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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WOMEN’S FICTION ………………………………………...…………...4

LITERARY…………….………………………………..……...…………..28

HISTORICAL………………………………………..……………………34

CRIME,THRILLER & PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER…………………....41

FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION……….……………………..……..55

ROMANTIC COMEDY….……………………………………...………...57

TOLKIEN & FANTASTIC BEASTS………………………………...……..68

SAGA………………………………………………………..……………76

DIGITAL FIRST PUBLISHING: FEEL GOOD…………………..………...82

DIGITAL FIRST PUBLISHING: CRIME & THRILLER………………….….97

RECENTLY PUBLISHED……………………………………………...…111

WOMEN’S FICTION

About the author

HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS 5 LONDON BOOKFAIR 2019

ABOUT THAT NIGHT

Elaine Bedell has been Controllerof Entertainment at the BBC andDirector of Entertainment &Comedy at ITV, commissioningand producing most of the UK’smost popular entertainmentincluding X Factor, Strictly ComeDancing, Britain’s Got Talent, TopGear and Saturday Night Takeaway.She has won a BAFTA and aBritish Comedy award and iscurrently the Chief Executive ofthe Southbank centre. She lives inHackney and is married with twochildren.

SOMETIMES IT ONLY TAKES ONE NIGHT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING

Elizabeth Place might have been jilted by her fiancé on her wedding dayone year ago, but at least she’s still got her brilliant job producing one ofthe biggest shows on TV!

But when larger-than-life TV host, Ricky Clough, dies live on air, her lifeis sent spinning out of control. And with foul play suspected, the spotlightis turned firmly on his colleagues – especially Hutch, the man desperatefor Ricky’s job, and who Elizabeth is secretly dating.

As her world comes crashing down around her, Elizabeth realises thatperhaps the only person she can really trust, is herself.

Elaine Bedell

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About That Night reveals the dark underworld of the TV industry, filled with secrets, scandals and salacious rumours

Sharp, amusing women’s fiction perfect for fans of David Nicholls,Nick Hornby and Holly Bourne

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THE NEWCOMER

Fern Britton is the highlyacclaimed author of seven SundayTimes bestselling novels. Herbooks are cherished for theirwarmth, wit and wisdom, and havewon Fern legions of loyal readers.Fern has been a judge for theCosta Book of the Year Awardand is a supporter of the ReadingAgency, promoting literacy andreading.

Previous rights sold to: ProszynskiMedia (Polish)

New beginnings. Old secrets. A summer she’ll never forget…

The sun is shining down on the Cornish village of Pendruggan, and, as theblossom on the trees begins to flower, a newcomer is causing quite a stir.

Reverend Angela Whitehorn wants to make a difference to the parish.From organising running mornings to a new women’s club, Angela findsherself welcomed into the heart of Pendruggan.

Though it seems not everyone is happy for her to shake things up, and,when Angela starts to receive anonymous poison pen letters, she learnsthat the biggest secrets are closer to home.

Praise for Fern Britton:

‘Incredibly atmospheric’ Sun

‘A heartfelt novel about family secrets and atonement’ Woman & Home

‘A book to truly lose yourself in’ Sunday Times bestseller Milly Johnson

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Fern is a Sunday Times bestseller. Her last hardback, Coming Home, was her biggest selling novel since her debut, leaping into the Sunday Times list at No.5. It has now sold over 100,000K across formats

Another idyllic Cornish escape with warmth, wit and characterfulstorytelling

Fern has had an incredible period of sales growth – her hardback sales doubled last year, making it her best year of chart success

Fern’s stories are broadening in scope and this book taps into modern women’s fiction themes; from feeling like an outsider, to being a mum of a teen, to breast cancer and a community pulling together

She was #1 women’s fiction hardback author last spring

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HOW TO SAY GOODBYE

Katy sold all she owned, filled abackpack and booked a one-wayticket to south east Asia andnever looked back. The acclaimedtravel blogger's experiencesinspired her to pen 'The LonelyHearts Travel Club' series and sawher labelled the 'BackpackingBridget Jones' by the global media.

www.notwedordead.com@notwedordead

Previous rights sold to: HarperCollins (Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish)

A HEART-WRENCHING STORY OF LOVE, LOSS – AND HOW TO SAY GOODBYE TO THOSE WHO AREN’T AROUND TO HEAR IT

No-one is ever happy to see Grace Salmon.

As a funeral arranger, she’s responsible for steering strangers throughthe hardest day of their lives. It’s not a task many would want – but, forGrace, giving people the chance to say a proper goodbye to the onesthey love is the most important job in the world.

From the flowers in the church to the drinks served at the wake, Graceknows it’s the personal touches that count – and it’s amazing what youcan find out about someone from their grieving relatives … or theirFacebook page. But when she accidentally finds out too much aboutsomeone who’s died, Grace is finally forced to step out of the shadows…and start living.

Praise for Katy Colins:

‘Katy writes with humour and heart. The Lonely Hearts Travel Club is likeBridget Jones goes backpacking.' Holly Martin, author of The White CliffBay series

‘I cannot recommend this book enough. It is beautifully written with abrilliant plot and fantastic characters. READ IT!!’ Blabbering About Books

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The story of a funeral arranger, it takes an unflinching look at death and dying as well as introducing a damaged and quirky heroine who’s the perfect heir to Eleanor Oliphant.

Emotional, topical contemporary women’s fiction for fans of HannahBeckerman, Rosie Walsh and Jojo Moyes

Katy Colins’ Lonely Hearts Travel series has sold over 50K in eBook and paperback.

Katy is a former journalist with over 40K Instagram followers

About the author


MUMMY NEEDS A BREAK

Susan Edmunds is a journalist andmother, living and working in NewZealand.

With a devilish toddler and baby number two on the way, Rachel’s bigdream is to one day go to the toilet on her own. So, she’s surprised todiscover that her husband has found the time to have an exciting affairwhile she’s been bringing up their family.

Suddenly, Rachel is left wrangling with a child who will only eat crackersand a 35-week bump. She knows even Mumsnet isn’t going to solve this.

What Rachel needs is a handsome, good-with-children, single man. Butshe can barely leave the house without a stain on her top and child onher hip. How on earth can she claim her life back, let alone think aboutdating?

Susan Edmunds

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Extremely relatable story, with a heroine you can’t help warming to – even if her revenge plans do get a bit out of hand!

A hilarious story of the ups and downs of unexpected singlemotherhood, the perfect laugh-out-loud romance for fans of WhyMummy Drinks, The Unmumsy Mum and The Not So Perfect Mum

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THE MOVE

Felicity Everett grew up inManchester and attended SussexUniversity. After an early career inchildren’s publishing and freelancewriting, which produced morethan twenty-five works ofchildren’s fiction and non-fiction,Felicity’s debut adult novel TheStory of Us was published in 2011.She has just returned from fouryears in Australia and lives inGloucestershire.

Previous rights sold to: Beta (Czech), HarperCollins (Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, US English)

Karen is driving through a strange landscape into a new life. Always a citygirl, now she is on her way to an idyllic country cottage, refurbished forher with impeccable taste by her husband Nick. They’re making a freshstart.

But something is awry in the new house – it’s not just the fact that Karenand Nick are ill at ease in one another’s company – that their recenthistory is far from picture perfect, it’s the whole vibe. The landscape isbreathtaking by day, eerie by night. If the countryside is supposed to be aplace of peace, far away from curtain twitchers, who is the personwatching them from the hill? And who are their new neighbours?

With Karen only recently emerging from a dark place in her life, can shefind the trust in her husband Nick to let go of events that have followedthem to their new house?

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Felicity Everett writes dark, sharp contemporary fiction, exploring relationships in the vein of Jane Fallon and Adele Parks

From the author of The People at Number 9, a new story ofnightmare neighbours

The People at Number 9 has sold over 20K TCM and was a BooksellerHeatseeker and chosen by Red magazine as a Book of the Year

The People at Number 9 is currently in development with Lionsgate as a UK returning series drama

‘An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw.’ Adele Parks

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RULES OF THE ROAD

Ciara Geraghty was born andraised in Dublin. She startedwriting in her thirties and hasn’tlooked back. She has threechildren and one husband andthey have recently adopted a dogwho, alongside their youngestdaughter, is in charge of prettymuch everything.

Rights sold: Meulenhoff Boekerij(Dutch), Goldmann (German), DeAgostini (Italian), Park Row (USEnglish)

When Iris Armstrong goes missing, her best friend Terry, wife, motherand all-round worrier, is convinced something bad has happened.

And when she finds her glamorous, feisty friend, she’s right: Iris is settingout on a journey that she plans to make her last.

The only way for Terry to stop Iris is to join her, on a road trip that willtake her, Iris and Terry’s confused father Eugene onto a ferry, across theIrish sea and into an adventure that will change all of their lives.

Somehow, what should be the worst six days of Terry’s life turn into thebest.

Reviews

‘A superb writer… the Irish Jojo Moyes. Her books are beautifullywritten, and infused with warmth, humour and human understanding’Irish Examiner

‘A touching, tender, often funny story about love in all its messy,uncertain glory . . . with a hero who will find a place in your heart’ JulieCohen on Now That I’ve Found You

‘You will feel all the feelings – we can't remember the last time werooted for two characters quite as much’ Heat

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Honest and clear-eyed about family, ageing parents, marriage, life and loss – a book that grown-up readers will adore, told with warmth and affection

Pre-empted in Germany and Italy and sold in US and Holland

About the author


THE AFTERNOON TEA CLUB

Jane Gilley has previously self-published five children’s books.The Woman Who Kept Everythingwas her debut adult novel.

www.janegilley.com

Marjorie, an 82-year-old woman who has survived a very abusiverelationship with her husband Oliver.

Stacy, 28, who lives alone with eight cats that rule her life in a verydisruptive way.

Raymond, 76, originally from Jamaica – and he’s grieving his wife Dianne,who has recently passed away.

And Dora, 46, who comes from an extremely wealthy, successful family,but completely lacks self-confidence.

These four characters have each struggled to fit in to society for onereason or another, but their lives are about to become entwined andchanged forever because of an Afternoon Tea club.

NetGalley reviews of The Woman Who Kept Everything:

‘I loved this book. It’s an easy read, and the characters are relatable, butthe message – essentially carpe diem – is deep. Highly recommended.’

‘If you enjoyed reading A Man Called Ove and The Unlikely Pilgrimage ofHarold Fry, you will definitely like this book. It touches on a hugespectrum of topics, not just focusing on what you would imagine by itstitle.’

‘An endearing "coming out of hibernation" story – as opposed to acoming-of-age story!’

‘I grew to love the characters like they were real people and I’ll missreading about them.’

Jane Gilley

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Perfect for fans of quiet-but-quirky, uplifting narratives, in the vein of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Lady in the Van – peculiar characters that we can’t help but warm to in their eccentricity

Jane Gilley’s debut novel, The Woman Who Kept Everything, has soldover 20K e-books in the first three months of publication, andcontinues to retain a Kindle Top 100 spot

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TEN YEARS

Emma Heatherington is a top tenKindle bestseller and has sold over80K copies of The Legacy of LucyHarte in both the UK and US.From Northern Ireland, she hasghost-written the Irish Timesbestseller I Am Nathan Carter,nominated at the 2018 Irish BookAwards, and she has featured onboth radio and television, recentlyappearing alongside Kate Atkinsonon BBC Radio’s Cover to Coverseries.

Previous rights sold to HarperCollins (Dutch, German)

Ten years.

It’s never too late to say I love you.

Charlotte is seriously injured in her car on the side of a mountain. Forthe next few days she lies in a coma as someone stays by her side,praying for her to come around – but who is it?

Is it Tom, the handsome but reckless musician who held her heart sotightly or is it Jack, the steady and safe doctor who promised her, andgave her, his whole world?

It can only be one of them, because the other she never really knew asher whole life path was dictated by a decision she made on the samenight, at the same time, ten years ago, over the flick of a lighter onChristmas Eve in 2009.

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Sliding Doors meets One Day in December in this is a heart-warming and unforgettable romance – perfect for cosying up with on a cold Christmas day

For fans of Jojo Moyes

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THE FALL AND RISE OF THE AMIR SISTERS

Over 14m people tuned in to seeNadiya win 2015's Great BritishBake Off. Since then she hascaptured the heart of the nation.A columnist for the Times andEssentials, Nadiya is also a regularreporter for The One Show andpresented a two-part series, TheChronicles of Nadiya, on BBC One.She is the author of Nadiya’sKitchen (Michael Joseph), Bake mea Story (Hodder) and has beennamed as one of the top five mostinfluential Asians in the UK.

The four Amir Sisters – Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae – are back, andthis time they are facing the ups and downs of motherhood.

Becoming a mother has always been Farah’s dream so when older sisterFatima struggles with a tough pregnancy whilst Farah has troubleconceiving she can’t help but be jealous.

A plan to break a huge cultural taboo in her family and use a surrogategives her a renewed hope. But nothing is ever that easy in this warm,witty look at a modern British family.

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Nadiya has TCM sales of over 77K, and The Secret Lives of The Amir Sisters sold over 4K copies in HB and almost 8K across all formats

Heart-warming storytelling with strong themes of sisterhood fromthe nation’s favourite Nadiya Hussain, this is Little Women meetsMarian Keyes’ Walsh family series for a new generation of readers

Nadiya has a phenomenal social media following: 185K Twitter followers, 132K Instagram followers, 71K Facebook page likes

Perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk and Jo Thomas

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A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS

Sophie Jenkins is a serial joiner ofwriting groups and workshops anda prolific short story writer. Toencourage her creativity sheregularly enters half-marathonsand trains by running from herhome in North London tobreakfast in the centre of townwith a notepad.

Previous rights sold: Fortuna Libri(Czech and Slovak), City Éditions (French)

IT ONLY TAKES A LITTLE, TO CHANGE A LIFE FOR EVER

Fern is too busy making sure other people feel good about themselves togive much thought to her own happiness. But somehow, without hernoticing, life has run away from her.

Suddenly, Fern realises her vintage clothes business is struggling, and thecasual relationship she’d always thought she was happy in doesn’t look soappealing.

But sometimes, karma really does come through. And when Fern goesout of her way to help 85-year-old Dinah, little does she realise their newfriendship will change her life.

Dinah may have troubles in her past, but she’s lived and loved to the full.Can Dinah show Fern that even the smallest acts of kindness can makethe world a better place?

Reviews:

‘A very compelling and wonderfully uplifting mix of romance, comedy,kindness and the friendship between the generations’ Trisha Ashley

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Smart, socially awkward and acerbically funny, Fern Banks will remind readers of Eleanor Oliphant

With themes of loneliness, friendship and kindness, this gorgeousrom-com debut ties in perfectly with the growing up-lit trend

For fans of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Eva Wood’s How to Be Happy

Sophie Jenkins draws on her expertise in vintage and haute couture to create the colourful world of Fern’s market stall

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A WEDDING AT THE COMFORT FOOD CAFE

Debbie Johnson is a best-sellingauthor who lives and works inLiverpool. She worked as ajournalist for many years, until shedecided it would be more fun tomake up her own stories than totell other people’s. She nowwrites women’s fiction that seemsto make people laugh and makepeople cry, often at the sametime.

Her books include The BirthdayThat Changed Everything, Pippa’sCornish Dream, and Summer at theComfort Food Cafe, all published byHarperCollins.

Wedding bells ring out in Budbury as the Comfort Food Café and itscosy community of regulars are gearing up for a big celebration…

But Auburn Longville doesn’t have time for that! Between caring for herpoorly mum, moving in with her sister and running the local pharmacy,life is busy enough – and it’s about to get busier. Chaos arrives in theform of a figure from her past putting her quaint village life and newrelationship with gorgeous Finn Jensen in jeopardy. It’s time for Auburnto face up to some life changing decisions.

Settle in for a slice of wedding cake at the Comfort Food Café – a placewhere friendships are made for life and nobody ever wants to leave.

Reviews

‘Oh how I wish the Comfort Food Cafe was real!’ Annie’s Book Corner

‘I felt like I was returning home to friends who I hadn’t seen in a longwhile…warm hearted and just plain lovely’ Lisa Talks About

‘Perfect to enjoy on a crisp afternoon with a delicious hot chocolate(with marshmallows!). I'm sure you'll fall in love with the cafe and all itsregulars too’ Alba in Bookland

‘A true festive book with a lovely heartwarming story’ The Reading Shed

‘What a wonderful return to the Comfort Food Cafe…had me smilingfrom start to finish’ Rachel’s Random Reads

‘A sheer delight’ Sunday Express

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Return to the Comfort Food Cafe for the wedding of the year!

Her Comfort Food Café series has now sold nearly 400,000 copies worldwide

Previous rights sold to: Heyne

(German), Printz Publishing

(Swedish)

About the author


THE AGE OF MISADVENTURE

Judy Leigh completed an MA inProfessional Writing at FalmouthUniversity in 2015, leaving hercareer of 20 years as an AdvancedSkills teacher of Theatre Studies.She has had several storiespublished in magazines, includingThe Feminist Wire, The PurpleBreakfast Review and You is forUniversity. She has also trained as aReiki healer, written a veganrecipe blog and set up a series ofShakespeare Festivals to enableyoung people to perform theBard's work on stage.

Rights sold: HarperCollins (Italian)

Previous rights sold to Metafora(Czech), HarperCollins (German, Italian, Japanese, Swedish)

When 55-year-old divorcée Georgie Jones discovers that her sisterBonnie’s husband is involved in dodgy business, she sees an opportunityto get Bonnie away from a nefarious man, and bring their estrangedfamily back together.

Along with her 21-year-old daughter and 80-year-old nan, she packsBonnie into the back of her car and they leave Liverpool to hide out inrural Sussex – for an adventure they’ll never forget.

But could the right man find Georgie while she’s stopping the wrong manfinding her sister

Praise for Judy Leigh:

‘Brilliantly funny, emotional and uplifting’ Miranda Dickinson

'Lovely . . . a book that assures that life is far from over at 70' – CathyHopkins, bestselling author of The Kicking the Bucket List

’Brimming with warmth, humour and a love of life… a wonderfulescapade’ Fiona Gibson, bestselling author of The Woman Who Upped andLeft

Judy Leigh

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Perfect for fans of Cathy Hopkins, The 100 Year Old Man and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Quirky, fun story perfect for the silver pound generation

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LARA THE RUNAWAY CAT

Dion Leonard is a 43-year-oldAustralian/British runner whocurrently lives in Edinburgh,Scotland. Dion started running in2013 and has already achievednumerous Top 10 finishes in ultraraces around the world in themost extreme conditions. Dionhas appeared on live television;CNN, Good Morning Britain,CBS, ABC America, ESPN, CCTV,BBC Breakfast and BBC World;live radio interviews with BBCRadio 5 Live, BBC Outlook, TalkSport UK, NPR America, ABCRadio Australia, Eric Zane Showand many others; Dion has alsobeen interviewed by China Daily,the Times, Washington Post, UKIndependent, USA Today, and theCanadian Post, to name a few.

Lara doesn’t realise how good she has it in her home in Edinburgh withher owners, Dion and Lucja, and of course her sister, Gobi. If she’s beinghonest, she’s jealous of Gobi’s fame and the international attention shehas received ever since Dion found her. Okay, Gobi may have survivedan ultra-marathon across the Gobi Desert, but it’s not as if Lara doesn’tearn her fresh prawns! She dreams about the day when she can gooutdoors and see the world, discover new friends and be free to makeher own name.

But Lara’s wishful thinking gets the better of her as she takes a leap intothe unknown and is forced to decide between her loyalties to her familyand need to experience an adventure to rival Gobi’s. Join Lara in hereventful travels from Edinburgh to France, Beijing to Australia, where sheis faced with challenges that will change her life forever.

Following on from the astounding real-life story of Dion Leonard, thisfictionalised tale is a must-read for animal lovers everywhere.

Dion Leonard

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Gobi and Dion’s story has been sold to 21st Century Fox for a movie, which indicates Gobi’s potential to be the next biggest animal feel-good phenomenon since A Street Cat Named Bob

Dion retains a faithful following on social media channels, with theFinding Gobi Facebook page hitting over 35K ‘likes’

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ONE MINUTE LATER

Susan Lewis is the bestsellingauthor of over 40 books acrossthe genres of family drama,thriller, suspense and crime. She isalso the author of Just One MoreDay and One Day at a Time.Following periods of living in LosAngeles and the South of France,she currently lives in the UK.

