NEW YORK — With his novel “The Chain” headed for publishing best-seller lists and summer packing lists, Adrian McKinty can now laugh as he remembers an old and “failed” novel. This cover image released by Little, Brown and Co. shows “The Chain,” by Adrian McKinty. “I was writing books that were, in all modesty, getting rave reviews and a loyal, but not large readership. “I had had a really, really complicated day,” he says, “and he’s pitching this whole enterprise to me. A little after 4 in the morning, another call from Salerno, raving about what McKinty had written so far.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2019 16:53 UTC