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Adult Fiction Rights Guide Adult FictionSpring Rights 2020 Guide Spring 2020 Awards & Bestsellers Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller Debut Dagger Award Winner Maestra by L.S. Hilton Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker Wilde Like Me by Louise Pentland The Tattooist of Auschwitz Crime Writers’ Association Endeavour by Heather Morris Historical Dagger Award Winner Courtney’s War by Wilbur Smith Stasi Child by David Young The Sunday Times #2 Bestseller Best Swedish Crime Novel of The Year Mothering Sunday by Rosie Goodwin Diary Of My Disappearance A Mother’s Grace by Rosie Goodwin by Camilla Grebe Good Friday by Lynda La Plante End Of Summer by Anders De La Motte Wilde About The Girl by Louise Pentland The Foundling by Stacey Halls Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger Award Winner The Times Book of The Month Nucleus by Rory Clements Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction Irish Times #1 Bestseller Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic The Tattooist Of Auschwitz by Heather Morris Ned Kelly Shortlist for Best First Fiction The Student by Iain Ryan The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller Murder Mile by Lynda La Plante Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel Widows by Lynda La Plante Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic Widows Revenge by Lynda La Plante And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic Dirty Dozen by Lynda La Plante On Leopard Rock by Wilbur Smith Apple Book of the Year The Anomaly by Michael Rutger The Tattooist of Auschwitz The Last Hour by Harry Sidebottom by Heather Morris Hitler's Secret by Rory Clements Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris Eason Book of the Year The Familiars by Stacey Halls The Tattooist of Auschwitz The Holiday by T.M. Logan by Heather Morris Ghost Fire by Wilbur Smith King of Kings by Wilbur Smith Nielsen Gold Bestseller A Maiden's Voyage by Rosie Goodwin The Tattooist of Auschwitz The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy by Heather Morris Lefteri Wilde Women by Louise Pentland Nielsen Silver Bestseller One Enchanted Evening by Anton Du Lies by T.M. Logan Beke 3 Laura Imai Messina Iain Ryan The Phone Box at the The Spiral Edge of the World We all have something to tell those It’s not just the truth that lurks at we have lost . the bottom of the spiral . When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the Erma Bridges dreams of violence tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must When Erma’s quiet life as a university academic is somehow continue. disrupted by a mysterious workplace complaint as well as the disappearance of her research assistant Then one day she hears about a man who has an old Jenny, Erma sets out to find not only her assistant, disused telephone box in his garden. There, those but a key piece of research she has collected on who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to Erma's behalf. So when Erma is shot twice in her own them and begin to come to terms with their grief. As home, her quiet existence is shattered in an instant. news of the phone box spreads, people begin to travel there from miles around. With her would-be murderer dead, no one can give Erma the answers she needs to move on from her Soon Yui will make her own pilgrimage to the phone trauma. Why her? Why now? box, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver. Then she meets Takeshi, a Through Erma's quest for the truth, she uncovers a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped dark web of brutality which quickly unfurls around talking in the wake of their loss. DRAFT COVER her, taking Erma on a dangerous, spiralling journey into the heart of darkness. June 2020 What happens next will warm your heart, even when December 2020 416pp 320pp it feels as though it is breaking. With the inventiveness of THE SEVEN DEATHS OF World English World Rights EVELYN HARDCASTLE and the raw violence of Television & Film Rights: Television & Film Rights: MULHOLLAND DRIVE, this is a uniquely Grandi Associati Curtis Brown Australia compelling and sinuously plotted crime thriller, announcing Iain Ryan as a writer to watch! LAURA IMAI MESSINA has been living IAIN RYAN is an Australian writer who ‘A terrific neo-noir from an exciting new voice in in Japan for the last 15 years and works lives in Melbourne. He was shortlisted between Tokyo and Kamakura, where for the Ned Kelly Award with both his Australian crime fiction’ she lives with her Japanese husband previous novels published in Australia. Adrian McKinty on THE STUDENT and two children. She took a Masters in Literature at the International Christian University of Tokyo and a PhD in Comparative Literature at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. THE PHONE BOX AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD has been sold in over 21 territories. 