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WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON is one of the most prestigious and dynamic literary imprints in British and international publishing, home to ground-breaking, award-winning, thought-provoking since 1949.

In non-fiction, W&N publishes across W&N also publishes first-rate literary a number of categories including fiction that appeals to a broad history, memoir, ideas-driven books, readership. Our fiction authors popular science, biography, sport, include Gillian Flynn, Carlos business and narrative non-fiction. Ruiz Zafón, Laura Barnett, Téa Our authors include Antonia Fraser, Obreht, Joe Ide, Jostein Gaarder, Keith Richards, Henry Marsh, Alice Walker, Michel Bussi, Emily Simon Sebag Montefiore, Antony Fridlund, Paul Torday, Julian Beevor, Bettany Hughes, Jennifer Fellowes and Nathan Englander. Worth, Adam Rutherford, Tina Brown, Eric Idle, Philippe Sands, A. A. Gill, John McEnroe and Nicholas Crane.

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 5 08/04/2019 08:15 The true story of how a besieged Syrian town

found hope. Down in the basement of a bombed building in Daraya there is

a secret . No signs mark its presence, because in a war zone, books are dangerous.

More than 14,000 books are neatly stacked, arranged according to author and subject. They are checked in and out meticulously. Those within read quietly, drinking tea on comfortable sofas and

chairs. For them, the library is a symbol of hope, a symbol of the JULY determination of ordinary people to have a meaningful existence and to rebuild their fractured society.

mike thomson is a multi-award-winning World Affairs

correspondent for the BBC. He is the only journalist to have Syria’s Secret Library attained four Amnesty Awards in his career. Mike Thomson Current Affairs HB / ETPB: £18.99 / £14.99 320pp 8pp colour illustrations V 978 1 4746 0590 8 978 1 47468 0591 58 , UK : £18.99 978 8 1 4746 0593 9 @ThomsonRadio Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7146 1 8

The No.1 international from ’s most popular author. A novel of dark secrets and teenage

obsessions. French Riviera, winter 1992.

On a freezing night, nineteen-year-old Vinca Rockwell runs away with Alexis, her philosophy teacher. No one will ever see them again.

French Riviera, spring 2017. Thomas, Maxime and Fanny – Vinca’s best friends – have not

JULY spoken in twenty-five years. But when they receive an invitation

to their old school reunion detailing plans for a new gymnasium, they know they must go back one final time.

Because there is a body buried in that building… …and they’re the ones who put it there.

guillaume musso is the No.1 bestselling author in France. His novels have been translated into forty languages and have

sold over 33 million copies worldwide. He was born in Antibes The Reunion in the south of France, and currently lives in . Guillaume Musso Translated Fiction / Crime HB / ETPB: £14.99 256pp 978 1 4746 1120 6 978 1 4746 1121 3 V eBook: £14.99 978 8 1 4746 11238 7 8 Paris, France Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8594 9 8 6

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 6 08/04/2019 08:15 ‘A glowing, beating heart of a ’ Megan Hunter

‘Short, lyrical, intense, and with adventurous ambition’ Nell Zink

On a hot day in June, a young girl kneels outside a convent, then falls on her face. When the nuns take her in, they name her Dolores.

Dolores adjusts to the rhythm of her new life – to the nuns with wild hairs curling from their chins, the bells that ring throughout

the day. JULY But in the dark, private theatre of her mind are memories – of

love motels lit by neon red hearts and a boy called Angelo. And inside her, a baby is growing.

lauren aimee curtis was born in Sydney in 1988. She is Dolores currently completing a PhD on the work of Renata Adler and Lauren Aimee Curtis Elizabeth Hardwick. Dolores is her first book.

V Literary Fiction Lisbon, MMP (with flaps): £9.99 144pp 978 1 4746 1193 0 Sydney, eBook: £9.99 978 1 4746 8 1194 78 laurenaimeecurtis.com Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8952 7 8

A novel of desire and ambition illuminating one of the great love stories of the twentieth century – Tennessee

Williams and his longtime partner Frank Merlo. In July 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in

Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren, a mysteriously taciturn young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress.

Their encounter will go on to alter all of their lives.

Like The Master and The Hours, Leading Men seamlessly JULY weaves fact and fiction to navigate the tensions between public figures and their private lives, in a heartbreaking story about the complex negotiations of life in the shadows of greatness.

The son of Italian immigrants, christopher castellani now lives in Boston, where he works as artistic director of Grub Street, one of the country’s leading independent creative writing Leading Men centres. Christopher Castellani Literary Fiction MMP: £8.99 368pp 978 1 4746 1354 5 V eBook: 8.99 8 978 1 4746 8 1355 2 Boston, USA Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1356 9 8 7

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 7 08/04/2019 08:15 The story of a nineteenth-century scoundrel and

his murder at the hands of photographer Eadweard

Muybridge, a founding father of cinema.

Major Harry Larkyns is known to history as a swindler and seducer in 1870s California, more famous for his cold-blooded murder at the hands of Eadweard Muybridge, one of the inventors of moving pictures, than his life. Muybridge walked free. How was this possible?

Although he has largely been dismissed as an imposter and a AUGUST rogue until now, Rebecca Gowers discovers that Larkyn’s tall

tales were (mostly) true, and that he was hiding more…

rebecca gowers’ debut novel When to Walk and second novel The Twisted Heart were both longlisted for the Orange Scoundrel Prize for Fiction. This is her first work of non-fiction. The Astonishing True Story of Harry Larkyns Rebecca Gowers History V HB: £20 320pp 978 1 4746 0642 4 Cambridge, UK eBook: £20 8 978 81 4746 0644 8 8

A deeply imaginative, street-by-street and meticulously researched biography of one of

London’s most vibrant and seductive districts. Soho – illicit, glamorous, sordid, louche, poverty-stricken,

squalid, exhilarating.

The history of Soho is written in its surviving architecture. Dan Cruickshank grants us an intimacy with centuries of rich and varied history as he guides us around the Soho of the last 500 years. We learn of its original aspirations towards respectability,

how it became London’s bohemian quarter and why it was once AUGUST home to its criminal underworld. The bars, clubs, theatres and their frequenters are described with detail that evokes the heart of the district.

dan cruickshank is a TV presenter and bestselling author. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Soho Architects. Dan Cruikshank History HB: £20 320pp 16pp colour illustrations 978 0 297 86932 0 V eBook: £20 8 978 80 297 86933 7 8 London, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8472 0 8 8

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 8 08/04/2019 08:15 The literary event of 2019: the new novel by the

Orange Prize-winning author of The Tiger’s Wife.

After an eight year wait, Inland is the new novel by one of the

most ‘brilliant’ (Sunday Times), ‘prodigious’ (Guardian) and ‘extraordinary’ (Vogue) writers of her generation.

This is a book grounded in true but little-known history, focusing on two extraordinary characters: Nora, an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of her husband; and Lurie, a former outlaw haunted by ghosts. AUGUST Inland showcases all of Téa Obreht’s talents as a writer, as she subverts and reimagines the of the American West, making them entirely – and unforgettably – her own.

téa obreht is the author of the international bestseller The Tiger’s Wife, winner of the Orange Prize. Born in Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, she currently lives in New York. Inland Téa Obreht Literary Fiction HB / ETPB: £14.99 / £13.99 368pp 978 0 297 86706 7 978 0 2978 86707 4 V eBook: £14.99 978 8 0 297 86708 1 New York, USA Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 6106 6 8

Everyone knows who killed the Clutters. But who murdered the Walker family?

In 1959, the Walker family murders shook Florida. 587 people were considered suspects – but sixty years later the investigation

remains unsolved. Former FBI agent Brigid Quinn is trying to enjoy life after work. But when the Walker case comes up, she’s only too happy to

postpone retirement. Quinn is reluctant to draw comparisons with another case of the

AUGUST time: the Clutter family murders, made infamous by Capote’s In Cold Blood. But the similarities are impossible to ignore, and perhaps Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, executed at the time, weren’t acting alone – in both cases.

becky masterman was as an editor for a forensic science and law enforcement press. Her debut, Rage Against the Dying, We Were Killers Once was a finalist for the Edgars and CWA Gold Dagger. Becky Masterman Crime & Thriller HB / ETPB: £16.99 / £13.99 352pp V 978 1 4091 5550 8 978 1 40918 5551 5 Arizona, USA eBook: £16.99 978 8 1 4091 5553 9 @mastermanbecky Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 6603 0 8 9

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 9 08/04/2019 08:15 A mind-boggling journey through the phenomenon of language, busting nine common myths about

humanity’s greatest achievement. Inuits have fifty words for snow.

There’s a term in Portuguese you simply can’t translate. Standards of grammar have taken a nosedive in recent years.

In Don’t Believe a Word, we go on a journey through the science of language, uncovering the truth about what we do with words. Exploding nine widely held myths while introducing us to some

AUGUST of the fundamental insights of modern linguistics, with David Shariatmadari as our energetic guide we marvel at the beauty

of humanity’s greatest achievement.

david shariatmadari is a writer and editor at . Don’t Believe a Word He read Linguistics at Cambridge University, before completing The Surprising Truth a Master’s degree at the University of London. Don’t Believe a About Language Word is his first book. David Shariatmadari Popular Science HB / ETPB: £16.99 / £14.99 288pp V 978 1 4746 0843 5 978 1 47468 0844 2 London, UK eBook: £16.99 978 8 1 4746 0846 6 @D_Shariatmadari Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7718 0 8

A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the

region tightly in its grip. Silver, Sword and Stone is a vivid, impeccably researched

narrative history of a continent with a tumultuous but little- understood past, told through three modern lenses. The first, precious metal, consumed in its relentless conquest and has become ’s future hope. The second is the

culture of violence: from the Aztec and Inca empires through the AUGUST nineteenth-century wars of independence to state terrorism and drug wars. The third, embodied in temples, cathedrals, or piles Silver, Sword of rock, is the region’s fervent adherence to religious institutions. and Stone marie arana is former literary editor of the Washington Post The Story of Latin and author of five books including Bolivar, winner of the 2014 America in Three Los Angeles Times Book Award for biography. Extraordinary Lives Marie Arana

V Washington DC, USA History mariearana.net HB: £25 784pp 16pp colour illustrations 978 1 4746 0025 5 @aranama eBook: £25 8 978 81 4746 0026 2 8 8 10

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 10 08/04/2019 08:15 A radical and thought-provoking polemic which examines the foundational myths at the centre of

current culture wars. Do women mistake access for arrival? Has

been weaponised to avoid ceding space to those excluded from power? Is whiteness an identity with barriers to entry? Nesrine Malik applies her uniquely sharp intellect to a range of myths around gender equality, free speech, identity politics, virtuous origin and the white male intellectual used to maintain the status quo. As the centre ground is being eroded, she challenges us SEPTEMBER to find new narrators whose stories can fill the void and unite us behind a shared progressive vision.

nesrine malik is a British Sudanese columnist and features writer for the Guardian. She was named Society and Diversity We Need New Stories Commentator of the Year at the 2017 Comment Awards. Nesrine Malik Society & Culture HB / ETPB: £16.99 / £14.99 288pp V 978 1 4746 1040 7 978 1 47468 1041 4 London, UK eBook: £16.99 978 8 1 4746 1043 8 @NesrineMalik Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8349 5 8

The second of beloved actress Julie Andrews’ memoirs, featuring Mary Poppins, The

Sound of Music and her career in Hollywood. The follow-up to 2008’s acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares career highlights, personal experiences and

reflective insights that have contributed to her enchanting legacy. Starting in 1963 where Home left off, Julie Andrews recalls her

break-out roles in The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, and SEPTEMBER charts her internationally stellar life in showbusiness from the 1960s until the early 1990s.

This is the story, in her own words, of how Julie Andrews became one of our most beloved entertainers.

julie andrews’ career has flourished over eight decades. Home Work From her legendary performances, to multiple album releases, concert tours, international humanitarian work, her bestselling A Memoir of My Years children’s books and championship of , Julie’s influence in Hollywood spans generations. Julie Andrews Autobiography HB / ETPB: £20 / £14.99 320pp 16pp colour illustrations V 978 1 4746 0216 7 978 18 4746 0217 8 4 Los Angeles, USA eBook: £20 978 18 4746 0219 8 Julieandrews Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 6332 9 8 11

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 11 08/04/2019 08:15 The intimate and definitive biography of Ian McKellen, theatrical knight and national treasure.

Published in the year of Sir Ian’s eightieth birthday, this definitive biography probes the heart of the actor, recreating his greatest

roles and exploring the inner man in his personal relationships.

The breadth of his endeavour – professional, personal and political – has been staggering. From iconic roles, such as

Gandalf and Magneto, to his political activism in the cause of gay equality, he is a veritable phenomenon. Given his SEPTEMBER consistent ability to shock and surprise, parts of the book may be controversial, even explosive…

garry o’connor is a biographer and novelist. He has written acclaimed biographies of Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson,

Peggy Ashcroft and Alec Guinness, among others. Ian McKellen The Biography Garry O’Connor Biography HB / ETPB: £20 / £14.99 352pp 16pp colour illustrations V 978 1 4746 0851 0 978 18 4746 0852 8 7 Oxfordshire, UK eBook: £20 978 18 4746 0854 1 garryoconnor.co.uk Audio : £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7795 1 8

Wonderfully funny double-memoir from acclaimed creators of BBC hit comedies ,

Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. -born Clement teamed up with Geordie insurance salesman La Frenais in the early 1960s and scripted a series

about two young pals from Newcastle, The Likely Lads, which became one of BBC Two’s first hits.

Since then, together and separately, they have worked as writers and script editors for some of the most famous TV SEPTEMBER programmes ever made, and movies, too. Along the way they have encountered movie stars like and Ava Gardner, poets, prima donnas, politicians and rock stars. This

is their story.

More Than Likely obe and obe have enjoyed A Memoir long and successful careers embracing films, TV and theatre. Their TV work includes (starring ) and Dick Clement & The Rotters’ Club. Ian La Frenais Autobiography V HB: £20 320pp 16pp colour illustrations 978 1 4746 1153 4 California, USA eBook: £20 8 978 81 4746 1155 8 8 @ianlefrenais Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8781 3 8 12

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 12 08/04/2019 08:15 Can you still be lost even when you’ve been found?

And what if you find the answer too late?

In Portland, Oregon, homeless children wander the streets,

young girls go missing and bodies are found in the dirty river. Celia, a twelve-year-old girl on the run, is guided by the butterflies

she sees on the dirty streets, wisps of hope in a hard world. Naomi, a professional ‘child finder’, comes to town looking for

her own sister – with no clues to follow except a vague memory SEPTEMBER of a strawberry field at night and black dirt under her bare feet as she ran for her life.

rene denfeld is an internationally bestselling author, journalist,

licensed investigator and therapeutic foster mother. She is the The Butterfly Girl author of the novels The Child Finder and The Enchanted. Rene Denfeld

V Portland, USA Literary Fiction renedenfeld.com HB / ETPB: £14.99 / 13.99 288pp @ReneDenfeld 978 1 4746 0760 5 978 1 47468 0761 2 renedenfeldauthor/ eBook: £14.99 978 8 1 4746 0763 6 rdenfeld Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7538 4 8

The thrilling autobiography of Extreme Enduro motorcycling legend Graham Jarvis.

Graham Jarvis has been at the top of off-road motorcycling

for the best part of twenty-five years and has competed in hundreds of races all over the world, from TV’s Junior Kickstart in the early 1990s to the ridiculously perilous two-day Italian event Hell’s Gate.

Having excelled at Trials and Enduro, Graham moved into the high-octane world of Extreme Enduro in 2008. Since then, SEPTEMBER he has won the sport’s five major competitions no fewer than twenty-five times, making him one of motorcycling’s most To Hell’s Gate successful riders.

and Back graham jarvis won Junior Kickstart a record three times, The Autobiography flourished as a Trials rider and has dominated Extreme Enduro Graham Jarvis since 2008. He is the most followed off-road motorcyclist in the world. V Ripon, UK Autobiography / Sport grahamjarvis.org HB: £20 320pp 8pp colour illustrations 978 1 4746 1284 5 @GrahamJarvis1 eBook: £20 8 978 18 4746 1286 9 8 gforcejarvis Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1308 8 8 13

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 13 08/04/2019 08:15 The author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes offers seriously fascinating answers to the questions you

have about death but were too afraid to ask. New York Times bestselling author and licensed mortician

Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies and decomposition.