Previous rights sold information available on request.

BEHIND EVERY SECRET LIES A STORY

Your life can change in a heartbeat.

Vivienne Shager has everything going for her, but on the afternoon of her35th birthday, Vivi has a heart attack. Unbeknownst to her, Vivi has beenliving with a rare heart condition and now her life shrinks back to how itbegan, as she moves back to the small seaside town she grew up in. Andwith her time running out, there is one thing she wants to know thetruth about.

One secret can unravel the lives of many.

30 years earlier, Shelley’s family home, Deerwood farm, bursts full oflove and happiness. Until her husband dies in mysterious circumstances.So many secrets were buried with him, family loyalties, and things bestleft to history.

It takes one minute to change everything.

Praise for Susan Lewis’ bestselling novels:

‘A master storyteller’ Diane Chamberlain

‘Utterly compelling’ Sun

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Debuted at #10 in the UK chart

Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of 42 novels delivering familydrama with big secrets at the heart

Susan’s much-loved novels have sold over 2.8m copies TCM in the UK alone

Susan Lewis is a huge name in women’s fiction and a regular Sunday Times bestselling author

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IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA

Sara MacDonald is the Kindlebestselling author of Another Life.She has written all of her life. Shehas been an army wife, living allover the world, and now lives inCornwall.

When Gabby looks back at her childhood in Cornwall, she has akaleidoscope of happy memories. An old house surrounded bywildflower fields, a sea of the deepest blue and hidden coves where sheand her sister Dominique roamed wild. But one defining memory colourseverything – the day that Dominique was silently and inexplicably sentaway, shattering the close family forever.

Years later, Gabby is working as a translator in London. When herhusband Mike is offered a transfer to Pakistan, Gabby wonders ifswapping the grey London streets for the buzz and vibrancy of Karachimight be the change that she – and her marriage – needs.

But the reality of Karachi isn’t the escape that Gabby hoped for. Her lifebegins to unwind with alarming speed and changes the direction of herlife. When she returns with Dominique to the old house in Cornwall, thesisters are caught in the slipstream of the past. So begins a journey intothe heart of their childhood, which will unearth a secret buried manyyears ago.

Praise for Sara MacDonald:

‘A beautifully crafted novel of family ties and wartime secrets withdelicate layers of emotion’ Inside Cornwall

'Intriguing themes are cleverly woven together…I found myself sweptalong by the sheer interest of every page…it grips to the end' Country Life

‘A great read, a moving story of family history, love, deception, passionand heartbreak’ Cornwall Today

‘A compelling story from a talented writer’ Belfast Telegraph

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Perfect for readers who love Santa Montefiore, Rosanna Ley and Dinah Jefferies

Sweeping from Cornwall to Karachi, this is a compelling andheartwrenching tale of love, secrets and betrayal across generations

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SO LUCKY

Dawn O’Porter is a novelist,

columnist and broadcaster who

lives in Los Angeles. She is the

author of the criticaly acclaimed

Paper Aeroplanes and Goose. She is

also the host of Get It On, a weekly

podcast where she interviews

interesting people about why they

wear what they wear.

Previous rights sold to: Flamingo (Danish), S. Fischer (German), Arkadia (Russian), HarperCollins (Brazilian Portuguese)

She’s #SoLucky

Everyone is fighting a private battle we know nothing about. The new

novel from Dawn O’Porter questions just what a ‘lucky’ life looks like –

breaking through the filters we all apply with brilliant humour and

irreverence, while celebrating what can be achieved when women look

out for one another.

Reviews of The Cows:

‘Funny and excruciating. You'll think about it for weeks!’ Kristen Wiig

‘We’ve had Bridget Jones now The Cows setting the agenda for a newgeneration of readers’ No 1 Magazine

‘O’Porter’s wise and witty narrative has many thought-provokingsituations and concepts. Different, poignant and smart – I loved it’ SaraLawrence, Daily Mail

‘A funny, smart, kind, incredibly truthful book about women . . . all theshame, judgement, envy and love that being alive and female entails’ PollyVernon

‘Smart and insightful’ RED

‘Compulsive… I can't wait for the next one’ Shappi Khorsandi

‘Sometimes hilarious and sometimes poignant, but always rollicking andfast-paced . . . A feel-good read which will resonate with any woman’Daily Express

‘An amazing book about choices and being yourself’ Prima

‘I loved it. Funny, moving, twisty . . . Wow! I couldn’t stop reading it’ JillMansell

Dawn O’Porter

From themes of body image and motherhood to female shame and solidarity, this is a conversation-starting story at the zeitgeist frontline

The Cows was a #6 Sunday Times bestseller, selling over 185K books across all formats

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A WALK IN WILDFLOWER PARK

Bella has been jotting downstories as far back as she canremember. Somehow life tookover, and she got a sensible job inproject management and thewriting remained a passionatehobby. In 2013 she entered theRNA’s New Writer Scheme andby 2014 had signed her firstpublishing deal.

Previous rights sold to:

HarperCollins (German)

Life’s not always a walk in the park.

Anna thought she’d found ‘The One’… until he broke off theirengagement exactly one year before their wedding day. Now faced with adifferent type of countdown, Anna moves into her own place on the edgeof the gorgeous Wildflower Park, hoping that a bit of greenery and afresh start will do her the world of good.

With a little help from her good friend Sophie, a no-nonsense rescue catand an attractive new work colleague, Anna is doing well moving on withher life… until her ex fiancé is hired into her team at work. But thatproves to be the least of her worries, because she’s been swept off herfeet by someone she really shouldn't be falling for.

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Bella Osborne has a large fan base and lots of publishing connections, with fans including bestselling Katie Fforde and PhillipaAshley

Another heart-warming, funny read with a trademark cast of quirkycharacters. This story is set in Birmingham

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LIES LIES LIES

Adele Parks was born in Teeside,North-East England. Her firstnovel, Playing Away, was publishedin 2000 and since then she’s had17 international bestsellers,translated into 26 languages. She’sbeen an Ambassador for TheReading Agency and a judge forthe Costa prize and is a keensupporter of The NationalLiterary Trust. She’s lived in Italy,Botswana and London, and is nowsettled in Guildford, Surrey, withher husband, teenage son and cat.

Previous rights sold to: HarperCollins (Danish, Finnish, German and Swedish), Harlequin (US English)

Daisy and Simon’s marriage is great, isn’t it?

After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealedeverything in place. A happy little family of three.

And so what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes – Daisy’s used toit, she knows he’s letting off steam. Until one night at a party when thingsspiral horribly out of control. And that happy little family of three willnever be the same again.

In Lies Lies Lies, Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks explores the darkestcorners of a relationship in freefall, in a mesmerising tale of marriage andsecrets.

Praise for I Invited Her In:

‘Really REALLY good’ Marian Keyes

‘Packed with secrets, scandal and suspense, this is Adele Parks at herabsolute best.’ Heat

‘Wow! What a read. Intense, clever and masterful.’ Lisa Jewell

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Adele Parks has TCM in the UK of over 3m copies

A brand new, gripping tale on marriage and the secrets we keepfrom the Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks

Adele’s last book, I Invited Her In, reached Number 2 on the Sunday Times Bestseller list

I Invited her In sold over 100K TCM in the first three months

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MY SISTER’S LIES

Former journalist S.D. Robertsonquit his role as a local newspapereditor to pursue a lifelongambition of becoming a novelist.

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For a decade, Hannah’s life has been pretty close to perfect – she has agreat job, she’s married to Mark, and her child-free existence means she’sfree as a bird. The only sadness in her life is a fall-out with her sisterDiane, who hasn’t spoken to her in over ten years. But now Diane is onher doorstep – and this time, she’s got her teenage daughter Mia in tow.

When Diane asks if Mia can stay with Hannah and Mark for a few days,Hannah is glad of the chance to get to know her niece. But as the daysturn into weeks and Diane doesn’t return, Hannah begins to worry. Whyhasn’t her sister been in touch?

Diane is carrying a devastating secret that will destroy Hannah’s carefullyconstructed life. But how much is she willing to reveal – and when willshe pick her moment?

An emotional story that delves into the true meaning of family,sisterhood and secrets.

Praise for S.D. Robertson

‘Stand By Me is a thoughtful story about the power of friendship and ofthe importance of keeping those we love always in our hearts.’Jaffareadstoo

‘A heartbreaking tale’ Sun

‘Exceptionally beautiful’ Miranda Dickinson, Sunday Times bestseller

‘A wonderful tale of devastation and ultimately hope’ Kathryn Hughes

‘When I wasn't actually reading this book, I found myself thinkingconstantly about it. Real. Emotional. Powerful. A must-read for anyonewho loves to lose themselves completely in a book.’ Claudia Carroll

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A heart-breaking novel that questions our very understanding of sisterhood, family and love

Perfect for fans of Kerry Fisher and Adele Parks

Time to Say Goodbye was a Kindle bestseller and sold 80K copies

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WHY MUMMY DOESN’T GIVE…

Gill Sims is the author andillustrator of the hugely successfulparenting blog and Facebook sitePeter and Jane. She lives inScotland with her husband, twochildren and a recalcitrant rescueborder terrier, who rules thehouse.

Previous rights sold in 13 territories, information available on request.

Shocked and shaken from her divorce from Simon, but determined tomake the best of it, Ellen moves to pursue her rural dream of a quirkycottage with roses around the door and chickens in the garden.However, Paxo, Oxo and Bisto turn out to be highly obstreperous andthe roses have jaggy thorns. The world of internet dating beckons, withmixed results, and Ellen clashes with Jane’s difficult teenage years at everyturn, but the one thing they can both agree on is that rescued Barry theWolfdog is indeed The Ugliest Dog in the World, but is also the loveliest.

Reviews

‘God, she’s funny’ Jilly Cooper

‘Honest and very funny – it’s a tale that mums will identify with’ Sun

‘Sim’s latest offering is a hilarious follow-up to her bestselling debut…you’d be forgiven for thinking the blogger behind Peter and Jane couldn’tpull it off twice – but she has’ Sunday Post

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Mummy is single and ready to mingle

The hilarious sequel to bestsellers Why Mummy Drinks and WhyMummy Swears, Gill Sims’ novels inspired by her parentingexperiences

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THE TIGER CATCHER

Paullina Simons was born inLeningrad in 1963. As a child sheemigrated to Queens, New York,and attended colleges in LongIsland. Then she moved to Englandand attended Essex University,before returning to America. Shelives in New York with herhusband and children.

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END OF FOREVER TRILOGY

Can true love ever die?

Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he isyoung, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changesafter he has a fateful encounter with a mysterious young woman namedJosephine. Julian's world is turned upside down by a love affair that takeshim–and everyone else in his life–by storm. For the two new lovers, theCity of Angels is transformed into a magical playground.

But Josephine is not what she seems and carries secrets that threaten totear them apart—seemingly forever.

A broken man, his faith in tatters, Julian meets a mysterious stranger whotells him how to find Josephine again if he is willing to give up everythingand take a death-defying trip from which no one has ever returned.

So begins Julian and Josephine's extraordinary adventure of love, loss, andthe mystical forces that bind people across time and space. It is a journeythat propels Julian toward an impossible choice which will lead him tolove fulfilled…

…or to oblivion.

Paullina Simons

30 May 2019

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For all fans of Outlander, The Time Traveler’s Wife and Jojo Moyes

The End of Forever trilogy is an epic love story that spans thecenturies

Paullina’s books have everything a romance glutton could wish for: a bold, talented and dashing hero and a heart-stopping love affair

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HELLO, MY NAME IS MAY

Rosalind Stopps worked for manyyears with children with disabilitiesand their families, and has heardmany sad (and happy) stories. Shekeeps a list on her at all times ofthings she sees or hears thatabsolutely have to be writtenabout and at the moment the listincludes, amongst other things, arecipe book of fatal recipes.Rosalind's short stories have beenpublished in five anthologies andread at live literature events inLondon, Leeds, Hong Kong andNew York. Rosalind lives inLondon and works as a host at theSouthbank. Hello, My Name is Mayis her debut novel.

They wrote it on the wall above my bed head. Hello, it said, my name isMay. Please talk to me.

May has been moved to a care home after her stroke. She can’tcommunicate, all her words are kept inside. If she tries to point, her armsswing in wild directions, if she tries to talk, strange noises come out ofher mouth.

May is sharp, quick, and funny, but only her daughter Jenny sees this, andJackie, a new friend at the home who cares enough to look and listenclosely.

When May discovers that someone very familiar, from long ago, is livingin the room opposite hers she is haunted by scenes from her earlier life,when she was a prisoner of her husband’s unpredictable behaviour. Bill,the man in the opposite room seems so much like her husband, thoughalmost a lifetime has passed, and May’s eyesight isn’t what it was.

As Bill charms his way through the nursing home, he focuses his romanticattention on Jackie, while all May can do is watch. She is determined toprotect Jackie and keep herself safe, but what can she do in hervulnerable, silent state?

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Tense and emotional debut with a dual narrative – moves between protagonist’s captive, lonely present and her marriage in the seventies to a charming yet frightening man

Elizabeth Is Missing meets Joanna Cannon

Ideal book club fiction: deals with themes of loneliness in the elderly, escaping an abusive marriage, as well as the high-concept idea of being inside the head of the non-verbal protagonist

About the author


THE HAPPY GLAMPERS

Daisy Tate loves telling stories.Telling them in books is evenbetter. When not writing, sheraises Scottish cows, performs inamateur dramatics, pretends herlife is a musical and bakes cakesthat will never win her a place ona television baking show. She wasborn in the USA but has nevermet Bruce Springsteen. She nowcalls East Sussex home.

Charlotte Mayfield books a glamping party for her 40th birthday and topof the invite list are her BFF’s from university: Freya, Emma and Izzy.

Freya feels like getting back to nature will chill her the hell out – heruseless husband has been driving her crazy.

Emma is hiding her own life crisis from her mates. Can a weekend undercanvas get her to open up?

Izzy is back after a decade abroad but has got more than one surprise instore.

And after fifteen years of playing the perfect wife, Charlotte isn’t entirelysure who the hell she is anymore.

Over the course of a year, as they re-connect with each other and theirlove of the outdoors their bonds may not be as rock-solid as they oncethought. Maybe a year of yurts will mend two decades of hurts – or aresome things, like shower blocks and no wi-fi signal, best left in the past.

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Quirky, irreverent and laugh-out-loud; a new voice in Romance

Cold Feet meets Carry on Camping in this camp-tastic debut novel,perfect for anyone who has ever had to put up their tent in a gale

LITERARY

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NO BONES

Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at hertreasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayerfor serenity, a tube of glitter – and thirty-seven black rubber bullets she’scollected ever since the British Army started firing them…

Praise:

'Scarily well written, too… No Bones tears chunks out of our Peace Processcomfort blankets. For it questions how a peaceful, mundane existence can besuperimposed on a society inured over decades to violence.' Martina Devlin, IrishIndependent

‘Not only hilarious but also terribly tragic and awful and human and wonderful… No Bones is absolutely fantastic, quite different from anything I’ve readbefore’ Julia Darling, author of Crocodile Tears

Anna Burns

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Anna Burns was born in Belfast in 1962. She moved to London in 1987.

2018 Man Booker Prize-winning author Anna Burns’ first two novels.

Imprint: 4th Estate

Publication: 4 Jun 2007

Extent: 304pp

LITTLE CONSTRUCTIONS

An irate woman bursts into the best gun shop in the town of Tiptoe Floorboard,helps herself to a Kalashnikov rifle and sets off in a taxi on her mission ofretribution. So begins this kaleidoscopic, surreal and enigmatic tale of dark deedsin a small town. At the centre of the novel lies the Doe clan, a closely knit familyof criminals and victims whose internal conflicts and convoluted relationshipspropel this simultaneously funny and terrifying story. In a voice that is by turnschilling and wickedly funny, the narrator documents their struggle to make andmaintain connections with each other, and, weaving back and forth in time,examines what transpires when unspeakable realities, long pushed fromconsciousness, begin to break through.

Praise:

‘The writing is energetic, convoluted and courageous. It has a gutsy nervousnessthat matches the subject matter, as if there is no way to write about violenceand violation other than with comedy, digression, wordplay and otherpeculiarities..’ Guardian

'A brilliant second novel…I can't remember the last time I read prose soprofound and so punchy, at once scattergun and forensic. It's like the ink's beenmade from gunpowder.' Daily Telegraph

‘(...) supremely gritty and clever, and draws the reader relentlessly into thestory.' Telegraph

‘[A] powerful second novel (…)' Irish Mail on Sunday

'Bold, funny and unrelenting.' Sunday Business Post

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MR DOUBLER BEGINS AGAIN

Seni Glaister worked as abookseller for much of her careerbefore founding WeFiFo in 2016.Her first novel, The Museum ofThings Left Behind was published in2015.

HarperCollins (Brazilian Portuguese, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish)

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START AGAIN

Not every journey takes you far from home.

Baked, mashed, boiled or fried, Mr Doubler knows his potatoes. But thesame can’t be said for people. Since he lost his wife, he’s been on his ownat Mirth Farm – and that suits Doubler just fine. Crowds are for otherpeople; the only company he needs are his potato plants and hishousekeeper, Mrs Millwood, who visits every day.

Until the day she doesn’t.

With Mrs Millwood missing, Doubler’s routine is plunged into chaos –and, more alone than ever, he begins to worry that he might have lost hisway. But could the kindness of strangers be enough to bring him downfrom the hill?

Praise for Mr Doubler Begins Again:

’Perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’ Hello!

‘Extremely charming’ Marian Keyes

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Mr Doubler is potato grower who distils his own gin, and his story is a nostalgic celebration of friendship, kindness and second chances.

Mr Doubler Begins Again is an optimistic and warm modern fable forfans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Lido, with a touchof Jonas Jonasson.

This is pure up-lit, gentle yet thought-provoking and ultimately life-affirming, and exactly where the book club market is right now

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THE FAMILY TREE

Sairish Hussain has a CreativeWriting PhD from HuddersfieldUniversity. She is an exceptionaltalent and has the potential tobecome the voice of hergeneration: she’s a Zadie Smith ora Monica Ali in the making.

Saahil and Zahra Sharif have been raised by their dad, Amjad– but whiletheir household is small, it’s bursting with love. They live in Bradford –the only home they’ve ever known – and are surrounded by aunties,uncles and friends. But, like every teenager, Saahil has big plans: to escapehis hometown and go to university; to see the world; and, more thananything, to make his father proud.

But growing up in the shadow of 9/11 is complicated in ways that Saahil isonly just beginning to realise. As a young British Muslim, trouble is neverfar away. And, the night of his final A level exam, when the future looksat its brightest, something happens that will send Saahil veering off thecourse he’s chosen, and onto the course society has chosen for him.

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Timely and profoundly important, it is a moving and unflinching novel which reveals how global events trickle down into communities

Bleak yet redemptive, honest and entirely captivating, The FamilyTree is the story of a Pakistani family in Bradford between 1992-2017.

It’s also a book about family, and the faults, mistakes and stubborn loyalties which make us human.

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THE GHOST FACTORY

Jenny McCartney grew up inNorthern Ireland and read EnglishLiterature at Oxford University,after which she lived in Praguebefore doing an MA in newspaperjournalism at City University,London. She lives with her familyin London where she has workedfor more than 20 years as afeature-writer, columnist, bookreviewer, interviewer and filmcritic for national media includingthe Sunday Telegraph, the SundayTimes, the Spectator and BBCFront Row.

Set in Belfast and London, this is a powerful novel about the Troublesand their aftermath, centred on a young man, Jacky, who gets caught upwith a loyalist bully who destroys his best friend, Titch. The Troublesmade Northern Ireland a ghost factory: as the manufacturingindustry withered the death business boomed.

In trying to come to terms with his father’s sudden death and the attackon his harmless best friend, Titch, Jacky is forced to face the bullies whostill menace a city scarred by conflict. After Jacky himself is attacked heis forced to flee to London to build a new life. Even away from Belfastand having found love, Jacky is still always haunted by the ghosts of hispast forever pulling him back to Belfast.

This is a political novel leavened with great humour and pathos, from awonderful new talent.

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A story about the echoes of the troubles, and the terror that continues to echo through Belfast. Like Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman it depicts the politics of the conflict as existential and inescapable

An exciting new voice from Northern Ireland, that blends humourand gut-wrenching violence in a way reminiscent of Roddy Doyle,Patrick McCabe, and Robert McLiam Wilson’s Eureka Street

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THE HEART BEATS IN SECRET

Katie Munnik is a Canadian writerliving in Cardiff. Her collection ofshort fiction, The Pieces We Keepwas published by Wild GoosePublications and her prose,poetry, and creative non-fictionhave appeared in a number ofmagazines and anthologies, such asThe Cardiff Review, The DangerousWomen Project, Echoes of the City,and Geez Magazine. She is agraduate of the Humber Schoolfor Writers in Toronto, Canada.The Heart Beats in Secret is herfirst novel.

Jane, 1940 In a small rented house on the east coast of Scotland, a coldwinter drags on and Jane faces motherhood alone. But with her husbandaway at war, she fears small town suspicions. She keeps secrets. Who willthey protect and who will they hurt? In times of war and separation, somuch is left unsaid.

Felicity, 1969 Jane’s daughter chooses to emigrate to Montreal, leavingbehind uncomfortable questions about her background and discovering anew political world of social unrest and undreamt-of freedoms. Shesettles in a commune in rural Quebec, where her own child is born justas the Apollo Mission lands on the moon.

Pidge, 2006 Inheriting her grandmother’s house is a surprise. As is thewild goose who stalks into the kitchen and makes herself at home. Butsomewhere between the flying feathers and her own gatheredconfusions, Pidge pieces together fragments of her family’s history, findingsurprising answers amongst the stories – and the silences – of the past.

Reviews:

‘Textured and beautiful. Katie Munnik has a voice full of quiet passion andpoetry’ Kate Hamer

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Set between Scotland and Canada

Evocative, intricate and powerful story of three generations ofwomen, that explores the wilderness of the heart, the secretsconcealed with every beat, and the strength of maternal desire

HISTORICAL

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IN THE LION’S DEN

Barbara Taylor Bradford’s firstnovel, A Woman of Substance,became an enduring worldwidebestseller. Her novels have soldover 90m copies worldwide, andten mini-series and televisionmovies have been made of herbooks.

Rights sold to: Place des Éditeurs(French), HarperCollins (Swedish)

Previous rights sold in 24 languages, information available on request

THE HOUSE OF FALCONER

Young James Falconer is thrust into a new world when he accepts a jobat Henry Malvern’s trading company. Brought up among the markettraders of Camden, he has always dreamed of creating a store likeFortnum & Mason’s and this is his first step. But Henry’s daughter andheir, Alexis, whom James falls deeply in love with, will have nothing to dowith the company. The weight of saving it when fraud rocks the businessfalls to James.

His dream to expand takes him to the glittering city of Hull but an oldenemy there puts everything he’s worked towards in danger. Even hisattempt to open his own first shop is thwarted. And then a woman fromhis past, someone he thought never to see again, springs a surprise thatwill change his life.

Weaving together the wealthy merchants and their grand houses inLondon and Kent with the aspiring new professional classes in Hull andJames’s own family in service, this vibrant and gripping drama bringsVictorian times vividly to life.

Praise for the Cavendon series:

‘A classic saga of loyalty, secrets, passion and intrigue…if you’ve beensuffering withdrawal symptoms from Downton, this is for you.’ Daily Mail

‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keepingthe reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinningyarns.’ Guardian

‘As romantic and thrilling as the rest.’ Independent on Sunday

‘A stately home, a dangerous secret and two families whose fates havebeen intertwined for generations…a gripping period piece set on thebrink of the Great War. Exquisite escapism of the highest order’ The Lady

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Secrets of Cavendon has grown Barbara Taylor Bradford’s hardback and e-book sales by 50%

A gripping new Victorian-Edwardian historical series, The House ofFalconer quartet will trace the rise and fall of the Falconers, amerchant family who rise to build a trading empire, with settings inthe UK, France and Russia

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THE MURDER PIT

Before becoming an academic,Mick ran a market stall onPortobello Road, and has workedas a tent-hand in a travellingcircus, a butcher’s boy, a hotelporter, and in various jobs in theNHS and social services. Heteaches in a Psychology Department,and has published research onpolitical violence and persuasion,disability and verbal and non-verbal communication.

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AN ARROWOOD MYSTERY

London Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes. Everyone elsegoes to Arrowood.

1896: A missing daughter. Three dead children. A sinister connectionbetween a farm and an asylum.

Arrowood must catch the killer before he strikes again – and beforeSherlock Holmes or the police take the credit.

Reviews:

‘Arrowood is a flawed but engaging hero and the plot spins from peril totwist and back with real panache’ Times

‘A fantastic creation’ Spectator

Richly inventive’ Daily Telegraph

‘Compelling’ Seattle Times

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TV rights for the first book have been acquired by Cave Bear Productions (Bad Education and Decline and Fall) with Kathy Burke joining as executive producer

British-set historical crime that taps into the huge appetite therecurrently is for Sherlock

‘Strongly reminiscent of Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike novels…a memorable detective who can stand among the best’ Harrow Times

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THE FAMILY SECRET

Terry Lynn Thomas grew up inthe San Francisco Bay Area, whichexplains her love of foggy beachesand Gothic mysteries. When herhusband promised to buy Terry ahorse and the time to write if shemoved to Mississippi with him, shejumped at the chance. Althoughshe had written several novels andscreenplays prior to 2006, aftershe relocated to the South she setout to write in earnest and hasnever looked back.

Now Terry Lynn writes the SarahBennett Mysteries, set on theCalifornia coast during the 1940s,as well as the Cat CarlisleMysteries, set in Britain duringWorld War II. When she’s notwriting, you can find Terry Lynnriding her horse, walking in thewoods with her dogs, or visitingold cemeteries in search of storyideas.

England, 1940

After a sudden unexplained disappearance, Thomas Charles comes backinto Cat Carlisle’s life with the suggestion she leave London – and thethreat of bombs – to move back to her childhood village in Cumberland.

Back in her hometown Cat discovers her childhood friend, BethHargreaves, is suspected of murder. As Cat tries to prove Beth’sinnocence, she discovers a scheme of deception that affects the wholevillage. Can she uncover the family truths behind the murder and exposethe enemy hiding in plain sight?

Readers LOVE Terry Lynn Thomas:

‘Intriguing and page-turning’

‘I really enjoyed this fascinating historical thriller’

‘An absorbing novel’

‘A marvellous historical suspense that had me engrossed from the start’

‘I read it in just one sitting’

WILL SHE FIND TRUTH?

Terry Lynn Thomas

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The first book in the series, The Silent Woman, was a USA Today bestseller, selling over 55,000 copies

The second book in the Cat Carlisle historical mystery series

This book currently has over 1,600 pre-orders

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THE DEVIL’S DUE

Bonnie MacBird is a producer,screenwriter (TRON), playwrightas well as an accomplished stageactor and writing teacher atUCLA. Her long Hollywoodcareer includes stints as a featurefilm development executive, andmultiple Emmy- winning producer.Bonnie is a member of the LondonSherlock Holmes Society and wasinvested as a member of TheBaker Street Irregulars and TheAdventuresses of SherlockHolmes.

Previous rights sold: United Sky Media (Chinese Simple), MladaFronta (Czech), Pegasus (Estonian), City Éditions (French), PT Gramedia(Indonesian), Indigo (Turkish), HarperCollins (Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Nordic, Portuguese, Spanish)

A SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE

It’s 1890 and the newly famous Sherlock Holmes faces his worstadversary to date – a diabolical villain bent on destroying some ofLondon’s most admired public figures in particularly gruesome ways. Afurther puzzle is that suicide closely attends each of the murders. As hetracks the killer through vast and seething London, Holmes finds himselfbattling both an envious Scotland Yard and a critical press as he follows acomplex trail from performers to princes, anarchists to aesthetes. Butwhen his brother Mycroft disappears, apparently the victim of murder,even those loyal to Holmes begin to wonder how close to the flames hehas travelled. Has Sherlock Holmes himself made a deal with the devil?

Reviews:

‘MacBird’s outstanding sequel to 2015’s Art in the Blood melds a twisty,multi-layered plot with a plausible exploration of Sherlock Holmes’s lifebefore Watson…Will make Sherlockians eager for more from her.’Publishers Weekly Starred Review

‘Haunting, vivid and beautifully plotted, Unquiet Spirits is both an eleganttribute and a cunning update of everything we love about SherlockHolmes and his world. Bonnie MacBird has done it again!’ DanielStashower, Edgar, Agatha, and Anthony award-winning author of Teller ofTales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle

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The third book in a trilogy of authentic Conan Doyle-style Sherlock Holmes novels

The author has worked in Hollywood for many years as ascriptwriter and editor, winning three Emmy Awards, and is arespected speaker at Sherlockian conventions

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A TAPESTRY OF TREASON

Sunday Times bestselling authorAnne O’Brien was born in WestYorkshire. After gaining a BAHonours degree in History atManchester University and aMaster’s in Education at Hull, shelived in East Yorkshire for manyyears as a teacher of history.Today she has sold over 425,000copies across formats of herbooks.

www.anneobrien.co.uk

Twitter @anne_obrien

Previous rights sold: HarperCollins (Italian)

Rights available: WAL excl Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, and Czech. For those languages please contact the Jane Judd Agency.

Her actions could make history – but at what price?

1399: Constance of York, Lady Despenser, proves herself more than amere observer in the devious intrigues of her magnificently dysfunctionalfamily, The House of York.

Surrounded by power-hungry men, including her aggressively selfcentredhusband Thomas and ruthless siblings Edward and Richard, Constanceplaces herself at the heart of two treasonous plots against King HenryIV. Will it be possible for this Plantagenet family to safeguard its ownpolitical power by restoring either King Richard II to the throne, or theprecarious Mortimer claimant?

Although the execution of these conspiracies will place them all injeopardy, Constance is not deterred, even when the cost of her ambitionthreatens to overwhelm her. Even when it endangers her new-foundhappiness.

With treason, tragedy, heartbreak and betrayal, this is the story of awoman ahead of her time, fighting for herself and what she believes to beright in a world of men.

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Perfect for fans of Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory

Giving voice to the forgotten women of history, this is the nextbrilliant historical novel from Sunday Times bestselling author AnneO’Brien

‘O’Brien is a terrific storyteller,’ Daily Telegraph

Sunday Times bestselling author, Anne O’Brien stormed into the charts at #8 with The Shadow Queen

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A WOMAN OF WAR

Mandy Robotham is a practisingmidwife, who writes about birth,death, love and anything else inbetween. She graduated with anMA in Creative Writing fromOxford Brookes University, andrecently acted as midwifeconsultant on a Katie Fforderomance, A Summer at Sea. This isher first novel.

Germany, 1944. Taken from the camps to serve the Fuhrer himself, AnkeHoff has been assigned as midwife to one of Hitler’s inner circle. If sherefuses, her family will die.

Torn between her duty as a caregiver and her hatred for the regimeshe’s now a part of, Anke is quickly swept into a life unlike anything she’sever known – and she discovers that many of those at the Berghof arejust as trapped as she is. Soon, she’s falling for a man who will make herworld more complicated still.

Before long, the couple is faced with an impossible choice – for which theconsequences could be deadly. Can their forbidden love survive thehorrors of war – and, more importantly, will they?

Reviews

‘Incredibly powerful, harrowing but ultimately uplifting. I couldn’t put thisdown.’ Katie Fforde

‘A fascinating story which had me forgetting it’s fiction! So well written, Iwas left pondering if the events could actually be true. Enthralling!’ KittyNeale

‘Absorbing and totally believable – a wonderful WWII novel.’ MollyGreen

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For readers of historical romance such as The Secret Wife, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Kate Furnivall’s novels

A sweeping historical drama set in Hitler’s summer residence TheBerghof, high in the Bavarian Alps

City Editions (French), Newton

Compton (Italian), Planeta

Manuscrito (Portuguese), Motyl

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TAKE IT BACK

Kia Abdullah is an author,journalist and travel writer. Shehas contributed to The Guardian,BBC, and Channel 4 News, andmost recently the New York Timescommenting on a variety of issuesaffecting the Muslim community.Kia currently travels the world asone half of the travel blogatlasandboots.com, which receivesover 100K views per month.

The victim: a sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by analcoholic mother, who accuses the boys of something unthinkable.

The defendants: four handsome teenage boys from hardworkingimmigrant families, all with corroborating stories.

Whose side would you take?

Zara Kaleel, one of London’s brightest young legal minds, shattered theexpectations placed on her by her family and forged a glittering career atthe Bar. All before hanging up her barrister's wig to help the victims whoneeded her most.

Victims like Jodie Wolfe.

Jodie’s own best friend doesn’t even believe her claims that theirclassmates carried out such a crime. But Zara does. And Zara isdetermined to fight for her.

Jodie and Zara become the centre of the most explosive criminal trial ofthe year, in which ugly divisions within British society are exposed. Aseverything around Zara begins to unravel she becomes even moredetermined to get Jodie the justice she’s looking for. But at what price?

Kia Abdullah

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Take It Back is a thrilling courtroom drama that’s perfect for fans of Anatomy of a Scandal, He Said/She Said and Apple Tree Yard

A bold and startling new voice that is sure to make waves within thecrime thriller community

Zara is a strong, intelligent, and fearless heroine who is sure to win over readers

Recommended by The Asian Writer as ‘One to Read in 2019’, they call Kia ‘one of the most imaginative unapologetic voices of her generation

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DOMINO ISLAND

Desmond Bagley was a multi-million-copy selling author of 16adventure thrillers, all of whichare still in print. His transitionfrom unskilled printer’sapprentice, aircraft engineer,miner, nightclub photographer andradio scriptwriter to one of theworld’s most respected thrillerwriters is legendary. Travelling toalmost every continent toresearch his exotic storylines, hewas described by the Times as a‘craftsmanlike thriller novelist’,whose stories are as excitingtoday as when they were firstpublished.

‘Like a dream come true – an undiscovered Desmond Bagley novel …and it’s a great one!’ Lee Child

Bill Kemp, an ex-serviceman working in London as an insuranceinvestigator, is sent to the Caribbean to determine the legitimacy of anexpensive life insurance claim following the inexplicable death ofbusinessman David Salton. His rapidly inflated premiums immediatelybefore his death stand to make his young widow a very rich lady! Oncethere, Kemp discovers that Salton’s political ambitions had made him alot of enemies, and local tensions around a forthcoming election arealready spilling over into protest and violence on the streets.

Salton also had friends in unexpected places, including the impossiblybeautiful Leotta Tomsson, to whom there is much more than meets theeye. Kemp realises that Salton’s death and the local unrest are adeliberate smokescreen for an altogether more ambitious plot by anenemy in their midst, and as the island comes under siege, even Kemp’sarmy training seems feeble in the face of such a determined foe.

Unseen for more than 40 years and believed lost, Domino Island wasaccepted for publication in 1972 but then replaced by a different novel tocoincide with the release of The Mackintosh Man, the Paul Newman filmbased on Bagley’s earlier novel The Freedom Trap. It is a classic Bagley tourde force with an all-action finale.

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Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel by one of the world’s most successful thriller writers, involving murder, corruption and a daring hijack in the Caribbean

The unpublished thriller by the master of the genre

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FORGET ME NOT

Claire Allan is an Irish author whohas previously written women’sfiction. Forget Me Not is her thirdpsychological thriller followingApple of My Eye and Her NameWas Rose.

I disappeared on a Tuesday afternoon. I was there one minute and the next Iwas gone. They’ve never found my body…

It’s six in the morning during the hottest summer on record whenElizabeth O’Loughlin, out walking her dog, comes across Clare, a victimof a horrific knife attack, clinging onto life at the side of the road.

Clare dies minutes later, but not before whispering her haunting lastwords to Elizabeth.

When it becomes clear that Clare’s killer has more than one murder onhis mind, Elizabeth has to take drastic action or face losing everything.

But what if she can’t stop a killer determined never to be forgotten?

Reviews:

‘AMAZING. I read it in one go. I was totally hooked.’ Marian Keyes

‘A brilliantly paced, intriguingly plotted and thoroughly enjoyable story.One of the best psych thrillers I've read this year.’ Liz Nugent

'A powerful and emotional psychological thriller that will keep youguessing and leave you breathless.' C. L. Taylor, author of The Fear

‘Utterly addictive! Literally couldn’t put it down all day! Compulsive,twisty, tense. And LOVED the ending.’ Claire Douglas, author of LocalGirl Missing

‘SUCH a good read! It made me feel so uncomfortable, but I still keptgobbling up the pages.’ LISA HALL

‘A superior psychological thriller with an intriguing set-up, a flawedheroine and some great twists. Recommended!’ Mark Edwards

‘A psychological thriller with a heart: taut, emotionally challenging andunlike so many thrillers, each twist and turn is here because it deservesto be and not for the sake of it.’ John Marrs

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The author has previously written women’s fiction, published by Poolbeg Press

Claire’s first book, Her Name Was Rose, was a USA Today bestseller

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AT YOUR DOOR

J.P. Carter is an experienced crimeauthor and an award-winningjournalist, who previously workedfor publications such as the Sunand the Daily Mail. He now worksas a TV producer.

What happens when the past comes back to kill you?

When DCI Anna Tate is called to the gruesome discovery of a deadwoman found on Barnes Common, she is plunged into a high‐profileinvestigation involving a prominent MP. London is baying for blood – butis there more to Holly’s death than at first meets the eye?

Meanwhile, the hunt is on for Anna’s missing daughter Chloe, whovanished ten years ago when her ex‐husband kidnapped her. The case hasbeen cold for what feels like forever – but a phone call brings a brandnew lead.

Can Anna solve the murder case whilst dealing with her own personaldemons? Or is someone from the past planning to get in her way?

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This is a gripping police procedural with a brand-new female detective who must investigate a traumatising new case alongside dealing with her own past: her daughter who has been missing for ten years

An addictive new thriller from J. P. Carter, perfect for fans ofKaterina Diamond and M.J. Arlidge.

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THE DEAD WIFE

Sue Fortin was born inHertfordshire but had a nomadicchildhood, moving often with herfamily, before eventually settling inWest Sussex. Sue is a member ofthe Crime Writers’ Association.

Previous rights sold to: Eram(Estonian), Penguin Verlag (German), Publish and More (Hungarian), HarperCollins (Polish, Spanish), AST (Russian)

SINCLAIR WIFE DEAD! HUSBAND CLEARED!

Police have ruled out suspicious circumstances in the investigation intothe death of Elizabeth Sinclair, wife of charismatic entrepreneur HarrySinclair, found drowned in the lake of the family’s holiday park.

It’s been two years since the Sinclair case closed but when reporterSteph Durham receives a tipoff that could give her the scoop of the year,she’s drawn deeper and deeper into the secretive Sinclair family.

Elizabeth’s death wasn’t a tragic accident. And the truth will come at adeadly price.

Reviews:

‘A gripping portrayal of a family caught on the wrong side of the law’ JaneCorry

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5 Sep 2019

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Gripping, suspenseful thriller

Sue Fortin is a UK Kindle #1 bestseller, USA Today bestseller and hassold nearly a million copies of her books worldwide

Sue Fortin’s Girl Who Lied sold 430,000 copies and Sister, Sister sold 267,000 copies across all formats

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THE KILLER INSIDE

Cass Green is a bestselling authorof psychological thrillers and anaward-winning writer of fiction foryoung people under the nameCaroline Green. Her first novelfor adults, The Woman Next Door,was a No.1 e-book bestseller,while the follow-up, In a Cottage ina Wood, was a USA Todaybestseller and a Sunday Times top-10 bestseller.

Euromedia (Czech), 2020 (Portuguese), Ikar (Slovak)

You love me. But do you really know me?

Elliott Little knows he’s a very lucky man. He has a rewarding career as ateacher, he’s smitten with his wife, Anya, and he even likes his in-laws.But when Irene Copeland turns up on his doorstep, everything changes.