4 5 Caroline Day Mara Timon Hope Nicely's City of Spies Lessons for Life Hope Nicely hasn’t had an easy In the City of Spies, no one is who life. they claim to be. She was abandoned as a baby by her birth mother, LISBON, 1943. and throughout school she was bullied for her Foetal Alcohol Syndrome. Hope’s only friends were her After escaping from Nazi-Occupied France, SOE caring mum and the dogs she walks. agent Elisabeth de Mornay, codename Cécile, receives new orders: she must infiltrate high society But now, aged 25, Hope bravely returns to school and in neutral Lisbon and find out who is leaking key decides to write an autobiography with the aim of information to the Germans about British troop reconnecting with her birth mother. She joins an movements. As Solange Verin, a French widow of evening writing group, and whilst the lessons are independent means, she will be able to meet all the about prose, she starts to learn about the world rich Europeans who have gathered in Lisbon to wait around her and even about herself. out the war. One of them is a traitor and she must find out who before more British servicemen die. When Hope’s mum suddenly falls ill, she realises Complications arise when ‘Solange’ comes to the there are many more challenges to come . attention of German Abwehr officer, Major Eduard Graf. As they get to know each other, she struggles to This is a poignant and beautifully written story in keep her lies close to the truth. COVER TO COME Hope’s unique voice, in her unique universe. She is April 2021 brave, funny, honest and, of course, hopeful. Dive September 2020 But in a city that is filled with spies, how can she tell 448pp World Rights into Hope's world and you won't want to leave . who is friend, or foe? World Rights Television & Film Rights: The debut novel from an exciting new name in Lutyens & Rubinstein Rights Sold: espionage thrillers. Portugal (Presença) CAROLINE DAY is a freelance journalist Television & Film Rights: ‘Casablanca meets le Carré’ and consultant editor. She is an Watson, Little A.K. Turner alumnus of the Curtis Brown Creative novel-writing course. There is no direct connection to FASDs Raised in New York, MARA TIMON in her family but she has worked with a moved to the UK almost twenty years support group which inspired Hope's ago. Growing up with one parent story. fascinated with literature and the other with history, she started writing from an early age. Mara lives in London. 6 7 Kate Bradley Deborah Bee To Keep You Safe Every Move You Make How far would you go to save a There are two sides to every story. child that wasn’t yours? But only one is the truth. I had to protect you, so I took you . A young woman turns up at a police station. She has been kept prisoner in her own home. Abused and When ex-soldier-turned-teacher Jenni Wales sees tortured, her every move watched, her every thought fifteen-year-old Destiny’s black eye, she’s concerned. controlled. Now she’s finally escaped. Destiny isn’t an average student: she’s smart, genius IQ smart, and she’s in care. But concern turns to fear That’s what she says. when Jenni witnesses an attempt to abduct Destiny from school. But when the police arrive at the address she’s given them, her story doesn’t seem to add up. Her husband With social services and the police not taking the is missing, but his phone and wallet are still in the threat seriously, Jenni does the only thing she can house. think of to keep Destiny safe: she takes her. But the men that are after Destiny are close behind. She says she’s the victim, but what if she’s not? What What can Destiny know that would make them hunt if the stories she’s telling aren’t her stories at all . her? And how can Jenni keep her safe? A dark psychological thriller perfect for fans What if the truth is much darker than either of them of Lisa Jewell March 2020 can face? Their journey will take them both to August 2020 400pp unexpected places, but both are survivors and will 512pp World Rights surprise each other in ways they could never have World English imagined. Rights Sold: Television & Film Rights: Czech Republic (Domino) A thrilling new voice in suspense writing – United Agents Television & Film Rights: for fans of Clare Mackintosh.