''State of Terror'' is a

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studi ...

- mystery novel written by former

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

and Canadian mystery novelist

Louise Penny Louise Penny is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the C ...

. The book was released on October 12, 2021, and was jointly published by

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publi ...

and St. Martin's Press.

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Background

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 ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

s October 25 bestseller lists for Top 100 Overall and Hardcover Frontlist Fiction.

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* 2021 American novels Books by Hillary Clinton 2021 Canadian novels Novels by Louise Penny Collaborative novels 2021 debut novels Political thriller novels Novels about terrorism Books about diplomats Simon & Schuster books St. Martin's Press books {{2020s-poli-novel-stub