Want to Read A DEEPER DARKNESS before it releases?

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Dear friends:

Reviews make the author's world go around. They are vital to word of mouth sales, and I need your help spreading the word about my brand new series starring Dr. Samantha Owens. You've been so amazing in the past, I am hoping that I can count on you to help me promote the book, which releases from online sellers (Amazon and B&N) April 17, will be in physical stores April 24, and will release for eReaders (Nook, Kindle, etc.) May 1, 2012.

Here's how you can help:

If you'd like an advance review copy of A DEEPER DARKNESS, you can get one from my publisher through NetGalley. From their site:

NetGalley delivers secure, digital galleys to professional readers. If you are a reviewer, blogger, journalist, librarian, bookseller, educator, or in the media, you can use NetGalley for FREE to read and request titles before they are published.

The catch is, if you get the advance reader copy, we ask that in return you review the book, on your blog, through Facebook, Twitter, GoodReads, Shelfari, Amazon, B&N, or wherever you reside online, and spread the word to your reader friends.

Having your help raising awareness of A DEEPER DARKNESS will make a huge difference. You are the best readers in the world, and it is such a pleasure to give you this opportunity to have a sneak peek at the first Sam Owens novel. And if you want to follow up, I'm happy to answer questions, do an interview, or whatever you'd like.

Click here to get to NetGalley. You will be asked to sign up, but don't worry, it's free!

Thank you so much!  

XO,

JT

Here's what your favorite authors are saying about A DEEPER DARKNESS

"Shocking suspense, compelling characters and fascinating forensic details. When it comes to fast-paced thrillers, J.T. Ellison always has her game on."
~Lisa Gardner, #1 NYT bestselling author of CATCH ME

"A DEEPER DARKNESS has everything I love in a thriller: stunning twists and shocks, fascinating forensics, and heroines I deeply cared about. JT Ellison is one of the best writers in the game."
~Tess Gerritsen, NYT bestselling author of THE SILENT GIRL

"A DEEPER DARKNESS is not only a compelling thriller but a multilayered meditation on grief and loss. Dr. Samantha Owens is a forensic investigator with heart and soul and this is the start of a most promising new series for rising star JT Ellison."
~Jeff Abbott, NYT bestselling Author of ADRENALINE

"Intense and riveting, A DEEPER DARKNESS is JT Ellison at her finest. Dr. Samantha Owens is one of the most memorable and engaging characters in thriller fiction today. I want more Sam! JT Ellison is a master storyteller, and ultimately A DEEPER DARKNESS is an extraordinary story of life and hope. Superb!"
~Carla Neggers, NYT bestselling author of Saint's Gate

"A Deeper Darkness hits all the right notes: terrific characters, great setting, fast pace and fascinating storyline. Dark and compelling, rich with authentic detail, I couldn’t put it down. Look out Kay Scarpetta, there’s a new medical examiner on the block."
~Erica Spindler, NYT bestselling author of WATCH ME DIE

"A Deeper Darkness is everything a great thriller should be: clever, complex, and captivating. J.T. Ellison’s gripping new series is a winner!"
~Allison Brennan, NYT bestselling author of SILENCED

Soundtrack for A DEEPER DARKNESS

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Funny thing about writing this book. I needed to get into the right frame of mind to allow myself to experience Samantha Owens loss on a visceral level. One can imagine how horrid it must be to lose one's family, but to really feel it, you need an anthem. I latched on to Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, right away, and lived inside that song for the three months it took me to pound out the draft of this book. 

Strangely enough, I'd only ever heard the Cash version. In a spooky coincidence, when I went to D.C. to do research, I was sitting at a stoplight at the steps to Georgetown University, which figures prominently in the story. The radio was on, and I suddenly heard the strains of music I'd become so familiar with, but they were different somehow, wrong. It was the original version of the song, the one I'd never heard. Coming to me as I sat, taking mental notes on the feel of the Georgetown campus.

Now that's an anthem.

The remaining songs fell into place as well, and this soundtrack became my daily prayer, my north, my south, my east, my west. Each song built on the next, telling the story of Sam, and her loss, and her revival, and ultimately, her happiness, touched by sorrow as it is, and always will be. 

I hope you enjoy it!

Here's the Line-Up:

Hurt - Johnny Cash 
My Immortal - Evanescence 
Three Wishes - The Pierces
Hero - Regina Spektor
Life - Josh Rouse 
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straights 
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 
Never Talk About It -  Tift Merritt 
The Rat - Dead Confederate 
Alone And Forsaken - Neko Case 
Marilyn Dean And James Monroe - John Kilzer 
Wherever You Will Go - The Calling
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straights 
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 
An End Has a Start - Editors 
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
Winter Sleep - Antonio Vivaldi Elements: Four Seasons ( V ) 18
I Had a Farm (Out of Africa) - John Barry 

Thriller 3: Love is Murder - a new anthology from ITW

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A little Valentine's present for all of you...

