My debut novel comes out in April, and my publisher has asked me to provide three comp titles published in the past two years, for use when submitting to critics.
In my query letter, I compared the story to two novels and one TV show, but only one of the novels (Nick Petrie's Peter Ash series) is from the past two years. I'm looking for recommendations for suspense thrillers published since 2016 that might work as comp titles. Here is the jacket copy from my novel:
It's a story about a woman (a real estate agent) and the man she meets (a security guard) running from the mob/human traffickers and working to save her kidnapped friend.
Obviously, your ability to make recommendations is limited by the fact that you haven't read my novel, but if you can recommend anything that sounds comparable, I'll look into it and see if it works as a comp title.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
--Wes
In my query letter, I compared the story to two novels and one TV show, but only one of the novels (Nick Petrie's Peter Ash series) is from the past two years. I'm looking for recommendations for suspense thrillers published since 2016 that might work as comp titles. Here is the jacket copy from my novel:
Jennifer Williams hoped her budding relationship with her newly single boss would make this year's real estate conference bearable. Then she caught her boss in bed with a coworker and sped off into the desert, leaving the conference, the hotel, and the Las Vegas Strip in her rearview mirror.
Lost and alone, she stops for directions at a small-town truck stop and inadvertently disrupts a robbery in progress. Her presence threatens to escalate the situation, until another bystander—a man running from his own tragic past—steps forward to protect her. She soon learns that the attempted robbery wasn't what it appeared and that this small town west of Sin City is home to a big secret.
It's a story about a woman (a real estate agent) and the man she meets (a security guard) running from the mob/human traffickers and working to save her kidnapped friend.
Obviously, your ability to make recommendations is limited by the fact that you haven't read my novel, but if you can recommend anything that sounds comparable, I'll look into it and see if it works as a comp title.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
--Wes
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