Highfill at William Morrow, at auction, by Daniel Greenberg at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world).

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