In the tradition of Randall Munroe’s What If?, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? explores the urgent questions: Do people poo when they die? What happens to an astronaut’s body if it is SEPTEMBER pushed into space? With illustrations from Dianné Ruz, this book

is factual, hilarious and candid. For anyone interested in the answers to questions that only kids have the courage to ask. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? caitlin doughty lives in Los Angeles, where she owns an Big Questions from Tiny alternative funeral home, Undertaking LA. She is the creator of Mortals About Death the ‘Ask a Mortician’ web series, and has written two New York Times . Caitlin Doughty Popular Culture V HB / ETPB: £14.99 / £12.99 208pp Los Angeles, USA 978 1 4746 1339 2 978 1 4746 8 1340 8 caitlindoughty.com eBook: £9.99 978 8 1 4746 1342 2 @TheGoodDeath Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1343 9 8

Spying and subterfuge in Occupied Paris from one of the great masters of the spy genre.

Inspired by an often-forgotten piece of World War Two

history – the role played by Polish slave labourers in the Allied espionage efforts – Under Occupation takes place across Europe in the crucial years of the war and follows Paul Ricard, a French writer of detective novels, who becomes increasingly

entangled in a treacherous game of spies. Featuring an irresistible array of characters – from a spirited OCTOBER émigré Polish girl to the descendent of one of the most illus- trious families in the espionage business – this is Alan Furst at his very best.

alan furst is widely recognised as the master of the historical spy novel. Born in New York, he lived for many years in Paris and travelled as a journalist in Eastern Europe and . Under Occupation Alan Furst Historical Fiction HB / ETPB: £20 / £14.99 320pp 978 1 4746 1054 4 978 18 4746 1055 1 V eBook: £20 / 978 1 84746 1057 5 Long Island, USA Audio: £19.99 / 978 1 4091 8644 1

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 14 08/04/2019 08:15 A guide to unexplained artefacts and phenomena, both ancient and modern.

Everybody loves a good mystery, and an unsolved mystery is even better. Sometimes, the questions can be more interesting

than the answers. Often, it can feel as if professional explainers of all stripes want

to put an end to anything mysterious in life. But thankfully not everything can be nailed down. Mysteries do still exist – and unsolved mysteries continue to tease us. From the Yeti to Area OCTOBER 51, here are twenty of the best.

will pearson spent seven years in the Royal Navy before writing his first book, Tornado Down. He writes and ghost- writes, and has worked on titles including Gangs with Ross The Book of Kemp. Unexplained Mysteries Will Pearson Folklore HB: £16.99 256pp 978 1 4746 0950 0 V eBook: £16.99 8 978 18 4746 0952 4 London, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8043 2 8

A of history’s greatest speeches with commentary and a new introduction from acclaimed

historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Spanning eras, nations and many , Speeches that

Changed the World is a stirring anthology of more than sixty

speeches that have shaped history. From the prophets of the great religions to Vladimir Putin’s address in the Kremlin on the annexation of Crimea, each speech is accompanied by an introduction that explains its historical background and its influence on the momentous events of the day, as well as those OCTOBER that followed.

simon sebag montefiore is a prize-winning historian whose Speeches that bestselling books – including The Romanovs, Jerusalem and Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar – have been published in over Changed the World forty-five languages. Simon Sebag Montefiore

V London, UK History / Gift simonsebagmontefiore.com HB: £12.99 288pp 978 1 4746 0992 0 @simonmontefiore eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 4746 0994 4 Simon-Sebag-Montefiore Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1296 8 8 15

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 15 08/04/2019 08:15 A masterpiece of literary suspense and sexual exploration, this is a cult classic that speaks urgently

to today’s readers. Living alone in New York, Frannie teaches creative writing, and

secretly compiles a dictionary of street slang: virginia, n., vagina; snapper, n., vagina; brasole, n., vagina.

One evening at a bar, she stumbles upon a man, his face in shadow, a woman kneeling between his legs.

A week later a detective visits her, asking questions about the OCTOBER woman’s murder. Soon Frannie is propelled into a sexual liaison that reveals the darkness in the outside world – and deep within her secret desires.

susanna moore is the author of seven novels and two books of non-fiction. She lives in New York City.

In the Cut Susanna Moore Literary Fiction TPB: £12.99 192pp 978 1 4746 1360 6 V eBook: £12.99 8 978 1 84746 1362 0 New York, USA Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1363 7 8

Who were the great diplomats of history – and what can their achievements tell us about the most

important issues of our time? History does not run in straight lines. It is made by men and

women and by accident. Instead of inevitable progress, what we get is more often false starts, random events and good intentions that go wrong. This book is a vivid history of diplomacy: it focuses on the concrete, looking where problems, personalities and ideas meet. And, through examinations of key

diplomatic events, including discussions on the slave trade and NOVEMBER the Cuban Missile Crisis, looks at how diplomacy has shaped our modern world.

sir robert cooper is a British diplomat, currently serving as a special advisor at the European Commission with regard

to Myanmar. He is also an acclaimed writer on international relations. The Ambassadors Robert Cooper Biography V HB: £25 352pp 978 0 297 60853 0 London, UK eBook: £25 8 978 80 297 60854 7 8 16

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 16 08/04/2019 08:15 ‘Twenty years after his debut, Fandorin remains a thoroughly engaging ’ Sunday Times

The final novel in the internationally bestselling Erast Fandorin series.

Spring 1918. The young Soviet state is in a fever after the Revolution.

For more than three years, Erast Fandorin has lain in a coma, faithfully cared for by his Japanese servant Masa. Now they are returning from the latest treatment with Dr Chang, a Chinese NOVEMBER healer. Five months of séances have had a positive effect, but doctors remain cautious in their predictions – even if the state councillor does wake up, no one can say how his once prodigious mind might have been affected…

boris akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili. He has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Erast Fandorin books have sold over twenty-five million Not Saying Goodbye copies worldwide. Boris Akunin Translated Fiction / Crime HB: £20 432pp 978 1 4746 1098 8 V eBook: £20 8 978 18 4746 1100 8 London, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8548 2 8

A biography of the ancient goddess Venus/Aphrodite by bestselling historian and broadcaster, Bettany

Hughes. Through ancient art, evocative , exciting archaeological

revelations and philosophical explorations, Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the twenty-first century, and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans.

This mythological figure is so much more than nudity, romance NOVEMBER and sex. Hers is both the remarkable story of one of antiquity’s most potent forces, and the story of human desire – how it

transforms who we are and how we behave.

bettany hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her previous books, including Istanbul, were all Venus and Aphrodite published to worldwide success. She is a Research Fellow of King’s College, London. Bettany Hughes History V HB / ETPB: £12.99 288pp 8pp colour illustrations London, UK 978 1 4746 1036 0 8 978 1 4746 8 1037 7 bettanyhughes.co.uk eBook: £12.99 978 8 1 4746 1039 1 @bettanyhughes Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8348 8 8 17

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 17 08/04/2019 08:15 The star of Man on Wire offers a meditation on the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for

the stars. In this poetic handbook, world-famous high-wire artist Philippe

Petit offers a window into the world of tightrope walking. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking between the towers of Notre Dame and the World Trade Center. Addressing such topics as the rigging of the wire, the walker’s first steps, his salute and exercises, and the work of other renowned high-wire NOVEMBER artists, Petit offers us a book about the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for the stars.

On the High Wire philippe petit is a French high-wire artist whose celebrated walk between the Twin Towers was the subject of the Academy Philippe Petit Award-winning documentary Man on Wire and the feature film Translated and Introduced by The Walk. Paul Auster

V New York, USA Popular Culture @PetitWTC HB: £9.99 128pp 978 1 4746 1370 5 PhilippePetitArtist eBook: £9.99 8 978 81 4746 1369 9 8

The journals of one of the most astute observers of the Establishment in mid-twentieth-century Britain.

Rose’s impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the national elite for decades. Relentless

observation and a self-confessed difficulty ‘to let a good story pass me by’ made Rose a legendary social commentator, with an impressive breadth of interests.

The second volume of his journals vividly portrays some of the most important events and people of the end of the last century, NOVEMBER and the early years of the twenty-first, starting with Margaret

Thatcher’s first General Election win in 1979.

Who Loses, was born in 1924. He entered journalism in Who Wins 1951 and started his ‘Albany at Large’ column in 1961 for the The Journals of Kenneth Sunday Telegraph. He died in 2014, writing his journal to the Rose: Volume Two end. 1979–2014 Kenneth Rose Diaries HB: £30 368pp 978 1 4746 1058 2 V TBP: £16.99 8 978 18 4746 1059 9 Author deceased eBook: £30 8 978 1 4746 1060 5 8 18

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 18 08/04/2019 08:15 An entertaining and accessible profile of business

leader Arianna Huffington, the driving force behind

the Huffington Post and Thrive Global.

Arianna Huffington is one of the world’s foremost business

leaders. As co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, she built it into one of the internet’s biggest news outlets. Now considered to be one of the most influential women on the planet, Huffington went on to establish Thrive Global, a health

and wellness start-up, in 2016. This concise but detailed biography offers an overview of DECEMBER Huffington’s career trajectory, provides insights into her success and innovations, and looks to what the future might hold for her. Global Business Visionaries Arianna Huffington leah mcgrath goodman is an award-winning investigative Building the Huffington journalist who has written about business, money and politics Post and Thrive Global for CNN/Fortune, Bloomberg, Forbes, the , the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. Leah McGrath Goodman Biography / Business V HB: £12.99 192pp 978 1 4746 1071 1 New York, USA eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 4746 1072 8 @truth_eater Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1309 5 8

An entertaining and accessible profile of business leader Reed Hastings, the driving force behind

Netflix. Reed Hastings is one of the world’s foremost business leaders.

As co-founder, chairman and CEO of , he has built it into one of the biggest media and entertainment companies on the planet, with an estimated personal net worth of $3.6 billion. A notable philanthropist, he also serves on the board of .

This concise but detailed biography provides an overview of

DECEMBER Hastings’ career trajectory, covers his unique management style

and reveals why he turned Netflix into a technology company that focuses on streaming. Global Business Visionaries matt burgess is a senior editor for the UK of Wired, Reed Hastings where he writes news and features for the website, contributes Building Netflix to the magazine, and appears on the podcast. Matt Burgess

V Biography / Business London, UK HB: £12.99 192pp 978 1 4746 1254 8 mattburgess.com eBook: £12.99 8 978 81 4746 1255 5 @mattburgess1 Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4746 1310 1 8 19

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 19 08/04/2019 08:15 A sharp, unflinching memoir about the long shadow cast when the core relationship in your life

compromises every effort you make to become an individual.

When Deborah Orr left Motherwell – the town she both loved and hated – for university, her mother, Win, railed against the decision. Win had little agency in the world, every choice determined by the men in her life. And strangely, she wanted

the same for her daughter. But while she managed to escape, JANUARY Deborah’s severing from her family was superficial. She continued to travel back to Motherwell, fantasizing about the day that Win might come to accept her as good enough. Though, of

course, it was never meant to be.

deborah orr is an award-winning journalist, whose work has regularly appeared in the Guardian, the Independent, the Sunday Times and in many magazines. Motherwell is her first

book. Motherwell Deborah Orr Memoir V HB: £16.99 288pp 978 1 4746 1145 9 London, UK eBook: £16.99 8 978 18 4746 1147 3 @DeborahJaneOrr Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8720 2 8

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 20 08/04/2019 08:15 An explosive popular science book that challenges

the idea that we are all discrete individuals,

physically, psychologically and culturally.

The Self Delusion makes the bold claim that our idea of the indivisible individual is in fact false:

Most of our 37.2 trillion cells are made anew every few x  weeks Our molecules have been component parts of countless x other organisms

JANUARY Our bodies are more than half non-human x  And our thoughts and actions mainly originate from other x  people

Tom Oliver explains that we have a better chance of facing the The Self Delusion challenges ahead if we can instead understand the complex How You Are Connected connections between us. to Everyone Else and tom oliver is a Professor in Ecology at the University of Why That Matters , a frequent contributor to broadcast media and the Tom Oliver press, and a prize-winning science communicator.

V Popular Science Reading, UK HB / ETPB: £20 / £12.99 304pp reading.ac.uk/biologicalsciences/ 978 1 4746 1174 9 978 1 47468 1175 6 about/staff/t-oliver.aspx eBook: £20 978 8 1 4746 1177 0 @Tom_H_Oliver Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8863 6 8

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Launched in October 2016 and already the home of fourteen Sunday Times top 10 bestsellers, TRAPEZE is a commercial fiction and non-fiction imprint with the mission to publish books that start conversations. Our publishing reflects the world around us, tapping into global themes and discussion points that readers want to talk about, and our authors have great personal stories that generate media coverage.

Publishing around 50–60 new titles and Hank Green, and rising stars per year, Trapeze books are genre- Candice Carty-Williams, Rhiannon flexible – from women’s fiction Ward and Leaf Arbuthnot. to reading group, to crime and thrillers, from memoir to lifestyle Trapeze non-fiction authors include and gift humour – and format- the No.1 bestsellers Sarah Millican flexible, including ebook/audio-first and Noel Fitzpatrick, Sunday Times publications and digital serials. bestsellers Alan Partridge, The Trapeze fiction authors include Ordnance Survey and Maggie Sunday Times bestselling crime Hartley, ’s writers Sharon Bolton and Daniel Michael and Emily Eavis, and the Cole, international bestsellers Estate of the late Victoria Wood. Tami Hoag, Tracey Garvis Graves

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 23 08/04/2019 08:15 An uplifting debut novel from an exciting new commercial fiction talent.

Five Steps to Happy is a novel inspired by Ella’s life story about

a struggling actress Heidi whose life changes in an instant in a

devastating accident. We learn how one unexpected moment can change the direction of your life – sometimes even for the better. Through her characters and their for happiness we learn the true value of resilience, humour and strength in

the face of trauma. JULY ella dove is features writer at Good Housekeeping, Prima and Red magazines. In 2015, she completed the Curtis Brown Creative three-month novel writing course.

Five Steps to Happy Ella Dove Modern Fiction V HB / TPB : £14.99 / £12.99 288 pp London, UK 978 1 409 18456 0 978 1 4098 18457 7 @EllaRoseDove eBook: £14.99 978 8 1 409 18459 1 @ellarosedove Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18554 3 8

What happens when a private investigator is uncovered?

Having lost everything after a failed marriage, and with her former

glittering marketing career in the gutter, Beverley Sanders begins to do investigative work for other wronged women.

But as she immerses herself in her latest investigation on behalf of the wife of the shadow Science Minister, who is knee deep in corruption, Beverley soon discovers that she isn’t the only one doing the investigating, and Beverley has a secret history she

JULY doesn’t want coming out…

marnie riches has published four digital and two print books. She was awarded the Patricia Highsmith Award for Most Exotic

Location in 2015. Tightrope Marnie Riches

V Manchester, UK Crime Thriller marnieriches.com PB: £7.99 304 pp 978 1 409 18194 1 @Marnie_Riches eBook: £7.99 8 978 18 409 18195 8 Marnie-Riches-author Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18196 5 8 24

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 24 08/04/2019 08:15 A romantic comedy about a woman’s voyage of self- discovery in Provence.

Ava’s marriage has been a lie. For five years her husband Mark has been squandering their money, and now he has left

Ava and their daughter, Sophia, to fend for themselves with a mountain of debt.

Just when Ava couldn’t feel any lower, she receives the news that her grandfather has passed away. They hadn’t seen each other for years, which is why Ava is shocked to learn her JULY grandfather has left money to her sister, but his entire vineyard, Chateau St Clair, to her. What does Ava know about making

wine?

Award-nominated journalist ruth kelly has ghostwritten a The Little Vineyard string of Sunday Times bestsellers, allowing Ruth to capture in Provence the voices of celebrities as well as ordinary people with Ruth Kelly extraordinary stories.

V Romantic Fiction London, UK MMP: £8.99 288 pp 978 1 409 18530 7 ruthkelly.co.uk eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4098 18531 4 @ruthywriter Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18532 1 8

After leaving her boyfriend, Jean decides to be more adventurous when it comes to dating but she soon

discovers there’s always strings attached. Straight-laced Jean has always done what’s expected of her – by

her parents, by her demanding boss, and by her disaster of an ex-boyfriend. If she doesn’t have some fun now, when will she?

Pushing herself out of her comfort zone, Jean decides to be a woman heels-over-head, and not head-over-heels, in love. From navigating tricky waters with a married-but-open pianist and his JULY wife, via an orgasmic meditation retreat, Jean screams ‘YES!’ to life.

But can relationships last, without entangled hearts being broken?

erin reinelt is an author, journalist and screenwriter. Her first Strings Attached script was shortlisted for Diverse Voices, Ava DuVernay’s Array Erin Reinelt screenwriting competition, and the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship. V Pilton, UK Contemporary Fiction elizabeth-aaron.com MMP: £8.99 304 pp 978 1 409 18577 2 @erinreinelt eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4098 18578 9 @erin_reinelt Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18584 0 8 25

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 25 08/04/2019 08:15 A beautiful practical guide to astronomy enabling

you to easily spot stars from wherever you are in the world.

In The Art of Urban Astronomy, you will learn about the brightest stars and constellations, the myths and legends

of astronomy, how to identify your zodiac constellation, star clusters and galaxies with just your eyes or a pair of binoculars.

Packed full of star charts, seasonal charts for both the northern and southern hemispheres as well as fascinating facts, this is JULY the perfect guide for urban dwellers who want to take the time simply to stop, look and reconnect with nature.

abigail beall is a freelance science journalist. She studied Physics at Durham University before completing a Master’s in The Art of Urban Science Journalism at City University in London. Astronomy Abigail Beall

V Leeds, UK Popular Science @abbybeall TPB : £14.99 224pp 978 1 409 19285 5 @abbybeall eBook: £14.99 8 978 1 8409 19286 2 8

For better, for worse... marriage can be a dangerous game.

Rebecca didn’t know love was possible until she met Paul, a man with a past as dark as her own. Their drew them

together with an irresistible magnetism. But twenty years later, Paul and Rebecca are drowning as the damage and secrets that ignited their love begin to consume their marriage.

Sold in over ten territories, TV rights were snapped up by the Academy Award-winning production company behind the AUGUST adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects.

e. g. scott is a pseudonym for two New York City-based writers, one a publishing professional and one a screenwriter.

The Woman Inside E. G. Scott Crime MMP: £7.99 304pp 978 1 409 18534 5 V eBook: £13.99 8 978 18 409 18535 2 New York, USA Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18536 9 8 26

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 26 08/04/2019 08:15 ‘Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.’

In the lucrative world of Wall Street finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie and Sam are the ultimate high-flyers. Ruthlessly

ambitious, they make billion-dollar deals and live lives of outrageous luxury. Getting rich is all that matters, and they’ll do anything to get ahead.

When the four of them become trapped in an elevator escape room, things start to go horribly wrong. AUGUST If they want to survive, they’ll have to solve one final puzzle: which one of them is a killer?

megan goldin worked as a foreign correspondent for the

ABC and Reuters in Asia and the Middle East. Her acclaimed debut novel was The Girl in Kellers Way. The Escape Room Megan Goldin

V Thriller Melbourne, Australia MMP: £7.99 320pp 9781409189251 megangoldin.com eBook: £20 8 978 1 409 8 18926 8 @megangoldin Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 1 89534 8

The heartbreaking story of three vulnerable, damaged siblings, and the big brother fighting to keep together the only family he has left.

Three-year-old Lexie, five-year-old Amelie and thirteen-year-old Leo come to Maggie after Leo confesses to a teacher that his mother’s addiction problems and her latest violent relationship

has left him as the sole carer to his younger sisters. While Lexie and Amelie adore their big brother, Leo himself is struggling with OCD and an eating disorder.

AUGUST When Social Services suggest the angelic little girls stand a better change of finding a forever family without their damaged older brother, Maggie must face the ultimate dilemma.

maggie hartley is a Sunday Times bestselling author and

has fostered over 300 children over her twenty-year career. Please Don’t Take My Sisters Maggie Hartley Memoir MMP: £7.99 304pp 978 1 409 18899 5 V eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 18900 8 MaggieHartleyauthor Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18901 5 8 27

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 27 08/04/2019 08:16 A hilarious read about competitive parents who will

do whatever it takes to get their children into the perfect school.

Two mothers. Two best friends. One school place.

Old friends, Imogen and Lily realise they are both applying for a school place at one of the prestigious schools in the area. Their daughters, Enid and Winnie, quickly become the best of

friends. The two women have led different lives since their cohabiting AUGUST days of hangovers, unsuitable boyfriends and wild nights out.

As competition heats up, the two women will go to any lengths to get their daughters into the perfect primary school.

The School Run helen whitaker is the former entertainment director of Glamour, and has written for a number of publications including Helen Whitaker Stella, The Telegraph, Fabulous and Total Film.

V Contemporary Fiction London, UK MMP: £7.99 336pp 978 1 409 18372 3 helenwhitaker.me eBook: £7.99 8 978 1409 8 18373 0 @helbobwhitaker Audio: £19.99 8 978 1409 18552 9 8

A feel-good, emotional love story with a difference, about a couple separated by tragedy and brought

back together by chance. Annika Rose likes being alone. She feels lost in social

situations, saying the wrong thing or acting the wrong way. She can’t read people. She prefers the quiet solitude of books or playing chess to being around others. Apart from Jonathan. She liked being around him, but she hasn’t seen him for ten years. Until now. And she’s not sure he’ll want to see her again

after what happened all those years ago. AUGUST Annika Rose likes being alone.

Except that, actually, she doesn’t like being alone at all. And

she just might have a second chance at first love.

The Girl He Used tracey garvis-graves’s debut novel, On the Island, spent nine weeks on bestseller list, has been to Know translated into thirty-one languages, and is in development for Tracey Garvis Graves a feature film.

Contemporary Fiction Iowa, USA MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 409 18369 3 traceygarvisgraves.com eBook: £13.99 8 978 18 409 18370 9 @tgarvisgraves Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18447 8 8 28

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 28 08/04/2019 08:16 An oral history by a plethora of famous contributors of the UK’s most creative and hedonist period: the

nineties.

The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Don’t Look Back In Anger chronicles the Cool Britannia age when the country united through a resurgence of patriotism and a celebration of

all things British. Through sixty-eight key voices – including Tony Blair, John

SEPTEMBER Major, , Damien Albarn, Tracey Emin, David Baddiel, Irvine Welsh and many more – we re-live the epic highs and crashing lows of one of the most eventful periods Don’t Look Back in British history. in Anger daniel rachel is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 5 Live. The Rise and Fall of He is the author of Isle of Noises – a Guardian and NME Book Cool Britannia of the Year. Daniel Rachel Memoir V HB: £20 304pp 16pp colour illustrations 978 1 409 18813 1 Solihull, UK eBook: £20 8 978 18 409 18813 1 8 @danielrachel Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18817 9 8

The finale in the Sunday Times bestselling Wolf and

Baxter series. Wolf and Baxter are reunited for their most difficult case yet.

Disgraced detective William ‘Wolf’ Fawkes returns to London after the shocking death of his mentor, detective Finlay Shaw.

Together with his former partner Detective Emily Baxter and private detective Edmunds, the reunited team begin to dig

into Shaw’s early days on the beat. Time is running out as an internal investigation into Wolf’s past conduct begins. SEPTEMBER As Wolf’s investigation draws him ever deeper into police corruption, it will not only be his career on the line – but the lives of those he holds closest too…

daniel cole has worked as a paramedic, an RSPCA officer and most recently for the RNLI, driven by an intrinsic need Endgame to save people. His debut, Ragdoll, has now sold over half a million copies. Daniel Cole Crime Fiction V HB: £12.99 304pp 978 1 409 16884 3 Bournemouth, UK eBook: £20 8 978 1 409 8 16887 4 @Daniel_P_ Cole Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 16888 1 8 29

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 29 08/04/2019 08:16 An atmospheric psychological thriller about family secrets and , set in a remote valley town in

Norway’s ancient fjords. Lake Child centres on the mystery of a young Norwegian

woman, Eva Olsen, as she wakes after an accident and finds herself confined to the attic room of her family’s forest home.

She trusts her parents’ advice that she must remain in her attic bedroom while she recuperates. But when Eva decides the time has come to break free of her incarceration, she discovers SEPTEMBER a world of secrets and lies, and a journey to discover her true identity begins.

The opening of isabel ashdown’s debut novel won Novel Competition, going on to be published as Lake Child Glasshopper. Lake Child is her seventh novel. Isabel Ashdown Crime Fiction V MMP: £7.99 304pp 978 1409 17892 7 Sussex, UK eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 17893 4 @IsabelAshdown Audio: £19.99 8 978 1409 17959 7 8

A gripping and sexy psychological thriller with a jaw- dropping twist for readers of Anatomy of a Scandal

and Apple Tree Yard. When you read this book, you will think you know every twist

in the tale. Maria is on trial for attempted murder.

She has confessed to the crime and wanted her husband dead.

Lottie is on the jury, trying to decide her fate. SEPTEMBER She embarks on an illicit affair with a stranger, and her husband can never find out.

You will think you know who is guilty and who is innocent. You will be wrong.

hs chandler is the pen-name of bestselling author Helen Fields. A former barrister, Fields practised for thirteen years in Degrees of Guilt both family and criminal law. HS Chandler Crime Mystery V MMP: £7.99 368pp 978 1 409 17821 7 California, USA eBook: £13.99 8 978 18 409 17822 4 , UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 17841 5 8 30

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 30 08/04/2019 08:16 The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book was the biggest-

selling puzzle book of 2018. And now it is back, and

bigger and better than before!

In The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain, take a tour around Britain in forty of the OS’s best regional maps, with hundreds of puzzles, mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and

mathematical conundrums to keep you occupied as you go! With maps covering eight regions of Britain and Scotland, and OCTOBER four levels of difficulty that make this fun for all the family, The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain is also a celebration of The Ordnance Survey the regional diversity, history and landscapes that make Great Puzzle Tour of Britain Britain so great. Ordnance Survey Established in 1791, ordnance survey is the world’s leading producer of maps. V Southampton, UK ordnancesurvey.co.uk @OrdnanceSurvey osmapping Puzzles & Quizzes @OrdnanceSurvey TPB: £14.99 240pp 978 1 409 18471 3 8 8

A biography of the world’s greatest guitarist, Jimi

Hendrix, by international bestselling author Mick Wall.

Regarded as the greatest guitarist of all time, Jimi Hendrix is the embodiment of rock ‘n’ roll. His career only spanned four years but in that time he managed to influence generations of musicians from Freddie Mercury to the Red Hot Chili Peppers

and Slash.

With access to key members of Jimi’s circle, critically acclaimed writer Mick Wall will deliver an explosive and celebratory OCTOBER biography offering fans a chance to see the real Hendrix and

learn the truth behind his untimely death.

Two Riders Were mick wall is the UK’s best-known rock writer, author and TV Approaching and radio programme maker, and is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books, including bestselling titles on Led The Life & Death of Zeppelin, Metallica and AC/DC. Jimi Hendrix Mick Wall

V Biography Didcot, UK HB: £20 368pp 16pp colour illustrations 978 1 409 16029 8 mickwall.com eBook: £20 8 978 18 409 16032 8 8 8 31

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 31 08/04/2019 08:16 The hilarious spoof tie-in to two-time BAFTA award- winning BBC comedy, This Country.

This Country documents the day-to-day lives of young cousins Kerry and Lee ‘Kurtan’ Mucklowe, who live in a small village in the Cotswolds. Filmed in the same mockumentary style as The Office, the show follows them as they interact with the other residents of the village, including the local vicar (and one time eighties popstar), Reverend Francis Seaton and self-confessed peeper and bookies ‘favourite’ for Worst Father in Britain, Martin

OCTOBER Mucklowe.

Now, this autumn, to coincide with the show moving to a primetime slot on BBC One, comes the first official tie-in. In keeping with the mockumentary style of the show, and in the style of the very best TV comedy books such as An Idiot Abroad, the book is wholly original and an ‘in world’ tie-in as a parody of local parish newsletter.

This Country daisy may cooper and charlie cooper are the writers and stars of the BBC BAFTA Award-winning show This Country. Kerry & Kurtan Mucklow

V Cotswolds, UK @charliecooper11 TV Tie-in HB: £16.99 192pp Full Colour 978 1 409 19111 7 this-country eBook: £16 8 978 1 4098 19112 4 8 @charlie11cooper Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 19135 3 8

The most iconic quotes from Beyoncé to help you

slay every day.

‘Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.’

As the queen of pop music since the glory days of Destiny’s Child to her incredible solo career, Beyoncé is one of the most

inspiring and powerful women in music. OCTOBER The Little Book of Queen Bey is a collection of the most iconic quotes from a woman who needs no introduction on self- confidence, female empowerment and love. Prepare to be The Little Book of inspired. Queen Bey The Wit and Wisdom of Beyoncé Popular Music V HB: £6.99 96pp 978 1 409 19164 3 Orion Publishing eBook: £20 8 978 18 409 19165 0 8 32

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 32 08/04/2019 08:16 To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the

world’s greatest music festival comes a beautiful

commemorative book looking back on Glastonbury’s colourful history.

In 2020, Glastonbury Festival turns fifty years old and this momentous occasion in its history will be celebrated with a beautifully designed, illustrated book that captures the magic of this unique festival.

Packed full of exclusive and never-before-seen photos, archive OCTOBER material and artwork, Glastonbury 50 also features stories

and interviews from some of the Festival’s biggest fans and headliners, including Jay Z, , , Caitlin Moran and Noel Gallagher, as they look back at memorable events and Glastonbury 50 treasured moments from across five decades of music history. Michael & Emily Eavis is an English dairy farmer and founder of Glastonbury Festival which is co-organised by his daughter V Pilton, UK Emily. glastonburyfestivals.co.uk @GlastoFest Art glastonburyofficial HB: £30 304pp 978 1 409 18393 8 @GlastoFest eBook: £30 8 978 18 409 18394 5 8

Perfect for music lovers of all ages and jam-packed with puzzles to get your toes tapping to the last

thirty-five years of pop music! Do you know your power ballads from your punk anthems?

Can you identify the dons of dance, or the professors of pop? NOW That’s What I Call Music: The Quiz will put your music knowledge to the test, as you puzzle your way through the last thirty five years of pop’s most memorable hits – and a few of

the biggest flops! OCTOBER

michael mulligan has twenty-five years of experience working in all manner of music retailers, and more recently he has been a consultant for record labels, mining their archives

for overlooked gems.

NOW That’s What I Call Music: The Quiz Michael Mulligan

V Quizzes London, UK MMP: £7.99 256pp 978 1 409 17992 4 @MotorCityMick eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 17993 1 8 33

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 33 08/04/2019 08:16 Cute, light-hearted and funny guides to horoscopes illustrated with adorable photos of cats and dogs.

With the help of a collection of sweet and hilarious pictures, Catstrology and Dogstrology will unlock all the secrets of the

stars that you need to know, including… Each of the signs with the perfect cat or dog to illustrate x  OCTOBER them The common traits of each element and modality in the x  zodiac What do you and your ‘sister sign’ have in common? Find x  out, with a cat picture to complement it… And of course: the right cat or dog for you, based on your x  star sign

Catstrology Gift / Humour HB: £9.99 320pp Full Colour 8 8 & Dogstrology Catstrology: 978 1 409 19321 0 eBook: £9.99 978 1 409 19322 7 8 V Dogstrology: 978 1 409 19340 1 Orion Publishing eBook: £9.99 978 1 409 19341 8 8

A tragic death. A dark family secret. A past you can’t escape. How well do you really know those closest

to you? Sarah’s world has descended into a nightmare. She wants

to discover the truth of what happened and ensure the guilty are brought to justice. She is haunted by her dad’s death, consumed by memories of a cruel day that changed her life for ever... But the future holds some hope for Sarah.

