Sneak Peek: August 2015 Indie Next List

The August 2015 Indie Next list was recently announced and it includes four fabulous Macmillan titles!

FISHBOWL by Bradley Somer
A goldfish named Ian narrates the linked perspectives of the quirky residents he witnesses in an apartment building as he plunges from the 27th-floor balcony to the pavement. “Touching and well-written.”   Kirkus Reviews

THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET by Natasha Pulley
A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 selection and Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce pick, Pulley’s literary historical fantasy about a genius watchmaker who can “remember” the future and uses it to help a 17th century London telegraphist has THREE starred reviews, including this one from Library Journal: “Addictively immersive, Pulley’s narrative is as clever and spry as the watchmaker’s creations.”

ALL THAT FOLLOWED by Gabriel Urza
A Publishers Weekly Best of Summer 2015 selection and Summer/Fall 2015 Indies Introduce pick, this psychologically twisting debut novel about a politically-charged act of violence that echoes through a quiet Spanish town is “as subtle and enveloping as the txirimiri, a Basque word for ‘rain so fine that an umbrella is useless against it.’”   Publishers Weekly, starred review

BLACK CHALK by Christopher J. Yates
A compulsively readable psychological thriller set in New York and at Oxford University in which a group of six students play an elaborate game of dares and consequences with tragic results. “You can’t help but admire how Yates slowly unravels his players’ safety nets their minds one roll of the dice at a time.”
Kirkus Reviews