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DÉBUT AND NEW
EMMA BAMFORD 6
L.C. NORTH 7
C.M. EWAN 8
THRILLERS
LEE CHILD AND ANDREW CHILD 10
JOHN CONNOLLY 12
T.M. LOGAN 13
L.V. MATTHEWS 14
CATHERINE STEADMAN 15
SANDIE JONES 17
PHOEBE MORGAN 18
B.A. PARIS 20
LAUREN NORTH 21
K.L. SLATER 22
ANNA-LOU WEATHERLEY 24
LIZA COSTELLO 25
POLLY HO-YEN 26
G.X. TODD 27
CRIME
CHRIS CARTER 29
STEPHEN SPOTSWOOD 31
TANA FRENCH 33
TIM WEAVER 35
MARTYN FORD 36
IMRAN MAHMOOD 37
G.R. HALLIDAY 39
MARTINA COLE 40
JACQUI ROSE 42
CRIME AND THRILLERS
LONDON 2022 RIGHTS GUIDE
CONTENTS
4
DÉBUT AND NEW
5
6
Emma Bamford
DEEP WATER
STUNNING ESCAPIST DÉBUT THRILLER
SEVEN FIGURE PRE-EMPT FOR NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS; UK RIGHTS SOLD
AT AUCTION IN SIX FIGURE DEAL
ON A REMOTE PARADISE ISLAND SEVEN CASTAWAYS DISCOVER THAT WHILE
LIES CAN BE BURIED, SECRETS WILL ALWAYS SURFACE...
‘PARADISE NEVER FELT SO SINISTER’ Ruth Ware
'POWERED BY A SUBTLE, OMINOUS TENSION. I LOVED THIS BOOK’ Lee Child
‘A MIRAGE OF A NOVEL. A FEAT OF LITERARY SUSPENSE’ A.J. Finn
‘THIS SUSPENSEFUL HIGH SEAS ADVENTURE MOVES BRISKLY, DELIVERING
EVOCATIVE, TENSE SCENES… THRILLER FANS WILL EAGERLY AWAIT
BAMFORD’S NEXT’ Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
Amarante is paradise…
An uninhabited, unspoilt island somewhere in the Indian Ocean.
Only those who know it exists can find it.
But paradise comes with a price…
Virginie and Jake sail to Amarante for their honeymoon, but they are not alone.
They have to adjust to life on the island with five strangers.
And not everyone will live to tell the tale…
Dark secrets surface and their dream abruptly turns into a nightmare.
Removed from society, they find out what they’re truly capable of.
UK publication: 7th July 2022 US publication: 31st May 2022
400 pages
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Simon & Schuster (Suzanne Baboneau)
NORTH AMERICAN: Scout Press/S&S US (Alison Callahan)
CZECH: Dobrovsky
RUSSIAN: Phantom Press
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Emma Bamford is an author and journalist who has worked for the Independent, the Daily Express, the Daily Mirror, Sailing
Today and BOAT International. She spent several years sailing among some of the world’s most beautiful islands and wrote
two travel memoirs about her experiences, CASTING OFF and UNTIE THE LINES. A graduate of the University of East
Anglia’s Prose Fiction MA, she lives in the UK. She is currently working on her next thriller, due to be published in summer
2023.
DÉBUT
THRILLER
7
L. C. North
THE UGLY TRUTH
GRIPPING HIGH CONCEPT BOOK CLUB THRILLER TOLD
THROUGH INTERVIEWS, TRANSCRIPTS AND DIARY ENTRIES
MELANIE LANGE HAS DISAPPEARED. HER FATHER, BUSINESS TYCOON SIR
PHILIP LANGE, SAYS SHE’S SAFE AT HOME. OTHERS SAY DIFFERENTLY...
THOUGHT PROVOKING AND TIMELY, THIS IS PERFECT FOR FANS OF TRUE
CRIME STORY
Melanie Lange has disappeared.
Her father, Sir Philip Lange, says she is a danger to herself and is safe in one of his properties, recuperating.
Her ex-husband Finn and best friend Nel say she has been kidnapped.
The media will say whichever gets them the most views.
But whose side are you on?
#FreeMelanie
#HelpPhilip
UK hardback publication: March 2023
431 typescript pages
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Tanera Simons)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld / Bantam Press (Imogen Nelson)
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
L.C. North is the pen name of Lauren North, who publishes psychological suspense novels with Transworld. She studied
psychology at university before pursuing a career in Public Relations. THE UGLY TRUTH combines her love of psychology
and her fascination with the celebrities in the public eye. She is currently working on her second novel, and when she’s not
writing, she co-hosts the crime thriller podcast, In Suspense. L.C. North lives on the Suffolk borders with her family.
DÉBUT
BOOK CLUB/THRILLER
8
C.M. Ewan
THE INTERVIEW
FAST-PACED AND ENDLESSLY TENSE, THIS IS A FEMALE LED
DIE HARD FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR
A FIST BANGS ON A SHEET OF GLASS. BANGS AGAIN. THIRTEEN FLOORS UP,
IN A CITY OF NINE MILLION PEOPLE, AND NOBODY HEARS OR SEES A THING.
NO.1 APPLE IBOOK BESTSELLER; TOP 10 KINDLE BESTSELLER; POLISH
RIGHTS SOLD AT AUCTION
‘C.M. EWAN NEVER ONCE DROPS THE PACE IN THIS HEART-POUNDING
ROLLERCOASTER OF A THRILLER. IT HAD ME UP ALL NIGHT’ Clare Mackintosh
It’s 5pm on a Friday. You have been called to an interview for your dream job in a stunning office thirteen floors above the
city below.
You are all alone with the man interviewing you.
Everyone else has gone home for the weekend. The interview gets more and more disturbing.
You’re feeling scared.
Your only way out is to answer a seemingly impossible question.
If you can’t… what happens next?
UK paperback publication: 15th September 2022
320 pages
Praise for THE INTERVIEW:
‘A brilliant hook, a breakneck game of cat and mouse, and twists galore: Ewan always delivers' Tim Weaver
'A fast-paced and incredibly tense locked room thriller. Kept me guessing all the way to the end. It makes the job interviews
in The Apprentice look like a walk in the park...' John Marrs
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton) GERMAN: Blanvalet
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Pan Macmillan (Vicki Mellor) HUNGARIAN: Álomgyár
AUDIO: Macmillan POLISH: Foksal
CZECH: Oldag FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sylvie Rabineau, WME)
Previous title:
A WINDOW BREAKS: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Pan Macmillan; CZECH: Oldag; GERMAN: Blanvalet; FILM & TV
RIGHTS: Available (Sylvie Rabineau, WME)
C.M. Ewan is the bestselling author of SAFE HOUSE, which was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel
of the Year Award and THE GOOD THIEF’S GUIDE series. He lives in Somerset with his family where he writes full time.
THE INTERVIEW is his eleventh novel and he is currently writing his next thriller.
THRILLER
9
THRILLERS
10
Lee Child and Andrew Child
NO PLAN B
27TH JACK REACHER THRILLER: NO ONE IS
BIGGER THAN JACK REACHER
IT’S AUTOMATIC: REACHER GETS OFF A BUS, CHILD LANDS ON THE
BESTSELLER LIST
TV SERIES OUT NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO; A BILLION DOLLAR BRAND;
CONSISTENT US & UK NO.1 BESTSELLER; SALES APPROACHING 150 MILLION
COPIES SOLD; THE REACHER SERIES IS TRANSLATED INTO 50 LANGUAGES
‘SMART WRITING, VIVID ACTION SCENES, AND DRAMATIC TWISTS MARK THIS
SEAMLESS EFFORT. EVEN THOSE FOR WHOM THIS IS THEIR FIRST REACHER
NOVEL WILL BE CLAMOURING FOR MORE’ Publishers Weekly
Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw
herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in
a grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushed the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and
sauntering away.
Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much
bigger… a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no
room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed.
But when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B....
