Brad Smith, author of this year’s ALL HAT, has just agreed to a deal with Holt (in the U.S.) and Penguin (in Canada) for his next novel, BUSTED FLUSH, slated for Winter ’04 publication. Booklist called ALL HAT “the best American crime-fiction debut since C. J. Box’s OPEN SEASON,” and we don’t think they’ll be disappointed in the new book, whose cast of characters is brought together by the discovery of what may be the only known recording of Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address.