Nicola’s future is not looking so hopeful. Since her husband

OCTOBER died, the secret she’s been keeping from her family – especially

her daughter, Sarah – are catching up with her, and the consequences will be devastating.

jessica eames is a publishing professional working in the UK

industry. She has lived and worked in London for five years. Bad Seed is her debut novel. Bad Seed Jessica Eames Thriller MMP: £7.99 304pp 978 1 409 18976 3 V eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 18977 0 London, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18978 7 8 34

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 34 08/04/2019 08:16 The women who broke down the doors of the gentleman’s club.

The inspirational story of the first female journalists to work in the male-dominated world of Fleet Street in the 1970s.

The Fleet Street Girls is the inspiring story of the female journalists who broke down barriers in the 1970s as women

arrived on Fleet Street for the first time. Julie Welch, the first ever female football reporter, anchors

the narrative and interweaves the stories of many other great NOVEMBER women simultaneously climbing up the ranks. It is a fascinating story of the hopes and despairs, triumphs and disasters of a group of women in the heyday of journalism as the tide finally

started to change.

julie welch became the first woman in Fleet Street to cover The Fleet Street Girls football for in 1973. Currently she is a contributor to the Guardian and the Daily Express. Julie Welch Memoir V HB: £16.99 304pp 978 1 409 18782 0 Essex, UK eBook: £16.99 8 978 18 409 18784 4 @DameJulieWelch Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18785 1 8

A heartwarming new fiction series set in partnership with Battersea Cats and Dogs Home.

It’s Christmas at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home and Laura is desperate to find a home for Felicia, a spiky, bad-tempered

moggy with a heart of gold. Her boyfriend Rob can’t understand why she’s spending so much time at work, but for Laura, this isn’t just a job – it’s her life, and it’s only on Christmas Eve that the handsome Aaron walks in and takes not just Felicia – but

Laura’s heart too... NOVEMBER florence mcnicoll is a freelancer editor and keen cat lover. This is her debut novel.

The Nine Lives of Christmas Florence McNicoll Gift MMP: £7.99 288pp 978 1 409 19265 7 V eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 19266 4 Bristol, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 19267 1 8 35

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 35 08/04/2019 08:16 An uplifting story of friendship and community, from

the international bestselling author of Calling Major Tom.

Elderly churchwarden Arthur Calderbank receives unlikely help

from a group of teenage girls as he tries to solve the mystery of who leaves flowers on his wife’s grave. Set during the 1990s,

Things Can Only Get Better is an uplifting story about the power of a little kindness, friendship and community for readers

who enjoy Sue Townsend, Ruth Hogan and Joanna Cannon. NOVEMBER

david m. barnett is an author and journalist. He is the author Things Can Only of the critically-acclaimed Gideon Smith series of Victorian Get Better , and the writer of the Punks Not Dead comic series. David M. Barnett

V Contemporary Fiction Bradford, UK MMP: £7.99 288pp 978 1 409 18516 1 davidmbarnett.com eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 18517 8 8 @davidmbarnett Audio: £19.99 978 1 409 18523 9 8

Inspired by the hit TV show First Dates, The Matchmaker is an emotionally charged romcom with

a heart-wrenching twist. For Caitlin Carter, love means business.

She’s taken matchmaking back to basics. There is no swiping left. No creepy location tracker. Definitely no unsolicited pics of

areas of the anatomy literally no one wants to see. Her start- up is going from strength to strength, the brand her very own happy marriage, and now she even has celebrities wanting to

NOVEMBER use her services.

Caitlin is living the perfect life.

Except it’s all a perfect lie. And Caitlin doesn’t know how long she can keep it up.

catriona innes is currently senior editor at Cosmopolitan,

where she commissions, edits and writes the features, for the health and books section. She’s recently been named Best The Matchmaker Print Writer by BSME. Catriona Innes Contemporary Fiction V MMP: £8.99 288pp 978 1 409 18837 7 London, UK eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4098 18838 4 @Catreenaah Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18839 1 8 36

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 36 08/04/2019 08:16 Nine lives. One street. And a secret behind every door. A feel-good novel about connection and

community. Oracle Street, Norwich, has just been labelled by the press as

‘The worst place to live in Norfolk this Christmas’ and morale is at an all-time low. In the past few weeks, presents have been going missing from residents’ homes and there are rumours spreading that maybe it’s one of their own who’s been doing the stealing...

NOVEMBER Something there’s not a lot of on Orcale Street, is money and community . But this Christmas, there may finally be a miracle that brings the street back together.

hayley webster is a writer and teacher. She won an Escalator Award from Writers Centre East in 2006 and a Grant One Christmas Night for the Arts to write her first novel, Jar Baby. Hayley Webster Contemporary Fiction V MMP: £7.99 256pp 978 1 409 18435 5 Norfolk, UK eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 18436 2 @bookshaped Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18437 9 8

A powerful first-person account of how two young middle-class girls were groomed and trapped into

Amsterdam’s Red Light District sex trade. Anna and Olivia were two ordinary, middle-class girls and childhood best friends until they unwittingly befriended a drug-

dealing pimp who forced them into prostitution, imprisoning them in Amsterdam’s Red Light District.

For many years, they serviced clients night after night until,

after many false steps, they found the strength to escape. DECEMBER Ultimately redemptive, their story demonstrates how easy it is for two ordinary young women to fall prey to abuse, and how difficult it was for them to extricate themselves.

anna hendriks and olivia smit are childhood best friends.

They endured years of unspeakable horrors, but eventually Body for Rent found the strength, through their friendship, to escape and Anna Hendriks & slowly rebuild their lives. Olivia Smit Memoir MMP: £7.99 192pp 978 1 409 19274 9 V eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 19275 6 Holland Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 19276 3 8 37

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 37 08/04/2019 08:16 How to cultivate a new, healthy and more mindful

relationship with alcohol for ever.

Everybody knows they should drink a bit less, but good

intentions are hard to keep. Mindful Drinking shows not only why you should, but also how you can, in a way that will change your life for ever.

Journalist Rosamund Dean combines scientific expertise with practical advice in a game-changing four-step plan: The Problem; The Incentive; The Clean Break and The End

DECEMBER Game. Drinking less will improve your mood, your skin and your

body, as well as reduce stress and anxiety for the long term.

rosamund dean began her career at Marie Claire and worked on the launch team of Grazia, before becoming a

freelance journalist. She joined Red in 2011, where she is now Mindful Drinking entertainment director. Rosamund Dean

V Self-Help London, UK MMP: £8.99 288pp 978 1 4091 8489 8 @RosamundDean eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 409 17879 8 @rosamunddean Audio: £14.99 8 978 1 409 17886 6 8

A gripping new thriller in the Sullivan and Mullins series, which has been optioned for TV.

After old remains resurface in a heatwave, a young woman is attacked and left fighting for her life in hospital. Twenty-four

hours later she dies and a deadly tattoo is discovered on her body.

When another young woman disappears, Detective Francis Sullivan and his team fear a serial killer walks the streets of Brighton. JANUARY His team identify a suspect, Alex Mullins, son of his lover, Marni. Can Francis forget their shared past and save the next victim before it is too late?

alison belsham published her first crime novel in 2018, The Tattoo Thief, after winning the 2016 Bloody Scotland Pitch. It Poison Ink is now an international bestseller. Alison Belsham

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 38 08/04/2019 08:16 Can you fall in love like they do in the movies? A whip-smart romcom that has already been optioned

for film. Evie Summers will lose her job unless she can convince her

film agency’s biggest client to finish the script for a Hollywood romcom. The catch? He hasn’t started writing it.

Suffering from ‘writer’s block,’ he will only put pen to paper if singleton Evie can prove to him that you can fall in love like they do in the movies. JANUARY Surely the assistant now falls in love with the arrogant yet ridiculously good-looking screenwriter and not, the sensible single dad she meets along the way?

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GOLLANCZ is the oldest specialist SF & Fantasy publisher in the UK. Founded in 1927, and with a continuous SF publishing programme dating back to 1961, it is home to a galaxy of award- winning and bestselling authors.

Through the long-running SF & Le Guin, Scott Lynch, Terry Fantasy Masterworks programme, Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, and major digital initiative, the SF Justina Robson, Brandon Gateway, Gollancz has one of the Sanderson, Andrzej Sapkowski largest ranges of SF & Fantasy of and Nalini Singh. any publisher in the world. Authors include Ben Aaronovitch, Joe Mission: To publish the very best Abercrombie, Stephen Baxter, authors in the fields of Science Elizabeth Bear, Aliette de Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, to re- Bodard, Arthur C. Clarke, present the classics of the genre to Dhonielle Clayton, Philip K. a new audience, and to discover the Dick, Stephen Donaldson, stars of tomorrow. To boldly go, dare Charlaine Harris, Joanne M. we say it, where no publisher has Harris, Joe Hill, Ursula K. gone before.

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 41 08/04/2019 08:16 Hadrian Marlowe may be revered as a hero and

despised as a murderer, but only he knows the

truth…

The galaxy remembers Hadrian Marlowe as a hero, who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. The man remembers how he tried to save them – and how his attempts were frustrated by his own side and creatures stranger still than anything he’d

encountered thus far.

Defying his orders, at the cost of love, position and power,

JULY Hadrian’s path might end in fire, but the road is winding, and

leads through intrigue, and battle, to war…

christopher ruocchio is a novelist writing in the tradition of Dune and . He is also an editorial

assistant, and lives in North Carolina, USA. Howling Dark Christopher Ruocchio

V Sci-Fi North Carolina, USA TPB: £16.99 608pp 978 1 473 21829 1 cruocchio.wordpress.com eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4738 21831 4 @CPRuocchio Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 16820 1 8

A collection of the best of Christopher Priest’s short fiction, spanning four decades of eerie, affecting, emotional work.

Christopher Priest is one of the most acclaimed writers of both

SF and literary fiction at work today. Here, for the first time in almost twenty years, is a collection of his short work.

Largely never-before-collected, these eleven stories – as well as commentary and reflection from the author – range from the horrific to the touching, the science fictional to the realist. JULY They are the perfect demonstration of the breadth and power of Priest’s writing.

christopher priest’s novels, include the award-winning The Prestige and The Separation, have built him an inimitable

dual reputation as a literary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. Episodes Christopher Priest Sci-Fi HB: £20 368pp 978 1 473 22600 5 V TPB: £14.99 8 978 81 473 20062 3 Isle of Bute, Scotland eBook: £10.99 8 978 1 473 20064 7 8 42

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 42 08/04/2019 08:16 On frost-covered streets beneath the northern lights, an outcast, guerrilla artist and a rebellious, drug-

addicted sorcerer will start a revolution. Sæmundur the Mad has been expelled from the magical

university, Svartiskóli. Obsessed with proving his peers wrong, he will stop at nothing to gain absolute power and knowledge, especially of that which is long forbidden.

Garún is an outcast: half-human, half-huldufólk. A dissident graffiti artist, she will do anything to achieve a just society, even JULY if it means sparking a revolution.

This is the tale of that revolution, told from the streets of a twisted Reykjavik and fuelled by otherworldly creatures, psychoactive graffiti and industrialised magic.

alexander dan vilhjálmsson writes in both Icelandic and Shadows of the English, and is the founder and editor of Iceland’s first SFF Short Days magazine: Furðusögur (Weird Stories). Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson Fantasy HB: £14.99 320pp 978 1 473 22410 0 V TPB: £13.99 8 978 1 4738 22411 7 Reykjavik, Iceland eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 473 22413 1 @alexander_dan Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 473 22825 2 8

Fourth in the epic fantasy series of mystery, prophecy and death within the ancient walled city of Sharakhai, home to the Twelve Kings…

Çeda was an elite warrior in service to the kings of Sharakhai.

She has been an assassin in dark places. A weapon poised to strike from the shadows. A voice from the darkness, striving to free her people.

No longer.

Now she’s going to lead. JULY The age of the Kings is coming to an end…

bradley beaulieu is the acclaimed author of the Winds of Khalakovo trilogy, and has honed his craft working with authors Beneath the Twisted including Holly Black, Tim and Nancy Kress. Trees Bradley Beaulieu Fantasy V TPB: £16.99 592pp 978 1 473 22360 8 Wisconsin, USA eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4738 22362 2 @bbeaulieu Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 17858 3 8 43

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 43 08/04/2019 08:16 The multi-award-winning author continues her

Dominion of the Fallen saga as Paris endures the aftermath of a devastating arcane war…

The arcane war for Paris has taken more lives than any were prepared for, but the trouble is far from over as the city’s Great Houses continue to fight for supremacy.

Their petty struggles have blinded them to all else, and there is danger beyond that posed by the Houses. Magic darker and stranger than any wielded yet. It may cost all of them their lives, JULY and bring everything to an end.

aliette de bodard is a Writer of the Future, has won two Nebula Awards, a , a BSFA Award, and been a

finalist for the Hugo, Sturgeon, and Tiptree Awards. The House of Sundering Flames Aliette de Bodard

V Fantasy Paris, France TPB: £14.99 288pp 978 1 473 22340 0 aliettedebodard.com eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4738 22342 4 @aliettedb Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 17716 6 8

The very first Discworld Journal, seen through the eyes (err… eye-sockets) of ’s most

enigmatic creation: Death. There’s nothing like a journal to get you thinking about life, the

universe, and a Disc suspended by four elephants atop a turtle. Who better to help you than Death, Sir Terry Pratchett’s most enduring anthropomorphic personification?

With space aplenty to plan your day, express your wildest dreams, or write your life story, you’ll be aided by Death’s wit AUGUST and wisdom along the way. Fill the pages how you like, there’s

no wrong way to live a life. Or complete a journal.

sir terry pratchett’s accolades include the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award, the Carnegie Medal, the BSFA Award and a knighthood. He is best known for the Discworld

series. He died in 2015. Death and Friends, a Discworld Journal The Discworld Emporium

Fantasy DeceasedV HB: £16.99 128pp 978 1 473 22429 2 8 8 44

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 44 08/04/2019 08:16 Big Little Lies meets The Craft, Sanctuary is a cross- genre thriller about four women at the centre of a murder investigation.

Every town has its secrets. Sanctuary is built on them.

The small town is rocked by the death of its star quarterback. It looked like an accident, but everyone knows Dan’s ex- girlfriend is the daughter of a witch – and she was

there when he died. Then the rumours start, and Harper becomes the focus of AUGUST the town’s anger. Was Dan’s death an accident, revenge – or something even darker?

It’s down to Detective Maggie Knight to find out – and to

prevent the town from spiralling out of control.

v. v. james is the author of the trilogy Gilded Cage, Tarnished City and Bright Ruin. Gilded Cage is a Sanctuary 2018 World Book Night pick and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club selection. V. V. James Fantasy V TPB: £14.99 320pp 978 1 473 22573 2 London, UK eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4738 22575 6 DrVictoriaJames Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18429 4 8

Gripping and action-packed fantasy with a historical twist.

The conclusion to the epic tale of Aranthur. The student who

found himself caught up in an epic story about beginnings,

coming of age, and how choosing to take one step towards violence can lead to a slippery and dangerous slope.

After proving his mettle on the battlefield and discovering that war has no story book endings, Aranthur must confront one last challenge, and the stakes could not be higher. This is an AUGUST accomplished fantasy series driven by strong characters and fast-paced action.

miles cameron is a fantasy novelist who currently lives in Toronto, . He is a military veteran and has a degree in

Medieval History. Bright Steel Miles Cameron Fantasy V TPB: £16.99 448pp 978 1 473 21774 4 Toronto, Canada eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4738 21776 8 Phokion1 Audio: £25 9788 1 409 16702 0 8 45

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 45 08/04/2019 08:16 When the Spirit of Vengeance comes to judge an entire city, how can one man survive in a place where

no one is truly innocent? When Wendel Finn died in the hostile wasteland, he rose

possessed by something old, twisted, and best left forgotten. Sycamore.

