Downshift, by Matt Hughes, now available for pre-order

ISBN 97819274000746 x 9, 268 pages The reprint of Matt Hughes excellent thriller, Downshift, is now available for pre-order through our website, at a special 25% discount. This is a rocketing good read. Witty, wry, a rollercoaster story that is never pretentious, always engaging. We think you’re going to love it. And then love the sequel, Old Growth, which is due out next year. Downshift is due for official release June 1, 2012, and will…

Five Rivers Signs Two-book Deal with Matthew Hughes

Matt Hughes Late last week an agreement was reached between Five Rivers Publishing and well-known Canadian author, Matthew Hughes, to reprint his 1997 crime mystery, Downshift, and to release the unpublished sequel, Old Growth. “We’re very pleased to give Matt’s work a home here,” says Lorina Stephens, publisher at Five Rivers. Hughes writes fantasy and science fiction under the name Matthew Hughes, and Matt Hughes for crime fiction. He’s won the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur…