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Spell Binding, Inspiring Silly, GreatGreat, Unique, Thrilling Playful, Real, Wonderful Heartbreaking, Magical, Funny Dry, Romantic, Stories,Stories Dry, Illuminating, Riveting, Shocking Terrifying, Powerful, Sly Eye-Opening, Uncovered,Uncovered Silly, Funny Witty, Captivating, Funny London 2021 Rights Guide Fiction & Non-Fiction CONTENTS FICTION General Fiction Literary Fiction Harlequin Fiction Crime & Thriller Sci-Fi & Fantasy NON-FICTION General Non-fiction True Crime Cookery & Lifestyle Biography & Autobiography Sport History & Popular Science Health & Wellbeing GENERAL ENQUIRIES If you are interested in any of the titles in this Rights Guide or would like further information, please contact us: Elizabeth O’Donnell Head of International Rights and Business Development HarperCollins Publishers (ANZ) t: +61 2 9952 5475 e: [email protected] HarperCollins Publishers Australia Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box A565, Sydney South NSW 1235 AUSTRALIA Hilarious, Eye-opening, Terrifying, Lovely, Funny, Wonderful, Fiction Titles GENERAL FICTION GENERAL FICTION A brutal murder. A wartime promise. A granddaughter’s INHERITANCE quest for the truth. It’s New Year’s Eve. Three thirty-something women – Aimee, NOT BAD Melinda and Lou - best friends for decades, let off illegal OF SECRETS Juliet’s elderly grandparents are killed in their Adelaide home. Chinese lanterns filled with resolutions: for meaning, for Who would commit such a heinous crime – and why? The PEOPLE SONYA BATES freedom, for money. As the glowing paper bags float away, only clue is her grandfather Karl’s missing signet ring. BRANDY there’s a bright flare in the distance. It could be a sign of luck No matter how far you run, When Juliet’s estranged sister, Lily, returns in fear for SCOTT – or the start of a complete nightmare that will upend their the past will always find you. her life, Juliet suspects something far more sinister than friendships, families and careers. A gripping, page-turning a simple break-in gone wrong. Before Juliet can get any Three friends, thirty years The day after their ceremony, the newspapers report a small mystery for all fans of Kate answers, Lily vanishes once more. of shared secrets, one Furnivall and Hannah Richell. impulsive gesture … and plane crash – two victims pulled from the wreckage, one a Juliet only knew Karl Weiss as a loving grandfather, a a terrible accident. When young boy. Were they responsible? Aimee thinks they are, 400pp | 234x153mm German soldier who emigrated to Australia to build a friendship goes bad, Melinda won’t accept it, and Lou has problems of her own. Paperback | new life. What was he hiding that could have led to his someone has to pay. For It’s a toxic recipe for guilt trips, shame, obsession, blackmail ISBN 9781460757857 murder? While attempting to find out, Juliet uncovers some fans of Liane Moriarty and power games. disturbing secrets from WWII that will put both her and and Robyn Harding. They’re not bad people. But desperate times call for desperate her sister’s lives in danger … measures. Gripping. Tense. Mysterious. Inheritance of Secrets links the crimes of the present to the ‘Blackmail, secrets and shame secrets of the past and asks: how far would you go to keep a promise? abound as truths are revealed in this Liane Moriarty-esque Brandy Scott is a former senior producer on Radio New PRAISE debut about friendship and Zealand’s Morning Report. Before her radio career she ‘The perfect combination of great historical fiction and a thriller. Compared to Jane Harper’s The forgiveness’ –Who Weekly worked as a print journalist, including contributing from Dry meets Heather Morris’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this book definitely lives up to that praise! ‘A fabulous portrayal of how the Middle East to the Economist and serving as features I highly recommend’ – Better Reading female friendships can unravel’ editor for a daily national newspaper, Emirates Today. She – Jessica Rowe is currently based in Dubai co-hosting a popular breakfast Sonya Bates is a writer and speech pathologist living in South Australia. She writes for show called The Business Breakfast, on the UAE’s only children and adults, and has been published in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Her February 2019 | 320pp | talk radio station, Dubai Eye 103.8. most recent published works are three titles in the Orca Sports series for young adults 234x153mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781460756171 published by Orca Book Publishers in Canada (Topspin, 2013, Off the Rim, 2015, Running Rights Held: World English and translation on Empty, 2018). She has also had six chapter books published, four in Canada with Orca Rights Licensed: US (HarperCollins) Book Publishers and two in Australia with Macmillan Education and Limelight Press, as well as short stories published in The School Magazine, Comet and Challenge. Sonya began writing adult fiction in 2015. Inheritance of Secrets is her first novel. Rights Held: World English and translation Rights Licensed: US, UK and Canada (Harper360) The sunlight flickering through branches was like looking through Going from one child to two is never all that easy for a family, THE LOST a kaleidoscope. How could that be so long ago? How could so HOW TO BE but when Emma’s husband simultaneously fathers a third SUMMERS much have gone wrong? SECOND BEST child three doors up the street, things get very tricky, very fast. O F Phoebe’s life has fallen apart and there’s only one place left to JESSICA No longer is it enough for Emma to be the best wife and go. Alone and adrift after a failed marriage proposal, she flees DETTMANN mother – now she’s trying to be the best ex-wife, and the best DRIFTWOOD Sydney to her family’s abandoned holiday cottage. part-time parent to her ex’s love child, and that’s before she VANESSA On the slow-moving river Phoebe is confronted with the A hilarious and heart-warming even thinks about adding a new bloke to the mix. M c CAUSLAND legacy of her older sister’s suicide, a year before. Why did debut that captures the Set in an upwardly mobile, ultra-competitive suburb, this is a Karin leave a note written in flowers and walk into the water? dramas, delights and delirium funny, biting, heartwarming modern comedy that looks at the Is it more dangerous to Phoebe’s childhood love, Jez, has moved back to the beautiful of modern parenting. This is roles we play, how we compete, and what happens when we forget … or to remember? old house, Driftwood, one jetty down. He’s married now Marian Keyes meets Allison dare to strive for second-best. A compelling drama and the home has become a refuge for an unlikely little Pearson, with a dash of Caitlin about broken dreams, community. Moran. PRAISE first love and the mystery January 2019 | 325pp | of a lost sister, for all fans As the river begins to give up its secrets, Phoebe finds herself ‘Jessica Dettmann is a fine comic writer. She has an eye for the 234x153mm | Paperback | of Hannah Richell and caught up in old feelings and new mysteries. small details, irritations and inspirations of life which coupled ISBN 9781460755969 Kate Morton. The Lost Summers of Driftwood is a story of lost loves, rekindled passions, tragedy with a truly original turn of phrase and great way with a gag and betrayal set against the backdrop of an idyllic south coast town. makes for sparkling and heart-warming reading.’ – Ben Elton 352pp | 234x153mm ‘A diverting comic novel that bubbles along, buoyed by the author’s Paperback | ISBN Vanessa McCausland has worked as an entertainment and fashion reporter, dry, conspiratorial feminist wit’ – Sydney Morning Herald 9781460757680 interviewing many Hollywood actors in person, including Hugh Jackman, Ryan ‘Full of funny moments, this debut takes a wry look at parenthood, Reynolds, Denzel Washington and Kate Hudson, as well as working as a News divorce and the messy reality of blended families’ – Who Weekly Limited journalist for the Daily Telegraph and has written articles for Mamamia. ‘An absolutely delightful, funny and touching read’ – Nicola Moriarty The Lost Summers of Driftwood is her second novel. Her first, Star Attraction, was published under her previous name, Vanessa Stubbs, in 2013. Rights Held: World English and translation Rights Held: World English and translation Rights Licensed: Canada (HarperCollins Canada) GENERAL FICTION GENERAL FICTION The Brennans − parents, Finn and Bridget, and their sons, JOY. MAGIC. WONDER. FATE. Every lost soul can be SIXTY Jarrah and Toby − have made a sea change, from chilly BOY found again. Fates can be changed. Bad can become good. SECONDS Hobart to subtropical Murwillumbah. Feeling like foreigners SWALLOWS True love conquers all. There is a fine line between magic and in this land of sun and surf, they’re still adjusting to work, madness and all should be encouraged in moderation. Home JESSE school, and life in a sprawling purple weatherboard, when UNIVERSE is always the first and final poem. BLACKADDER one morning, tragedy strikes. TRENT Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, A novel of hope. In the devastating aftermath, the questions fly. What really DALTON a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a happened? And who’s to blame? babysitter. It’s not as if Eli’s life isn’t complicated enough Praise for In the Blink of an A story of brotherhood, Determined to protect his family, Finn finds himself under already. He’s just trying to follow his heart, learning what it Eye (US title): true love and the most the police and media spotlight. Guilty and enraged, Bridget takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles unlikely of friendships, in the way – not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary ‘Absolutely captivating … spends nights hunting answers in the last place imaginable.