UK hardback publication: 25th October 2022 US hardback publication: 22th October 2022 www.jackreacher.com
352 pages
Praise for Lee Child and Andrew Child:
'A contemporary version of the knight in shining armour. Reacher is a mythic figure' Literary Review
'Jack Reacher is a wonderfully epic hero; tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable. Irresistible' People
‘Reacher has long earned his prominent place in the pantheon of cool, smart-talking American heroes' New York Times
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson) FINNISH: Karisto Oy
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld (Sarah Adams)
NORTH AMERICAN: Bantam Dell (Kara Welsh)
AUDIO: Random House Audio
DUTCH: Under offer
Lee Child is the creator of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, 27-book series of Jack Reacher novels. He was
appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours. Child now divides his time between Manhattan and Sussex.
Andrew Child studied at the University of Sheffield. He ran a small independent theatre company, and subsequently
worked in telecommunications for fifteen years. He is also the author of a number of thrillers including RUN, FALSE
POSITIVE AND FALSE WITNESS. Child and his wife live on a wildlife preserve in Wyoming.
NO PLAN B is the third collaboration of Lee and Andrew Child.
THRILLER
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THRILLER
Lee Child
REACHER: AMAZON PRIME SERIES
REACHER RANKED TOP 5 GLOBALLY MOST-WATCHED
SERIES EVER ON RELEASE
RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 JUST DAYS AFTER RELEASE
REACHER HIT NO.1 SPOT ON NIELSEN STREAMING CHART WITH
WEEKLY STREAM OF 1.8 BILLION MINUTES VIEWED
‘AMAZON’S TAKE ON REACHER IS AS SOLIDLY MADE AS HE IS AND DELIVERS
THE ROLLICKING YARN AS EFFICIENTLY AS THE MAN HIMSELF CAN DISPATCH
A GLOCK-WIELDING GANGSTER. IT IS GREAT, GREAT FUN… POUR YOURSELF
A BLACK COFFEE, SIT BACK AND ENJOY’
Guardian
‘CLEVERLY PLOTTED AND PERFECTLY PACED… THE DIALOGUE IS SLICK,
CHARACTERISATION CONCISE AND THERE ARE A SMATTERING OF BONE DRY
COMEDIC MOMENTS THAT LOOSEN TENSIONS SLIGHTLY AS THE MURDERS
CONTINUE TO STACK UP’
Radio Times
12
John Connolly
THE FURIES
THE TWENTIETH NOVEL IN THE EXCEPTIONAL,
LITERARY PAGE-TURNER CHARLIE PARKER SERIES
TWO NOVELS IN ONE FROM THE MASTER OF THE MODERN SUPERNATURAL
THRILLER - CHARLIE PARKER IS DRAWN INTO A WORLD OF MODERN FURIES
A NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER; OVER NINE MILLION
COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE; ALL TV RIGHTS FOR THE SERIES UNDER OPTION
‘MENACE HAS NEVER BEEN SO SEDUCTIVE’ Guardian
The Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged
crimes.
Now, private investigator Charlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies. In The Sisters Strange, the return of the
criminal Raum Buker to Portland, Maine brings with it chaos and murder, as an act of theft threatens not only to tear apart
his own existence but also that of Raum's former lovers, the enigmatic sisters Dolors and Ambar Strange.
And in The Furies Parker finds himself fighting to protect two more women as the city of Portland shuts down in the face of
a global pandemic, but it may be that his clients are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have
imagined…
UK publication: 4th August 2022 US publication: 27th September 2022 www.johnconnollybooks.com
512 pages
Praise for John Connolly:
'John Connolly is the creator of a unique blend of thriller and horror' Sunday Telegraph
'Charlie Parker is one of modern crime fiction's most popular creations, a unique combination of a man who has one foot in
the temporal world and the other in the spirit world… dark and sometimes deeply unsettling' Irish Independent
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Hodder & Stoughton (Swati Gamble)
NORTH AMERICAN: Atria / Emily Bestler Books (Emily Bestler)
AUDIO: Hodder & Stoughton
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Under option
OPTIONS IN BULGARIA, FRANCE, GREECE, ITALY, SPAIN
John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. His début, EVERY DEAD THING, swiftly launched him into the front rank of
thriller writers, and all his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times and Irish Times bestsellers. He is the first
non-American writer to win the US Shamus Award (for EVERY DEAD THING).
CRIME / THRILLER
13
T.M. Logan
THE CURFEW
SIXTH UNMISSABLE THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES
BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOLIDAY AND TRUST ME
IT STARTS WITH A WHITE LIE. AN ALIBI FOR YOUR SON WHO MISSED HIS
CURFEW AND LIED ABOUT WHERE HE WAS LAST NIGHT...
NO.4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; SALES APPROACHING TWO MILLION
COPIES; RIGHTS SOLD IN 22 LANGUAGES; THE HOLIDAY TV SERIES OUT NOW
‘ADDICTIVE, UNEXPECTED, SCARY AND COMPELLING’ Jane Corry
I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure
before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm.
THE CURFEW
Andy and Laura are good parents. They tell their son Connor that he can go out with friends to celebrate completing his
exams, but he must be home by midnight.
THE LIE
When Connor misses his curfew, it sets off a series of events that will change the lives of five families forever.
THE TRUTH?
Because five teenagers went into the woods that night, but only four came out. And telling the truth might mean losing
everything...
UK publication: 17th March 2022 www.tmlogan.com
400 pages
Praise for THE CURFEW:
‘Perfectly plotted, expertly paced, trust me, you will not want to miss THE CURFEW’ Diane Jeffery
‘Heart-stoppingly tense. T.M. Logan captures the terror of every parent's worst nightmare and then turns the knife with
plot twist after twist. A master of his craft’ Jo Spain
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Bonnier Zaffre (Sophie Orme)
AUDIO: Bonnier Zaffre
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
OPTIONS IN BULGARIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE;
HUNGARY; KOREA; POLAND; ROMANIA; SERBIA; TURKEY
T.M. Logan is a former Daily Mail science reporter. He lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children. Tim is also
consulting on adaptations of two of his books, currently in active development for TV. He is currently working on his next
standalone thriller.
THRILLER
14
L.V. Matthews
THE TWINS
SECOND STANDALONE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF
THE PRANK
OBSESSION AND SIBLING RIVALRY RUN DEEP. YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR
SISTER… THINK AGAIN
‘BY FAR THE MOST ADDICTIVE AND GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
YOU’LL READ THIS YEAR’ Richard and Judy Bookclub
PERFECT FOR FANS OF J.P. DELANEY AND LISA JEWELL
Margo is a solitary live-in nanny for an upper-class West London family. Cora is a promiscuous dancer on the cusp of a
big break, living hand-to-mouth in a run-down London flat.
Different though they are, an unspeakable incident from childhood haunts them both. When the terrible secret comes to
light, their fragile existences shatter, pitting them against each other in a race for survival.
But can there be a winner when a secret is so dark?
UK publication: 17th February 2022
384 pages
Praise for THE TWINS:
‘Easily one of the most captivating books I’ve read this year’ Emma Christie
‘A compelling must-read page-turner which will have you gripped to your seat until the very end!’ Richard & Judy
‘A gripping thriller’ The People’s Friend
'Dark, twisty and genuinely impossible to put down' Karen Hamilton
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Welbeck (Rosa Schierenberg)
AUDIO: WF Howes
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Option in CZECH REPUBLIC
Previous title:
THE PRANK: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Welbeck; CZECH: Dobrovsky
L.V. Matthews was born in rural Essex and now lives in Hampshire with her family. Before pursuing a career in writing,
she worked both in domestic and international sales for major UK publishing houses. She is currently writing her third
novel.
THRILLER
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NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD
29 LANGUAGES
4 NOVELS
Catherine Steadman is an actress and author based in London. She has appeared in leading
roles on British and American television as well as on stage in the West End where
she has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Catherine's first novel,
SOMETHING IN THE WATER, was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller with rights sold in
29 territories. She is currently writing her fifth novel.