He has brought it back to the city, and the magicians have taken notice. With countless enemies, they see Sycamore as the perfect tool with which to defeat them. AUGUST Now, as their unwilling assassin, Wendel discovers a threat that even the magicians might fail to beat. And soon enough, they might have to rely on the very person they have enslaved to

save them…

The Song of the edward cox has a Master’s in Creative Writing, has published several short stories, and has published one three-part novel: Sycamore The Relic Guild. Edward Cox Fantasy V TPB: £16.99 400pp 978 1 473 22682 1 Essex, UK eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 4738 22684 5 @EdwardCox10 Audio: £19.9 8 978 1 473 22685 2 8

War. Politics. Revolution.

The Age of Madness has arrived…

Leo dan Brock, locked in battle, hopes the crown may come to help against the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He might find himself sorely disappointed…

Savine dan Glokta – socialite, investor, pioneer – plans to make her indelible mark on society. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control.

SEPTEMBER And Rikke, blessed – or cursed – with the Long Eye, glimpses a future she resolves to change. Unfortunately for her, the First of the Magi might have something to say about that…

joe abercrombie is the author of six First Law novels. They have been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Awards, John W. Campbell Award and the David A Little Hatred Gemmell Legend Awards. Joe Abercrombie Fantasy HB: £18.99 640pp 978 0 575 09586 1 V ETPB: £14.99 8 978 08 575 09587 8 Bath, UK eBook: £9.99 8 978 0 575 09590 8 @LordGrimdark Audio: £25 9788 1 409 16627 6 8 46

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 46 08/04/2019 08:16 A hard-SF saga based on the latest planetary science: a human story of loss and salvation.

In the mid-twenty-first century, the Kernel, a strange object on a 500-year-orbit, is detected coming from high above the plane of the solar system. Reid Malenfant, an elderly would-be

astronaut miner, decides to take a look. Nothing more is heard of him again.

By 2570, when the Kernel returns, Earth is transformed. And when a descendent of Malenfant’s ex-wife investigates what SEPTEMBER became of him, she finds him still alive. But she also discovers something else.

The Kernel is far from ordinary. It could be much more important than anyone ever anticipated.

stephen baxter is the pre-eminent writer of

his generation. Published around the world, he has also won major awards in the UK, US, and . World Engines Stephen Baxter Sci-Fi HB: £20 400pp 978 1 473 22317 2 ETPB: £14.99 8 978 8 1 473 22318 9 V eBook: £9.99 8 978 1 473 22320 2 Northumberland, UK Audio: £20 9788 1 473 22321 9 8

Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly passionate Guild Hunter world.

The world of the archangels, guild hunters, and humans is thrust into peril by a new emerging threat. Elena Deveraux

and her archangel Raphael are irrevocably changed, but how their changes affect the world around them is yet to be determined…

nalini singh was born in Fiji and raised in . SEPTEMBER She has worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher, not necessarily in

that order.

Archangel’s War Nalini Singh Fantasy V MMP: £8.99 400pp 978 1 473 22459 9 Auckland, New Zealand eBook: £4.99 8 978 1 4738 22460 5 @NaliniSingh Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18284 9 8 47

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 47 08/04/2019 08:16 Nothing compares to the spellbinding thrills of a new Argeneau novel by New York Times bestseller Lynsay

Sands… Allie has promised to raise her friend’s son, and when

she is caught stealing from a blood bank, she is surrounded by doctors, cops… and the gorgeous Magnus, who she can neither trust nor resist.

Magnus never expected to find his life mate like this. Allie is entwined with his world in more dangerous ways than she SEPTEMBER realises. His first task is to keep her safe. His second: to

awaken her to mind-blowing pleasure, and hope she’ll accept the life only he can offer.

lynsay sands was born in Canada and is an award-winning

author of more than thirty books. She is best known for her Argeneau series, about a modern-day family of . Immortal Born Lynsay Sands MMP: £8.99 384pp 978 1 473 22536 7 NewV York, USA eBook: £4.99 8 978 1 4738 22537 4 8

A new novel from internationally bestselling, master fantasy author, Garth Nix.

Over a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty

sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But

she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara.

Ystarans are now shunned and cursed, and a danger to all angelic beings. But this means nothing to Liliath, and she OCTOBER recruits four unlikely people to help her. For she will be reunited with her lover, no matter the cost. No matter the consequences. No matter what happens to anyone else.

garth nix is a multiple bestselling author who specialises

in children’s and young adult fantasy novels, notably the Old Mage Kingdom, Seventh Tower and the Keys to the Kingdom series. Garth Nix Fantasy HB: £18.99 560pp 978 1 473 22771 2 V ETPB: £14.99 8 978 18 473 22772 9 Sydney, Australia eBook: £9.99 8 978 1 473 22774 3 @GarthNix Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 473 22775 0 8 48

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 48 08/04/2019 08:16 The mesmerizing adult debut from No.1 New York

Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.

Galaxy ‘Alex’ Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s

freshman class. Having dropped out of school into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, by age twenty she is the sole survivor of a horrific multiple homicide. But then she is offered this full scholarship. What’s the catch?

Alex is tasked by her benefactors with monitoring Yale’s secret societies. These eight windowless ‘tombs’ are well-known OCTOBER haunts of the future rich and powerful. But, soon enough, she will discover their occult activities are stranger than anyone might imagine.

leigh bardugo is the bestselling author of Shadow of Bone

and Crooked Kingdom. Born in Jerusalem, she graduated from Yale and now lives and writes in Hollywood. Ninth House Leigh Bardugo Fantasy HB / TPB: £16.99 / £13.99 400pp V 978 1 473 22796 5 978 1 4738 22797 2 Los Angeles, USA eBook: £7.99 978 8 1 473 22799 6 @LBardugo Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 473 22800 9 8

Chilling stories from a master of horror, including two collaborations with Stephen King.

Eleven short stories from award-winning author Joe Hill, building on the success of his blockbuster novels. Some new,

some previously published, all terrifying. Includes ‘Full Throttle’ and ‘In the Tall Grass’, both collabora-

tions with Stephen King and both being filmed at the time of writing.

OCTOBER joe hill is a recipient of the Fellowship and the winner of the A. E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize, William Crawford, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Bram Stoker and

International Horror Guild Awards. Full Throttle Joe Hill

V Horror New Hampshire, USA HB: £18.99 352pp 978 1 473 21989 2 joehillfiction.com TPB: £13.99 8 978 1 4738 21990 8 joehillsthrills.tumblr.com eBook: £9.99 8 978 0 575 13204 7 @Joe_Hill Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 16178 3 8 49

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 49 08/04/2019 08:16 Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy

ursula k. le guin was one of the finest writers of our time with millions of devoted readers and many awards, including the National Book Award, the Hugo and Nebula OCTOBER Awards and a Newbery Honor. Author deceased.

The Tombs of Atuan HB: £14.99 320pp 978 1 473 22357 8 8 8 A beautiful hardback edition of the classic The Tombs of Atuan, the second book of . The perfect addition to any library. With illustrations by Charles Vess. Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her – home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. Then a wizard, Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombs’ greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Tenar’s duty is to protect the Ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known. Will Tenar risk everything to escape from the darkness that has become her domain?

The Farthest Shore HB: £14.99 320pp 978 1 473 22358 5 8 8 A beautiful hardback edition of the classic , the third book of Earthsea. The perfect addition to any library. With illustrations by Charles Vess. Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk – Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord – embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad’s young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world – even beyond the realm of death – as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.

Tehanu HB: £14.99 320pp 978 1 473 22359 2 8 8 A beautiful hardback edition of the classic , the fourth book of Earthsea. The perfect addition to any library. With illustrations by Charles Vess. In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need – the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed…

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 50 08/04/2019 08:16 A comprehensive guide to the enigmatic capital city of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, getting to the heart of

Ankh-Morpork’s secrets, societies and guilds.

Think you know Ankh-Morpork? Think again. In this top-secret guide, travellers will receive a first-hand

experience of the real city. If you’ve ever wondered where Unseen University students whet their whistles (while managing to avoid their teachers doing the same), or exactly what the Assassins’ Guild constitutes a true and proper means of

NOVEMBER inhumation – there are standards to be upheld, after all – then

this is the book for you. Just don’t let a member of the Thieves’ Guild catch you with

this. They won’t appreciate their ways and means being flogged behind their backs. Flogging’s their job, after all.

The Ankh-Morpork sir terry pratchett is a publishing phenomenon. Among his many prizes and citations are the World Fantasy Life Archives Achievement Award, the Carnegie Medal, the BSFA Award, Terry Pratchett eight honorary doctorates and, of course, a knighthood.

Fantasy DeceasedV HB: £25 320pp 978 1 473 20535 2 8 8

From the visionary creator of Blade Runner, and now made into the hit Amazon series The Man in the High

Castle, executive produced by Ridley Scott. It is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for

seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new order. The Mediterranean has been drained to make farmland, the population of Africa has virtually been wiped out and America has been divided between the Nazis and the Japanese. Somewhere lives the man in the high castle,

NOVEMBER the author of an underground bestseller, a vision offering an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers didn’t win the war.

philip k. dick published his first short story in 1952. His many

novels include Ubik, A Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of

Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 51 08/04/2019 08:16 A lavish, romantic and magical tale – perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black and Laini Taylor.

At the end of one world, there always lies another.

Safire, a soldier, knows her role in this world is to serve the King of Firgaard – helping to maintain the peace in her oft-troubled nation.

Eris, a deadly pirate, has no such conviction. Known as the Death Dancer, she possesses a superhuman ability to move

between worlds. NOVEMBER From the port city of Darmoor to the fabled faraway Sky Isles,

their search and their stories become threaded ever more tightly together as they discover that the uncertain fate they’re hurtling towards may just be a shared one. In this world, and the next.

kristen ciccarelli hails from Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula.

She’s made her living as a baker, a bookseller and a potter, but now writes books about bloodthirsty , girls wielding The Sky Weaver really cool weapons and the transformative power of stories. Kristen Ciccarelli

V Fantasy Newfoundland, Canada TPB: £12.99 400pp 978 1 473 21819 2 kristenciccarelli.com eBook: £6.99 8 978 1 4738 21821 5 @twocentsparrow Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 16818 8 8

A brand-new novel in the bestselling Rivers of London series!

Strap in for a mystery – and an amazing new character – as Ben provides a new entry point into the world of the Folly,

the demi-monde and London’s criminal underbelly. The crimes might be strange, the evidence conflicting, but one

thing remains the same: a very particular kind of investigator is going to be needed to solve this case.

NOVEMBER ben aaronovitch lives in London. He has been a bookseller, written for many TV series including and now

writes full time. False Value Ben Aaronovitch Fantasy V HB / ETPB: £18.99 / £12.99 320pp London, UK 978 1 473 20785 1 978 1 4738 20786 8 benaaronovitch.com eBook: £8.99 978 8 1 473 20788 2 Ben_Aareonovitch Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18475 1 8 52

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 52 08/04/2019 08:16 The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Skyward!

All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she’s a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing.

Spensa is sure there’s more to the story. What’s more, when she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she

learned everything she was taught was a lie. But Spensa also learned a few things about herself along

the way – and she’ll travel to the end of the galaxy to save DECEMBER humankind if she needs to.

was born in Nebraska in 1975. He has written, amongst others, the Mistborn books and begun the

internationally bestselling Stormlight Archive. Starsight Brandon Sanderson Sci-Fi V HB: £16.99 528pp 978 1 473 21789 8 Utah, USA TPB: £12.99 8 978 1 4738 21792 8 www.brandonsanderson.com eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 473 21792 8 @BrandSanderson Audio: £25 9788 1 409 16739 6 8

The second pulse-pounding novel in the USA Today bestselling Heirs of Chicagoland series.

Vampires were made, not born, until Elisa Sullivan came along. The only vampire child in existence, she grew up with a heavy

legacy, and she thought she could flee her past. But then trouble came for Chicago, and Elisa came home.

Months after the deadly attacks, while tempers are still cooling, Elisa and Connor find themselves in the middle of a shifter fight, and the stakes get even higher when Elisa makes a vampire in DECEMBER the middle of Pack territory. Now Elisa’s life, the Pack, and its

vampire alliance are at risk.

chloe neill was born in the south of the USA and currently resides in Nebraska. Some Girls Bite was her debut novel and Wicked Hour the first in the Chicagoland Vampires series. She is also the Chloe Neill author of the YA Dark Elite series and the Devil’s Isle series.

V Nebraska, USA chloeneill.com Urban Fantasy @chloeneill MMP: £9.99 320pp 978 1 473 22282 3 authorchloeneill eBook: £5.99 8 978 1 4738 22283 0 8 53

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 53 08/04/2019 08:16 Death is not enough. She will have her revenge in this world and the next.

A rip-roaring tale of dark pacts, revenge, swordplay and magic set in the age of the Musketeers and featuring one of history’s

most colourful characters – Julie D’Aubigny, opera singer, mistress to counts and countesses, and deadly duellist.

The Devil’s Blade brings the gusto of Flashman and The Three Musketeers – with a dash of The Favourite – to a swashbuckling . JANUARY

mark alder was a journalist before becoming a full-time

writer. Widely read in medieval history, he is also a keen fencer and is an instructor in the sport.

Devil’s Blade Mark Alder

V Fantasy Brighton, UK TPB: £16.99 400pp 978 0 575 11525 5 @aldermark eBook: £8.99 8 978 0 5758 11527 9 8

A brand-new novel set in the universe of the bestselling books.

‘A swashbuckling thriller – Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly – that nevertheless combines the author’s trademark

hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation’ Guardian

‘A blindingly clever imagining of our solar system in the far-flung future’ Sun

Returning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author JANUARY Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the stars.

alastair reynolds was born in Barry, South Wales, in 1966.

He has a PhD in Astronomy and worked as an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency before becoming a full-time Title to be Revealed writer. Alastair Reynolds Sci-Fi V HB / ETPB: £18.99 / £14.99 488pp Wales, UK 978 0 575 09071 2 978 0 5758 09072 9 alastairreynolds.com eBook: £9.99 978 8 0 575 09075 0 @AquilaRift Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 473 22842 9 8 54

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 54 08/04/2019 08:16 For fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One, The God Game is a brilliantly plotted science-fiction

thriller. Five best friends in a high school computer club get sucked

into an underground hacker’s game run by a mysterious A.I. that thinks it is God. It’s all fun and games until people start to get hurt.

And the stakes keep getting higher. As the Game pits them against each other and turns their high school upside down, it JANUARY offers the ultimate promise – win and learn the meaning of life; die in the game, and die for real.

danny tobey is the author of thriller The Faculty Club, was anthologised in 2017’s The Best of The Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years Of American Humour and serves on numerous non- profit boards.

The God Game Danny Tobey Sci-Fi HB / ETPB: £14.99 / £12.99 352pp 978 1 4732 2447 6 978 1 4738 22448 3 V eBook: £7.99 978 8 1 473 22450 6 Dallas, Texas Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18473 7 8

‘ Mission: To publish the very best authors in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, to re-present the classics of the genre to a new audience, and to discover the stars of tomorrow.’

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ORION FICTION is a heartland for brilliant commercial fiction, and many of our authors have been with us since our inception. Our ambition is to take brand authors to even greater heights, to build authors with a growing platform in a creative and strategic way, and to launch new authors with impact beyond that first book.

Authors include Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, , James Lee Burke, Maureen Lee, Linwood Barclay, Veronica Henry, Ben Kane, Victoria Aveyard, Julie Cohen and Libby Page.

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 57 08/04/2019 08:16 She was the most brutal killer of our time. And she

may have been my mother... When Robin Diamond is contacted by a true crime podcast,

she assumes it’s a business matter. Closure focuses on a series of murders in the 1970s and the host believes Robin’s own mother is connected with the killings.

Robin thinks Quentin’s claim is absurd. Her beloved parents are the one absolute she’s always been able to rely upon and Robin

knows her mother better than anyone. JULY But then her parents are brutally attacked, and Robin realises

she doesn’t know the truth at all...

A graduate of Northwestern University and of Columbia Never Look Back University’s Graduate School of Journalism, alison gaylin A. L. Gaylin is an award-winning author and lives with her husband and daughter in Woodstock, New York. V Woodstock, New York Crime & Mystery alisongaylin.com TPB: £14.99 384pp 978 1 409 17904 7 @alisongaylin eBook: £14.99 8 978 18 409 17906 1 alison.gaylin Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 17966 5 8

A nerve-shredding, gut-wrenching high concept

thriller which redefines the term ‘page turner’.