Gradually, Elliott realizes that Anya is not at all who she seems, and mayin fact be guilty of a terrible crime – which her adoring parents arecomplicit in covering up.

In fact, his wife’s parents are so adoring they will get rid of anyone whomight be a threat to their precious daughter – including her husband…

Praise for Cass Green:

‘A gripping page-turner with a twisted ending. Brilliant!’ Psychologies

‘Dark, gripping and totally compelling. A genuine page-turner’ Alex Lake,bestselling author of After Anna

‘A beguiling thriller, beautifully written and suffused with a delicatelyrising sense of menace which builds to a nerve-shredding climax. Onceagain Cass Green has written a book which you’ll happily be held captiveby’ Eva Dolan

‘A creepy, atmospheric and suspenseful read with a complex, believableprotagonist. The plot was cleverly constructed with a twist that gave awonderful ‘I didn’t see THAT coming’ moment. Thoroughly enjoyable!Sam Carrington, author of Saving Sophie

‘I loved it; a dark, disturbing thriller that kept me guessing to the end’ amHepburn, author of Her Perfect Life

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In a Cottage in a Wood has now sold over 100K copies across all editions

Dark and twisty psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Ruth Wareand Claire Mackintosh

Cass Green is a USA Today and Sunday Times top-10 bestselling author

From a well-connected, prize-winning YA author, who’s admired by writers such as Ruth Ware, Erin Kelly and Eva Dolan

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HAVE YOU SEEN HER

Lisa Hall loves words, reading andeverything there is to love aboutbooks.

Twitter @LisaHallAuthor

Previous rights sold: HarperCollins (Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish), Eksik Parca(Turkish)

Bonfire Night. A missing girl.

Anna only takes her eyes off Laurel for a second. She thought Laurel wasfollowing her mum through the crowds. But in a heartbeat, Laurel isgone.

Laurel’s parents are frantic. As is Anna, their nanny. But as the hourspass, and Laurel isn’t found, suspicion grows.

Someone knows what happened to Laurel. And they’re not telling.

Lisa Hall

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Lisa Hall is the bestselling author of Between You and Me, which sold over a quarter of a million copies and was the fifth top selling title on Amazon in 2016

Perfect for fans of Louise Jensen, BA Paris and Katerina Diamond

‘Brilliantly plotted…a gripping read’ Alice Feeney

‘Compelling, addictive… brilliant!’ B A Paris

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DON’T TELL TEACHER

Suzy K Quinn is an internationallybestselling author. Before herwriting dreams came true sheworked as a Guardian journalist,corporate tarot reader, dancefloor filler, fruit picker, call-centremonkey and ghost-writer.

Newton Compton (Italian)

School should have been the safest place…

For Lizzie Riley, switching her six-year-old son Tom to the local academyschool marks a fresh start, post-divorce. With its excellent reputationand delightful red-brick building, Lizzie knows it’ll be a safe space awayfrom home.

But there's something strange happening at school. Parents are forbiddenfrom entering the grounds and inside, there are bars across theclassroom windows.

Why is Tom coming home exhausted, unable to remember anythingabout his day? What are the strange marks on his arm? And when Lizzietries to question the other children, why do they seem afraid to talk?

Tom’s new school might seem picture-perfect. But sometimesappearances can be deceiving.

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Literally blown away! Just when you think nothing can surprise you, I’m still in shock from the twist!’ Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars

A chilling psychological thriller for anyone who loved Behind ClosedDoors, Sometimes I Lie and The Couple Next Door

Suzy K. Quinn is a self-publishing mega-star and the author of three bestselling series. She’s sold over half a million books worldwide and has been a bestseller in the UK, US and Germany. Her books have reached the top 5 in the UK Kindle charts, and have been translated into seven languages

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ALL THAT’S DEAD

Stuart MacBride is the SundayTimes #1 bestselling author of theLogan McRae and Ash Hendersonnovels. His work has won severalprizes and in 2015 he wasawarded an honorary doctorateby Dundee University.

Previous rights sold in 20 territories, information available on request

Inspector Logan McRae was looking forward to a nice simple case –something to ease him back into work after a year off on the sick. Butthe powers-that-be have other ideas.

The high-profile anti-independence campaigner, Professor Wilson, hasgone missing, leaving nothing but bloodstains behind. There’s a warbrewing between the factions for and against Scottish Nationalism.Infighting in the police ranks. And it’s all playing out in the merciless glareof the media. Logan’s superiors want results, and they want them now.

Someone out there is trying to make a point, and they’re making it inblood. If Logan can’t stop them, it won’t just be his career that dies.

Praise for Stuart MacBride:

‘Dark and gripping. A riveting page-turner’ Independent on Sunday

‘A satisfyingly compelling thriller’ Sunday Mirror

‘Skilful storytelling…strong characterisation…bothengrossing’ Guardian

MacBride’s thrillers just keep getting better’ Express

‘Unmissable…Superb storytelling’ Sun

‘A terrific writer…Logan McRae is a delight’ The Times

‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James

‘A satisfyingly compelling thriller’ Sunday Mirror

‘Exciting … a guaranteed bestseller’ Literary Review

Intriguing and

Stuart MacBride

Stuart MacBride’s books have sold over 3.5m copiesworldwide and been translated into 20 languages

The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author returns with the much anticipated new Logan McRae thriller, the 12th in the series

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VALLEY OF DEATH

Scott Mariani is the author of theworldwide acclaimed actionadventure thriller series featuringex-SAS hero Ben Hope. His novelshave topped the bestseller chartsin his native Britain and aretranslated into over 20 languagesworldwide.

Previous rights sold in 20 territories, information available on request.

THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL

People going missing in the remote wilds of India is not unusual. Butwhen the son of a wealthy Delhi businessman is kidnapped just weeksafter his brother fell victim to an alleged bandit attack in the mountains ofHaryana, it raises eyebrows.

With the local police doing close to nothing, there’s only one man forthe job: ex-SAS major Ben Hope. But for Ben, this is no ordinary rescuecase. Because this plea for help is coming from a special person from hispast, who now has nobody else to turn to.

Ben’s mission will take him into the heart of the arid Indian wilderness,pitting him against ruthless gangs and desperate men. But Ben isdetermined to save the day. Whatever it takes.

Praise for Scott Mariani:

‘A romp of a read, each page like a tasty treat. Enjoy’ Steve Berry

‘Scott Mariani is an awesome writer’ Chris Kuzneski

‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with aheart…Scott Mariani packs a real punch’ Andy McDermott

‘If you like your conspiracies twisty, your action bone-jarring, and yourheroes impossibly dashing, then look no farther’ Mark Dawson

‘If you’ve got a pulse, you’ll love Scott Mariani; if you haven’t, then maybeyou crossed Ben Hope.’ Simon Toyne

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1.7m copies of the Ben Hope books sold worldwide

The Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller returns with a gripping new BenHope thriller, the 19th in the series

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ENVY

After graduating, Amanda Robsonworked in medical research at theLondon School of Hygiene andTropical Medicine, and at thePoisons Unit at Guy’s Hospital,where she became a co-author ofa book on cyanide poisoning.Amanda attended the Faber novel-writing course, and is now a full-time author.

SHE WANTS YOUR LIFE

AND SHE’LL DO ANYTHING TO GET IT

Erica has always wanted to be exactly like her neighbour, Faye: beautiful,thin, and a mother. But Faye’s life isn’t as perfect as it seems – she has aterrible secret, and slowly but surely, it is threatening to destroy her andeverything she holds dear.

When Faye’s daughter Tamsin goes missing after school, the police turnto Erica. But is Erica the only one who has been enviously watching Faye?Or is there another threat hiding in the shadows…?

Praise for Amanda Robson:

‘Gripping, tragic, and sometimes insane, Guilt is an intense exploration oflove, sibling relationships, obsession, drug abuse, secrets, and rape’Seattle Book Review

‘Fast moving. Compulsive reading’ Jane Corry

‘An addictive, compelling read, full of tension’ Karen Hamilton

‘Absolutely powered through Guilt.Totally addictive and unputdownable’Roz Watkins

‘I read Guilt over one weekend, completely enthralled. This twisty andcomplex tale of twin sisters and the dangerous, damaged man whocomes between them kept me guessing’ Emma Curtis

‘Robson’s writing is sharp and emotive; the plot so tense and engaging. Afantastic read’ Elisabeth Carpenter

‘I absolutely loved it and raced through it. Thrilling, unputdownable, afabulous rollercoaster of a read – I was obsessed by this book’ B A Paris

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Amanda’s writing has been praised by key bestselling crime authors including B A Paris, Emma Flint, Fiona Cummins, Wendy Walker, Colette McBeth, Holly Seddon and Katerina Diamond

Amanda’s first novel, Obsession, was a #1 e-book bestseller and hassold 50K e-books and 25K paperbacks

The Daily Mail called Obsession ‘one of the most compelling debuts of the year’

An unsettling, claustrophobic thriller about jealousy, greed and desire

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THE VICTIM

G.D. Sanders has previouslyworked in academia. He is nowretired and enjoys writingcontemporary crime fiction, as itallows much more creativity thanwriting scientific research articles.He is based in London. The TakenGirls is his first novel.

Someone is lying… and someone is dead.

When a young woman is found dead in her own bedroom, theCanterbury police are baffled. There’s no sign of a break in, and noevidence. It’s as though the killer has vanished overnight.

DI Edina Ogborne is determined to uncover the truth, and when a brutalnew case comes to light, she’s convinced the two incidents areconnected. But the new victim, Gina, has her own ideas of how to bringher attacker to justice.

As Ed investigates, she soon realises not everything is quite what it seems– and that someone close to the case is lying. But will she find out whobefore it’s too late?

Praise for G.D. Sanders:

‘The Taken Girls is a tense thriller. A missing girl comes back pregnant &when the investigation ensues, there are so many questions, and so manytwists and turns. A really well written thriller – looking forward to morebooks from this author’ Netgalley reviewer

‘A great police procedural’ Netgalley reviewer

‘A fast paced thriller about dark secrets. I enjoyed reading this and thinkthe plot and characters were well developed.’ Netgalley reviewer

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Clever and wonderfully chilling with dark secrets, mystery and intrigue

Police procedural with a brand-new female detective and a brilliantlythought-out plot

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THE DOCTOR

This is Lisa Stone’s third crimenovel. She previously took thenon-fiction world by storm withher bestselling books on fostering,written under the pseudonymCathy Glass.

Lisa Stone previous rights sold: City Éditions (French)

Cathy Glass’ books have been sold in 18 territories, details available on request

When Emily and Ben move in next door to Dr Burman and his wifeAnita, they are keen to make friends. Outgoing and sociable, Emily triesto befriend the doctor’s wife, but Anita is strangely subdued, barelyleaving the house, and terrified of answering the phone.

When Emily goes missing a few weeks later, her husband Ben is plungedinto a panic. His wife has left him a note, but can she really haveabandoned him for another man? Or has Emily’s curiosity led her straightinto danger?

Praise for Lisa Stone:

‘This is a cracking good read that had me hooked from the beginninguntil the end. Full of murders, spiritualistic intrigue and just a hint ofromance. It is quick paced, extremely thought provoking and full of twistsand turns. I didn't want to put this book down.’ Amazon reviewer

‘A well-written and extremely addictive novel that will stick in your headlong after putting it down.’ Amazon reviewer

‘A unique plot and storyline – I enjoyed the book immensely. It reallymakes you think.’ Goodreads reviewer

‘What a powerful novel. I have read all of most of Cathy Glass’s booksand here she is writing under a new name Lisa Stone. I love the fact shehas branched into crime thriller and I think she has done it really well.’Goodreads reviewer

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A gripping, sinister thriller with a twist you won’t see coming from the international bestseller Lisa Stone

How much do you know about the couple next door?

FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION

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NOTES FROM SMALL PLANETS

Nate Crowley lives in South EastLondon, and knows too muchabout the history of publicaquaria. Once, he accidentallypunched a wrasse while wearing adiving suit from the 1800s. Hekeeps a List of Animals.

Twittter: @frogcroakley

Journey from fantasy mountains to super-cities, through piratical seas andup into space without missing any must-see sights – or putting a footwrong with the locals! Whether you’re Lord of the Shoe (st)Ring-budgetor Luxe Skywalker – Notes from Small Planets is your pastiche passportthrough the best worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Your ultimate travel guide to all the must-see locations in the worlds ofScience Fiction and Fantasy.

The perfect gift for self-professed geeks and fans of all things genre –from classic genre readers to new young disciples of Doctor Who. Frompulp aficionados to fans of Game of Thrones and Marvel movies. Visit yourfavourite worlds and discover new ones – all without ever missing asingle landmark or traditional dish. What’s orc for ‘bon voyage’?

Praise for Nate Crowley:

'Weird and hilarious' Buzzfeed

'Surreal and occasionally horrifying' The Daily Dot

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A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy for the modern fan

A writer for War Hammer’s Black Library and a master of videogame platform, Twitch, Nate has the nerd-credentials to take youon a journey into the worlds of Fantasy and Sci-Fi like no other

ROMANTIC COMEDY

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THE NORTHERN LIGHTS LODGE

Julie Caplin is addicted to traveland good food. Formerly a PRdirector, for many years sheswanned around Europe takingtop food and drink writers onpress trips (junkets) sampling thegastronomic delights of variouscities in Italy, France, Belgium,Spain, Denmark and Switzerland.It was a tough job but someonehad to do it. These trips haveprovided the inspiration andsettings for the trilogy, The LittleCafe in Copenhagen, The LittleBrooklyn Bakery and The Little ParisPatisserie.

Escape to the cosiest little lodge in Iceland for love, log fires and theNorthern Lights…

With a shattered heart and her career completely in tatters, Lucy needsto get away from her life in the UK. But, when she takes a job as hotelmanager of the Northern Lights Lodge, she doesn’t quite expect to findherself in a land of bubbling hot springs and snowflake-dusted glaciers –and in the company of gorgeous Scottish barman, Alex.

Determined to turn her life around, Lucy sets about making the lodge thenumber one romantic destination in Iceland – even though romance isthe last thing she wants. However, as Alex and Lucy grow closer underthe dancing lights of the aurora, Lucy might just learn how to fall in loveagain…

Readers love Julie Caplin:

‘The crème de la crème of rom-com confection’ Mrs W Reviews

‘I have found a little piece of myself in the story…a joy to read’ KateMcLaughlin Reviewer

‘I loved this book…the slow building romance, the descriptions of theshop as it comes to life. When I finished it, I had an incredible urge to gobake something’ Sharon Redfern, Librarian

‘Simply brilliant’ Nicola, Goodreads

‘Another gem in this series’ Rachel’s Random Reads

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The fourth book in the bestselling ‘Romantic Escapes’ series

First three titles were sold to German publisher Rowohlt with a high pre-empt

Soft Press (Bulgarian), Grada (Czech),

J’ai Lu (French), Rowohlt (German),

Libri Konyvkiado Kft (Hungarian),

HarperCollins (Italian), Mona Kitap

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SECRET THINGS AND HIGHLAND FLINGS

Tracy has been writing for anumber of years and has had a fewshort stories published in MyWeekly magazine. As well asbelonging to a local writing group,she enjoys amateur dramatics andcan regularly be found dressing upin strange costumes and prancingabout the stage pretending to beall manner of odd characters.

Lexi Ryan’s ex-husband has squandered their money and run away toSpain with his PA, leaving Lexi to deal with the fallout. Determined tokeep her beloved art gallery afloat, Lexi doesn’t tell anyone about the bagof cash she found in their basement. But when Martin returns demandinghis money, she doesn’t know who to turn to.

Olly Wentworth seems to have it all. He’s carefree and travelling theworld – but he’s running from an old family secret. And, when his fatherdies and he suddenly finds himself the Earl of Horsley, his life is turnedupside down. Now he has to find the money to fund his family estate –and fast.

When their two paths cross in the Scottish highlands, Lexi and Olly areinstantly drawn to one another. But how long can it last, when they bothhave secrets to hide?

Reviews:

‘Enchanting and captivating, I was hooked! An utterly gorgeous story!’Christie Barlow, bestselling author of The Cosy Canal Boat of Dreams

‘Sunshine in a book!’ The Book Trail

‘This book was hard to put down. It grabs you in instantly’ NetgalleyReviewer

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Tracy Corbett is an exciting women’s fiction author, perfect for fans of Debbie Johnson, Lucy Diamond and Sarah Morgan

Set in the beautiful Scottish Highlands

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WE MET IN DECEMBER

Rosie grew up in the ScottishHighlands before moving toMelbourne, and now lives with herfamily in Southport, North WestEngland. Writing as Rachael Lucas,she is the author of four women’sfiction novels, published by PanMacmillan, as well as two YAnovels, published by MacmillanChildren’s Books.

What if you couldn’t get away from the one who got away?

Unlucky in love Jess is following her dream and moving to London. It’sDecember, and she’s taking a room in a crumbling Notting Hillhouse‐share with four strangers. On her first night Jess meets Alex, theguy sharing her floor. They don’t kiss under the mistletoe, but as far asJess is concerned, the connection is instant. She lets herself imagine howtheir relationship will grow over the following year.

But when Jess returns from a Christmas holiday, she finds Alex hasstarted dating someone else – beautiful Emma, who lives on the floorabove them. Now Jess faces a year of bumping into (hell, sharing abathroom with) the man of her dreams – and the woman of his.

Jess is determined to move on and survive the next twelve months, butlove has a way of hampering even the best laid plans.

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Set in picturesque and romantic North West London, the story takes place in some of the most quintessential London sights, including Notting Hill, Little Venice and Portobello Road

Rosie Curtis is a pseudonym for bestselling women’s fiction and YAauthor Rachael Lucas, whose debut Sealed With a Kiss was a Kindlesensation in 2012

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ALL ABOUT US

Tom Ellen is a journalist and haswritten for ShortList, TimeOut, Vice, talkSPORT, ESPN and Viz.He has previously written YAnovels. This is his debut adultfiction book.

HarperCollins (German and Italian)

Ben Bravin is facing an (early) mid-life crisis aged 34: his marriage toDaphne is on the rocks, his career is circling the drain and he’s stillgrieving the unexpected death of his mum. Ben’s on the verge ofthrowing it all away when the discovery of a box of keepsakes onChristmas Eve sends him on an unexpected journey.

Ben falls asleep, and when he wakes up, it’s December 2005: the day thathe and Daphne first met. As Ben travels through his Christmases past,present and future – each one connected to a keepsake from the box inthe attic – turning the clock back (and forwards) offers him the chance toreflect on the decisions he’s taken and not taken throughout his life.

But will Ben do things differently this time around? And if he does, whatwill his future look like…?

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As well as being a love story, this also touches on the deep emotional themes of grief, depression, male mental-health and how important it is to ultimately find self-acceptance

A heart-warming and gorgeously romantic love story perfect foranyone who loved Josie Silver’s One Day in December, BethO’Leary’s The Flatshare or Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You

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I HEART HAWAII

Lindsey Kelk is an author,journalist and prolific tweeter.Previously a children’s book editorand columnist for Marie Claire,Lindsey is now a full-time writerand lives in Los Angeles. She ispublished in 22 countries and hernovels, include the ‘I Heart’ series,the Tess Brookes About a Girlseries and standalones.

Previous rights sold in 22 territories. Details available on request.

When Angela Clark’s best friend Jenny invites her to join a press trip toHawaii, three days of sun, sea and sleep sounds like the perfect antidoteto her crazed life.

At work in New York, she’s supposed to be the face of Having It All. Butthe only thing Angela feels she excels at is hiding in the printer cupboard,eating Mini Cheddars and watching Netflix on her phone and if this isliving the dream, she's more than ready to wake up.

A few days away with Jenny sounds like exactly what she needs butAngela’s talent for getting into a scrape guarantees nothing goes to plan –and not even the most beautiful beaches, blue skies and daiquiris will gether off the hook.

