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“Frasier’s writing is fast and furious.” - JANE ANN KRENTZ

Bad things…A death-chamber revelation brings ex-FBI agent Arden Davis out of retirement to help catch the madman who murdered her family. When a mysterious stranger named Nathan Fury asks Arden Davis to return to the Hill—a former asylum now used for clandes-tine projects—to help profile her family’s killer, she has no choice but to return to that dark place. Even if it destroys her mind. Even if it kills her. Years ago, seeking a way to endure her horrific past, Arden participated in an experiment to bleach her mind, erase the bad things. Now, struggling to uncover the truth, she can no longer dis-tinguish between friends and enemies. Only one thing is clear: the killer is closer than she thought… As the line between reality and illusion blurs, as paranoia and suspicion build, Arden suspects she is a pawn in a bigger game. She suspects a cover up. She suspects acquaintances new and old. Most frightening of all, she suspects herself…

978-1-938473-06-7 Trade Paperback, 175 pp., 6 x 9, $16.95RELEASE DATE: March 2013

ANNE FRASIER (a.k.a. Theresa Weir) is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of twenty-three books and numerous short stories that have spanned the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. Her titles have been printed in both hardcover and paperback and translated into twenty languages. Well-known in the mystery community, she served as hardcover judge for the Thriller presented by International Thriller Writers, and was guest of honor at the Diversicon 16 mystery/science fiction conference. Frasier books have received high praise from print publications such as Publishers Weekly, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Crimespree, as well as online praise from Spinetingler, Book Loons, Armchair Interviews, Sarah Weinman’s Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, and Ali Karim’s Shots Magazine. She lives in Saint Paul, MN.

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“The Cross of Saint Maro is a great first novel. It will keep you turning pages well into the night.” - #1 Internationally best-selling author, VINCE FLYNN

Corruption, Religion, Terrorism, War. Naïve has never been a word to describe Peter Farrell. As the second son of a St. Louis Irish beat cop, Peter knew better than most that things may not always be what they seem. However, nothing prepared the young attorney for the stack of files that his client hands him. The files contain evidence of a multi-national corporation’s manipulation of the American political system through campaign contributions, bribes and blackmail. Behind the corruption lies the poster boy for corporate America and the religious right, billionaire Elias St. Armand. Hunted by St. Armand, Farrell escapes from St. Louis to San Francisco, where he reconnects with Sara Ahrens, his former love. More importantly, she is the only one he can trust now. Over the course of three harrowing days, Peter and Sara discover they are unwilling pawns in St. Armand’s plan to thrust the U.S. into a war with Syria that will set the Muslim world a blaze.

978-1-938473-00-5 Trade Paperback, 368 pp., 6 x 9, $16.95 978-1-938473-01-2 e-book, $9.99

RELEASE DATE: March 2013

Publishers know it. Authors know it. Readers know it.More books are being published than ever before. More authors are finding their audience. Most important, readers have more choices than ever: of titles and how that content is delivered. It's an exciting time to be a reader.

However with increasing overhead costs in editing, typesetting, formatting, printing, warehousing, and marketing large publishing houses can no longer take chances on new talent to evolve over several years to recoup their investment. These same costs and resulting small margins also bar many compelling backlists from seeing the light of day.

On the other end of the spectrum, there are endless vanity presses that spend nothing on quality control or little on marketing their product. Neither approach puts the reader first.

We know readers like good books regardless of whether it is from a new author they have yet to discover or a classic they may have missed. We understand that a good book is about the author-reader connection which is why our singular focus is to publish good books. We do so by working with authors in ways that large publishing houses no longer will and vanity presses never will. The reader of a Forty Press book will never be disappointed.

That's why we say, with confidence: It's no mystery why we're good.

“An Outstanding Thriller! Keady writes with wit and pulse-pounding suspense!” - #1 Internationally best-selling author, VINCE FLYNN

“…an intriguing pulse-pounding thriller.” - New York Times best-selling author GRANT BLACKWOOD

This fast-paced thriller finds former Deputy Chief of Staff Peter Farrell once again serving at the pleasure of the Presi-dent of the United States of America. Believing his trip to San Francisco a fool’s errand, he is surprised to encounter the Englishman: the puppet-master behind the CIR who had cruelly toyed with his and Sara’s lives back in New York. Incredibly, the president orders him to work with the CIR to unravel an ancient code before hostility with China esca-lates into World War III. Among those who join Peter’s mis-sion is covert operative Sebastian Pope, a killer struggling with his own past and with his own motives to prevent THE FALL OF ST. SEBASTIAN.

978-1-938473-02-9 Trade Paperback, 384 pp., 6 x 9, $16.95978-1-938473-03-6 e-book, $9.99

RELEASE DATE: March 2013

E. KELLY KEADY: A trial lawyer practicing in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa who is an Independent Publisher Honorable Mention for best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller and a Reviewer’s Choice for Midwest Book Review. Mr. Keady received his undergradu-ate degree and his J.D. degree from St. Louis University where he graduated cum laude with degrees in Political Science and French having spent a year studying abroad at the Universite d’Orleans.in France. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children.

“Pat Dennis taps into casino culture with the eye of an insider. A funny, rollicking ride!” - THERESA WEIR (a.k.a. Anne Frasier)

Buffet Betty gives you more bang for your buck. Fun, fast, and furious, Murder by Chance is one heck of a ride. - LOIS GREIMAN, author of the award winning Chrissy McMullen mysteries

Can three scrappy, single women of varied ages find happiness in a new travel business specializing in casino junkets? Or are all bets off when a body is dis-covered in a tour bus when it arrives at the casino hotel? At fifty years of age, Betty Chance found herself unemployed, divorced and penniless. Her husband of twenty-seven years had left her for an older, fatter woman-the one who covered his gambling debts. With her stunningly beautiful niece Lori, she opens Take A Chance Tours, a Chicago-based company specializing in gaming destinations. Betty quickly becomes close friends with Tillie, the perky, effervescent bus driver who happens to be an ex-con. As soon as the tour bus arrives at Moose Lake Bay Resort and Casino in northern Minnesota, Betty and her driver Tillie, discover a

dead body in the locked bathroom of their motor coach. The 350-pound corpse had been stabbed in the back. With Tillie and Lori’s help, Betty puts her amateur sleuth ability to work and begins to search for the killer.

978-1-938473-04-3 Trade Paperback, 225 pp., 6 x 9, $16.95978-1-938473-05-0 e-book, $9.99

RELEASE DATE: March 2013

PAT DENNIS is an award-wining author and comedian. Originally from Roberts Park, Illinois, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota 27 years ago. She is a veteran of 1,000 plus performances and has worked with such notables as Phyllis Diller, David Brenner, Tommy Chong, and Lewis Black. Pat is the author of Hotdish to Die For, a collection of six culinary mystery short stories. Her other publications include: Who Died in Here?, Hotdish Haiku, The Minnesota Crime Wave’s The Silence of the Loons, The Minnesota Crime Wave’s Resort to Murder, Writes of Spring, Stand-Up and Die, and Anne Frasier’s Deadly Treats. She is married to an air traffic controller, who goes to work to get away from the stress.

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