Your phone rings.

A stranger has kidnapped your child.

To free them you must abduct someone else’s.

Your child will be released when your victim’s parents kidnap another.

JULY If any of these things don’t happen: Your child will be killed. You are now part of:

The Chain.

adrian mckinty is an Edgar Award-winning crime novelist, The Chain two-time Ned Kelly Award winner, two-time Dagger nominee Adrian McKinty and shortlistee for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year. Adrian was born in Belfast and now lives in New York. V New York City, USA Thriller / Suspense adrianmckinty.blogspot.com HB / ETPB: £12.99 352pp 978 1 409 18958 9 978 1 409 18959 6 @adrianmckinty eBook: £12.99 978 8 1 409 18961 8 9 8 adrianmckintybooks Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18962 6 8 58

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 58 08/04/2019 08:16 Fun, tongue-in-cheek commercial women’s fiction set in the sun-drenched Riviera – perfect for fans of

Jilly Cooper. It’s all about millionaires, martinis and mega-yachts in this

deliciously funny, escapist summer read. When Jenna Jenkins becomes a party planner in glamorous Monte Carlo, she finds she has a real knack for helping the

super-rich go overboard. But behind her back there’s a tussle for her affections between her darling boyfriend Angus, and a JULY mysterious billionaire…

Drop anchor, glam up and meet me on the Riviera!

fliss chester spent ten years as a journalist, writing about lifestyle and interiors. Now she is co-owner of an independent Meet Me on the wine merchant, based in the Hills. Riviera Fliss Chester

V Commercial Women’s Fiction Guildford, UK MMP: £8.99 320pp 978 1 4091 7867 5 FlissChester eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 40918 7868 2 8

Four months. Four weddings. One …?

Ideal summer reading and a fun, contemporary twist on the classic romcom.

Four lifelong romcom fans plan their own summer of ‘Four Weddings’ – but as the cracks begin to show in their -inspired dream, it seems there might not be any happy- ever-afters this year, let alone four…

A fun, fresh romantic comedy and a love letter to Richard Curtis films, to match the 25th anniversary of Four Weddings and a

JULY Funeral, and the ‘mini-sequel’ for Red Nose Day 2019.

The author of My Mamma Mia Summer, annie robertson trained in London as a classical musician, and has worked as

an assistant for an Oscar winner, an acclaimed artist and a Beatle. Four Weddings and a Festival Annie Robertson Commercial Women’s Fiction V MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 4091 8999 2 Fife, Scotland eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 90004 @annierauthor Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9001 1 8 59

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 59 08/04/2019 08:16 Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to get

the life you want… Uplifting, community-minded women’s fiction.

Feel-good fiction about community and friendship, perfect for fans of Holly Hepburn, Heidi Swain and Cathy Bramley.

When Abby Hamilton moves into Holly Court to live by herself for the first time in thirty-six years, she finds a very unruly, very unloved patch of garden. Over the course of a few months, Abby’s life will change because of this garden and the people

JULY she meets, and she and the garden soon begin to blossom…

megan attley is the pseudonym of a bestselling and prolific women’s fiction writer. She lives in South Wales with her

husband, two children and three crazy (but beautiful) dogs. The Garden on Holly Street Megan Attley Commercial Women’s Fiction V MMP: £8.99 352pp 978 1 4091 8306 8 South Wales, UK eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 40918 8307 5 @MeganAttley Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8310 5 8

Three generations of one family discover the connections between their past and future in this

feel-good novel from Sunday Times bestseller Veronica Henry.

Dragonfly Farm has been a home for generations of Melchiors – arch rivals to the Culbones, the wealthy family who live on the other side of the valley. But its thick stone walls hold many secrets, and this summer everything will change for the family

living there… JULY Laden with heady summertime atmosphere, A Home from

Home is full of family drama and gorgeous scenes you wish you could step into: the very best of Veronica Henry’s storytelling on her biggest ever canvas.

veronica henry is the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Home from Home A Family Recipe and Christmas at the Beach Hut, and won the Veronica Henry RNA Novel of the Year Award in 2014.

V Commercial Women’s Fiction Devon, UK MMP: £7.99 368pp 978 1 4091 8352 5 www.veronicahenry.co.uk eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 8353 2 @veronica_henry Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8354 9 8 60

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 60 08/04/2019 08:16 Mystery meets history in this Victorian Jonathan Creek – a fiendishly clever and compelling locked-

room puzzle. Madame Katerina – Detective McGray’s most trusted

clairvoyant – hosts a séance for three of Edinburgh’s wealthiest families, but the next morning everyone is found dead.

Katerina alleges a tormented spirit killed the families for revenge. McGray must find a rational explanation that holds up in court, or else Katerina will be sentenced to death. AUGUST PTSD-struggling Inspector Ian Frey is summoned to help, but this seems an impossible puzzle. Either something truly supernatural has occurred – or a fiendishly clever plot is covering a killer’s tracks…

The Darker Arts Born in , oscar de muriel began writing stories aged Oscar de Muriel seven. Whilst working as a translator, Oscar has written four Frey and McGray titles, splitting his time between Manchester V and Mexico City. Manchester, UK Mexico City, Mexico Crime & Mystery oscardemuriel.com HB / MMP: £18.99 / £8.99 368pp @OscardeMuriel 978 1 409 18762 2 978 1 4098 18763 9 odemuriel eBook: £18.99 978 8 1 409 18764 6 @oscardemuriel Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18765 3 8

The Girl Before meets Then She Was Gone – the brilliant new novel from Clare Empson.

On the surface, Luke and Hannah have a perfect life. Both have

good jobs and are devoted to their newborn, Samuel. But Luke has always felt like an outsider. When he finds his birth mother Alice, the instant connection with her is like falling in love.

When Hannah goes back to work, Luke asks Alice to look after their son. But Alice – deranged with grief when her baby was taken from her – falls in love with Samuel, and starts to pretend AUGUST he’s hers…

Mine clare empson is a journalist with a background in national - small business editor, finance correspondent and Clare Empson fashion, and freelancer. She currently works as editor/founder of experiential lifestyle website countrycalling.co.uk. V Mere, UK clareempson.com Crime & Mystery @ClareEmpson2 TPB: £14.99 352pp 978 1 409 17775 3 clareempsonauthor eBook: £14.99 8 978 18 409 17777 7 clareeempson Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 17804 0 8 61

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 61 08/04/2019 08:16 Emotional storytelling about missed chances,

intertwining lives and fate, for fans of Miss You and

The Versions of Us.

Every life is made up of thousands of moments. Moments that make us who we are. But what if those moments don’t happen the way we think they should...?

Matthew and Myrtle were born a month apart and are meant to be together, but they don’t know each other yet. As they travel through the moments of their lives – triumphs and tragedies, AUGUST paths taken or not, opportunities missed or leapt upon, hearts

broken and mended – they discover that true love can take a lifetime to appear…

natalie winter has worked as a content editor in various media industries for fourteen years. She currently resides in

Bristol with her scruffy rescue dog. The Moments is her debut The Moments novel. Natalie Winter Commercial Women’s Fiction MMP: £7.99 368pp 978 1 4091 8352 5 V eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 8353 2 Bristol, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8354 9 8

The compelling and evocative new historical novel from international bestselling author Sarah Jio, about

resilience, forgiveness and a mother’s love. There is always hope, even in the darkest of times…

When Caroline Williams wakes in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past, she struggles to take control of her life. Finding a

stack of World War Two love letters written by a young mother named Celine in her spare bedroom is the perfect distraction. Desperate to discover what happened to Celine, Caroline sets out AUGUST on a journey revealing dark and dangerous secrets...

Can uncovering the truth about Celine help Caroline unlock All the Flowers in her past? Paris sarah jio is the No.1 international, New York Times Sarah Jio bestselling author of ten novels. She is an established journalist and the host of the Mod About You podcast. V Seattle, USA sarahjio.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @sarahjio TPB: £12.99 320pp 978 1 4091 9073 8 /sarahjioauthor eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 9075 2 @sarahjio Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9076 9 8 62

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 62 08/04/2019 08:16 A group of strangers are given a chance to live

their dream of life in in this deliciously escapist summer read.

Cloudless skies, sun-soaked countryside, delicious food... In the drowsy heat of an Italian summer, four strangers arrive

in a beautiful town nestled in the mountains of Basilicata, dreaming of a new adventure. An innovative scheme by the town’s Mayor has given them the chance to buy a crumbling historic building for a single Euro – on the condition that they

AUGUST renovate their home within three years, helping to bring new life

to the close-knit local community. Can they turn their dream of Italy into reality?

nicky pellegrino is a No.1 bestseller in New Zealand A Dream of Italy and Australia. She works as a journalist and magazine editor Nicky Pellegrino in Auckland, alongside trips to Italy to research her delicious novels. Her previous books include When in Rome, A Year at Hotel Gondola and Recipe for Life. V Auckland, New Zealand nickypellegrino.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @nickypellegrino MMP: £8.99 368pp 978 1 4091 7898 9 nickypellegrinoauthor eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 40918 7899 6 @nickypellegrino Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7950 4 8

Amateur sleuth and professional playwright Philocles

returns to solve another murder in ancient , in

the sequel to Shadows of Athens.

Philocles has barely set foot in Corinth when his local contact

succumbs to a deadly poison, ranting and raving about people not present.

Days later, a brawl breaks out at his rehearsals between Corinthian gangs seemingly determined to see his play fail. Are the events connected? If so, Philocles is facing a particularly SEPTEMBER ruthless opponent if they are prepared to use poison…

‘This is historical writing at its best and crime writing worthy of prizes. Riveting’ Manda Scott on Shadows of Athens

jm alvey studied Classics at in the 1980s. Shadows of Scorpions in Corinth Athens was the debut novel, and received praise from Joanne JM Alvey Harris and Val McDermid among others.

V Crime Oxford, UK MMP: £8.99 320pp 978 1 4091 8065 4 jmalvey.com eBook: £8.99 8 978 1 40918 8066 1 @AlveyAuthor Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8639 7 8 63

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 63 08/04/2019 08:16 A unique protagonist, killer twist and chilling atmosphere – for fans of The Woman in Black and

The Silent Companions. 1904. Forensic photographer Thomas Bexley is called to

the remote Welsh village of Dinas Powys. A young girl called Betsan Tilny has been found murdered. But the crime scene appears staged, and the locals are reluctant to help.

As the strange case unfolds, Thomas senses a growing presence watching him. Then one night he develops the SEPTEMBER photographs from the crime scene and finds a face dimly visible; a face hovering around the body of the dead girl – the

face of Betsan Tilny.

Born in Dinas Powys, sam hurcom studied Philosophy, has had several short stories published and has written and illustrated several children’s books. A Shadow on the Lens is Sam’s debut novel. A Shadow on the Lens Sam Hurcom Crime & Mystery HB / ETPB / MMP: £14.99 / £13.99 / £8.99 304pp 978 1 409 18985 5 978 1 409 18986 2 9788 1 4091 8987 9 V eBook: £14.99 978 8 1 409 18988 6 8 Dinas Powys, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18989 3 8

Warm, wise fiction with community at its heart, about the kindness we can find when we least expect it.

Cloverdale is known for its winding roads, undulating hills and colourful cottages, and more recently, its Library of Things.

Need a ladder, a hedge trimmer or a waffle-maker? You can borrow it from the Library of Things.

When single dad Adam joins the Library of Things and agrees to run a mending workshop, new friendships start to blossom. And when Adam’s daughter Zoe makes a startling discovery, SEPTEMBER it’s time for the Coverdale community to pull together and help one family with its biggest challenge of all.

The Library of helen rolfe writes romantic fiction and contemporary Shared Things women’s fiction and enjoys weaving stories about family, Helen Rolfe friendship, secrets and community.

V Berkhamsted, UK helenjrolfe.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @hjrolfe MMP: £7.99 368pp 978 1 4091 9137 7 helenjrolfewriter eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 9138 4 @helen_j_rolfe Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9139 1 8 64

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 64 08/04/2019 08:16 A work of towering imagination and an epic literary event twenty years in the making…

Kate Reese is a single mother fleeing an abusive relationship by starting over in a new town, with her young son

Christopher. But Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, is not the safe place they pictured...

Their world begins to unravel after Christopher vanishes into the

Mission Street Woods – where fifty years earlier an eerily similar disappearance occurred. When he emerges six days later, OCTOBER unharmed but not unchanged, he brings with him a secret: a voice only he can hear and a warning of tragedy to come.

stephen chbosky ’s first novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, sold 2.8 million copies in alone. In the twenty years since, Stephen has become a prominent screenwriter and director working on films such as the live- Imaginary Friend action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and Wonder. Stephen Chbosky Modern & Contemporary Fiction HB / ETPB: £20 / £14.99 800pp V 978 1 409 18480 5 978 81 409 18481 2 Los Angeles, US eBook: £20 978 18 409 18483 6 @StephenChbosky Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18484 3 8

Gripping and emotional psychological suspense about twin sisters and the unbreakable, sometimes

unbearable, bond that they share. When Gabriella is found unconscious on the banks of the

canal, the first person DS Kate Munro wants to talk to is Gabi’s identical twin, Thea. There’s no evidence, but this attack seems personal.

The twins met for the first time in over a decade just last week. So what brought them back together so suddenly? With the OCTOBER attacker on the loose, no leads, and the victim still in a coma, DS Munro is determined to find out.

After studying Psychology in Southampton, louisa de lange Ask Me No Questions is a published author, working as a copywriter, proofreader and Louisa de Lange editor in the gaps. She lives in Hampshire with her son and husband. V Hampshire, UK louisadelange.com Thriller / Suspense Fiction @paperclipgirl MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 409 18023 4 loudelangewriter eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 18024 1 @loudelangewriter Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18054 8 8 65

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 65 08/04/2019 08:16 Harry Bosch, Renée Ballard and Mickey Haller work together in the new blockbuster from the No.1

bestselling crime-thriller powerhouse. Harry Bosch’s mentor from his rookie days, J. J. Thompson, is

dead. After the funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book from twenty years earlier – the unsolved killing of a troubled young man.

Bosch brings the murder book to Renée Ballard and asks for her help. Their bond tightens as they become a formidable OCTOBER investigation team, and they soon arrive at a worrying question: did Thompson steal the murder book to work the case in

retirement, or to make sure it never got solved?

A former police reporter, michael connelly writes the The Night Fire internationally bestselling Harry Bosch series, and several other bestsellers. His awards include the Edgar and Anthony Awards, Michael Connelly and the CWA Diamond Dagger 2018.

V Crime & Mystery Tampa, USA HB / ETPB: £20 / £14.99 416pp michaelconnelly.com 978 1 409 18604 5 978 81 409 18605 2 @Connellybooks eBook: £20 978 18 409 18607 6 MichaelConnellyBooks Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18609 0 8

Discover the story of the remarkable World War Two

gunner girls in this entrancing and heartbreaking novel.

A sweeping, heartrending historical novel for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Nightingale. When Cara Hargreaves discovers a diary from the 1940s, its contents will change her life forever...

In 1941 Louise Keene is swept off her feet by dashing RAF pilot, Paul Bolton. Then Paul is sent to war and Louise, defying her mother’s wishes, ends up a gunner girl in London.

OCTOBER As Cara reads her words, decades later, she learns that hope can be found even in the darkest of times…

The Light Over julia kelly is the award-winning author of books about London ordinary women and their extraordinary stories. In addition to Julia Kelly writing, she’s been an Emmy-nominated producer, journalist, and marketing professional. V London, UK juliakellywrites.com Saga @The_Julia_Kelly MMP: £7.99 304pp 978 1 4091 8937 4 ReallyOldFrocks eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 8938 1 juliakellywrites Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8945 9 8 66

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 66 08/04/2019 08:16 A heartwarming festive read set on a remote Scottish island – perfect for fans of Jenny Oliver and

Ali McNamara. One winter wedding. One group of friends. What could go

wrong? One week and Fliss says ‘I do’, but she won’t let the past get

in the way of her future. Ten years ago, Lara was certain when she turned down Jon’s

proposal. But seeing him again, she can’t help but wonder, OCTOBER what if…?