Praise for Lindsey Kelk:

‘A perfect mix of my two favourite things – Lindsey's writing and socialmedia… I LOVE IT!’ Louise Pentland

‘The perfect fix for lovers of romantic comedy’ RED

‘Beautiful, funny, warm and gorgeous’ Lucy Vine

‘Witty, funny, warm and wise’ Marian Keyes

‘Hilarious, sexy, pacy… a smart, laugh-out-loud triumph. Just brilliant!’HEAT

‘Lindsey is the queen of cracking one-liners … hilarious and energetic’Alex Brown

‘Outrageous, witty, exciting and romantic’ Closer

‘Kelk has a hilarious turn of phrase and a sparkling writing style’ DailyExpress

Lindsey Kelk

30 May 2019

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Join Angela and Jenny in the series finale of the bestselling I Heart books, on the balmy beaches of Hawaii

A heart-warming and funny novel for fans of Jenny Colgan andSophie Kinsella

I Heart Christmas and A Girl’s Best Friend were both Sunday Times top-10 bestsellers

One of the biggest voices in young women’s fiction, with over a million copies of her ‘I Heart’ and ‘Girl’ series sold across all formats

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DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME

Sunday Times bestselling authorMhairi McFarlane was born inScotland. After some efforts atjournalism, she started writingnovels and her first book, You HadMe At Hello, was an instantsuccess. She’s now written 6books and she lives inNottingham.

HarperCollins (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Swedish), Droemer Knaur (German), Cappelen Damm (Norwegian)

THE QUEEN OF ROM COMS!

You always remember your first love. Don’t you…?

It began with four words.

‘I love your laugh. x’

But that was twelve years ago. It really began the day Georgina was firedfrom The Worst Restaurant in Sheffield (© Tripadvisor) and found TheWorst Boyfriend in the World (© Georgina’s best friends) in bed withsomeone else.

So when her new boss, Lucas McCarthy, turns out to be the boy whowrote those words to her all that time ago, it feels like the start ofsomething.

The only problem? He doesn’t seem to remember Georgina – at all…

Praise for Mhairi McFarlane:

‘I loved it! So funny and warm – a delicious read’ Marian Keyes

‘Wildly funny and wildly romantic… Another wonderful novel from anauthor at the top of her game’ Louise O’Neill

‘Beautiful, funny and heartbreaking’ Giovanna Fletcher

‘Funny and heartfelt, full of humour and wisdom, I absolutely loved it’Katie Fforde

‘The perfect mix of comedy, whip smart dialogue and all thefeels’ Fabulous

Mhairi McFarlane

7 Mar 2019

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Mhairi has now sold over 1m copies across her four titles in the UK and US, plus sold in 24 international territories and sales of nearly 1m copies in Germany alone

The queen of Rom Com is back with her funniest, sharpest andmost emotional novel to date

For fans of Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella, Paige Toon and Giovanna Fletcher

’I loved it! So funny and warm. A delicious read’ Marian Keyes

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WHAT HAPPENS NOW

Sophia Money-Coutts is a 32-year-old journalist who spent five yearsstudying the British aristocracywhile working as FeaturesDirector at Tatler. Prior to thatshe worked as a writer and aneditor for the Evening Standardand the Daily Mail in London, andthe National in Abu Dhabi.

Previous rights sold to: HarperCollins (Brazilian Portuguese), Albatros (Czech), J’aiLu (French), Penguin (Germany), Ikar (Slovak)

‘I was pregnant with the baby of a man I had met once.

What was one normally left with after a first date? A bad case of thrush?’

After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘theone’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-somethingcolleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do:swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with ahandsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen?

Well it’s pretty bad actually. First Max ghosts her and then, after weeingon a stick (but mostly her hands), a few weeks later Lil discovers she’spregnant. She’s single, thirty-one and living in a thimble-sized flat inLondon, it’s hardly the happily-ever-after she was looking for.

Lil’s ready to do the baby-thing on her own – it can’t be that hard, right?But she should probably tell Max, if she can track him down. Surely he’snot that Max, the highly eligible, headline-grabbing son of Lord and LadyRushbrooke, currently trekking up a mountain in South Asia? Oh, maybehe wasn’t ignoring Lil after all…

Praise for The Plus One:

‘So funny. And the sex is amazing – makes me feel like a nun!’ JillyCooper

‘Light, fizzy and as snort-inducing as a pint of Prosecco.’ Evening StandardMagazine

‘Hilarious and compelling.’ Daily Mail

Sophia Money-Coutts

8 Aug 2019

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She also writes for other national and international publications including the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Grazia, Glamour and Marie Claire.

Sophia worked as Features Director at Tatler for five years. Shewrites a weekly column called ‘Modern Manners’ for the SundayTelegraph

Perfect for readers looking for the next Bridget Jones or Jilly Cooper, with a dash of Bryony Gordon

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RACHEL’S PUDDING PANTRY

Caroline Roberts lives in thewonderful Northumberlandcountryside with her husband andcredits the sandy beaches, castlesand rolling hills around her asinspiration for her writing. Sheenjoys writing about relationships;stories of love, loss and family,which explore how beautiful andsometimes complex love can be.A slice of cake, glass of bubbly anda cup of tea would make her day –preferably served with friends! Shebelieves in striving for yourdreams, which led her to apublishing deal after many years ofwriting.

STEP INSIDE RACHEL'S FARMHOUSE PUDDING PANTRY, A PLACE WHERE LOVE, LAUGHTER AND SCRUMPTIOUS BAKES BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

Primrose Farm is Rachel’s very own slice of heaven. Come rain or shinethere’s always a pot of tea brewing by the Aga, the delicious aroma offreshly baked puddings, and a chorus of happy memories drifting throughthe kitchen.

But the farm is in a spot of trouble. As the daffodils spring, Rachel mustplant the seeds of change if she wants to keep the farm afloat, and it’s allresting on a crazy plan. She’ll need one family cook book, her Mum Jill’sbaking magic – and a reason to avoid her distractingly gorgeousneighbour, Tom.

Swapping their wellies for aprons, can Rachel and Jill bake their way intoa brighter future? The proof will be in the pudding!

Reviews:

‘A delightful, life affirming story. I wanted to retreat to a cottage by thesea after the first chapter!’ Ali McNamara

‘Such a wonderful book, heart-wrenching and uplifting and joyful!Cressida McLaughlin

Caroline Roberts

18 Apr 2019

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Caroline’s bestselling Cosy books have been terrifically successful, selling 65K PBs and over 100K ebooks in the UK

A warm, cosy romance that marks a gorgeous new series from theKindle bestselling author – the Pudding Pantry novels

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FLOUNDER

Debut author, Hannah Sunderlandwas born and bred in SuttonColdfield, north of Birmingham.Hannah inherited the writing geneand unquenchable thirst forreading from her father. She hasan obsessional love of stationaryand the writing bug set in whensomeone handed her a notebookand she realised that she couldcreate a world within it. She is anambassador for the charity MastCell Action, raising moneythrough sponsored events andworking with the charity to raiseawareness of the illness.

Meet Effie, a cantankerous young woman with a sideways perspective onlife. Effie, like many twenty-somethings, feels as though she is failing at life.She doesn’t have the London apartment, handsome fiancé, or high-flyingjob. What she does have is a bed at her parents’ house, a part-time job ina bookshop, a potential drinking problem and a dry sense of humour.

Effie has little going for her, until she meets charming and sprightly Theo,her polar-opposite. Their relationship begins on shaky ground whenTheo bears witness to Effie’s excruciating Tinder date with someone whocrushes her last ounce of confidence. But Theo sees something that theTinder date didn’t. Despite Effie’s resistance, she falls hard for Theo.

But Theo cuts her off – he’s hiding a secret that Effie isn’t allowed toknow. Will Effie learn to love life, and herself, even after Theo is gone?

Hannah Sunderland

28 May 2020

Ideal for fans of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fineand The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern.

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OUR STOP

Laura is an author, social mediainfluencer and Red and Graziacolumnist. She has previouslywritten two non-fiction books forHodder. This is her first novel.She also runs a popular blog,www.superlativelyrude.com.

Droemer (German), AST (Russian)

Nadia Fielding gets the 7.30am tube from Clapham Common stationevery morning without fail. Well, except on the days sheoversleeps/wakes up at her friend Lucy’s house after too much wine/spillscoffee on her dress and has to get changed three times before work, thatis.

Daniel Knights really does get the 7.30am tube without fail everymorning, but getting up early has never been a problem for him, becausehe hasn’t been able to sleep properly since his Dad died last summer. Buthe doesn’t want to think about that.

One morning, Nadia is reading the Metro, pretending to look at thenews, when her eye catches sight of the “Rush Hour Crush section”, andone post in particular:

To the cute blonde girl with the coffee stains on her dress. I’m the guywho’s always standing near the doors of your carriage, hoping today’s aday you haven’t overslept. Drink sometime?

So begins a not-quite-romance of near-misses, post-it notes and thepower of the written word.

Review:

‘A cult hit’ Grazia

‘If you’ve ever felt a little lost, I hope this book finds its way to you’ DaisyBuchanan

‘LJ’s honesty and voice are unique in a crowded market’ Stylist

Laura Jane Williams

27 Jun 2019

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Younger, fresh voice that will connect with a more millennial market

Urban feel-good romance for fans of Holly Bourne and DollyAlderton

Sold at auction in Germany within 48 hours of submission

Laura Jane Williams is known for her touching insight, outrageous wit, and charismatic truth-talking, with a focus on female empowerment and connection

TOLKIEN & FANTASTIC BEASTS

Movie-Making News: The Stories Behind the Magic

Inspired by the very newspapers seen in the Fantastic Beasts films, the Wizarding World News

reveals previously untold behind-the-scenes stories from the first film and offers a sneak-peek

at what’s to come in the exciting next instalment.

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Page count: 80 pp

On sale: October 2nd 2018

The Archive of Magic: the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts:

The Crimes of Grindelwald

Go behind the scenes of J. K. Rowling’s magical universe of creatures and wizards in this

exciting full-colour companion volume to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

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Page count: 160 pp

On sale: November 16th 2018

The Art of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Step inside the world of the talented art departments who, led by Academy Award®-winning

production designer Stuart Craig, were responsible for the creation of the unforgettable

characters, locations, and beasts from the eagerly anticipated next chapter in the Wizarding

World.

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Page count: 256 pp


Lights, Camera, Magic!: The Making of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald

Return to the Wizarding World and discover how director David Yates and producer David

Heyman brought the thrilling next chapter of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts story to the big

screen.

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Page count: 160 pp


Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald:

Magical Adventures Colouring Book

From MACUSA in New York to London and on to Paris, follow Newt Scamander, Tina,

Queenie & Jacob as they face off against the dark ambitions of the wizard Grindelwald in this

third official tie-in colouring book showcasing the most iconic scenes from J.K. Rowling’s

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald —accompanied by memorable quotes from the film.

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Page count: 80 pp


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MIDDLE-EARTH: FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN

Weta Workshop is a multi-awardwinning conceptual design andphysical manufacturing facilityservicing entertainment and creativeindustries around the globe. Ithouses a range of disciplines underone roof – including conceptualdesign, weapons, armour &chainmaille, specialist props,vehicles, specialty costumes, models& miniatures, special makeup &prosthetics, public art & displays.Daniel Falconer has been a designerat Weta Workshop for more than15 years.

Huginn & Muninn (French), HarperCollins (US English)

BUILDING THE WORLD OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE HOBBIT

For the first time ever, the epic, in-depth story of the creation of one ofthe most famous fantasy worlds ever imagined, a richly illustratedcompendium that reveals the breath-taking craftsmanship, artistry, andtechnology behind the magical Middle-earth of The Lord of the Rings andThe Hobbit motion picture trilogies, directed by Peter Jackson.

Middle-earth: From Script to Screen tells the complete story of how J.R.R.Tolkien’s magic world was brought to vivid life on the big screen in therecord-breaking film trilogies The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogyand The Hobbit motion picture trilogy. Drawing on resources, stories, andcontent from the archives of the companies and individuals behind thefilms, much of which have never appeared in print before, as well asinterviews with director Peter Jackson and key members of the ArtDepartment, Shooting Crews, Park Road Post, and Weta Digital teamswho share their personal insights on the creative process, this astonishingresource reveals: How the worlds were built, brick by brick and pixel bypixel; How environments were extended digitally or imagined entirely ascomputer generated spaces; How the multiple shooting units functioned;How cast members and characters interacted with their environments.

Daniel Falconer takes fans from storyboard concepts to deep into thepost-production process where the films were edited, graded, andscored, explaining in depth how each enhanced the films. He alsodiscusses how the processes involved in establishing Middle-earth for thescreen have evolved over the fifteen years between the start and finish ofthe trilogies. Going region by region and culture by culture in this fantasyrealm, The Making of Middle-earth describes how each area created forthe films was defined, what made it unique, and what role it played in thestories.

Illustrated with final film imagery, behind-the-scenes pictures andconceptual artwork, including places not seen in the final films, thismonumental compilation offers unique and far-reaching insights into thecreation of the world we know and love as Middle-earth.

Daniel Falconer

19 Oct 2017

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TOLKIEN AND THE GREAT WAR

John Garth is a Tolkien expert,widely acknowledged as theauthority on Tolkien’s wartimeexperiences, having appeared onThe South Bank Show and otherdocumentaries about Tolkien. Hestudied English at OxfordUniversity and spent five yearsresearching and writing this book.He works as a newspaperjournalist in London.

Wenhui Press (Chinese Simple) Bourgois (French), Klett Cotta (German), Casa Editirice Marietti(Italian), HarperCollins (Portuguese – Brazil) Minotauro(Spanish), Houghton Mifflin (US English)

A BIOGRAPHY EXPLORING J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S WARTIME EXPERIENCES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HIS LIFE AND HIS WRITING OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS

‘To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in1939 … by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.’

So J.R.R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as areaction to the Second World War. Tolkien and the Great War tells forthe first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation ofMiddle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged intocatastrophe. This biography reveals the horror and heroism that heexperienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme andintroduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life. Itshows how, after two of these brilliant young men were killed, Tolkienpursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good andevil.

John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the FirstWorld War is the key to Middle-earth’s enduring power. Tolkien usedhis mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect andtransform the cataclysm of his generation. While his contemporariessurrendered to disillusionment, he kept enchantment alive, reshaping anentire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day.

This biography is meticulously researched and distilled from his personalwartime papers and a multitude of other sources.

John Garth

5 Jul 2004

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Much original research – most of this book reveals facts about Tolkien never before published

The first time Tolkien’s formative years have been put under thespotlight

The author, John Garth, was granted exclusive access to Tolkien family papers

Shortlisted for the Mythopoeic Society’s 2004 Scholarship Award

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A MIDDLE-EARTH TRAVELLER

Vancouver-born John Howe movedto France in 1976 when he was 19.There, he obtained a Diploma inIllustration at the Ecole des ArtsDécoratifs de Strasbourg in 1981.He has illustrated many Frenchchildren’s books, but is best knownfor his Tolkien calendars, bookjackets, maps and posters. In 1998he spent over a year in NewZealand working as ConceptualArtist on Peter Jackson’s acclaimedThe Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.In 2009 he returned to NewZealand to work on the The Hobbitmovie trilogy.

Century Horizon (Chinese Simplified), Klett Cotta (German), Bompiani (Italian), Minotauro(Spanish) Houghton Mifflin (US English)

SKETCHES FROM BAG END TO MORDOR

Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettablejourney across Middle-earth, from Bag End to Mordor, in this richlyillustrated sketchbook full of previously unseen artwork, anecdotes andmeditations on Middle-earth.

Middle-earth has been mapped, Bilbo’s and Frodo’s journeys plotted andmeasured, but Middle-earth remains a wilderland for all that. The roadsas yet untraveled far outnumber those down which Tolkien had time towander.

A Middle-earth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkien’s Middle-earth,visiting not only places central to his stories, but also those just over thehill or beyond the horizon. Events from Tolkien’s books are explored –battles of the different ages that are almost part of legend by the time ofThe Lord of the Rings; lost kingdoms and ancient myths, as well as thoseplaces only hinted at: kingdoms of the far North and lands beyond theseas.

Sketches that have an ‘on-the-spot’ feel to them are interwoven with theartist’s observations gleaned from Tolkien’s books and recollections ofhis time spent in Middle-earth while working alongside Peter Jackson onThe Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies. Combining concept workproduced for films, existing Middle-earth art and many new paintings andsketches exclusive to this book, A Middle-earth Traveller will take thereader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkien’s magicallandscape.

John Howe

4 Oct 2018

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Packed with previously unseen art and unique insider anecdotes from a man who was at the heart of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations

Fully illustrated art book by one of the greatest ever Tolkien artists

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THE HOBBIT SKETCHBOOK

Alan Lee was born in Middlesex in1947. His illustrated books includeFaeries (with Brian Froud), Castlesand Merlin Dreams, and the three‘Great Tales’ of Middle-earth: TheChildren of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien,and The Fall of Gondolin. He hasworked on such prestigious filmsas Erik the Viking (Terry Gilliam),Legend (Ridley Scott), and theacclaimed NBC miniseries Merlin.He is best known, however, forhis work on the books The Hobbitand The Lord of the Rings, and nowthe film versions.

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook sold in 8 languages. Details available upon request.

This richly illustrated book celebrates in words and pictures the beautifulwork that award-winning artist Alan Lee produced for J.R.R. Tolkien’sThe Hobbit, and includes dozens of brand-new paintings and pencildrawings exploring the world of Bilbo Baggins.

Since The Hobbit was first published in 1937, generations of readers havefallen under its spell. That magic was reignited sixty years later, whenAlan Lee was commissioned to produce a special illustrated edition, andhis delicate pencil drawings and beautiful watercolour paintings havebecome for many the definitive vision of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

In this sumptuous, large-format hardback Alan Lee reveals in pictures andin words how he created these images, which would prove so powerful,matching perfectly with Tolkien’s own vision, that they would eventuallydefine the look of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations and earn Alan acoveted Academy Award.

The Hobbit Sketchbook is filled with more than 100 of his sketches andearly conceptual pieces that reveal how the project progressed from ideato finished art. It also contains a wealth of brand-new full-colour paintingsand sketches drawn specially for this book, which unlock the secrets ofhow Alan creates his own magic and provide a fascinating insight into theimagination of the man who breathed new life into Tolkien’s vision.

Alan Lee

19 Sep 2019

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Includes dozens of brand-new works of art

The Hobbit is one of the all-time classic children’s books, selling 100million copies world-wide

Provides a lavishly illustrated and fascinating overview of the project of illustrating The Hobbit – sure to be of interest to the generations of readers.who have grown up with his art

Alan Lee worked as Conceptual Artist on the multi-billion-dollar-grossing LOTR and Hobbit film adaptations

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TOLKIEN CALENDAR 2020

Alan Lee is the creator of thehighly successful illustrated editionof The Lord of the Rings, andwinner of the 1994 KateGreenaway Medal for Children’sBook Illustration. He won anOscar for his work on PeterJackson’s Return of the King. Hismost recent work, The HobbitSketchbook, is a sumptuousportfolio collection of conceptualdesigns produced for bothTolkien’s books and PeterJackson’s movies, together withmany new sketches drawnspecially for this book.

The official Tolkien calendar, this year containing the finest watercoloursby Alan Lee selected from his brand-new Hobbit Sketchbook, andaccompanied by numerous pencil drawings, many unique to this calendar.

The Tolkien Calendar has become an established publishing event, eagerlylooked forward to by Tolkien fans the world over. This year's is moresumptuous than ever, and is not only illustrated by the acclaimed andOscar-winning Tolkien artist, it has been designed by him, too, with thesame care and attention to detail that has seen his work embraced by theTolkien Estate, Peter Jackson and discerning fans around the world.

Alan Lee has depicted famous scenes including Gollum and Bilbo, Bag Endand Smaug the Dragon in his celebrated illustrated editions of The Hobbit,but with these brand new paintings and drawings inspired by this belovedchildren’s classic he will take the reader deeper into the enchantingworld of Middle-earth than ever before.

To accompany each watercolour painting, every month featurescomplementary pencil drawings selected by Alan and there are alsobrand new sketches produced exclusively for this official calendar.