SPOTLIGHT ON
Catherine Steadman
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Catherine Steadman
THE FAMILY GAME
FOURTH MUST-READ THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 NEW YORK
TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SOMETHING IN THE WATER
A LONG STANDING TRADITION. A LETHAL GAME OF SURVIVAL…
‘STYLISH AND HUGELY ATMOSPHERIC. I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN!’ Lucy Foley
New York. Successful English author, Harriet Reed, is newly engaged to Edward Holbeck, the eldest son of an American
family with extreme power and influence – and their reputation precedes them.
At their first meeting, Edward’s father, Robert, hands Harriet a tape saying he would love her perspective on a novel he’s
been working on. But when Harriet listens to the recording, it appears to be a confession to not one but several murders.
Confused and unnerved, Harriet has to work out not only if what Robert is saying is true but why he would be telling her
this – what could he possibly have to gain? As she goes on a desperate mission to find out the truth, she becomes
increasingly suspicious of the entire Holbeck family and the games that they insist on making her play...
UK publication: 29th September 2022 US hardback publication: 8th November 2022
400 pages
Praise for Catherine Steadman:
‘A thriller for our times’ Louise Candlish
‘Engrossing and unputdownable’ Caroline Kepnes
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Simon & Schuster (Suzanne Baboneau)
NORTH AMERICAN: Ballantine Books (Kara Cesare)
AUDIO: Simon & Schuster (UK) / Ballantine Random House (US)
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Steve Fisher, APA)
Catherine Steadman is an actress and author based in London. She has appeared in leading roles on British and
American television as well as on stage in the West End where she has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.
She grew up in the New Forest, Hampshire, and now lives in North London with her husband and daughter. Catherine's
first novel, SOMETHING IN THE WATER, was a number one New York Times bestseller with rights sold in 29 territories.
THRILLER
17
Sandie Jones
THE BLAME GAME
FIFTH HEART-POUNDING NEW THRILLER FROM
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
OF THE OTHER WOMAN
THERE’S A REASON PSYCHOLOGIST NAOMI IS ALWAYS TOO INVOLVED IN
HER CLIENTS’ LIVES. BUT THIS TIME SHE’S CROSSED A LINE…
OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD; TRANSLATED INTO 15 LANGUAGES;
NO.2 BARNES & NOBLE HARDBACK BESTSELLER
‘COMPLETELY UNPUTDOWNABLE’ Barnes & Noble
As a psychologist specializing in domestic abuse, Naomi has found it hard to avoid becoming overly invested in her
clients' lives. But after helping Jacob make the decision to leave his wife, Naomi worries that she's taken things too far.
Then Jacob goes missing, and her files on him vanish…
But as the police start asking questions about Jacob, Naomi's own dark past emerges. And as the truth comes to light, it
seems that it's not just her clients who are in danger.
UK publication: 16th August 2022 US publication: 16th August 2022
256 pages
Praise for Sandie Jones:
‘The story unveils secrets and lies you won't believe. I know what you're thinking. You've heard this before… right? Nope!
Advice: Read this!’ Suspense Magazine
‘An absolute corker’ T.M. Logan
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Tanera Simons) FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Pan Macmillan (Vicki Mellor)
NORTH AMERICAN: St Martin’s Press (Catherine Richards)
AUDIO: Pan Macmillan
OPTIONS IN BRAZIL; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; FRANCE; ESTONIA; HUNGARY; ITALY; MACEDONIA;
NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; RUSSIA; SERBIA; TURKEY
Sandie Jones has been a freelance journalist for over twenty years, interviewing celebrities such as Justin Timberlake,
Isla Fisher, Simon Cowell and Naomie Harris. If Sandie wasn’t an author she’d be an interior designer as she has an
unhealthy obsession with wallpaper and cushions! She lives in London, England, with her husband and three children.
She recently co-created the “To Be Continued…” campaign with Hello Sunshine, and is writing her sixth standalone
thriller.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
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UK KINDLE BESTSELLER
OVER 250,000 COPIES SOLD
10 LANGUAGES
4 NOVELS
Phoebe Morgan is the author of four chilling, expertly plotted, psychological suspense thrillers. She is
also Editorial Director at a London-based publisher. Morgan was co-chair of The Society of
Young Publishers and won the London Book Fair Trailblazer Award 2018. Born in Suffolk,
she studied English at Leeds University.
‘A SPINE CHILLING TALE’ The Sun on THE DOLL HOUSE
‘UTTERLY ABSORBING’ CL Taylor on THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
‘I COULDN’T PUT THIS BRILLIANT BOOK DOWN !’ Claire Douglas on THE BABYSITTER
‘TENSE AND FULL OF SURPRISES’ Harriet Tyce on THE WILD GIRLS
Options in:
CROATIAN; CZECH; DUTCH; ESTONIAN; ITALIAN; MACEDONIAN; NORWEIGAN; POLISH
SPOTLIGHT ON
Phoebe Morgan
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Phoebe Morgan
THE WILD GIRLS
DELICIOUSLY WICKED AND ATMOSPHERIC
ESCAPIST THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BABYSITTER
OVER 250,000 COPIES SOLD ACROSS ALL TITLES; TRANSLATED INTO
10 LANGUAGES
‘MASTERFULLY CONSTRUCTED TWISTS AND TANGIBLE PARANOIA AS
TREACHERIES ARE UNVEILED’ Booklist
In a luxury lodge on Botswana’s sun-soaked plains, four friends reunite for a birthday celebration…
THE BIRTHDAY GIRL
Has it all, but chose love over her friends…
THE TEACHER
Feels the walls of her flat and classroom closing in…
THE MOTHER
Loves her baby, but desperately needs a break…
THE INTROVERT
Yearns for adventure after suffering for too long…
Arriving at the safari lodge, a feeling of unease settles over them. There’s no sign of the party that was promised. There’s
no phone signal. They’re alone, in the wild.
THE HUNT IS ON.
UK publication: 29th April 2021 US publication: 26th April 2022 www.phoebemorganauthor.com
384 pages
Praise for THE WILD GIRLS:
‘A tense, torturous thriller… keenly realised and entirely relatable’ The Sunday Post
‘A deadly cocktail of lies, secrets, obsession’ T.M. Logan
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton) ITALIAN: Leone Editore
UK & COMMONWEALTH: HQ (Kate Mills) FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
NORTH AMERICAN: William Morrow (Emily Krump)
AUDIO: HQ
DUTCH: HarperCollins
Previous titles:
THE BABYSITTER: CZECH: Dobrovsky; ITALIAN: Leone Editore; MACEDONIAN: Polica; POLISH: Filia; FILM & TV
RIGHTS: Under option; THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: CROATIAN: 24 Stata; ESTONIAN: Rahva Raamat; ITALIAN: Leone
Editore; WORLD PORTUGUESE: Ubook; THE DOLL HOUSE: CROATIAN: 24 Stata; CZECH: Dobrovsky; FRENCH:
L’Archipel; ITALIAN: Leone Editore; NORWEGIAN: Bladkompaniet; POLISH: Filia
Phoebe Morgan is an author and an Editorial Director at a London-based publisher. Morgan was co-chair of The
Society of Young Publishers and won the London Book Fair Trailblazer Award 2018. Born in Suffolk, she studied English
at Leeds University and is now based in London. She is currently writing her fifth novel.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
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B.A. Paris
THE PRISONER
SIXTH GRIPPING SUSPENSE THRILLER FROM THE
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL
BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
AMELIE AND HER HUSBAND ARE KIDNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, THE QUESTIONING BEGINS…
OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD; RIGHTS SOLD IN 40 LANGUAGES; NO.5 NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER; NO.9 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘B.A. PARIS IS THE QUEEN OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS’ My Weekly
Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris, to making it on her own in London, as she
builds a new life for herself.
Then she meets Carolyn, a kind woman who offers her a job. Soon, Amelie is swept up in a glamorous London lifestyle,
and gets engaged to a handsome billionaire.
But then, in the middle of the night the kidnapping happens.
Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are the mysterious
captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband?