I'm so excited to share the news that I have a new short story coming out in the fabulous anthology THRILLER 3: Love is Murder, edited by Sandra Brown.

Check out this gorgeous cover:

LOVE IS MURDER features original shorts from a bevy of amazing authors. I am honored to have been included with a story that's been brewing for years, THE NUMBER OF MAN, which takes an in-depth look at a stalker... in love.

From the cover copy:

Prepare for heart-racing suspense in this original collection by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing romance suspense today.

Bodyguards, vigilantes, stalkers, serial killers, women (and men!) in jeopardy, cops, thieves, PIs, killers--these all-new stories will keep you thrilled and chilled late into the night.

Stay tuned for lots more about this incredible anthology, due out May 29, 2012. You can pre-order it from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or get yours through Indiebound. 

You won't want to miss this one. Just check out the veritable who's who involved:

Lori Armstrong, Jeff Ayers, Beverly Barton, William Bernhardt, Allison Brennan, Robert Browne, Pamela Callow, Toni McGee Causey, Lee Child, JT Ellison, Bill Floyd, Cindy Gerard, Heather Graham, Laura Griffin, Vicki Hinze, Andrea Kane, Julie Kenner, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love, Jon Land, D.P. Lyle, Jim Macomber, Carla Neggers, Brenda Novak, Patricia Rosemoor, William Simon, Alexandra Sokoloff, Roxanne St. Claire, Mariah Stewart, Debra Webb

Whoa.

A DEEPER DARKNESS, Dr. Samantha Owens #1, coming 4.17.12

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I know, I know, I've been holding out. It's finally time to share what A DEEPER DARKNESS is about, and the amazing advance praise it's been getting. The cover is still being finalized, but I know y'all don't want to wait anymore. I'll have much more to say about the book closer to release day. So, without further ado... I bring you the first installment in a brand new series featuring medical examiner Dr. Samantha Owens.

A DEEPER DARKNESS

Coming April 17, 2012 
(pre-order yours today!)

 

"Shocking suspense, compelling characters and fascinating forensic details.  
When it comes to fast-paced thrillers, J.T. Ellison always has her game on."
~Lisa Gardner, #1 NYT bestselling author of CATCH ME

 

Into the Flood Again

 
As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam's life. She's pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate—until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C.

On the other end of line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but under Sam’s sharp eye the forensics tell a darker story. The ex-Ranger was murdered, though not for his car.

Forced to confront the burning memories and feelings about yet another loved one killed brutally, Sam loses herself in the mystery contained within Donovan’s old notes. Leading her to the untouchable Xander Whitfield, a soldier off-grid since his return from Afghanistan, and then to a series of brutal crimes stretching from that harsh mountainous war zone to this nation’s capital, the tale told between the lines makes it clear that nobody’s hands are clean, and that making sense of murder sometimes means putting yourself in the crosshairs of death.

"A DEEPER DARKNESS has everything I love in a thriller: stunning twists and shocks, fascinating forensics, and heroines I deeply cared about. JT Ellison is one of the best writers in the game."
~Tess Gerritsen, NYT bestselling author of THE SILENT GIRL

 

"A DEEPER DARKNESS is not only a compelling thriller but a multilayered meditation on grief and loss. Dr. Samantha Owens is a forensic investigator with heart and soul and this is the start of a most promising new series for rising star JT Ellison."
~Jeff Abbott, NYT bestselling Author of ADRENALINE

 

"Intense and riveting, A DEEPER DARKNESS is JT Ellison at her finest. Dr. Samantha Owens is one of the most memorable and engaging characters in thriller fiction today. I want more Sam! JT Ellison is a master storyteller, and ultimately A DEEPER DARKNESS is an extraordinary story of life and hope. Superb!"
~Carla Neggers, NYT bestselling author of Saint's Gate

 

"A Deeper Darkness hits all the right notes: terrific characters, great setting, fast pace and fascinating storyline. Dark and compelling, rich with authentic detail, I couldn’t put it down. Look out Kay Scarpetta, there’s a new medical examiner on the block."
~Erica Spindler, NYT bestselling author of WATCH ME DIE

 

"A Deeper Darkness is everything a great thriller should be: clever, complex, and captivating. J.T. Ellison’s gripping new series is a winner!"
~Allison Brennan, NYT bestselling author of SILENCED