Otto Penzler, President and CEO of MysteriousPress.com, has announced that Mike Cooper has won the inaugural Mysterious Press Award for his novel The Downside.
"We got some incredible manuscripts but in the end, Mike's story was everything we were looking for: Fast, exciting, and well-written," Penzler said.
The contest solicited unpublished manuscripts from both established authors and newcomers, with the promise of a $25,000 reward — an advance against royalties — as well as guaranteed worldwide publication. The book will be available sometime next year.
About The Downside … In an age of cyber-crime, Finn is the last hardhat: He's never stolen anything weighing less than five tons. Now fresh out of prison and flat broke, he's got a line on his biggest job ever.
Cracking the most heavily guarded private vault in North America? No problem. Hauling $50 million of precious metal out past guards, dozens of policemen, and an armored SWAT battalion? Even easier. But navigating the betrayals of double-crossing partners, the machinations of a hedge-fund billionaire gone bad, and the ambiguous proposals of a woman with her own agenda?
Finn has only begun to figure out the downside.
Friday, October 21, 2016
Winner of the Inaugural Mysterious Press Award Announced
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