UK publication: November 2022 US hardback publication: November 2022
TBC pages
Praise for B.A. Paris:
‘Tense and compulsive’ Louise Candlish
‘Perfectly paced and tightly plotted, B.A. Paris remains at the top of her game’ Lucy Clarke
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Hodder (Jo Dickinson)
NORTH AMERICAN: St Martin’s Press (Catherine Richards)
AUDIO (US): St Martin’s Press
POLISH: Wydawnictwo Albatros
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
B.A. Paris is the internationally bestselling author of BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THE BREAKDOWN, BRING ME BACK,
THE DILEMMA and THE THERAPIST. She worked in finance, and as a teacher, before beginning her writing career. She
lives in Surrey with her husband.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
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Lauren North
ALL THE WICKED GAMES
CHILLING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM AUTHOR OF
THE PERFECT BETRAYAL
AFTER FIVE YEARS, CLEO IS STILL NOT OVER THE NIGHT HER FRIENDSHIP
WITH RACHEL ENDED. THEN RACHEL DISAPPEARS, AND THE GAMES BEGIN...
‘A WONDERFULLY DARK, ADDICTIVE, INTRIGUING AND TWISTY READ’
Karen Hamilton
Are you ready to play?
Best friends Cleo and Rachel spend their evenings pretending to be people they're not, inventing elaborate stories to
escape the monotony of their real lives. It's all harmless fun - until they play the game on the wrong person...
It's your move now.
Five years later, Cleo is still struggling to come to terms with the night that destroyed her friendship with Rachel and
almost cost them their lives. And then she receives a text: Rachel is missing. Have you seen her?
There's only one person to blame.
Wracked with guilt for failing Rachel the last time they were in danger, Cleo races to find her friend. But could the past be
repeating itself? Only this time, they're caught up in a far darker game.
The rules don't matter when the goal is revenge.
UK paperback publication: 1st September 2022 UK e-book publication: 11th August 2022
368 pages
Praise for Lauren North:
'A deliciously gripping thriller; the twists blew my mind!' Emma Curtis
'A chilling thriller, perfect for a long weekend.' Daily Express
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Tanera Simons)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld (Imogen Nelson)
AUDIO: Transworld
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Previous titles:
SAFE AT HOME: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld; ONE STEP BEHIND: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld;
NORTH AMERICA: Berkley; FRENCH: Marabout / Hachette; POLISH: Foksal; THE PERFECT BETRAYAL /
THE PERFECT SON: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld; NORTH AMERICA: Berkley; CHINESE (simp.): Pioneer;
CZECH: Euromedia; FRENCH: Marabout / Hachette; KOREAN: TheNan; POLISH: Foksal; RUSSIAN: Eksmo
Lauren North studied psychology before moving to London where she lived and worked for many years. She loves
writing novels that delve into the darker side of relationships and family. She now lives with her family in the Suffolk
countryside and is writing her fifth novel, THE UGLY TRUTH, which is an examination of the dark side of wealth, fame
and the social media spotlight, told in a series of transcripts, interviews and diary entries.
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
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NO.1 KINDLE BESTSELLER
NO.1 AUDIBLE BESTSELLER
TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD
11 LANGUAGES
17 NOVELS
K.L. Slater is one of the biggest selling psychological thriller writers today.
A “fairy-tale” come true, K.L. Slater hit an incredible sales milestone of two million
copies in 2021. Her incredible imagination and amazing plotting skills shine with
each new novel, making her a star of the suspense genre. Hugely commercial with
millions of fans, if you haven’t read K.L. Slater, start now!
‘I HAVE GOBBLED UP EVERY BOOK BY THIS AUTHOR’ Angela Marsons
K.L. Slater is the number one bestselling author of seventeen psychological crime thrillers. She has sold
over two million copies of her books worldwide in ebook and audiobook formats. She has an MA in
Creative Writing and lives in Nottingham with her husband.
SPOTLIGHT ON
K.L. SLATER
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K.L. SLATER - THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE
OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD
NO.2 KINDLE BESTSELLER
17 NOVELS
LATEST RELEASES
MISSING UK e-book publication: 19th May 2022
My little girl’s room is dark. Her bed is empty. I turn on her unicorn nightlight and bury my face in her
pillow, my heart breaking. I know who did this. His name is Samuel Barlow. He has pale sallow skin and
red-rimmed icy-blue eyes. But no one will listen. As darkness falls and rain lashes against the window,
there’s a knock at my door and I open it to see those same eyes staring back at me. It’s his mother and
she says she can help me find my daughter. My gut feeling says don’t trust her. But as hopes of finding
my little girl fade with each passing hour, how can I turn away?
WORLD ENGLISH: Bookouture (Lydia Vassar-Smith)
THE WIDOW UK e-book publication: 12th November 2021 No.2 UK Kindle Bestseller Over 80,000 copies sold
The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world
fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they’d connected him to the
disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village. Now I stand at his funeral, clutching my little girl’s
hand, with tears in my eyes as I insist to all our friends that he died an innocent man. Yet the questions
have started, and nothing I say will stop them digging for the truth. But none of them can read the secrets
in my heart, or know about the phone I found hidden in his toolbox…I’m determined that my daughter will
not remember her father as a monster. I will erase any hint of wrongdoing in this house whatever the cost.
Because to keep my daughter safe, the last thing I need is for people to start looking at me…
WORLD ENGLISH: Bookouture; AUDIO: Audible
THE EVIDENCE UK e-book publication: 28th June 2021 No.11 UK Kindle Bestseller Over 70,000 copies sold
Everyone’s heard of Simone Fischer. The young mother accused of killing her husband in cold blood, one
sunny afternoon, while their son played in the room next door. So when journalist Esme secures an
exclusive interview with her it feels like the opportunity of a lifetime. Simone has remained silent since her
husband’s death but after a decade in prison, she is willing to talk to Esme. But not everyone is pleased
that Esme is telling Simone’s story. And when Esme’s beloved sister is left for dead in a nearby wood,
Esme’s life begins to unravel. Forced to question what Simone has told her, she can’t help but wonder if
murder was the only way out of Simone’s marriage. Why has it taken Simone so long to tell the world the
truth? And will the consequences be devastating for Esme?
WORLD ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Bookouture; AUDIO: Audible
ALSO BY K.L. SLATER:
THE MARRIAGE No.1 UK Kindle Bestseller Over 150,000 copies sold
THE GIRL SHE WANTED Over 50,000 copies sold
THE APARTMENT
LITTLE WHISPERS Top 20 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 100,000 copies sold
SINGLE Top 20 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 130,000 copies sold
THE SILENT ONES No.8 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 200,000 copies sold
FINDING GRACE No.9 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 140,000 copies sold
CLOSER No.7 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 120,000 copies sold
THE SECRET UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 130,000 copies sold
THE VISITOR Top 20 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 130,000 copies sold
THE MISTAKE No.2 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 280,000 copies sold
LIAR No.5 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 270,000 copies sold
BLINK No.2 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 310,000 copies sold
SAFE WITH ME No.6 UK Kindle Bestseller; Over 240,000 copies sold
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
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Anna-Lou Weatherley
THE NIGHT OF THE PARTY
NAIL-BITINGLY TENSE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST
THE DRAYTON FAMILY ARE ENJOYING A WONDERFUL DINNER TOGETHER,
THE WINE IS FLOWING. IT’S GOING TO BE AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING,
BUT ONE THE GUESTS WOULD PREFER TO FORGET
OVER 15,000 COPIES SOLD; TOP 10 EBOOK BESTSELLER; NO.1
AUSTRALIAN KINDLE BESTSELLER; NO.8 US KINDLE BESTSELLER
A doting mother
with a manipulative daughter.
A loving husband
lying to his family.
A close friend
keeping a shocking secret.
A beautiful girl… who will be dead by the end of the night.
UK publication: 12th January 2022
318 pages
Praise for Anna-Lou Weatherley:
‘I devoured this. A captivating, rollercoaster of a book. Loved it’ 5* NetGalley reviewer
‘Absolutely loved this book. Just brilliant and jaw dropping’ Once Upon a Time Book Reviews
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
WORLD ENGLISH: Bookouture
AUDIO: Audible
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Anna-Lou Weatherley began her award-winning career in women’s journalism, becoming the editor of two national
titles and contributing to a host of magazines and newspapers before writing novels full-time. She lives in London
with her partner, her two sons and her beloved dachshund, Iggy.
PYSCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
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Liza Costello
CROOKEDWOOD
COMPULSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM NEW
COMMERCIAL TALENT
CROOKEDWOOD IS A PEACEFUL MIDLANDS TOWN IN IRELAND, FULL OF
SECRETS, PAST AND PRESENT...
‘EERIE AND COMPULSIVE - ONCE I STARTED READING IT I COULDN'T STOP’
Andrea Carter
Sarah left her small Midlands town, Crookedwood, behind years ago for life in the city, where she's now an unlikely rising
star of the Dublin culinary scene.
She's back to help her disenchanted mother sell the family farm she wished for Sarah to inherit. One evening, while out
walking in the nearby woods, she hears an unsettling noise and is soon given chase by a man and his vicious dog. In the
days to follow - as painful memories resurface of another dark night in the woods years before - Sarah becomes convinced
that she is under threat, despite the reassurances of those around her.
But in Crookedwood, behind a façade of well-meaning, simple lives, lie hidden agendas and powerful interests that must be
protected.
One thing is clear. In order to survive Sarah must return to the dark place where it all began.
UK publication: Summer 2022
210 typescript pages
Praise for Liza Costello:
‘Liza Costello is a talented new voice on the Irish psychological thriller scene...[she] very much succeeds in ensuring that a
dark and eerie undercurrent pervades this entire book right until the last page’ Sunday Independent
‘A truly thrilling and uncertain narrative’ Irish Independent
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
IRELAND AND UK & COMMONWEALTH: Hachette Ireland (Ciara Considine)
AUDIO: Hachette Ireland
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Liza Costello has been writing as long as she can remember. Her short stories and poems have been published in various
magazines, including The Stinging Fly, The Irish Independent, Mslexia, The Manchester Review and The Interpreter’s
House, and have also been shortlisted for a number of writing competitions. An earlier version of THE ESTATE, her début
title, was released as an audiobook for Audible; narrated by Denise Gough, it was selected as an Audible Crime and
Thriller Pick of the Month and as an Editor’s Pick. Liza lives in the Irish midlands with her husband and two children.
THRILLER
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Polly Ho-Yen
DARK LULLABY
CHILLING AND COMPULSIVE SPECULATIVE THRILLER SET IN A
VIVIDLY IMAGINED NEAR-FUTURE
YOU LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER. BUT IN THIS WORLD OF SUSPICION AND
SURVEILLANCE, LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
‘THIS GRIPPING THRILLER HAS EVERYTHING: BEAUTIFUL WRITING, SHED-
LOADS OF TENSION, FAMILY DRAMA. IT MADE ME GRATEFUL FOR MY FRAGILE
FREEDOMS’ Emily Koch
Kit is an 'out', she doesn't want children. Infertility is universal and she has witnessed the agonies of her friends and sister
going through the painful and dangerous fertility treatment, Induction, and then struggling to keep their babies, and cannot
face going through it herself.
But then she meets Thomas, and gradually the idea of a baby becomes more and more important.
She and Thomas go through Induction and have a baby girl, Mimi. At first everything goes well but then the small mistakes,
ISPs (Insufficient Standard of Parenting), build up and suddenly Kit is face to face with the idea of losing Mimi, and she is
forced to ask herself how far she will go to keep her family together.
UK publication: 23rd March 2021
320 pages
Praise for DARK LULLABY:
‘A heart-wrenching and beautifully told novel. One of the most important books to be published in 2021’ Marion Womack
‘A heart-throbbing, nail-biting story that is filled with any mother’s worst fears’ The Publishing Planet
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Clare Wallace) POLISH: Insignis
WORLD ENGLISH: Titan (Cath Trechman) SPANISH: Minotauro
AUDIO: Titan FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
CZECH: Albatros Media
GERMAN: Piper
Polly Ho-Yen studied English at Birmingham University before working in publishing for several years. She has written
eight children’s books and this is her first adult fiction title.
DÉBUT
SPECULATIVE THRILLER
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G.X. Todd
THE DEFENDER SERIES
AN EPIC MARRYING OF THE WORLDS OF BIRDBOX AND THE ROAD WITH THE
HEART OF TRUE GRIT AND THE STAND
GUARDIAN
‘LIFTED WAY ABOVE OTHER NOVELS IN THE GENRE...SUPERB’
INDEPENDENT
‘INCREDIBLY ACCOMPLISHED AND IMPRESSIVE’
4. GHOSTS
Seven years ago, the voices came. Some people could hear and others despised them for it. As death and destruction
spread, a ghostly figure was waiting in the shadows. Now the Flitting Man is ready to show his face - and no one is safe.
Pilgrim was made for this broken world. He's chosen his path and will stop at nothing to see it through. Lacey grew up in
this changing world. She's lost almost everything to the Flitting Man, but her fight isn't over yet. Albus sees this world as
others cannot. And the friends that he's kept safe are facing terrible danger. Addison belongs to a very different world. She
might just be the future, if she survives...
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline; AUDIO: Headline
3. SURVIVORS
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who hear voices, and those who want to silence them. Pilgrim is a man
with a past he can't remember. When he wakes alone in a shallow grave, there is a voice in his head that doesn't belong to
him. It explains who he is and what he's done. It tells him he has one purpose: to find a girl named Lacey. As Pilgrim is
drawn north to Missouri in search of Lacey, he must also travel back to where it all began - to those he left behind. War is
coming, and Pilgrim is going to need all the allies he can get. SURVIVORS explores what it means to be an outcast
searching for a place to belong.
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline; AUDIO: Headline
2. HUNTED
The hunt for the girl, Lacey, is on. One man is tormented by an inner voice that isn't his. It eats away at his sanity and, with
cruel precision, orders the lawless to follow him. Their mission is to find the girl, steal what she knows... and kill. In an Inn
by the sea, Albus gathers a family of warriors and waits to be called upon. He doesn't know yet why Lacey is important, but
he trusts his sister. And Ruby says he must find the girl - before it's too late. A great power lives in Lacey and she has a
destiny to fulfil. Whether for good or ill remains to be seen…
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline; AUDIO: Headline; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL): Record
1. DEFENDER
In a world where long drinks are in short supply, it's dangerous to listen to your inner voice. Those who do, keep it quiet.
But one man listens to the voice in his head telling him to buy a lemonade from the girl sitting on a dusty road. There is a
reason why Pilgrim and Lacey must cross paths. They just don't know it yet...
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline; AUDIO: Headline; CZECH: Dobrovsky; POLISH: Filia; PORTUGUESE (BRAZIL):
Record
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CRIME
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NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
NO.1 SPIEGEL BESTSELLER
OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD
24 LANGUAGES
12 NOVELS
NOBODY DOES IT LIKE CHRIS CARTER: THE KING OF
THE SERIAL KILLER THRILLER
Born and raised in Brazil, Chris Carter trained and worked as a criminal psychologist
in LA, which later became the back drop for his Detective Robert Hunter thrillers.
He later travelled the world as a session musician before settling in London, where he
wrote his first of many bestselling novels, THE CRUCIFIX KILLER.
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SPOTLIGHT ON
CHRI S C A RT ER
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Chris Carter
GENESIS
TWELFTH VISCERAL THRILLER IN THE INTERNATIONALLY
BESTSELLING ROBERT HUNTER SERIES
A KILLING LIKE NO OTHER. A CASE THAT WILL TEST HIM TO THE LIMIT. HAS
ROBERT HUNTER FINALLY MET HIS MATCH?
NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES HARDBACK BESTSELLER; NO.1 GERMAN BESTSELLER;
SOLD IN 24 LANGUAGES; OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD
'WONDERFUL STORYTELLING, WITH A SUPERBLY DRAWN KILLER, IT
UNDERLINES EXACTLY HOW GOOD CARTER HAS BECOME’ Daily Mail
Do you believe the Devil exists, Detective?' the officer at the end of the line asks. 'Because if you don't... I'm sure
you will once you get here.'