Alan Lee

29 Aug 2019

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Contains material exclusive to this calendar

The only official Tolkien calendar

‘Alan Lee’s artwork has a beauty and lyricism about it. His art captured what I hoped to capture with the films.’ Peter Jackson

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THE FALL OF GONDOLIN

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was adistinguished academic, though heis best known for writing TheHobbit, The Lord of the Rings andThe Silmarillion, plus other storiesand essays. His books have beentranslated into over 60 languagesand have sold many millions ofcopies worldwide.

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In the tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in theworld. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story butruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeplyopposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief ofthe Valar. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin,beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elveswho, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled againsttheir rule and fled to Middle-earth.

Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies byMorgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city,while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene insupport of Ulmo's desires and designs. Into this world comes Tuor,cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs.

Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on thefearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments inthe history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising outof the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he iswedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whosebirth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo.

At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act ofsupreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on thecity, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutelyobserved account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape ofTuor and Idril, with the child Eärendel, looking back from a cleft in themountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city.

They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Eärendel, whichTolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from othersources. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, this was ‘the first real story ofthis imaginary world’ and, together with Beren and Lúthien and TheChildren of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of theElder Days.

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The Children of Húrin was an international #1 bestseller, selling over 500,000 copies in English

Completes the ‘trilogy’ of standalone Middle-earth books by J.R.R.Tolkien begun with The Children of Húrin and Beren and Lúthien

Includes colour paintings and pencil drawings by Alan Lee (Oscar® -winning designer of the billion-dollar-grossing The Lord of the Ringsand Hobbit film trilogies)

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THE HIDDEN WOMEN

Kerry Barrett was a bookwormfrom a very early age and did adegree in English Literature, thentrained as a journalist, writingabout everything from pub grub toEastEnders. Her first novel,Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,took six years to finish and wasmostly written in longhand on hercommute to work, giving her avery good reason to buy beautifulnotebooks. Kerry lives in Londonwith her husband and two sons,and Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoesis still her favourite novel.

Berkshire, 1944

When Will Bates offers to take ATA pilot Lilian Miles to the dance, hesends her heart into a flutter. But as their relationship progresses, Liliancan’t help but get cold feet. Deep down she’s always known that thesecrets locked in her past would weigh heavily on her future happiness.

London, 2018

Helena Miles loves nothing more than digging into the back stories ofcelebrity families, making her perfectly suited for her job as a researcheron the hit show Where Did You Come From? But when handsomesuperstar Jack Jones sweeps into her life, she unexpectedly finds herselftrawling through her own family history.

As she explores her family’s past, she discovers that there are far moresecrets hidden there than she ever expected. What really happened toher aunt Lilian during the war, and why can’t she open up about it now?

Readers love Kerry Barrett:

‘I'd highly recommend this: detective fiction, historical fiction, powerful,moving, thrilling, sometimes comic, always very human’

‘A beautiful story which kept me hooked’

‘Will definitely read more from this author’

Kerry Barrett

14 Jan 2019

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An inspirational tale of sisterhood and strength, perfect for fans of Tracy Rees and Kathryn Hughes

The next book from the bestselling author of The Girl in the Picture,which has sold over 80K copies in the UK and US

A timeslip novel set between 1944 and 2018

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FLIGHT GIRL

Molly Green is a seasoned authorof fiction and non-fiction. She hassold lipstick in a Denver store,modelled in Atlanta, assisted theUN Narcotics Director inGeneva, chauffeured a SwissGnome in Zurich, assisted afamous film producer in the UK,and cooked in a sanatorium inGermany. She now lives in Kent.

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Each book will tells the story of a different sister, and the roles they eachplayed throughout the course of World War II (fighter pilot, jazz singer,canal girl).

The overriding theme is that all three sisters have a close relationshipwith one another as they face difficulties working in a man’s world, andtry to conquer such prejudice.

Praise for Molly Green:

'A moving, gripping story set during World War II, of a woman'sdedication to the orphans in her care and her heart wrenching love for aRAF pilot’ Kitty Neale

‘Redolent of wartime Britain and brimming with heartfelt stories fromseveral characters, Molly Green's sure-footed novel shows just howchallenging it was to find love and a place to call home in the dark days ofthe war’ Terri Fleming

28 Nov 2019

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Each book will focus on one Linfoot sister: Lorraine, Suzanne and Véronique

The first in a brand new trilogy from Molly Green

This first novel focuses on Lorraine, who joins the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) aged 17

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WARTIME FOR THE DISTRICT NURSES

Annie Groves was the creation ofthe much-loved writer, PennyHalsall, who died in 2011. Pennywas born and lived in the north-west of England all of her life andthe Annie Groves novels drew onher family’s history, picked upfrom listening to hergrandmother’s stories as a child.Penny’s legacy of heart-warmingand uplifting novels lives onthrough writer Jenny Shaw; whoknew Penny personally for manyyears.

Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them intheir first year as district nurses in London’s East End. From babies bornout of wedlock to battered wives, they’ve had plenty to keep themoccupied.

As rationing takes hold and Hitler’s bombers train their sights onLondon, there is no escaping the reality of being at war. Edith is trying tobattle on bravely while bearing her own heartache but there’s noescaping the new terror of the bombing raids. The girls find themselvescaught up in the terrible aftermath, their nursing skills desperately neededby the shaken locals on their rounds.

With the men away fighting for King and country, it’s up to the nurses tokeep up the Spirit of the Blitz, and everyone is counting on them.

Praise for Annie Groves:

‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly

‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of changewhen the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices anddreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionatestory’ Liverpool Daily Post

‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment ofwhat can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’Take a Break

‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly

Annie Groves

4 Apr 2019

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Annie Groves is a Top 20 Sunday Times bestselling author

Annie taps into the ongoing nostalgia for the Second World Warand the heroic women who kept calm and carried on

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A FAMILY’S HEARTBREAK

Kitty Neale was raised in SouthLondon and this working classarea became the inspiration forher novels. In the 1980s shemoved to Surrey with herhusband and two children, but in1998 there was a catalyst in herlife when her son died, aged just27. After joining other bereavedparents in a support group, Kittywas inspired to take up writingand her books have been SundayTimes bestsellers. Kitty now livesin Spain with her husband.

All they ever wanted was somewhere to call home:

Beaten

When Jenny’s mother abandons her and her younger siblings, Jenny is leftat the mercy of her abusive father Henry. And when Henry beats hiseldest daughter so badly that she ends up in the hospital, it seems likethere’s nowhere left for them all to go.

Broken

But factory worker Craig has fallen head over heels for Jenny, and heoffers her a place to stay. Happy at last, Jenny begins a new life with him,but when tragedy strikes, she’s left to pick up the pieces of both herbroken home – and her broken heart.

Bereft

Desperately trying to make ends meet, Jenny is alone and working roundthe clock. Will she ever be able to give her siblings the happy home theydeserve? Or is the worst yet to come?

Kitty Neale

22 Aug 2019

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One of Avon’s key performers and one of the UK’s best-loved saga authors, with over 1m copies sold to date

Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, viewers of EastEnders and CoronationStreet as well as traditional readers of this genre

About the author


THE BAREFOOT CHILD

Cathy Sharp is happily married andlives with her husband in a smallCambridgeshire village. They likevisiting Spain together and enjoythe benefits of sunshine andpleasant walks, while at home theylove their garden and visiting theNorfolk seaside.

When Lucy and her brother, Joshua, are orphaned, it falls to Joshua toprovide for them both, but he is barely into his teens and in his naivety,falls prey to bad influences and drink. Lucy is desperate to avoid theworkhouse, but when Joshua loses their meagre savings they are thrownout onto the street and, in dire poverty, it isn’t long before Lucy findsherself at its gates – almost a fate worse than death.

Inside the workhouse, Lucy meets with unkindness and cruelty and sheknows she must dig deep within herself if she is to survive, let alonethrive. What Lucy needs is a friend and she is surprised to find one in themost unlikely place.

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORKHOUSE SERIES

Cathy Sharp

16 May 2019

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For fans of Maggie Hope, Sheila Newberry, Diney Costeloe and Linda Finlay

Cathy Sharp’s debut The Orphans of Halfpenny Street reached #15 onthe paperback bestseller list

Cathy writes two books a year and her novels have won her numerous five-star reviews and legions of fans

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About the author


THE SECOND LIFE OF NATHAN JONES

David Atkinson is an Edinburgh-based writer. His first romanticcomedy Love Byte, published byBuried River Press, was shortlistedfor the Romantic Novelists’Association award in 2015.

When one wrong step – and the poor timing of the number 19 bus –send Nathan Jones to the Edinburgh morgue his story should haveended…but then he went and woke up.

Returned to real life Nathan finds a wife disappointed that he’smiraculously returned from the dead and an unshakeable ache forbeautiful mortuary technician Kat – the woman who brought him back tolife, in more ways than one.

Now, as his world implodes and Kat leads him down an unexpected path,Nathan somehow finds himself having the time of his second life.

David Atkinson

2 Aug 2019

E-book

400pp

Getting hit by a bus was the best thing that ever happened to him!

From the bestselling author of Love Byte

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FOXGLOVE FARM

Christie Barlow is the author ofseveral books including The CosyCanal Boat Dream. She is anambassador for @ZuriProjectraising money and awareness andengaging with communities inUganda through organisations toimprove their well-being. She isalso Literary Editor forwww.mamalifemagazine.co.uk.

www.christiebarlow.com

Twitter @ChristieJBarlow

Facebook page: Christie Barlowauthor.

Previous rights sold to: HarperCollins (German)

Spring has arrived in the small Scottish village of Heartcross and the treesthat adorn the pavement along Love Heart Lane are cloaked in blush pinkblossom that scatters like confetti.

For Rona and her daughter Felicity though, beavering away in the kitchenof Bonnie’s Teashop, this is just the start of a new adventure and there’sno way they can predict what will happen next…

Escape to Foxglove Farm for this year’s most heart-warming, feel-goodcomfort read.

Christie Barlow

28 Jun 2019

E-book

400pp

‘Christie Barlow is one of the best writers in this genre’ Lorraine Rugman, The Book Review Café

‘Full of warmth, fun and feel-good factor’ Sunday Times bestsellerKatie Fforde

‘Christie is an immensely talented author with the ability to spin words into heart-warming comedy gold’ Caroline Mitchell, #1 bestselling author

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About the author


SPRING SKIES OVER BLUEBELL CASTLE

Sarah Bennett has been readingfor as long as she can remember.Raised in a family of bookworms,her love affair with books of allgenres has culminated in theultimate Happy Ever After –getting to write her own storiesto share with others.

Twitter @Sarahlou_writes

www.facebook.com/SarahBennettAuthor

Previous rights sold to: Harper Collins (Dutch)

When Lucie Kennington flees the bright lights of London for the quietDerbyshire countryside, she’s shocked to discover that the heir to theBluebell Castle estate is far from the wizened employer she expected.

In fact, Arthur Ludworth might just be the most handsome man Lucie’sever laid eyes on – and a terrible distraction! So when she stumblesacross a legendary painting feared lost for centuries, she can’t believe herluck – perhaps this is the hidden treasure to save Arthur and his familyfrom ruin?

But it’s only a matter of time before Lucie’s past catches up with her andby then it’s too late, she’s falling for him.

Sarah Bennett

1 Apr 2019

E-book

384pp

She has sold 100K copies across formats for her Butterfly Cove and Lavender Bay series

This is the first book in a new series by Sarah Bennett

Sarah reached #2 in both the Audible and iBooks chart

Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley, Rachael Lucas and Hilary Boyd

About the author


THE JASMINE WIFE

Jane Coverdale worked as a scenicartist in theatre, television andfilm, and as Art Director andgraphic artist on televisioncommercials, music videos andseries TV drama in her homecountry of Australia. Her featurefilm script is currently indevelopment and has beenshortlisted for funding by ScreenNSW. The Jasmine Wife is Jane’sfirst historical novel and wasinfluenced by her time living inChennai, working with renownedIndian director and actor KamalHussain.

At midnight where the jasmine blooms, a woman waits for her lover…

Sarah Shaw’s future as the dutiful wife of a British official in India seemsassured, until a chance meeting with the gorgeous and powerful RaviSabran changes everything.

Under the heat of the Indian sun, the veneer of polite society wears offquickly and soon Sarah realises that nothing is as it appears to be,especially her husband Charles.

But in the beautiful jasmine gardens of the Maharajah’s palace, Sarahfollows a forbidden path… away from her bullying husband, towards Raviand the long-buried secrets of her own birth.

Jane Coverdale

19 Jul 2019

E-book

400pp

A sweeping epic romance set in the British Raj

For fans of Dinah Jefferies and Lucinda Riley

About the author


THE WEDDING PLANNER

Growing up in locations likeBotswana gave Eve a taste foradventure. When she wasn'tconsuming books she could befound pretending to be a damsel indistress or running around solvingmysteries and writing down heradventures. As a teenager, shewrote countless episodes of TVdetective dramas so the hero andheroine would end up togetherevery week. As an adult sheworked as a librarian beforedeciding she needed to writecontemporary romance herself.

Single mum Gloria Pavey has a bad habit of saying exactly the wrong thingat the wrong time. Determined to make a positive change she can’t sayno when her best friend, Emma, asks her to take on the role of herwedding planner. The only problem? Gloria’s co-planner – best man SethKnightley.

Gloria is on a self-imposed man ban but pulling together the mostbeautiful wedding Whispers Wood has ever seen alongside gorgeousSeth is pushing her to her limits. As every interaction increases thetension between them Gloria finds herself wondering…could the happyever after she never thought she’d have be in her future after all?

Eve Devon

3 May 2019

E-book

400pp

‘A truly enchanting read’ Books of All Kinds

A charming feel good romance perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Sarah Morgan

About the author


SUMMER UNDER THE STARS

Catherine Ferguson burst ontothe writing scene at the age ofnine, anonymously penning aweekly magazine for her five-year-old brother (mysteriously titledthe ‘Willy’ comic). Catherine’scontinuing love of writing saw herspend her twenties writing forvarious teenage magazinesincluding Jackie and Blue Jeansbefore getting serious andbecoming a sub-editor on theDundee Courier and DundeeAdvertiser.

When Roxy proposes to her boyfriend Jackson in a moment of madnesson live TV, she’s mortified when he rejects her. To escape theembarrassment, she takes a job working as baking assistant at the idyllicLog Fire Cabin. Roxy hopes the new job will take her mind off Jackson,because to her eternal annoyance, she hasn’t been able to stop thinkingabout him.

But when Jackson turns up at the cabin unexpectedly, things begin to gowrong. Can Roxy heal her own heart this Christmas? Or is someonewaiting in the wings to help her?

Reviews:

‘Gorgeously written, heart-warming and with characters so vividlyrealised that you just want to hang out with them on a Saturday night.She’s already a hugely popular author but this, mark my words, is thebook that will make Catherine Ferguson go stratospheric.' ClaudiaCarroll

Catherine Ferguson

16 May 2019

E-book

400pp

For fans of Jenny Colgan and Lucy Diamond

Catherine’s first two novels both hit the e-book bestseller charts,selling 30K copies apiece. Secrets at Ivy Garden reached #22 in theKindle charts

About the author


THE LAST LETTER FROM JULIET

Melanie Hudson was born inYorkshire in 1971. After runningaway to join the British armedforces in 1994, Melanieexperienced a career that tookher around the world on someexciting adventures. In 2010, whenshe returned to civilian life to lookafter her young son, on a whim,she moved to Dubai where shefound the time to write women'sfiction. She now lives in Cornwallwith her family.

This is a note to yourself, Juliet.

At the time of writing you are ninety-two years old and worried that bitsand bobs of your story have begun to go astray. You must read this notecarefully every day and work very hard to keep yourself and thememories alive, because once upon a time you told a man called EdwardNancarrow that you would, and it’s important to keep that promise,Juliet, even when there seems to be little point going on.

Readers adore Dear Rosie Hughes…

‘This book is going to be spoken about everywhere…I really really lovedit’ Karen Whittard, Reviewer

‘I loved this story of friendship…emotional and memorable’ JessicaBryson, Reviewer

‘Definitely a book I would read over and over again…Highly recommend’5 stars, Ginger Book Geek Blog

‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, but most of all it will make you treasure thefriends you have as who knows what each day may bring’ Book LoversAnonymous

Melanie Hudson

13 Sep 2019

E-book

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Me Before You meets The English Patient in this stunning romanticnovel from award-winning author Melanie Hudson.

Her debut, The Wedding Cake Tree, won the Romantic Novelists’ Association Contemporary Romance Novel of the Year 2016


HarperCollins (German)

About the author


THE UNEXPECTED LIFE OF MAISIE MEADOWS

After gaining a history degree,Jenni embarked on a career incontract flooring before settling inthe middle of the Suffolkcountryside with her husband, anantique-restorer. She valiantlyattempted to master the ancientart of housework but with fourteenage boys in the house, itremains a mystery. Instead, shespends her time at the keyboardwriting women’s fiction with blindcat Seymour by her side.

When Maisie Meadows finds herself single and jobless on New Year’sDay, she resolves that this will be the year she focuses on bringing herscattered family back together. After all, romance is very well, but it’s thepeople you grew up with that matter the most.

But a new job working at an auction house puts her in the path of Theo,a gorgeous but unattainable man who she can’t help but be distracted by.As their bond begins to grow, Maisie finds herself struggling to fulfil thepromise she made to herself – but the universe has other ideas, and it’snot long before the Meadows family are thrown back together in themost unlikely of circumstances.

Jenni Keer

8 Jul 2019

E-book

400pp

Perfect for fans of Ruth Hogan and Gail Honeyman

A feel-good, heart-warming story of community, friendship acrossgenerations and romance blossoming

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THE FORGOTTEN SECRET

Kathleen McGurl lives near the seain Bournemouth, UK, with herhusband and elderly tabby cat. Shebegan her writing career creatingshort stories, and sold dozens towomen’s magazines in the UK andAustralia. Then she got side-trackedonto family history research – whichled eventually to writing novels withgenealogy themes. She has alwaysbeen fascinated by the past, and theways in which the past can influencethe present, and enjoys exploringthese links in her novels.

Previous rights sold: City Éditions(French)

CAN SHE UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF THE PAST?

It’s the summer of 1919 and Ellen O’Brien has her whole life ahead ofher. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seemsfull of shining possibility. But war is brewing and before long, Ellen andeveryone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by theturmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty.

A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated oldfarmhouse in County Meath. Seizing the chance to escape her unhappymarriage she strikes out on her own for the first time, hoping the oldbuilding might also provide clues to her family’s shadowy history. As shesets out to put the place – and herself – back to rights, she stumblesacross a long-forgotten hiding place, with a clue to a secret that has lainburied for decades.

Readers LOVE Kathleen McGurl:

‘Another fabulous dual timeline story’

‘Haunting’

‘Had me gripped from the start’

‘I literally could not turn the pages fast enough’

‘Captivating’

Kathleen McGurl

1 Mar 2019

E-book

384pp

For fans of Kate Morton and Gill Paul

A heart-breaking, dual timeline historical fiction novel about twowomen fighting for independence

About the author


NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Maxine has wanted to be a writerfor as long as she can rememberand wrote her first (very short)book for school when she wasten. In August 2015, she wonHarper Collins/Carina UK's 'WriteChristmas' competition with herfirst romantic comedy, Winter'sFairytale.

Twitter: Scribbler Maxi

Instagram: Scribbler Maxi

www.scribblermaxi.co.uk

Ellie Laing has a very good reason to want to stay single: her lastrelationship put her in danger. And she’s worried that while the physicalscars will heal, the emotional ones never can. So, travelling to Kansas forher best friend Sandy’s wedding, Ellie’s in need of some time alone. AndSandy’s brother Ben’s rural and idyllic ranch seems like the perfect placefor it.

Ben comes with his own baggage – a failed marriage in his past, and a bigquestion mark over his future – and he knows the feelings he had for Elliebelong firmly in the history books. But, sitting on his porch with her, he’snever felt more at home.

Both of them swore they were better off alone… yet is it possible thattwo broken hearts could come together to heal?