Ruth didn’t want to go to a remote and snowy Scottish island

just before Christmas, but could this be her last chance to find The Wedding on her happily ever after? Mistletoe Island sophie pembroke was born in Abu Dhabi, grew up in Wales Sophie Pembroke and now lives in a little Hertfordshire market town with her scientist husband and two children. V Hertfordshire, UK Commercial Women’s Fiction sophiepembroke.com MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 4091 8979 4 @SophiePembroke eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 8980 0 SophiePembrokeAuthor Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8981 7 8

Treat yourself to an uplifting story of family, food and love from Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly.

Freya is at the heart of her family. As a cook, with her own TV

show and legions of fans, she knows that the most important place in the home is around the kitchen table. And that being honest with those you love is what keeps a family together.

But just when Freya needs to be there for everyone, she can’t

bring herself to tell them the truth. And when her husband’s first partner comes back into her life, the whole family is thrown OCTOBER into disarray…

cathy kelly is an international bestseller, with millions of books in print. Her trademark is warm, witty and wise story- telling, always with an uplifting message and strong female The Family Gift characters at the heart. Cathy Kelly Commercial Women’s Fiction V HB: £12.99 320pp 978 1 4091 7922 1 County Wicklow, Ireland ETPB: £12.99 8 978 18 4091 7923 8 www.cathykelly.com eBook: £12.99 8 978 1 4091 7925 2 @cathykellybooks Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7963 4 8 67

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 67 08/04/2019 08:16 How do you find a killer when you can’t recognise a

face?

Last night my sister was murdered. The police think I killed her.

I was there. I watched the knife go in. I saw the man who did it.

And heard him laugh when he said he’d never be caught.

Because he knows I have prosopagnosia – I can’t recognise faces.

NOVEMBER And if I don’t find the man who killed my sister, I’ll be found guilty of murder.

An author and freelance journalist, amy mclellan lives in Shropshire with her husband and three children. She can be

found drinking too much coffee, running, and exploring the beautiful Shropshire hills. Remember Me Amy McLellan Crime & Mystery V TPB: £12.99 304pp 978 1 409 18513 0 Newport, UK eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 409 18515 4 @AmyMcLellan2 Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18550 5 8

A page-turning adventure where virtual reality has

taken a dark turn – for fans of Ready Player One and Dark Matter.

Crime is a major problem in virtual reality world, SPACE. The smarter criminals learnt long ago that to exploit people in VR, they must hunt the vulnerable in the real world.

So when his troubled mother disappears, VR-obsessed Theo knows that to rescue her he must track her down in SPACE.

But how do you solve a mystery in a world without fingerprints NOVEMBER or DNA? Theo has done it in video games, but this time things are about to get very real… CTRL+S Log in > Load world > andy briggs is a screenwriter, graphic novelist, author, Save her traveller and conservationist. He’s worked on many film projects and has also written dozens of children’s books, including the Andy Briggs centennial reimagining of Tarzan.

V Science Fiction, Modern & London, UK andybriggs.co.uk Contemporary Fiction @abriggswriter MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 409 18465 2 8 8 andybriggsauthor eBook: £12.99 978 1 409 18466 9 8 itsandybriggs Audio: £19.99 978 1 409 18647 2 8 68

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 68 08/04/2019 08:16 The new passionate romance from the internationally bestselling author of the This Man series.

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a sweeping love story of passion, temptation and dangerous secrets…

Hannah Bright has found the perfect place to hide from her past – or almost perfect. Bodyguard Ryan Willis is spending

time with his daughter while he reconsiders his career, and his attraction to the new artist in town is undeniable. Hannah can’t resist this dangerous man, but nor can she give into temptation, NOVEMBER or the secrets of the past could destroy their chance at

happiness for ever…

jodi ellen malpas is a No.1 New York Times bestselling author – all six of her published novels having hit the bestsellers

list – as well as a Sunday Times bestseller and international Leave me Breathless bestseller. Jodi Ellen Malpas

V Romance Northampton, UK MMP: £7.99 368pp 978 1 4091 7616 9 jodiellenmalpas.co.uk eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 7617 6 @JodiEllenMalpas Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7618 3 8

Sweeping historical fiction set in the fragile world of post-war Paris, for fans of Santa Montefiore and

Lucinda Riley. Paris, 1952. Sophie Bernot is training as a heart surgeon in a

man’s world. Across the Channel, Sebastian Ogilvie is on his way to Paris to meet with an architect for his first major project. When Sophie and Sebastian’s paths cross in the mountains, the consequences of their romance will be powerful and far-

reaching – and ten years will pass before the past is buried… NOVEMBER A transporting tale of ambition, love, family and heartbreak set

between London, Burgundy, Paris and the snow-capped peaks of the Alps.

caroline montague has been a model, founded an interior

design company and is now a full-time author. She lives with her husband and stepchildren at Burnt Norton. A Paris Secret Caroline Montague Historical Fiction V TPB: £12.99 400pp 978 1 4091 8081 4 , UK eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 8083 8 @CMontagueAuthor Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8084 5 8 69

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 69 08/04/2019 08:16 A heartwarming saga of three women brought together by war and held together by the Guernsey

evacuee children. Can friendship conquer the threat of war?

1939. During an air raid three unlikely girls are thrown together and become fast friends: Clare O’Sullivan, fellow nursing

student Gaye Robinson and factory worker Diane Thornley. When the Guernsey evacuees arrive in Stockport, the three

friends are the first to volunteer to help the children. As the war NOVEMBER rages on around them, can the girls’ friendship save them all in the face of adversity?

Perfect for fans of Maureen Lee and Lyn Andrews.

geraldine o’neill was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, to Irish/Scottish parents. She now lives in County Offaly, Ireland, The Nightingales in and she also works as a teacher for children with learning Mersey Square difficulties. Geraldine O’Neill Saga HB: £19.99 384pp 978 1 4091 9199 5 V eBook: £19.99 8 978 18 4091 9201 5 County Offaly, Ireland Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9202 2 8

An emotional, uplifting festive novel for fans of Josie Silver, Debbie Johnson and Holly Martin.

Kate Potter sells Christmas trees for a living, but can’t afford

one of her own for her six-year-old son, Jack. Just a few years ago she would have been counting down the days until the festivities, but since her husband went away with the army and

never came home, she can hardly stand December. She and Jack need a Christmas miracle, and if there isn’t

one on its way, she’ll just have to make her own – an advent NOVEMBER countdown to the best Christmas ever.

poppy alexander wrote her first book when she was five. She studied classical music at university, took up public relations, campaigning, political lobbying and journalism, and 25 Days ‘til Christmas now lives in West Sussex. Poppy Alexander

V Commercial Women’s Fiction Arundel, UK MMP: £7.99 352pp 978 1 4091 8153 8 sarahwaights.com/poppy-alexander eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 8154 5 @SarahWaights Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8242 9 8 70

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 70 08/04/2019 08:16 A spellbinding dual narrative, with hidden secrets and unsolved mysteries which echo through the

decades, from the international bestseller Sarah Jio. A sudden snowstorm. A missing child. A mystery left unsolved.

1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, goodnight and leaves for the night-shift. Only to find

that the next day, snow has blanketed the city and her son has vanished – his beloved teddy bear lying face-down on an icy street, the snow covering any tracks. NOVEMBER 2010. Reporter Claire Aldridge, assigned to cover the ‘blackberry winter’ storm learns of the unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth.

Blackberry Winter sarah jio is the No.1 international, New York Times Sarah Jio bestselling author of ten novels. She is an established journalist and the host of the Mod About You podcast. V Seattle, USA sarahjio.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @sarahjio MMP: £7.99 288pp 978 1 4091 9077 6 sarahjioauthor eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 40918 9078 3 @sarahjio Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9244 8 8

The first in a heartfelt trilogy of wartime sagas, following the highs and lows of the staff at Edwardes

Hotel. Full of romance, heartbreak and camaraderie, this gripping

new wartime saga offers a heartwarming read for fans of Daisy Styles and Rosie Archer.

1943, Covent Garden. War is far from over for Sukie, and working as a receptionist at the Edwardes Hotel, she meets all types coming through London despite the dangers. But as the NOVEMBER festive season approaches, can she and her friend Patti bring

the Christmas cheer to their small London hotel and dispel the shadow of the war?

kitty danton was born and grew up in Devon where her

books are set. She spent time as a news journalist and a mature student before working in publishing. A Wartime Christmas Kitty Danton Saga MMP: £6.99 304pp 978 1 4091 7849 1 V eBook: £6.99 8 978 1 40918 7850 7 Deal, Kent Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 7854 5 8 71

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 71 08/04/2019 08:16 Charlie Lager must find the truth about Francesca. Before the past catches up with her...

The second page-turning novel from the Swedish crime fiction queen – DI Charlie Lager returns to investigate a long-buried

disappearance. Thirty years ago, the body of a teenage boy was found in

Gullspång’s lake, and his best friend vanished from her home. Paul Bergman’s death was ruled a suicide, and Francesca was never found.

DECEMBER Drawn back to Gullspång, Detective Inspector Charlie Lager is haunted by the strange house she knew as a child, and by the missing girl who once lived there. Convinced that the original investigation was flawed, Charlie is determined to uncover what

really happened all those decades ago.

lina bengtsdotter is a Swedish and Psychology teacher and has published several short stories. After living in the UK and Italy, For The Dead she now resides outside of Stockholm with her three children. Lina Bengtsdotter Crime & Mystery TPB: £13.99 320pp 978 1 409 17937 5 V eBook: £13.99 8 978 18 409 17939 9 Gullspång, Sweden Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 17957 3 8

Feminist dystopia in a world where sugar is illegal, baking is a crime, and women are publicly shamed

about their bodies. ‘Eat the best, leave the rest! Remember Mother knows best.’

Since Mother Mason came to power, everything from healthy eating to exercise is controlled by the government. Olivia

Pritchard lives in constant fear, but to protect her family she must follow the rules or be punished.

After Olivia witnesses an innocent woman being arrested, DECEMBER she is no longer able to ignore the injustice. The underground rebellion ‘Cut The Apron Strings’ is gaining momentum and Olivia has a choice: keep silent or join the fray…

claire wade is the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Competition 2018. She was bed bound for six years with severe ME, and writes about women breaking free from the The Choice constraints of their lives. The Choice is her debut. Claire Wade General Fiction MMP: £8.99 368pp 978 1 4091 8774 5 V eBook: £6.99 8 978 1 40918 8775 2 Norwich, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8776 9 8 72

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 72 08/04/2019 08:16 A fresh, unique domestic psychological thriller from

an exciting and distinctive new voice in the genre. When human remains are found in a flat, the residents are

shocked to learn there was a dead body in their building for three years.

Sarah lives at the flat above and feels threatened by a stranger hanging around the building.

Laura has lived in the building for as long as she can remember,

JANUARY though there’s more to her story than she’s letting on.

As they become more involved, it’s clear that someone isn’t telling the truth about what happened all those years ago...

The Woman Awarded a Northern Writers’ New Fiction award, elisabeth Downstairs carpenter was longlisted for Yeovil Literary Prize and the Elisabeth Carpenter MsLexia Women’s Novel award. She lives in Preston and currently works as a book-keeper. V Preston, UK Thriller / Suspense elisabethcarpenter.co.uk MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 409 18149 1 @LibbyCPT eBook: £7.99 8 978 1 4098 18150 7 ElisabethCarpenterAuthor Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18478 2 8

Sometimes in life, all you need is a little dedication…

A charming, warm, uplifting novel about love, loss and finding your way – for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and Lost For Words.

When her famous children’s author grandmother dies, reclusive Emily is in danger of retreating from the world even further.

Until she discovers a coded dedication in one of her grandmother’s books. And then another, and another. Every

one apparently written just for Emily – each a clue that will lead JANUARY her on a quest in search of her grandmother’s much-rumoured final manuscript.

katherine slee studied Modern History at Oxford University

and formerly worked in investment banking. She now lives in

Kent with her husband, two kids and a crazy puppy. For Emily For Emily is her debut. Katherine Slee Modern & Contemporary Fiction V MMP: £7.99 320pp 978 1 409 18734 9 Kent, UK eBook: £13.99 8 978 18 409 18735 6 @Katherine_Slee Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18736 3 8 73

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 73 08/04/2019 08:16 Hilarious, chilling and… prescient?

Welcome to QualityLand, the greatest, most advanced country in the world. Everything in QualityLand is geared towards

optimizing your life, and humans, robots and algorithms co- exist.

Peter Jobless is a down-and-out metal press operator, dumped by his long-term girlfriend. He’s also the only one noticing that Qualityland’s robot citizens are experiencing an existential crisis. Instructed to destroy these malfunctioning A.I., Peter starts to JANUARY suspect that the ruling technology has a flaw, perhaps a fatal one. Not only that, these robots might be his only friends…

marc-uwe kling is a German songwriter, slam poet, and

stand-up comedian. He is the author of political cult hit The Kangaroo Chronicles, which has sold over 2.5 million copies Qualityland in Germany. Marc-Uwe Kling Modern & Contemporary Fiction V HB / ETPB: £14.99 / £12.99 352pp Germany 978 1 409 19113 1 978 1 409 8 19114 8 marcuwekling.de eBook: £14.99 9788 1 409 19116 2 @realMarcUwe Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 19117 9 8

Step into the magic of Lantern Square... A delightfully heartwarming story, perfect for fans of

Holly Hepburn and Cathy Bramley. Hannah went from high flyer in the city to business owner

and has never looked back. In the cosy Cotswold village of Butterbury she runs Tied up with String, sending handmade and care packages across the miles, as well as delivering them to people she thinks need them most.

Meanwhile, a mysterious care package lands on her own JANUARY doorstep at Lantern Cottage. Who is trying to win her heart – and will she ever be willing to give it away?

A Year At Lantern helen rolfe writes romantic fiction and contemporary Square women’s fiction and enjoys weaving stories about family, Helen Rolfe friendship, secrets and community.

V Berkhamsted, UK helenjrolfe.com Commercial Women’s Fiction @hjrolfe MMP: £7.99 368pp 978 1 4091 9140 7 helenjrolfewriter eBook: £6.99 8 978 1 40918 9141 4 helen_j_rolfe Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9142 1 8 74

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 74 08/04/2019 08:16 Power, theatre and ghosts – a twisty Victorian gothic tale, perfect for fans of The Silent Companion and

The . Sold by her father to a ‘Professor of Ghosts’ to settle a bad

debt, Lily Bell thinks she about to hit the London stage as an actress.

But little does she know that the professor intends her to be his very own ghost; part of an elaborate illusion for a fascinated audience. And when Lily comes across her own obituary in the JANUARY paper, her fate is to become even darker…

A story of the traps of fame, magic and the power of illusion in Victorian London.

rose black is a self-employed writer who has written reports

for UNICEF, UNHCR and the Gulbenkian Foundation. The Unforgetting is her debut novel, inspired by her keen interest The Unforgetting in the Victorians. Rose Black Historical Fiction HB: £14.99 368pp 978 1 4091 9061 5 V eBook: £14.99 8 978 18 4091 9063 9 London, UK Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9064 6 8

A secret life, a hidden family… Compelling, emotional storytelling from the author of My Mother’s

Daughter. When Cora Gartland learns that her husband has been killed in

a car crash in Ireland her world falls apart. But then she is told that there was a woman in the car with him, a woman identified as his wife Amelie.

Devastated, she flies to Dublin to try to make sense of her husband’s secret life. As she grieves, she must learn to survive, JANUARY and to do that she must find the truth. What else has he been

keeping from her and how will she survive this betrayal…?

A leading journalist in Ireland for nearly thirty years, ann

o’loughlin is currently a senior journalist with the Irish

Examiner covering legal issues, and lives on the east coast of Ireland. My Husband’s Wife Ann O’Loughlin Women’s Fiction V TPB: £12.99 320pp 978 1 4091 8337 2 Ireland eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 4091 8337 2 @annolwriter Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 8340 2 8 75

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ORION SPRING publishes books that make life brighter.