This is how Robert Hunter is called to one of the most vicious crime scenes he has ever attended. The disturbing nature of
the murder is heightened when the autopsy reveals a poem, left by the killer, inside the body of their victim.
When another murder occurs, the methods and signature of each death differ so greatly that forensics fail to link the two
crimes. But then a second part of the killer's poem is found, implying that the murders are only just beginning.
Robert Hunter must now catch the most disciplined and systematic murderer that he has ever encountered. A killer who
thrives on the victims' fear and to whom, death is a lesson that needs to be taught.
UK paperback publication: 18th August 2022 www.chriscarterbooks.com
512 pages
Praise for Chris Carter:
'Former criminal psychologist Carter knows what he's talking about when it comes to creating bone-chilling serial killers, so
be prepared for a terror ride' Heat
'Carter has a background in criminal psychology and the killers at the centre of his novels are all the more terrifying for it'
Mail on Sunday
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UK & COMMONWEALTH: Simon & Schuster (Bethan Jones)
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GERMAN: Ullstein
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Chris Carter was born in Brazil. After graduating high school he moved to the USA where he studied psychology and
worked as a Criminal Psychologist for several years. His novels have been met with wide acclaim and he is a consistent
bestseller in the UK, Denmark and Germany. He currently lives in London and is writing his next novel.
SERIAL KILLER THRILLER
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Stephen Spotswood
SECRETS TYPED IN BLOOD:
A PENTECOST AND PARKER NOVEL
THE THIRD PENTECOST AND PARKER NOVEL - AN ICONIC
CRIME-SOLVING DUO
SOMEONE IS BRINGING JOURNALIST HOLLY QUICK’S PULP DETECTIVE
STORIES TO LIFE, LEAVING A TRAIL OF BLOOD SOAKED BODIES BEHIND...
BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK; SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY
NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD 2021; WINNER OF THE NERO AWARD 2021;
SHORTLISTED FOR THE LGBTQ MYSTERY LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD 2022
‘MY FAVOURITE NEW SLEUTHING DUO’ New York Times Book Review
New York City, 1947: For years, Holly Quick has made a good living off of murder, filling up the pages of pulp detective
magazines with gruesome tales of revenge. Now someone is bringing her stories to life and leaving a trail of blood-soaked
bodies behind. With the threat of another murder looming, and reluctant to go to the police, Holly turns to the best
crime-solving duo in or out of the pulps, Willowjean “Will” Parker and her boss, famed detective Lillian Pentecost.
Soon the pair are diving into an underground world of people obsessed with murder and the men and women who commit
them. Can the killer be found in the Black Museum Club, run by a philanthropist whose collection of grim murder
memorabilia may not be enough to satisfy his lust for the homicidal? Or is it Holly Quick’s pair of editors, who read about
murder all day, but clearly aren’t telling the full story?
With victims seemingly chosen at random and a murderer who thrives on spectacle, the case has the great Lillian Pentecost
questioning her methods. But whatever she does, she’d better do it fast. Holly Quick has a secret, too and it’s about to bring
death right to Pentecost and Parker’s doorstep.
US hardback publication: Autumn 2022
TBC pages
Praise for the PENTECOST AND PARKER novels:
'A loving, intricately plotted tribute to the great days of American noir’ Daily Mail
‘Spotswood’s ability to subvert genre tropes with intriguing and distinctive characters… make this whodunit a delightfully
unusual read. Readers will look forward to Pentecost and Parker’s further adventures’ Publishers Weekly
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
NORTH AMERICAN: Doubleday (Bill Thomas)
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UKRAINAN
Stephen Spotswood is an award-winning playwright, and spends much of his time creating genre-bending, female-centric
stories for the stage. When not in rehearsal, he works as a medical journalist. He lives with his wife in Washington DC. He is
currently writing the fourth novel in the Pentecost and Parker series.
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Stephen Spotswood
THE PENTECOST AND PARKER MYSTERIES
RIGHTS SOLD IN 11 LANGUAGES
‘A DELIGHT... IT’S A PLEASURE TO WATCH PENTECOST AND PARKER’
New York Times Book Review
'RAZOR-SHARP, TONS OF FLAIR AND A SNAPPY SENSE OF HUMOUR'
Tana French
'A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED, AUSPICIOUS FIRST ENTRY IN WHAT WE MUST HOPE WILL
BE A LONG-RUNNING SERIES'
Irish Times
MURDER UNDER HER SKIN UK publication: 7th December 2021 US publication: 7th December 2021
New York, 1946: The last time Will Parker let a case get personal, she walked away with a broken face, a bruised ego, and the
solemn promise never again to let her heart get in the way of her job. But she called Hart and Halloway’s Travelling Circus and
Sideshow home for five years, and Ruby Donner, the circus’s tattooed ingenue, was her friend. To make matters worse the
prime suspect is Valentin Kalishenko, the man who taught Will everything she knows about putting a knife where it needs to
go. To suss out the real killer and keep Kalishenko from a date with the electric chair, Will and Ms. Pentecost join the circus in
sleepy Stoppard, Virginia, where the locals like their tails mild, the past buried, and big-city detectives not at all. The two swiftly
find themselves lost in a funhouse of lies as Will begins to realize that her former circus compatriots aren’t playing it straight, and
that her ed friend might have been hiding a lot of secrets beneath all that ink. Dodging fistfights, firebombs, and flying lead, Will
puts a lot more than her heart on the line in the search of the truth. Can she find it before someone stops her ticker for good?
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Blanvalet; ITALIAN: Mondadori; RUSSIAN: Eksmo; UKRAINE: ZHORZH; FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE DEAD UK publication: 12th November 2020 US publication: 12th November 2020
It's 1945 and Lillian Pentecost is the most successful private detective in New York City, but she needs help. Enter Willowjean
Parker, a circus runaway - and the perfect assistant. Quick-witted and street-smart, she's a jack-of-all-trades with a unique
skill-set. She can pick locks blindfolded, wrestle men twice her size, and throw knives with deadly precision - all of which come in
handy working for Ms P. When wealthy young widow Abigail Collins is murdered Pentecost and Parker are hired by the family to
track down the culprit. On Halloween night, there was a costume party at the Collins' mansion, where a fortune teller performed a
séance which greatly disturbed Abigail. Several hours later her body was discovered bludgeoned to death in her late husband's
office. Problem is, the door to the office was locked from the inside. There was no-one else in the room, and the murder weapon
was beside the victim; the fortune teller's crystal ball. It looks like an impossible crime, but Pentecost and Parker know there is
no such thing...
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Wildfire / Headline; NORTH AMERICAN: Doubleday; CATALAN: Univers; COMP. CHINESE: Chi
Ming; FRENCH: Calmann Levy; GERMAN: Blanvalet; GREEK: Harlenic Hellas; ITALIAN: Mondadori; JAPANESE: Tokyo
Sogensha; POLISH: Publicat; RUSSIAN: Eksmo; SPANISH: Ediciones B; UKRAINE: ZHORZH; FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available
CRIME SET IN MID-CENTURY NEW YORK
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Tana French
THE SEARCHER
A LITERARY MASTERPIECE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES AND
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
NO.2 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER; NO.9 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER;
NO.1 GERMAN SPIEGEL BESTSELLER; OVER 7 MILLION COPIES SOLD
WORLDWIDE; SOLD IN 39 LANGUAGES
‘ONE OF THE MOST COMPULSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERIES SINCE DONNA
TARTT’S THE SECRET HISTORY’ Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After 25 years in the Chicago police
force, and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much
happens.
But then a local kid comes looking for his help. His brother has gone missing, and no one, least of all the police, seems to
care. Cal wants nothing to do with any kind of investigation, but somehow he can't make himself walk away.
Soon Cal will discover that even in the most idyllic small town, secrets lie hidden, people aren't always what they seem,
and trouble can come calling at his door.