Maxine Morrey

4 Mar 2019

E-book

384pp

Perfect for fans of Sue Morecroft and Tilly Tennant

About the author


ROSIE’S TRAVELLING TEA SHOP

Rebecca Raisin is a bibliophile, andher love of books morphed intothe desire to write them. Rebeccaaims to write characters you cansee yourself being friends with.People with big hearts who careabout relationships, and mostimportantly, believe in true, once-in-a-lifetime love.

THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME!

Rosie Lewis has her life together.

She has a swanky job as a Michelin-Starred Sous Chef, a loving husbandand future children scheduled for exactly January 2021.

That’s until she comes home one day to find her husband’s pre-packedbag and a confession that he's had an affair.

Heartbroken and devastated, Rosie drowns her sorrows in a glass (orthree) of wine, only to discover the following morning that she hasspontaneously invested in a bright pink campervan to facilitate her grandplans to travel the country.

Now, Rosie is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime, and the chanceto change her life! With Poppy, her new-found travelling tea shop in tow,nothing could go wrong, could it…?

Rebecca Raisin

3 Mar 2019

E-book

384pp

Perfect for fans of Debbie Johnson and Holly Martin

A laugh-out-loud novel of love, friendship and adventure!

About the author


PASSPORT TO HAPPINESS

Carrie was born and raised inLondon and the suburbs, but tiredof the dreary weather and herpermanently pale skin, has spentthe last decade living and workinginternationally. She is currentlyliving in Bali, Indonesia and canoften be found island hopping tofar-flung places. When not writing,Carrie works as a Psychic Medium& Spiritual Coach.

www.carriestone.co.uk

Twitter @CarrieStoneUK

Everly Carter is bored – bored with her job, with her single status andwith the never ending line of rubbish men on Tinder. She’s tired of goingthrough the motions of seeming happy, Everly wants to actually be happy!

In a spontaneous moment of bravery (perhaps spurred on by a fewcocktails) Everly books a holiday. It will be time away, alone, to find outwhat she really wants from life.

Can this become the journey of her lifetime?

Everly’s search for happiness takes her to picturesque Swiss villages andthe sunsets of glamourous Bermuda. But with every new stamp in herpassport, Everly still feels as though something is missing.

Could it be that true happiness is hard to find, until she finds herself?

Carrie Stone

15 Mar 2019

E-book

356pp

An inspiring and escapist read: Eat, Pray, Love meets Bridget Jones!

A feel-good, escapist read full of romance, life-changing travel and the search for happiness

About the author


BRIDESMAIDS

Zara Stoneley is the USA Todaybestselling author of The WeddingDate and No One CancelsChristmas. She splits her timebetween a cosy country cottage inCheshire and an apartment inBarcelona, and writes fun,romantic stories set in the Britishcountryside that she loves somuch.

Meet Rachel, the beautiful bride with big plans for the perfect day! Thevenue is a castle and the dress is designer. It’s just a shame her husbandis a rat.

Maddie and Sally have only one thing in common – they both love thesame man!

Beth is a newly single mum with a mystery baby daddy. Surely the fatherisn’t someone the girls all know?

And then there’s Jane, the glue holding them all together, but beingdumped doesn’t make her the happiest bridesmaid…especially withgorgeous flatmate Freddie complicating things.

Will the bride say, ‘I Do!’? Or will her bridesmaids save the day…andfind love along the way?

Reviews of The Wedding Date:

‘Full of laugh out loud moments’ Sunday Times bestseller Heidi Swain

‘The rom com date of the year’ Phillipa Ashley

‘This book made me smile from beginning to end, every girl needs a Jakerooting for them’ Jules Wake

‘A terrific summer romp’ Bella Osborne

‘Beautifully charming, deliciously sweet but with an unexpected bite! Iloved it!’ Jo Robertson, My Chestnut Reading Tree blogger

‘As frothy as a wedding gown and as full of fizz as the very best bubbly’Emma Reid, Screenwipe

‘Has everything I look for in a romantic comedy – romance, comedy,gorgeous man…pure, enjoyable escapism’ Rachel’s Random Reads

Zara Stoneley

26 Apr 2019

E-book

400pp

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Date!

The Wedding Date has now sold over 100,000 copies worldwide

Previous rights sold to: Heyne

(German), Balto Leidybas Namai

(Lithuanian)

About the author


NOTTING HILL IN THE SNOW

Jules Wake's earliest knowndeclaration that she planned to bea writer came at the age of ten.Along the way she was diverted bythe glamorous world of PR.Eventually the voices in her headpersuaded her it was time to sitdown and write the novel she'dalways talked about. Her debutnovel, Talk to Me, in 2014, wasquickly followed by the bestsellingFrom Italy With Love, whichreached the top ten in theAmazon Kindle charts. Since thenshe has had eight further novelspublished.

Viola Smith, plays the viola in an orchestra (yes really!), she’s bright,bubbly and enthusiastic about absolutely everything. And it’s enough todrive some people crazy…especially if they’re a grumpy widower with aneight-year-old in tow.

Nathan Williams hates Christmas, despite his small daughter’s efforts toget him to stop being the Grinch. But when he’s caught up in thecommunity nativity play and meets Viola, her enthusiasm is infectious. Asthe snow starts to fall on Notting Hill and the bells ring out acrossLondon, Nathan might have to admit that Christmas isn’t so bad after all.

Praise for Jules Wake:

‘I love getting lost in a Jules Wake book’ Debbie Johnson

Praise for Covent Garden in the Snow:

‘Had me laughing from the first page!’ Rachel’s Random Reads

‘Buy this book, put up a do not disturb sign and enjoy indulging in everypage – you won't be disappointed!’ Gem’s Quiet Corner

‘A romantic and hilarious novel with a beautiful and snowy Christmasatmosphere’ Chicklit Club

‘Oh I absolutely loved Tilly! What a fun, festive book, and a beautifulcover’ LoveReading.com

Jules Wake

11 Oct 2019

E-book

400pp

For fans of One Day in December and Karen Swan

Jules Wake’s previous book Covent Garden in the Snow was a KindleTop 2 bestseller

Previous rights sold: Albatros

(Czech), J’ai Lu (French), Rowohlt

(German), Vulkan (Serbian)

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THE RULES

Kerry Barnes, born in 1964, grewup on a council estate in SouthEast London. Pushed by herparents to become a doctor, sheentered the world of science andbecame a microbiologist. Afterstudying law and pharmaceuticals,her career turned to medicine.Having dyslexia didn’t deter herfrom her passion for writing. Shebegan writing when her daughterwas born thirty years ago. Onceher children had grown up shemoved to the Kent coast and nowwrites full time.

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER THAT WILL HAVE YOU HOOKED

Do you live by the rules, or die by them?

Holed up in prison, Mike Regan is offered a deal – his freedom inexchange for his firm taking down the gang that is supplying a newdangerous drug that has hit the streets. What starts as a game soonbecomes a shocking revelation with devastating consequences.

Meanwhile, Mike’s fiancé, Zara Ezra, has her own firm to run. But whenthe so-called Governor is out to take her down, she has her owndecision to make – either fight, run, or write her own rule book.

Kerry Barnes

15 Feb 2019

E-book

384pp

The gripping new gangland crime thriller from bestseller KerryBarnes. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole andJacqui Rose

About the author


THE FLOOD

Rachel Bennett was born inEngland but is currently based onthe Isle of Man (home of fastmotorbikes, tailless cats, and verychangeable weather). She sharesher home with two kids, oneangry cat, an exceptionally patienthusband.

What really happened to the Cain sisters?

When Daniela Cain returns to her small hometown after seven years’absence, she finds that flooding has left the village all but deserted. She’sthere to collect something she left in her childhood home, then she plansto leave.

But when she enters the crumbling family house she discovers heryounger sister Auryn’s body half‐submerged in the water.

As Daniella tries to work out what happened to Auryn, she uncoversdark secrets from her childhood as one of four sisters in the household,when the Cain’s and another local family begin to turn on each otherwith devastating results.

Rachel Bennett

2 Sep 2019

E-book

400pp

A hugely original setting, that is at once both utterly surreal and painfully familiar

Dark, atmospheric and gripping – this is perfect for readers of The Dry

About the author


ALL THE LITTLE LIES

Chris Curran worked as ateacher, an actor and scriptwriter,and now reviews fiction forvarious publications and blogs. Sheis a published short story writerand her most recent, The Thoughtof You, was shortlisted for the2017 CWA Margery AllinghamShort Story Competition. An earlydraft of her debut novel, Mindsight,was shortlisted for the YeovilLiterary Prize in 2013. All the LittleLies is her fourth novel.

‘Your whole life has been a lie…’

One email is all it takes to turn Eve’s world upside down. It contains apicture of her true birth mother, Stella, and proves that Eve’s entire lifewith her adoptive parents has been a lie.

Now she must unravel the mystery of Stella’s dark past. But what Evefinds will force her to take enormous risks, which put her, and her new-born baby, in immediate danger.

Chris Curran

15 Feb 2019

E-book

400pp

An unputdownable new psychological thriller, full of twists you won’t see coming, from Chris Curran.

After a lifetime of secrets how far would you go for the truth?

About the author


TIL DEATH DO US PART

Stephen Edger has published overa dozen novels – four trilogies,and the rest standalonepsychological thrillers. Stephenwas born in the north-east ofEngland, but grew up in London,meaning he is both a northernerand a southerner. By day heworks in the financial industryusing his insider knowledge tohelp shape the plots of his books.He also has a law degree, whichgives him a good understanding ofthe inner workings of the UKjustice system.

It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life…

Alice Tandy has dreamed of her wedding since she was a little girl. Theperfect venue, the perfect dress, the perfect groom. It’s all going exactlyto plan.

But then her whole world comes tumbling down. Just as she and her newhusband Ben are cutting their wedding cake, three policemen storm inand arrest Ben. Alice looks on in horror, unable to comprehend what ishappening. Did they say murder?

The next day, Ben is released on bail, but for Alice, the nightmare is onlyjust beginning. And as more details about the murder of Kerry Valentineemerge she starts to realise that everyone around her is keeping secrets.Can she trust anyone? And who really killed Kerry?

Stephen Edger

17 May 2019

E-book

350pp

Perfect for fans of Louise Jensen, Kerry Wilkinson and Carol Wyer

A tense, exciting domestic thriller with a strong hook and acommercial voice

About the author


THE BOSS

Caz Finlay lives in Liverpool withher husband, two children, and agrumpy dog named Bert. Aqualified probation officer, Caz hasalways been fascinated by thepsychology of human behaviourand the reasons people do thethings they do. However, it wasthe loss of her son in 2016 whichprompted her to rediscover herlove of writing and write her firstnovel, The Boss.

He’s inside.

She’s running the family.

But now he’s back – only one can boss the streets of Liverpool.

The first novel in an explosive new gangland crime series.

As the daughter of a notorious Liverpudlian gangster, Grace Sumnercommands respect – and she’s earned it on her own terms too.

But when her dangerous ex-husband Nathan Conlon is released fromprison, Grace risks losing everything she’s worked hard to build up whilsthe's been inside – including Nathan's own criminal empire.

Nathan's changed in prison, but old habits die hard. He makes it clear hewants his old life back, including his wife. And nothing or no one will getin his way.

Nathan’s out for blood. Grace is out for revenge. And only one cancome out on top.

Caz Finlay

7 Jun 2019

E-book

400pp

Gangster thriller for fans of Kimberley Chambers

The first novel in an explosive new gangland crime series

About the author


THE GUESTHOUSE

Abbie Frost has worked as ateacher, an actor and scriptwriter,and now reviews fiction forvarious publications and blogs. Sheis a published thriller writerwhose work has been shortlistedfor various awards.

Five checked in. Only one came out.

Hannah is travelling to Ireland for her dream Air BNB vacation – a weekin the stunning Guest House, a dramatic building in a remote stretch ofcountryside. With self-check-in, she doesn’t even need to meet the Host.It’s the perfect place to escape her problems.

But when she arrives, she finds the house is miles from anywhere – it’son a bleak range of hills in the middle of a bog – and there’s no phonesignal. Five complete strangers are staying inside, each in their ownprivate room, none of whom have met the host.

The guests start to hear banging noises coming from down in the cellar,their phones disappear, their car keys vanish. And when Hannah finds thefirst dead body, she begins to realise just how dangerous the internet canbe.

Abbie Frost

9 Jan 2020

E-book

400pp

For fans of And Then There Were None

The perfect AirBnB holiday vacation that turns into a nightmare

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DEAD INSIDE

Noelle Holten is an award-winningblogger at CrimeBookJunkie. Sheis the PR & Social Media Managerfor Bookouture, a leading digitalpublisher in the UK, and a regularreviewer on the Two CrimeWriters and a Microphonepodcast. Noelle worked as aSenior Probation Officer foreighteen years, covering cases ofdomestic violence and abuse. Shehas three Hons BA’s – Philosophy,Sociology (Crime & Deviance) andCommunity Justice – and aMasters in Criminology. DeadInside is her debut novel and thestart of a new series featuring DCMaggie Jamieson.

When three domestic abuse offenders are found beaten to death, DCMaggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet.

The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood – who isconnected to all three victims – is hiding a dark secret. Then a fourthdomestic abuser is brutally murdered. And he is Lucy’s husband.

Now the finger of suspicion points at Lucy and the police are running outof time. Can Maggie and her team solve the murders before anotherperson dies? And is Lucy really a cold-blooded killer?

Noelle Holten

31 May 2019

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‘An excellent read’ Martina Cole

A dark and gripping debut crime novel – the first in a stunning newseries – from a huge new talent.

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MY SISTER IS MISSING

Carissa Ann Lynch is a USA Today bestselling author. She resides in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband, children, and collection of books. She’s always loved to read and never considered herself a “writer” until a few years ago when she couldn’t find a book to read and decided to try writing her own story. With a background in psychology, she’s always been a little obsessed with the darker areas of the mind and social problems.

A twenty-year-old local mystery that has never been solved.

A bone-chilling VHS tape depicting a horrific crime.

Neighbors with something to hide.

And a sister who is missing.

Emily has to find out the truth. But is her sister Madeline the victim…orthe one to blame?

Reviews:

‘An unnerving, creepy, hair-raising novel, one that will have readerssleeping with one eye open’ David Bell, USA Today bestselling author ofLayover

‘Lynch has a knack for storytelling that not only captivates, but leaves oneaching for the next page’ Bradon Nave, USA Today bestselling author

‘A craftsman of the novel world. This book is a fine example of whyreading is the perfect form of escapism. Edge of your seat thriller action’5* Karen Whittard, Netgalley

‘Had me on the edge of my seat’ 5* Tracy Cavanah, Netgalley

‘The most gripping novel with the perfect amount of mystery andthrill…the ending is great!’ 5* Cloud of Thoughts Blog

‘A well-written, fast-paced thriller that is packed full of twists and turns,mystery and suspense. I was hooked from the very first page … Worthfar more than five stars’ Nicki’s Life of Crime Blog

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Carissa Ann Lynch

8 Feb 2019

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A creepy and chilling thriller that you won’t be able to put down

Reminiscent of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects~~ Christina Kaye,award-winning author of Presumed Dead

About the author


THE ART OF DECEPTION

Louise Mangos writes novels,short stories and flash fiction,which have won prizes, beenplaced on shortlists and read outon BBC radio. The Art of Deceptionis her second novel. Her debutnovel, Strangers on a Bridge, was afinalist in the Exeter Novel Prizeand long-listed for the Bath NovelAward. She lives in the Swiss Alpswith her Kiwi husband and twosons.

Facebook @LouiseMangos

Twitter @LouiseMangos

www.louisemangos.com

THE NEW MUST-READ THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF STRANGERS ON A BRIDGE

Art college dropout Lucie arrives in a Swiss ski resort looking for work –but instead finds Mathieu.

Handsome, charismatic and from a good family, Matt seems like theperfect man. But as Lucie soon discovers, he has a dark side – one thatwill drive their relationship to a dramatic conclusion, and tear the life shehas built for herself and their son apart.

Left fighting for her freedom in a foreign prison, and starting to lose hergrip on reality, Lucie must summon all of her strength to uncover thetruth and be reunited with her son before it’s too late.

The clock is ticking… but who can she trust?

Praise for Strangers on a Bridge:

‘As well-plotted and high-anxiety-inducing as any Hitchcock flick. 5 stars’

‘GREAT read, fast, with a number of twists and turns that you don't seecoming!’ Janice Lombardo

Louise Mangos

6 Jun 2019

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Louise is well-connected in the crime community and has attended many international events

A dark, chilling psychological thriller set in Switzerland

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A FATAL FLAW

Faith Martin has been writing forover 25 years, in four genres andunder four different pen names.She was born in Oxford and setsmost of her crime novels withinsight of the city of dreamingspires. A real nature lover andaficionado of the countryside,descriptions of wildlife and nativeflora often find their way into hermanuscripts.

Rights sold: HarperCollins (French)

1960, Oxford

As the city of Oxford prepares itself for the inaugural Miss OxfordHoney Beauty Pageant at The Old Swan Theatre, excitement is in the air.

But when one of the leading contestants is found dead, suspicion hangsover the competition.

Poisoned, the authorities assume her death was suicide. But after amalicious series of pranks and blackmail attempts are reported, WPCLoveday and Coroner Clement Ryder are called upon to solve the case.

In an atmosphere of fierce competition, the list of suspects is endless.Could what have started as harmless fun become a deadly race to winthe prize?

With time running out, the duo need to spot the killer before tragedystrikes again.

The Ryder and Loveday Series

Book 1: A FATAL OBSESSION

Book 2: A FATAL MISTAKE

Book 3: A FATAL FLAW

Book 4: A FATAL SECRET (publishing 1 Sep 2019)

Faith Martin

1 Feb 2019

£2.99

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A gripping murder mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and M.C. Beaton

The third Ryder & Loveday novel from global bestseller FaithMartin!

Faith is a #1 Kindle bestselling author and her books have sold over a million copies!

About the author


THE WAVE

Virginia has always written, butonly began to take it seriously in2004, when she began writing herdebut novel Echo Hall in 2017.Virginia writes flash fiction, essays,drama, The Wave is her secondnovel.

An earthquake deep in the ocean is sending a tsunami towards theCornish coast with no early warning and little time for escape. With itspoor infrastructure and isolation, many people won’t get away in time.

As the terrifying reality of this hits home, one young woman posts amessage on Facebook: ‘With nowhere to run to, I’m heading to my favouritebeach to watch the sunset, who wants to join me?’

A small group of people head towards the beach, each with their ownstories and their own secrets and as they come together in the dyinglight of the Cornish sunset, they will discover something much morepowerful than they thought possible. But there is no escaping the dawn,the wave is coming.

Virginia Moffatt

14 Jun 2019

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Haunting, scarily real and brilliantly executed; the heart-stopping novel that everyone will be talking about in 2019

The Wave perfectly fits into the trend for near-future dystopianfiction and will appeal the fans of The Last and Fever

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CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

Darren O'Sullivan was born inSlough in 1982 but moved toPeterborough when he was 17 totrain in performing arts. He hasbeen working creatively eversince, first as an actor for thestage, then director. Five yearsago he felt inspired to writetheatre and from that came theidea to develop a novel. Followingbeing accepted into the Faber andFaber novel writing programme in2015, he fine tuned his hand andduring that six month trainingprogramme his debut novel OurLittle Secret was born.

He’s watching. She’s waiting.

Having barely escaped the clutches of a serial killer, Claire Moore hasstruggled to rebuild her life. After her terrifying encounter with the manthe media dubbed The Black-Out Killer, she became an overnightcelebrity: a symbol of hope and survival in the face of pure evil. And thenthe killings stopped.

Now ten years have passed, and Claire remains traumatised by her brushwith death. Though she has a loving and supportive family around her,what happened that night continues to haunt her still.

Just when things are starting to improve, there is a power cut; a housefire; another victim found killed in the same way as before.

The Black-Out Killer is back. And he’s coming for Claire.