Just as the season promises to experts, healthcare professionals, deliver so much joy, Orion Spring leading scientists and wellbeing helps and inspires readers to feel ambassadors, who all encourage happier and more confident, helping readers to make positive changes for them to make better, well-informed themselves and for the world around decisions about managing their us. health and wellbeing. Never preaching, always informing, Launched in 2016, the list these books are for everyone, incorporates a beautiful selection of everywhere – for life. books by world-renowned medical

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 77 08/04/2019 08:16 A guide to understanding and reclaiming hormone health.

How to combat the hormonal imbalance that is hijacking your

mood, confidence and mental health. An essential read for every woman, It’s Not My Head It’s My

Hormones, by BHRT pioneer Dr Marion Gluck, teaches you how to optimise your hormone health and support your body, giving you the tools you need to stay well-balanced, energetic and happy.

AUGUST Dr Gluck gives you all the key information needed to find optimum solutions to hormonal issues, and return you to a positive outlook on your confident, healthy and balanced future.

dr marion gluck, a GP specialising in women’s health, It’s Not My Head, It’s is world-renowned as a pioneer in the use of bio-identical My Hormones hormones for women with over thirty years’ experience as a Dr Marion Gluck medical doctor.

V London, UK Self-Help mariongluckclinic.com TPB: £14.99 256pp 978 1 409 17856 9 @DrGluckClinic eBook: £14.99 8 978 1 8409 17857 6 8

A ten-week programme that will rewire your body’s baseline response to stress by working specifically

with the heart. In this ground-breaking book Dr Leah Lagos explains that it’s

not your thoughts that are causing stress hormones to flood your system, or a lack of mindfulness that’s creating your erratic heart rate and breathing pattern. It’s the way your body is hard- wired to react to stress.

Based on the latest science on heart rate variability, Dr Lagos

SEPTEMBER has developed a life-changing programme, which has helped

thousands of her patients to control their heart rhythms and rewire their bodies’ baseline response to stress.

dr leah lagos, PsyD, BCB, works with some of the world’s Invincible top business and sports professionals. She is a Licensed Dr Leah Lagos Psychologist and Board Certified in Biofeedback.

V New York, USA drleahlagos.com Self-Help @DrLeahLagos TPB: £14.99 272pp 978 1 4091 8438 6 @drleaghlagos eBook: £14.99 8 978 18 4091 8440 9 8

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 78 08/04/2019 08:16 A groundbreaking book that reveals, for the first

time, the crucial information every woman taking

hormonal birth control needs to know.

Hormonal contraception is something most women will use in their lifetime, yet whilst the physical and mental effects go far beyond its purpose, there has been very little research conducted around this. But expert psychologist Dr Hill is changing that. In this trailblazing book she explains how the

Pill and other forms of contraception can cause changes to our personalities, our brains, possibly even our mate selection, and OCTOBER much more besides. With this book, women will finally have all the facts they should have been given in the doctor’s surgery

– because we all deserve to make informed choices about our bodies.

This is Your Brain on dr sarah e. hill is an Associate Professor of Psychology. She has published over forty scientific articles on women, their Birth Control health and their mating. Dr Sarah E. Hill Self-Help V TPB : £14.99 288pp 978 1 409 17883 5 Texas, USA eBook: £14.99 8 978 1 8409 17885 9 sarahehill.com Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 19348 7 8

The world’s first comparison coach reveals how to free yourself from social anxiety and the pressures of

perfectionism.

Lucy Sheridan (AKA The Comparison Coach) has developed a tried and tested methodology to letting go of perfectionism in order to live a comparison-free life. A truth serum for your

individuality, this book is the antidote to our toxic comparison culture. It marks a new era of empowerment and a redefining of the life you want. The Comparison Cure will be the next big DECEMBER hit in personal development publishing.

lucy sheridan is the world’s first and only comparison coach who, through her private practice and workshops, has

helped thousands of people go from compare and despair to The Comparison Cure #comparisonfree. Lucy Sheridan

V Derby, UK Self-Help proofcoaching.com TPB: £14.99 256pp 978 1 409 19121 6 @lucysheridan eBook: £14.99 8 978 18 409 19123 0 8

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 79 08/04/2019 08:16 As modern life becomes increasingly hectic, relationships are strained and our work-life balance

is constantly thrown into chaos, Jane Hardy addresses the most important new mental frontier: boundaries.

Jayne Hardy, founder and CEO of The Blurt Foundation, argues that it is the best preventative measure available to us for symptoms of ‘overwhelmedness’ in our crazy, modern world, explaining that when boundaries are put in place we can maintain our mental health.’ DECEMBER The book offers practical advice on how to put boundaries in place. It will use touch points as chapters to focus the mind

such as when you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, lonely, afraid, stressed.

Boundaries jayne hardy is the founder and CEO of The Blurt Foundation Jayne Hardy – a social enterprise dedicated to helping those affected by depression. V Cornwall, UK Self-Help & Personal Development bluritout.org TPB: £12.99 200pp 978 1 4091 8345 7 @JayneHardy_ eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 4091 8346 4 Blurtitout Audio: £12.99 8 978 1 4091 8645 8 8

The Speakmans’ powerful and life-changing guide to conquering weight loss and achieving your personal

health goals. The world’s leading life-change therapists, the Speakmans,

share a passion for helping people lead happier and less

inhibited lives through their ground-breaking behavioural change therapy known as ‘Schema Conditioning’.

Based on the Speakmans’ unique coaching method, this book provides the answers to conquering weight gain – for good. DECEMBER If you suffer from emotional eating, low self-worth or feel uncomfortable in your own body, the Speakmans show you that you can overcome these emotions successfully and enjoy

a healthier, happier and slimmer life.

Conquering the speakmans are ITV’s resident TV therapists and have Weight Loss treated a number of high profile clients. They help many people Nik & Eva Speakman to overcome a wide range of issues through live workshops, tours, books, radio and TV. V Manchester, UK Self-Help speakman.tv TPB: £14.99 288pp 978 1 8418 8323 6 @the_speakmans eBook: £14.99 8 978 18 8418 8324 3 @thespeakmans Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 4091 9256 5 8 80

Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 80 08/04/2019 08:16 Learning to silence the brain chatter and believing that you’re good enough.

From the UK’s No.1 wellbeing author, Fearne Cotton, the

follow-up to the Sunday Times bestsellers, Happy and Calm.

This is the handbook for modern life we all need. Including

expert advice, ideas to put into practice, adventures to complete and interviews with everyone from Bryony Gordon to Billie Piper, Quiet seeks out ways to help you tune out the negative DECEMBER chatter that holds you back, so you can hear the positives that will guide you forwards.

Writer, DJ and TV presenter fearne cotton has been on

our screens presenting live TV since the age of fifteen. She Quiet is ranked amongst the world’s 250 most influential tweeters. Fearne Cotton

V London, UK Self-Help officialfearnecotton.com MMP: £8.99 288pp 978 1 409 18315 0 @Fearnecotton eBook: £20 8 978 1 4091 8 8316 7 8 @Fearnecotton Audio: £19.99 978 1 4091 8326 6 8

How to communicate with of love to strengthen your relationship with yourself, and find

love in others and the world around you. Talking with Angels of Love will show you how to accept your

circumstances, love the skin you are in and recognise the difference between healthy love and toxic love.

Filled with practical exercises, meditations to channel your angels’ love, pages to record their loving messages and touching real-life stories about the healing power of love, this JANUARY book will soothe your soul, help you find your soul mate and

help you to trust the goodness in others again.

amanda hart has been an intuitive consultant for over twenty Talking with Angels years, helping people to overcome adversity and to find their of Love power and voice. Open Your Heart Amanda Hart Self-Help V MMP: £8.99 304pp 978 1 409 18104 0 London, UK eBook: £8.99 8 / 978 1 409 8 18105 7

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SEVEN DIALS is Orion’s bestselling and award-winning non-fiction imprint. It’s home to big brands, timeless memoirs and beautiful cookbooks. Our books guarantee an uplifting experience and an insight into extraordinary lives, they tell meaningful stories of humanity and entertain and inform in equal measure.

Seven Dials authors include the Hairy Bikers, Fearne Cotton, Davina McCall, TED speaker Amy Cuddy, actor Bryan Cranston, inspirational mouth artist Henry Fraser, BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Gavin Thurston and Cambridge geneticist Giles Yeo.

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 83 08/04/2019 08:16 A devastating story of coercive control, domestic abuse and brutal murder. Why would an ‘ordinary’

father murder his family? On 19 July 2016, Claire and Charlotte Hart were murdered in

broad daylight, by the family’s father using a sawn-off shotgun. He then committed suicide.

Luke and Ryan Hart, the two surviving sons, open up about their experiences growing up in a coercive household. They hope to highlight the patterns of behaviour of domestic abuse, JUNE and its deadly consequences, improving public awareness and leading to informed discussion on this mostly deadly of abuses.

luke ryan hart and founded Coercion and Control Awareness (CoCo Awareness) in memory of their mother and Remembered Forever sister, and to raise awareness and speak out against male Luke & Ryan Hart violence towards females.

V Biography Surrey, UK MMP: £7.99 192pp 978 1 8418 8340 3 cocoawareness.co.uk eBook: £20 8 978 1 841 8 88341 0 @CoCoAwareness Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18825 4 8

Delicious vegan recipes celebrating the zaika or

‘flavours’ of Indian cooking that bring a renewed spicy excitement to plant-based food

With a foreword by the Observer Food Monthly’s editor, Allan Jenkins, Zaika celebrates the very best of Indian vegan cooking. With over 100 innovative and exciting dishes, vegan

recipes have never been so inviting.

Inspired by the flavours of her childhood, Romy Gill MBE, has expertly written a collection of recipes that not only deliver incredible vegan food but are also simple to make. SEPTEMBER Realise the benefits of Indian veganism today with these classic yet fresh vegan recipes. Zaika romy gill mbe is a British/Indian chef and cookery Vegan recipes from teacher. She is the owner and head chef at Romy’s Kitchen in Thornbury. She is one of the few female Indian chef/owners Romy Gill on the UK restaurant scene and was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s ninetieth birthday honours list in 2016 for her services to the food industry. Bristol,V UK www.romyskitchen.co.uk Cookery @romyskitchen HB: £20 208pp 978 1 841 88305 2 8 8 romyskitchenrestaurant eBook: £20 978 1 841 88306 9 8

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 84 08/04/2019 08:16 A motivational guide on the power of acceptance by Sunday Times bestselling author, Henry Fraser.

Mouth artist, motivational speaker and author of the inspirational memoir The Little Big Things, Henry Fraser, explores the

transformative power of acceptance in this motivational guide. Sharing the lessons he learned after a freak accident that

left him paralysed from the neck down, Henry shows us that setbacks are inevitable in life but defeat is optional. Henry reveals the simple words you can say to yourself and SEPTEMBER the practical changes you can make to become someone who adapts to unpredicatble events and obstacles. The Power in You How to Accept your henry fraser is a British mouth artist and motivational Past, Live in the Present speaker. He was named as the Powerlist’s seventh most and Shape a Positive influential person living with a disability in Britain 2017. Future Henry Fraser

V Self-Help Hertfordshire, UK HB : £12.99 176pp 978 1 841 88336 6 www. henryfraserart.com/art eBook: £12.99 8 978 18 841 88338 0 @henryfraser0 Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 409 18786 8 8

From Gavin Thurston, the award-winning Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II cameraman, comes his

extraordinary and adventurous true story. Gavin has been a wildlife photographer for over thirty years.

From journeys to the deepest depths of the Antarctic Ocean to the peaks of the Himalayas and the wild forests of the Congo, Gavin’s experiences describe much more than just the incredible array of animals he’s filmed.

Now he invites you to venture inside the cameraman’s hidden SEPTEMBER world and discover the hours spent patiently waiting for the protagonists to appear, the inevitable dangers in the wings, and Journeys in the Wild the heartwarming, life-affirming moments the cameras miss as The Secret Life of well as capture.

a Cameraman gavin thurston is a BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning Gavin Thurston cameraman specialising in wildlife. He has worked on seventeen of Sir David Attenborough’s acclaimed series. V Gloucestershire, UK Biography gavinthurston.com HB: £16.99 432pp 978 1 841 88310 6 @GavinThurston eBook: £16.99 8 978 81 841 88312 0 @thegavinthurston Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 40918446 1 8

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Orion_NewTitles_5.4.19.indb 85 08/04/2019 08:16 Bestselling healthy food-maker-and-baker, Fearne Cotton, lets you in on all her delicious vegan-recipe

secrets, with options to satisfy non-vegans too. If you want to pack more veg into your diet while saving the

planet, then going vegan could be for you – and with Fearne’s quick and easy recipes suitable for the busiest of cooks, you’ll find it’s really simple, too!

Featuring 100 delicious family-friendly recipes made with ingredients you can easily get your hands on, alongside

OCTOBER beautiful photography throughout, the Happy Vegan is the only

vegan cookbook you’ll ever need on your shelf.

Writer, DJ and TV presenter fearne cotton has written two bestselling cookbooks Cook Happy, Cook Healthy and Cook Eat Love and is one of the UK’s most beloved household Happy Vegan names. Fearne Cotton

London,V UK Food & Drink officialfearnecotton.com HB: £20 224pp 978 1 841 88289 5 @Fearnecotton eBook: £20 8 978 18 841 88290 1 8

Over 100 knock-out traybake, roasting tin and one-

pot recipes that make delicious food so very easy.

The big-hearted Hairy Bikers return with a cookbook for every busy kitchen, simple and delicious recipes that use just one pot!

The Hairy Bikers’ One Pot Wonders features timeless recipes that are the boys’ absolute favourites. They are tried and tested crowd-pleasers, self-care treats and fail-safe feeders, and they

are guaranteed to bring a smile to the most hungry of diners. Home is where the heart is, and this collection celebrates the OCTOBER very best of Si and Dave’s busy kitchens. This new offering includes the boys’ favourite pie recipes, belting curries, rollicking roasts, vegetable surprises and classic one-pot puddings. This The Hairy Bikers’ One is the perfect book for any Hairy Biker fan. Pot Wonders With their unique blend of tasty recipes, cheeky humour and Si King & irresistible enthusiasm, the hairy bikers have become Dave Myer Britain’s favourite food heroes.

V Newcastle and Barrow-in-Furness, UK Food & Drink hairybikers.com £25 288pp 978 1 409 17193 5 @HairyBikers eBook: 8 £25 8978 1 40917194 2 8 86

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A warm, redemptive, honest, authentic, FUNNY book about life, love and realising that you’re good enough.

Emily Atack was flung to fame at just seventeen in The Inbetweeners. Almost ten years later, she won over the nation

on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! with her cracking impersonations, epic bravery in the Bushtucker trials and general positivity. OCTOBER Now, in her first book, Emily digs deep and reveals the hilarious highs and the heartbreaking lows that rocked the years between. Are We There Yet? is a warm, honest, funny book that shows us we are all enough just as we are.

emily atack is an actress best-known for her recurring role on Are We There Yet? The Inbetweeners. In 2018 she came second on ITV’s I’m a Emily Atack Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!

V London, UK Memoir @EmAtack HB: £16.99 288pp 978 1 841 88368 7 @emilyatackofficial eBook: £16.99 8 978 18 841 88370 0 Emily-Atack Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 841 88371 7 8

The life-affirming, true story of female bravery, Jewish Nazi resistance and surviving the horrors of

Auschwitz. During the Second World War, two Jewish sisters – Janny

and Lien Brilleslijper – ran one of the largest hideaways in the Netherlands: The High Nest.

After Roxane and her family moved into The High Nest in 2012 she spent six years writing and piecing together its story through the eyes of two strong women who were part of the NOVEMBER Dutch Jewish resistance and survivors of the Nazi death camp.

The author’s novelistic eye combined with her rigorous research result in a hugely compelling portrayal of human resilience.

roxanne van iperen lives in The High Nest and has

spent the last decade investigating its history and also the The High Nest lives – and fates – of the people who lived and hid there. Roxanne van Iperen

V Biography The Netherlands HB: £18.99 320pp 978 1 841 88373 1 roxanevaniperen.nl eBook: £18.99 8 978 81 841 88376 2 @pleitschrijver Audio: £19.99 8 978 1 841 88377 9 8

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