UK paperback publication: 14th October 2021 US publication: 6th October 2021 www.tanafrench.com
400 pages
Praise for THE SEARCHER:
‘I didn’t want it to end’ Harriet Tyce
‘This is completely, indescribably magnificent. Tana French is a pure genius’ Marian Keyes
‘French’s portrayal of intimate village dynamics is nuanced and compelling’ New Yorker
‘Taught, chiseled and propulsive’ Vogue
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson) JAPANESE: Hayakawa
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Viking (Katy Loftus) MACEDONIAN: TRI Publishing
NORTH AMERICAN: Viking (Andrea Schulz) POLISH: Albatros
CROATIAN: Profil ROMANIAN: Nemira
CZECH: Argo RUSSIAN: Phantom Press
FRENCH: Calmann-Lévy SPANISH: Alianza
GERMAN: Fischer SWEDISH: Modernista
GREEK: Metaixmio TURKISH: Ithaki
ITALIAN: Einaudi
LITHUANIAN: Baltos Lankos
Tana French grew up in Ireland, Italy, the USA and Malawi and now lives in Dublin with her family. Tana is the author of
the six Dublin Murder Squad novels, which have been adapted for the BBC by Euston Films, released in October 2019,
and the bestselling standalones, THE WYCH ELM and THE SEARCHER. She is currently writing her next novel.
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Tana French
MULTI AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
OVER 7 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
DUBLIN MURDER SQUAD SERIES - SOLD IN 39 LANGUAGES
‘THIS IS GOOD WORK BY A GOOD WRITER. FOR THE READER, WHAT LUCK’
Stephen King
‘THE WORD “UNPUTDOWNABLE” WAS COINED FOR NOVELS LIKE THIS. AN
ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE’
John Boyne
‘A TRULY GREAT WRITER’
Gillian Flynn
‘INSPIRES CULTIC DEVOTION IN READERS. . . MOST CRIME FICTION IS
DIVERTING; FRENCH'S IS CONSUMING’
The New Yorker
‘CEMENTS FRENCH’S PLACE IN THE FIRST RANK OF LITERARY NOVELISTS’
Observer
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CRIME
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Tim Weaver
THE BLACKBIRD
THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED ELEVENTH DAVID RAKER THRILLER
FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
WHEN CATE AND AIDEN’S CAR PLUNGES INTO A NINETY-FOOT RAVINE, THERE
SHOULD BE EVIDENCE. BUT THE CAR IS EMPTY. THE COUPLE HAVE VANISHED
A NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD;
TWO-TIME RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB AUTHOR; NO.1 KINDLE BESTSELLER;
RIGHTS SOLD IN 15 LANGUAGES
‘WEAVER IS THE MASTER OF CLEVER, UNPREDICTABLE PLOTS’ Claire Douglas
AN IMPOSSIBLE DISAPPEARANCE
Just before the crash, Cate and Aiden Gascoigne are recorded on CCTV. The couple are laughing, happy. Then their car
plunges into a ninety-foot ravine. Within seconds, the vehicle is an inferno, but when fire crews arrive, they find something
impossible. Cate and Aiden have vanished.
A NOTORIOUS MURDER
Missing persons investigator David Raker is hired by Cate’s family to find out what happened. But this is a mystery that won’t
easily give up its secrets. As Raker links Cate and Aiden’s disappearance to an unsolved thirty-year-old murder, he doesn’t
realise he’s set something terrible in motion…
UK hardback publication: 9th June 2022 www.timweaverbooks.com
500 pages
Praise for Tim Weaver:
'Smart, pacy and completely gripping - you'll feel like you're right in the thick of the action. A five-star thriller' T.M. Logan
‘Buckle up – this is one serious pulse-pounder’ Heat
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Penguin / Michael Joseph (Maxine Hitchcock)
AUDIO: Michael Joseph
CZECH: Mystery Press
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Please enquire (Sheila David)
OPTIONS IN DENMARK; FINLAND; ITALY; POLAND; TURKEY
Tim Weaver is the Sunday Times bestselling author of eleven David Raker thrillers, and the short story collection THE
SHADOW AT THE DOOR. He has been nominated for a National Book Award, twice selected for the Richard and Judy
Book Club, and shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. He is also the host and producer of the
chart-topping Missing podcast, which features experts in the field discussing missing persons investigations from every
angle. A former journalist and magazine editor, he lives near Bath with his wife and daughter. He is currently writing his
twelfth David Raker novel and working on original material for the screen.
MYSTERY / THRILLER
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Martyn Ford
LITTLE RED CROSSES
THE THIRD STANDALONE THRILLER FROM NO.1 EBOOK
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
A SERIAL KILLER IS TARGETING THE CLASS OF ‘99. WITH BODIES MOUNTING
UP, FORMER STUDENT RUBY SHAW MUST STOP THE CULPRIT BEFORE IT'S
TOO LATE…
‘A TERRIFIC THRILLER, A MASH-UP OF OZARK, BREAKING BAD AND THE
SHIELD. PACY AND FULL OF SURPRISES’ Tariq Ashkanani
They met for their twenty-year school reunion. Now three of them are dead. And the killer’s just getting started.
National Crime Agency profiler, Ruby Shaw, has a good career working abroad, miles from her small home town of
Missbrook Bay. It’s been a long time since she thought of her secondary school days.
But when a serial killer targets fellow students from her school year, she must return to her old life in the UK. Knowing the
victims and likely suspects, Ruby puts her school year photo on the wall and begins crossing faces out. A pattern is
emerging. And it’s only a matter of time before she’s in the crosshairs.
Ruby must work with old friends and enemies alike to figure out who’s behind the violence and what else connects the
victims. But with those little red crosses mounting up, time running out and all eyes on her, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
It seems everyone in this strange town has a secret. And the deeper Ruby delves into their past, the darker things become.
Because something bad happened all those years ago. But the truth – that all-important explanation for all this death –
might be closer to home than Ruby had ever feared.
UK publication: 6th December 2022 www.martyn-ford.com
395 pages
Praise for Martyn Ford:
‘A masterly piece of writing, tightly delivered and played at an exhilarating pace. One of the best thrillers of 2021, Ford
writes with the flourish of a born storyteller, the plot twisting and writhing like a bottomless snake pit’ Carol Wyer
‘Ford masterfully combines sharp prose, compelling characters and a brilliantly twisted plot. I didn't want this taut thriller to
end’ Polly Ho-Yen
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Clare Wallace)
WORLD ENGLISH: Thomas & Mercer (Leodora Darlington)
AUDIO: Thomas & Mercer
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Previous titles:
ALL OUR DARKEST SECRETS: WORLD ENGLISH: Thomas & Mercer; EVERY MISSING THING: WORLD ENGLISH:
Thomas & Mercer
Martyn Ford is critically-acclaimed Faber Children’s author. His middle-grade novels include the Imagination Box series
and the standalone, CHESTER PARSONS IS NOT A GORILLA. He worked for many years as a newspaper reporter. He is
currently working on his fourth standalone thriller.
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
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YOU DON’T KNOW ME PRIMETIME BBC ONE SERIES
COMING TO NETFLIX GLOBALLY SUMMER 2022
RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
TELEGRAPH BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
7 LANGUAGES
Imran Mahmood is a practising criminal barrister with more than 25 years' experience. His
début novel, YOU DON’T KNOW ME (Michael Joseph), was chosen by Simon Mayo as a BBC
Radio 2 Book Club Choice, was longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year, the
CWA Gold Dagger, 2018 and was shortlisted for The Glass Bell Award, 2018.
Imran is currently writing original content for TV and his fourth novel.
RIGHTS SOLD IN:
CZECH; ITALIAN; POLISH; PORTUGUESE; ROMANIAN; RUSSIAN and TURKISH
SPOTLIGHT ON
I M R A N M A HM OO D
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Imran Mahmood
ALL I SAID WAS TRUE
CRIME FICTION’S MASTER OF UNRELIABLE NARRATION RETURNS
WITH THIS GRIPPING NOVEL ABOUT FREEDOM, CONTROL AND BETRAYAL
LAYLA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF A MURDER SHE DENIES. BUT AS SHE SITS IN A
POLICE CELL COVERED IN THE VICTIM’S BLOOD… IS SHE REALLY INNOCENT?