Praise for Darren O’Sullivan:

‘Engrossing, compelling and twisty from the first page to the shockingending. This book grabbed me and didn't let go’ Michele Campbell,author of It’s Always the Husband

'Unique and utterly compelling. This twisty psychological thriller will chillyou to the bones' Gemma Metcalfe, author of Trust Me

‘A stellar and original concept, brilliantly executed. The final chapters hadmy heart in my throat! O’Sullivan is certainly one to watch’ PhoebeMorgan, author of The Doll House

Darren O’Sullivan

15 Mar 2019

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Our Little Secret has sold over 62K copies

Unmissable new thriller by the author of Our Little Secret and CloseYour Eyes

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About the author


REMEMBER ME

D. E. White started writingfifteen years ago, scribbling ideason napkins at work on the nightshift. After various jobs, includingworking as cabin crew, in ahospital, a supermarket and as a999 call handler for theambulance service, she beganwriting full time in 2018. A multi-award winning entrepreneur, andwas part of a small businessdelegation speaking at Number10, Downing Street in 2015.

www.daisywhiteauthor.co.uk

Fifteen years ago Ellen Smith vanished from the woods near her smallWelsh village. Never to be seen again.

Eight people were in the woods that night: eight splintered lives, eightpeople hiding a terrible secret. But who can remember the truth?

Now, Ellen’s best friend, Detective Ava Cole is all grown up and back inthe village where it all began, and everyone is asking the same question.

What really happened to Ellen?

D.E. White

6 Feb 2019

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This books had over 700 pre-orders before publication!

D.E. White is a new crime writer. Remember Me is her debutpsychological thriller

Filled with shocking discoveries and traumatic memories, this fast paced thriller is perfect for fans of Friend Request and Close to Home

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

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SLENDER MAN

These documents were collectedby sources who wish to remainanonymous.

HarperCollins (Italian), CleverMedia (Russian)

Lauren Bailey has disappeared.

As her friends and the police search for answers, Matt Barker begins todream of trees and black skies and something drawing closer.

Through fragments of journals, blog posts and messages, a sinister,slender figure emerges and all divisions between fiction and delusion,between nightmare and reality, begin to fall.

The urban legend of the Slender Man has inspired short fiction, viralvideos, and a feature film. Gathered from online whispers, Matt’s storyreveals the true power of the internet’s most terrifying creation.

Anonymous

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Slender Man is one of the internet’s most notorious creations – a shadowy figure whose victims disappear or find themselves doing terrible things. This is the first official Slender Man book

A horror movie based on the Slender Man myth was released inSeptember 2018

In 2016, Netflix released a documentary, Beware the Slender Man, exploring the phenomenon

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THE GHOST TREE

Barbara Erskine is the SundayTimes bestselling author of over adozen novels. Her first book, Ladyof Hay, has sold more than 3mcopies worldwide and has neverbeen out of print since it was firstpublished 30 years ago. Her bookshave been translated into over 25languages and are internationalbestsellers.

Previous rights sold available on request

Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless bythe end of her marriage, career and now the death of her father. Hiddenaway in a top-floor room, she finds he had secretly kept a cupboard fullof her possessions. Sifting through the ancient papers, Ruth discovers thediary and letters written by her ancestor from the 18th century, ThomasErskine.

As the youngest son of a noble family now living in genteel poverty,Thomas always knew he would have to make his own way in the world.He joins the navy and then the army, rising through the ranks, travellingthe world. When he is finally able to study law, his experiences andabilities propel him to the very top and he becomes Lord Chancellor. Yethe has made a powerful enemy on his voyages, who will hound him andhis family to the death.

Ruth becomes ever more aware of Thomas as she is gripped by his story,and slowly senses that not only is his presence with her, but so is hisenemy’s.

Praise for Sleeper’s Castle:

‘Sleeper's Castle is a haunting tale, confirming that Barbara Erskine remainsthe mistress of the time-slip novel’ Alison Weir, acclaimed historian andnovelist

‘Captivating . . . Beguiling ghosts that whisper to us from the past andseek to stamp their will upon the present’ Richard and Judy bestseller,Rachel Hore

Praise for Barbara Erskine:

‘Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson’ ElizabethBuchan, Sunday Times

‘Barbara Erskine’s storytelling talent is undeniable’ Times

‘Marvellous escapist stuff’ Woman and Home

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23 Aug 2018

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The Ghost Tree is based on Thomas Erskine, the author’s great (x5) grandfather, who was the Lord Chancellor of England and has an intriguing personal history

Barbara is a regular Sunday Times bestseller, with millions of copiessold

Barbara Erskine is the queen of timeslip novels

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KING OF ASHES

Feist is one of the world’s leadingfantasy writers. Born and raised inSouthern California, Raymond E.Feist was educated at theUniversity of California, SanDiego, where he graduated withhonours in Communication Arts.He is the author of the bestsellingand critically acclaimed RiftwarSaga.

Rights sold: Bard (Bulgarian), HarperCollins (Brazilian Portuguese), Luitingh Sijthoff (Dutch), Bragelonne(French), Fanucci Editore (Italian)

FIREMANE SERIES

The world of Garn once boasted five great kingdoms, until the King ofIthrace was defeated and every member of his family executed byLodavico.

Ithrace's ruling family were the legendary Firemanes, and represented agreat danger to the other kings. Now four great kingdoms remain, on thebrink of war. But rumour has it that the newborn son of the last king ofIthrace survived, carried off during battle and sequestered by the QuelliNacosti, a secret society whose members are trained to infiltrate and spyupon the rich and powerful throughout Garn. Terrified that this may betrue, and that the child will grow to maturity with bloody revenge in hisheart, the four kings have placed a huge bounty on the child's head.

In the small village of Oncon, Declan is apprenticed to a masterblacksmith, learning the secrets of producing the mythical king's steel.Oncon is situated in the Covenant, a neutral region lying between twowarring kingdoms. Since the Covenant was declared, the region hasexisted in peace, until violence explodes as slavers descend upon thevillage to capture young men to press as soldiers for Sandura.

Declan must escape, to take his priceless knowledge to Baron DaylonDumarch, ruler of Marquensas, perhaps the only man who can defeatLodavico.

Reviews

‘File under guilty pleasure’ Guardian

‘Get in at the start of a master’s new series’ Daily Sport

‘Well-written and distinctly above average…intelligent…intriguing’Publishers Weekly

‘Epic scope…vivid imagination…a significant contribution to the growthof the field of fantasy’ Washington Post

Raymond E. Feist

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Riftwar and Serpentwar Sagas have been global bestsellers and sold millions of copies worldwide

Brand new saga from New York Times bestselling author Raymond E.Feist

Raymond E. Feist is one of fantasy’s best loved authors and his work rivals David Gemmell and Terry Goodkind for action and drama

HarperCollins is now handling rights for bestselling author Philippa Gregory.

Rights information available on request.

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PHILIPPA GREGORY

HarperCollins is now handling rights for bestselling author Philippa Gregory.

Rights information available on request.

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A THOUSAND ROADS HOME

Carmel Harrington has wonseveral international awardsincluding Kindle Book of Year andRomantic e-book of Year at theFestival of Romance in 2013 forher debut novel, Beyond Grace’sRainbow. A popular freelancewriter, she has written featuresfor the Irish Independent, Daily Mail,Evening Herald, Woman’s Way andacclaimed online blog, MotheringIn The Middle.

Previous rights sold: Yabanci(Turkish), HarperCollins (Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish)

Single mother, Ruth, and her teenage son, Thomas, have always had eachother. They’ve never truly fitted in with the norms of society but thatdidn’t matter as long as they were together.

Until Thomas befriends Bill – a man who ten years ago walked out of hishouse and never looked back, choosing to live on the streets instead.

Ruth, Thomas and Bill have all felt like outsiders. Burdened with grief andinsecurities, they were not living their best lives. But together, thesethree ordinary people manage to do an extraordinary thing.

Reviews:

‘Will make you see life in a different way’ Woman’s Way

‘Heartwrenching and heartwarming’ Evening Herald

‘Carmel Harrington has done it again! Brilliantly written…it surpasses allexpectations’ Chicklit Club

‘A bittersweet, quietly brilliant novel that will make you cry, laugh and cryall over again’ Female First

‘It will stay with you well after, you have turned the last page’ BleachHouse Library

‘Guaranteed to brighten your day’ Novelicious

‘Funny, poignant and bursting with heartfelt humour’ I Heart … Chick Lit

Carmel Harrington

18 Oct 2018

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Carmel Harrington is an Irish Times and Kindle bestselling author. This is her 6th novel

Warm, powerful and unforgettable, Carmel Harrington’s new novelis about second chances, friendship and unlikely heroes

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THE TUDOR CROWN

Joanna Hickson spent 25 yearspresenting and producing Newsand Arts programmes for theBBC. Her first published book wasa children’s historical novelRebellion at Orford Castle but morerecently she has turned to adultfiction, concentrating on bringing15th century English history andsome of its fascinating principalcharacters to life. She getsinspiration from her Wiltshirefarmhouse home, which datesback to her chosen period.

Rights sold: HarperCollins (Brazilian Portuguese)

Previous rights sold:

Brana (Czech), Apgads (Latvian), Literackie (Polish), Eksmo(Russian)

SHE’LL BETRAY HER KING TO CROWN HER SON

When Edward of York takes back the English crown, the Wars of theRoses scatter the Lancastrian nobility and young Henry Tudor, with astrong claim to the throne, is forced into exile.

Recently widowed and vulnerable, his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort,forges an uncomfortable alliance with Edward’s queen, ElizabethWoodville. Swearing an oath of allegiance to York, Margaret agrees tomarry the king’s shrewdest courtier, Lord Stanley. But can she tread theprecarious line between duty to her husband, loyalty to her son, and herobligation to God and the king?

When tragedy befalls Edward’s reign, Richard of York’s ruthless actionsfire the ambition of mother and son. As their destinies converge each ofthem will be exposed to betrayal and treachery and in their gruelling bidfor the Tudor crown, both must be prepared to pay the ultimate price.

Praise for Joanna Hickson:

‘A great tale…the golden thread that led to the crown of England’ Conn

Iggulden

‘An intriguing tale, told with confidence’ Times

‘Rich and warm’ Sunday Express

'Colourful and vivid' Elizabeth Chadwick

‘A big-hearted and engrossing novel’ Elizabeth Freemantle

‘A bewitching first novel…alive with historical detail’ Good Housekeeping

'An enthralling blend of fact and fiction, drama and danger, passion and

politics’ Lancashire Evening Post

‘A gripping and emotional story’ Woman

Joanna Hickson

31 May 2018

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Joanna’s debut, The Agincourt Bride, was a huge success in the UK and the US

Historical detail with great dramatic content and commercial appeal

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About the author


I KNOW YOU

Annabel Kantaria is a Britishjournalist who now lives in Dubaiwith her husband and children.She has edited and contributed towomen’s magazines andpublications throughout theMiddle East and returns regularlyto the UK.

Crooked Lane Books (US English)

You trust her.

You shouldn’t.

That picture you just posted on Instagram? I’ve seen it. The location youtagged? I’ve been there.

You haven’t been careful enough, have you? Because I know all aboutyou.

But when I meet you, I won’t tell you that. I’ll pretend. Just like you do.

You’ll like me though. You’ll trust me enough to let me into your life.

And then I’ll destroy it.

Praise for Annabel Kantaria:

‘Draws you in and doesn’t let you go. Gripping, chilling and twisted’ JudyFinnigan

‘Twists and turns abound’ Hello! Magazine

Annabel Kantaria

28 Jun 2018

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Annabel Kantaria’s previous title The Disappearance has sold nearly 40K copies across all formats

Page-turning psychological suspense, perfect for fans of LianeMoriarty, Claire Mackintosh and Holly Seddon

Annabel’s debut novel Coming Home won the inaugural MontegrappaFirst Fiction prize at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

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About the author


MISS MARLEY

Vanessa Lafaye was born in Floridaand studied in North Carolina.She moved to the UK in 1999(having been deported once). Sheis the author of two previousnovels; her first book Summertime,was chosen for Richard and Judyin 2015 and was shortlisted forthe Historical Writers Award.Vanessa passed away in February2018.


A CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY – A PREQUEL TO A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Orphans Clara and Jacob Marley live by their wits, scavenging for scrapsin the poorest alleyways of London, in the shadow of the workhouse.Every night, Jake promises his little sister ‘tomorrow will be better’ andwhen the chance to escape poverty comes their way, he seizes it despitethe terrible price.

And so Jacob Marley is set on a path that leads to his infamouspartnership with Ebenezer Scrooge. As Jacob builds a fortress of wealthto keep the world out, only Clara can warn him of the hideous fate thatawaits him if he refuses to let love and kindness into his heart.

In Miss Marley, Vanessa Lafaye weaves a spellbinding Dickensian tale ofghosts, goodwill and hope – a perfect prequel to A Christmas Carol.

Vanessa Lafaye

1 Nov 2018

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A seasonal tale of kindness and goodwill

A Christmas Carol is a perennial favourite, but in this delightful novellaVanessa Lafaye explores what led to Jacob Marley’s appallingpunishment – doomed to drag chains for all eternity

Vanessa Lafaye had a terminal illness when she began writing Miss Marley, and sadly died before she was able to complete it. Historical novelist Rebecca Mascull helped finish Vanessa’s story, having been a close friend and confidante

‘Exquisite’ Veronica Henry

‘A moving companion piece to the classic A Christmas Carol, with all the traditional echoes of the Dickensian festive season woven through, and with tragedy and joy in equal measure. A delight.’ Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist

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WRECKER

Noel was a student on the NewWriting South Advanced Writingcourse. He has worked as ajournalist and editor at theinternational business mediacompany RBI, and is now afreelance writer. This is his firstnovel. He lives in Brighton withhis wife and children.


Shipwrecks are part of life in the remote village of Porthmorven,Cornwall. And as the sea washes the bodies of the drowned onto thebeach, it also brings treasures: barrels of liquor, exotic fruit, the chanceto lift a fine pair of boots from a corpse, maybe even a jewel or two.

When, after a fierce storm, Mary Blight rescues a man half-dead from thesea, she ignores the whispers of her neighbours and carries him home tonurse. Gideon Stone is a Methodist minister from Newlyn, a marriedman. Touched by Mary’s sacrifice and horrified by the superstitions andpagan beliefs the villagers cling to, Gideon sets out to bring light andsalvation to Porthmorven by building a chapel on the hill.

But the village has many secrets and not everyone wants to be saved. AsMary and Gideon find themselves increasingly drawn together, jealousy,rumour and suspicion is rife. Gideon has demons of his own to face, andsoon Mary’s enemies are plotting against her.

Gripping, beautifully written and utterly beguiling, Noel O’Reilly’s debutWrecker is a story of love, injustice, superstition and salvation, set againstCornwall’s dark past.

Noel O’Reilly

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Powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall – the myths and legends, the wrecking and the drowned sailors – where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds

For fans of The Miniaturist, The Essex Serpent and Poldark

‘With echoes of Du Maurier, this compelling Cornish drama weaves a tangled web of fallen faiths, of sins, seductions and deceits.’ Essie Fox

About the author


THE SECRET ORPHAN

Glynis Peters lives in the seasidetown of Dovercourt-Harwich. In2014 she was shortlisted for theFestival of Romance New TalentAward.

The Secret Orphan is her firstWW2 historical novel.

As the Nazis’ relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six-year-old Rose Sherbourne finds herself orphaned and under the guardianshipof a Cornish farmer's daughter, Elenor Cardew.

Elenor knows that the only way to protect spirited Rose is to leave thecity and make a new life for themselves away from harm. But soonElenor discovers that Hitler’s firestorm is not the only thing she mustfear when she learns a devastating secret about Rose.

With Rose’s life in imminent danger, Elenor turns to the only person shecan trust to keep the deadly secret, heroic Canadian pilot, Jackson StJohn. And amidst the destruction of war, an unlikely romance blossomsas they find a way to protect the child they have both grown tolove…and each other.

Glynis Peters

9 Nov 2018

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A stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience

For fans of Orphan Train and The Secret Wife

Newton Compton (Italian)

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FRIENDSHIP FAILS OF EMMA NASH

Chloe Seager studied EnglishLiterature and Drama at theUniversity of East Anglia, whereshe sadly realised she couldn't act,but did rediscover her love ofchildren's books. Children'sLiterature was one of herfavourite modules, and it madeher wonder why grown-ups everstopped reading them. She nowworks with YA and kids’ booksfull-time. Chloe lives in EastLondon.

Previous rights sold to: UniversPoche (French), Mano (Hungarian), Harlequin (US English)

Emma Nash is back….and determined to work out the world offriendships and relationships once and for all (…ish).

Now she’s in the sixth form, Emma’s expecting life to be a breeze butwhen her best friend Steph suddenly has a boyfriend who she’s spendingmore time with Emma’s not sure what to do with herself.

So Emma’s got a mission in mind: making new friends. Signing up for theschool fashion show seems like the perfect opportunity. Although soon,through a series of mishaps that are absolutely not Emma’s fault (well,sort of), her world is teetering on the edge of disaster again.

Would going back to creating a life for herself online reaaaaaallllyyy be sobad?

Chloe Seager

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This is Louise Rennison for the current teen generation with a more daring new edge

Chloe Seager’s fresh, original YA heroine Emma Nash is back andbumbling through another adventure

Chloe Seager is a literary agent herself with incredible connections in the YA world

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I STILL DREAM

James Smythe is the winner of theWales Fiction Book of the Year2013 and shortlisted nominee forthe Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014.He is the author of the AnomalyQuartet which includes TheExplorer and The Echo. Jamescurrently lives in London andteaches creative writing.

Host (Czech)

Previous rights sold: Bragelonne(French), Gabo (Hungarian), Insignis Media (Polish)

17-year-old Laura Bow has invented a rudimentary artificial intelligence,and named it Organon. At first it’s intended to be a sounding-board forher teenage frustrations, a surrogate best friend; but as she grows older,Organon grows with her.

As the world becomes a very different place, technology changes the waywe live, love and die; massive corporations develop rival intelligences toLaura’s, ones without safety barriers or morals; and Laura is forced todecide whether to share her creation with the world.

Reviews:

‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificialintelligence that I’ve read’ Guardian

‘I Still Dream is amazing!’ Beth Lewis, author of Wolf Road

‘A haunting meditation on the implications of AI, on intelligence itself, andon what it means to live and die in the age of technology. I Still Dream is amust-read for fans of David Mitchell, for anyone who’s ever used asmartphone, and for anyone who appreciates riveting plots and beautifulprose.’ Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven

‘One of the most affecting and brilliant books I've read this year … ahuge achievement: toweringly ambitious, and yet beautifully controlledand crafted’ Sam Byers, author of Idiopathy

‘This is a visionary novel about what it is to be human. It is a startlinglook at intelligence, empathy and grief in the face of technology. Smythehas written his masterpiece’ Nikesh Shukla, editor of The GoodImmigrant and author of Meatspace

‘I Still Dream begins with melancholy nostalgia, before growing urgentlycontemporary and finally chillingly prescient. It is a strikingly intelligentbook about intelligence itself: artificial intelligence, emotional intelligence,and all the ways we watch each other. Having read it, you may wish toturn off your phone’ Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

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TV rights sold to Carnival Films with plans to unfold across multiple seasons

Cloud Atlas meets Black Mirror

Epic, heart-breaking and hugely readable, with a killer twist

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Sarah Davis – Rights Manager • [email protected] and The Netherlands: William Collins, Reference, NonfictionBelarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine: all adult non-fiction titles

Agnes Rigou – Rights Manager • [email protected], Asia: all adult lists exc. Tolkien, C.S. LewisFrance, French Canada: William Collins, Reference, NonFiction illustrated titles

Aisling Smyth – Rights Manager • [email protected], Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Baltics, Turkey, Israel, Far East and emerging markets: Tolkien titles Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine: all adult fiction lists excl. Agatha Christie, C.S. Lewis

Iona Teixeira Stevens – Rights Manager • [email protected] Brazil, Greece, Bulgaria, Balkans, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Middle East: all adult lists exc. TolkienAll markets: CS Lewis Portugal: Illustrated Titles (William Collins, Reference, Nonfiction)

Deborah Wadsworth – Co-edition & Cover Art Sales Manager • [email protected] Norway, Finland: Illustrated titles (William Collins, Reference, Nonfiction)

Emily Yolland – Rights Assistant • [email protected] to Eleanor Goymer, Tara Hiatt, Mary ThompsonIndia: All adult lists

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