State of Terror

State of Terror is a political-mystery novel written by former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny. A spin-off of Penny's Inspector Gamache series, the titular character appearing in a minor role, the book was released October 12, 2021, jointly published by Simon & Schuster and St. Martin's Press.

Premise

Background and release

The book project was announced on February 23, 2021, with the two authors' usual publishers distributing the work on October 21, 2021. The book debuted at number 1 on the October 31 New York Times bestseller lists for combined print and e-book fiction as well as hardcover fiction. It also appeared on Publishers Weekly's October 25 bestseller lists for Top 100 Overall and Hardcover Frontlist Fiction.