‘MAHMOOD JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER’ Simon Lelic
When Amy Blahn was murdered on a London office rooftop, Layla Mahoney was there. She held Amy as she died. But all
she can say when police arrest her is that 'It was Michael. Find Michael and you'll find out everything you need to know.'
The problem is, the police can't find Michael - there is no evidence that he exists. And time is running out before they have
to either charge Layla with Amy's murder, or let her go.
As a lawyer, Layla knows that she has only forty-eight hours to convince police to investigate the man she knows only as
'Michael' instead of her. But the more she attempts to control her interviews with police, the more the truth leaks out - and
how much of that truth can Layla risk being exposed?
UK publication: 21st July 2022
320 pages
Praise for ALL I SAID WAS TRUE:
‘A suspenseful and intriguing thriller, layered with authenticity and told with real poise’ Victoria Selman
‘A killer combination of beautiful prose and a bloody great story’ Ayisha Malik
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Raven Books / Bloomsbury (Sara Helen Binney)
AUDIO: Audible
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Previous titles:
I KNOW WHAT I SAW: UK & COMMONWEALTH: Raven Books / Bloomsbury; AUDIO: Audible; ITALIAN: Fanucci;
ROMANIAN: Rao; RUSSIAN: Storytel Russia; FILM & TV RIGHTS: Under option; YOU DON’T KNOW ME: UK &
COMMONWEALTH: Michael Joseph; CZECH: Dobrovsky; ITALIAN: Fanucci; POLISH: Czarna Owca; PORTUGUESE:
Bertrand Editora; ROMANIAN: Rao Editura; RUSSIAN: Storytel Russia; TURKISH: Indigo Kitap; FILM & TV RIGHTS: Now
available on streaming services
CRIME / LITERARY
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G.R. Halliday
UNDER THE MARSH
THIRD HAUNTING CRIME THRILLER IN THE CRITICALLY
ACCLAIMED DI MONICA KENNEDY SERIES
A NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLER WHO HAS NEVER CONFESSED. TWELVE
YEARS LATER SHE’S READY TO TALK...
‘A DEFT PAGE-TURNER THAT DOESN'T DISAPPOINT’ Andrew Greig
Twelve years ago DI Monica Kennedy caught the notorious serial killer Pauline Tosh, imprisoning her for life.
When Tosh asks Monica to visit her at the remote Highlands Carselang prison, the detective thinks she's playing games.
But then Tosh hands her a hand-drawn map with a cross marking the desolate marsh lands near Inverness and Monica
can't ignore it - she was always convinced there were more victims out there.
And when a body is discovered it looks like they've found a new name from Tosh's kill list.
But things are never that simple...
UK publication: 21st July 2022
384 pages
Praise for UNDER THE MARSH:
‘A fabulously atmospheric read. Thoroughly enjoyed the past and present strands that kept me guessing throughout. So
cleverly done’ Deborah Masson
‘Perfectly paced and deliciously misleading’ L.V. Matthews
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Harvill Secker (Katie Ellis-Brown / Dredheza Maloku)
AUDIO: Harvill Secker
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Options in CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY; SWEDEN
G.R. Halliday was born in Edinburgh and grew up near Stirling in Scotland. He spent his childhood obsessing over the
unexplained mysteries his father investigated, which has proved excellent inspiration for his début, FROM THE
SHADOWS, which was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Debut Prize 2019. G.R. Halliday now lives in the rural Highlands
outside of Inverness, where he is able to pursue his favourite pastimes of mountain climbing and swimming in the sea,
before returning home to his band of semi-feral cats. He is currently writing his fourth DI Monica Kennedy novel.
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Martina Cole
LOYALTY
THE 26TH PHENOMENAL THRILLER FROM THE QUEEN OF
CRIME
WINNER OF THE CWA DIAMOND DAGGER AWARD 2021 - THE HIGHEST
HONOUR IN BRITISH CRIME WRITING
A NO.1 BESTSELLING PHENOMENON. OVER 16 MILLION COPIES SOLD; MORE
NO.1 ORIGINAL BESTSELLERS THAN ANY OTHER AUTHOR
‘SUPERSTAR CRIME WRITER’ This Morning
Don’t miss the explosive new novel from the Martina Cole!
If you want to survive in this world there’s one thing you need to value above all else: loyalty.
UK publication: 26th January 2023 www.martinacole.co.uk
448 pages
Praise for Martina Cole:
‘Cole writes as she sees it, refuses to patronize or condescend to either her characters or fans’ Independent on Sunday
‘Her gripping plots pack a mean emotional punch’ Mail on Sunday
‘Crime-Queen Martina Cole dispatches yet another grimy tale’ i Paper
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Headline (Mari Evans)
AUDIO: Headline
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Darley Anderson)
Martina Cole was born and brought up in Essex. She is the bestselling author of 25 novels set in London’s gangland. She
continues to be unmatched in her phenomenal success. Martina divides her time between Kent and Cyprus - when she
can.
CRIME / THRILLER
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Martina Cole - THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF CRIME
WINNER OF THE CWA DIAMOND DAGGER AWARD 2021 -
THE HIGHEST HONOUR IN BRITISH CRIME WRITING
OVER 16 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
SOLD IN 33 LANGUAGES
26 NOVELS IN HER OWN GENRE - PART CRIME, PART SAGA, PART
GANGLAND THRILLER
MORE ORIGINAL FICTION NO.1’S THAN ANY OTHER AUTHOR
SEVEN NOVELS ADAPTED FOR SCREEN; TWO NOVELS ADAPTED
FOR STAGE
‘SHE’S A TOTAL ONE OFF’
Guardian
‘GRITTY AND CONVINCING…THE STUFF OF LEGEND’
Mirror
‘MARTINA COLE IS A ONE WOMAN POWERHOUSE’
The Sun
RIGHTS AVAILABLE IN:
BULGARIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; CROATIA; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; ICELAND; JAPAN; KOREA; LITHUANIA;
RUSSIA; SERBIA; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; THE NETHERLANDS; UKRAINE
All Film/TV rights are under option.
For translation rights information please contact Mary Darby mary@darleyanderson.com
Visit the author’s website at www.martinacole.co.uk
CRIME / THRILLER
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Jacqui Rose
THE STREETS
THE NEW HARD-HITTING GANGLAND CRIME THRILLER FROM
BESTSELLING AUTHOR
EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE. SOME HAVE A LOT TO LOSE.
‘GRITTY AND GRIPPING’ Kimberley Chambers
Ten years ago, Jo Martin was released from prison after serving twelve years of a life sentence. She is now out on
licence – and she isn’t Jo anymore. Given a new identity by the courts, and with a different appearance, a ready-made
history and even a change of age, Jo can pretend to be anyone...
‘Cookie’ Mackenzie is not only Ned Reid’s lover, she also works for him. She supplies the girls – and boys – for Ned’s
clients. There’s always some runaway kid who needs shelter.
Natalie Ellis works at Barney’s bar, she’s a fierce and loyal friend, a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear but should
everyone really trust her to keep their secrets?
Lorni Duncan needs to keep running, always looking over her shoulder, especially with a young child in tow. But how will
she survive? The refuges are full, and the last thing Lorni needs is the authorities getting involved. Who is she is trying
escape from?
Everyone has something to hide and a lot to lose, but which of them did Jo become?
UK paperback publication: 26th May 2022
400 pages
Praise for Jacqui Rose:
‘A captivating read from one of my favourite authors’ Mel Sherratt
‘A thrilling and gripping novel’ Roberta Kray
WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Darley Anderson)
UK & COMMONWEALTH: Pan Macmillan (Wayne Brookes)
FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David)
Option in CZECH (Domino)
Jacqui Rose is the author of thirteen British crime novels including DISOBEY and DISHONOUR. She is currently writing
her fourteenth novel.
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