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LONDON BOLOGNA 2020 P. 4 – 11 FOCUS P. 44 – 45 FOCUS l MICHEL BUSSI THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD l VINCENT VILLEMINOT This Flame in Us l FRANCK THILLIEZ LUCIE HENEBELLE & FRANCK SHARKO l FRANCK THILLIEZ Twice upon a Time; The Unfinished Manuscript; Puzzle; Dreaming P. 46 – 51 YA l KARINE GIÉBEL What You Made Me l STÉPHANE MICHAKA The Memory of Colours l MARION BRUNET Her Name Was Ab Stenson l ANTONIN ATGER INTERFEEL l FRANÇOIS-HENRI SOULIÉ The Angelus ; COURT INTRIGUES l MARIE VAREILLE ELIA, THE SOUL-PASSER l KUROTSUME IMPERIUM CIRCUS ; RAGNAFALL l LORRIS MURAIL Vampyre ; Twelve Years, Seven Months and Eleven Days l ALICIA KROZE & SARAH KROZE THE RED SOULS P. 12 – 23 NEW l STEPHEN CARRIÈRE The Enchanter l ANNE-LAURE BONDOUX & JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT Oh Happy Day ; Shall We Dance P. 52 – 60 MIDDLE GRADE l CLAIRE RENAUD The One-Winged Angel l CHRISTOPHE GALFARD THE PRINCE OF CLOUDS l CHARLYE MÉNÉTRIER MCGRATH We Used To Have Dreams; Crazy Old Folks l FRÉDÉRIC COUDREC I Did not Betray l MARJORIE TIXIER Ordinary Morning l ODILE WEULERSSE The Chatty Mummy; The White Gold of Louis XIV; The Powder of l ANTOINE PAJE From the Top of a Blade of Grass, You Can Clearly See the Earth Love of Louis XIV l ISABELLE DESESQUELLES Unburden Yourself l JEAN-CÔMES NOGUÈS The Child and the Forest; The Man who Seduced the Sun l STELLA DELMAS Making Every Day a Happy Day ; OLIVIA MOORE Culpafuck! l JEAN-CLAUDE MOURLEVAT THE UPSIDE DOWN RIVER; The Pull of the Ocean l HERVÉ COMMÈRELook; Mirror Image l DELPHINE PESSIN Dyslexic Dylan l HERVÉ JOURDAIN Terminal 4 l MARIE-AUDE MURAIL Vive la République ! l CÉCILE CABANAC Requiem for a Diamond; No Tears at Home l ELISABETH BRAMI & CHRISTOPHE BESSE SO WHAT? l ANNE-MARIE POL DANCE! ; Dance Like a Novel : The Ballet of Nina P. 24 – 27 BESTSELLERS l CARYL FEREY Krotokus 1st; Mapuce l JEAN D’AILLON EDWARD HOLMES & GOVER WATSON l CLAUDE IZNER ROARING TWENTIES IN PARIS; MYSTERIES IN PARIS P. 61 ILLUSTRATED BOOKS l VIVIANE MOORE ALCHEMIA; Venetian Crime l CHRISTIAN HEINRICH & CHRISTIAN JOLIBOIS CHICKEN GANG; COCKER’S STORY l GILLES LEGARDINIER No More I Promise; Someone to Watch Over P. 64 SMALL NEWS ITEMS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE P. 30 – 35 FICTION l JEAN-MARC BLOCH & RÉMI CHAMPSEIX The Farid Ouzzane Case; The Mathilde l GUILLAUME CLICQUOT Happy Retirement! Croguennec Case; The Christophe Belle Case l DELPHINE GIRAUD First Love, Only Love l DENIS FAÏCK Where the Free Souls Meet; The Moving Story of a Girl With a Shotgun P. 65 QUIRKY DOCS in her Mouth l OLIVIER MAGNY Stuff Parisians Like; Into Wine l ROMAN STRAJNIC Guys Like Us l MICHAËL MENTION Manhattan Chaos P. 66 – 67 NON FICTION l NADINE MONFILS The Dream of a Madman l ANNE-CLAIRE DESESQUELLES The Power of the Invisible l OLIVIER BLOCH A Bunch of Flowers of Evil P. 36 – 40 THRILLERS/NOIR l BERTRAND LECLAIR How to Start Writing l SOPHIE LOUBIÈRE Five Burnt Cards; The Stone Boy l OLIVIER ASSOULY Philosophy of Taste l CHRISTIAN CARAYON The Brehat Island Castaways; The Devil on the Shoulders l ALEXANDRA MIDAL Design l ÉLÉNA PIACENTINI Vast as the Dark of Night; Lingering Echoes l BARBARA ABEL Behind Hatred; Behind The Grief l JÉRÔME CAMUT & NATHALIE HUG Evil Will Come; Islanova • Adult Fiction in blue l BERTRAND PUARD Ristretto • Children’s & YA books in green l FRÉDÉRIC DARD NOVELS OF THE NIGHT; SAN-ANTONIO • Non Fiction titles in purple • Mangas in orange P. 41 FANTASY • Fantasy series in grey l MICHEL ROBERT THE ANGEL OF CHAOS; LARGO CALLAHAN FOCUS FOCUS MICHEL BUSSI MICHEL BUSSI THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD ★ A four-novel series VOL. 1 – THE FALL OF THE IRON SUN A metaphor for the history of the world embodied by strong characters who only get stronger as October 2020 the books unfold… Post-apocalyptic Paris. All adults have been wiped out in the aftermath of an environmental catastrophe. The last In a post-apocalyptic world where adults have all generation of children, all 12 years old, is left to fend for itself. Two rival enemy tribes share the city. But when their disappeared, there are two refuges for the child- survival is at stake, they are forced together. Do these children have the ability and the desire to form an alliance? ren of Paris: the Eiffel Tower, which has been turned into a “tipi”; and the Louvre, which has • An original setting: Paris is devastated but recognisable. Nature has reasserted itself. become a “castle” (again). The first tribe hunts; • Environmental and political themes. the other lives off their vegetable garden settled • The highs and lows of love stories played out over all four books by various protagonists. in the Tuileries. Soon, the survival of the tipi tribe • Powerful scenes in iconic locations with elements of fantasy and comic situations. is at stake as more and more animals are getting • References to numerous historical marvels. sick. What if the castle were responsible for poiso- ning them? When the time for confrontation comes, will the two rival tribes fight, as the chief of the tipi wi- shes? Or will they unite against the upheaval of nature, as the queen of the castle hopes? The next volumes will then explain how the two clans cope with: • the fall of the iron sun, which provided electri- city to the castle... • the one who became their worst enemy and convinced some to join her, • the shocking discovery that they're not alone, • an attempt to seize power in order to create a monarchy. And above all, they will have to do everything to survive and to save the human race. the author Michel Bussi was number two on the 2019 ranking of the 10 bestselling French authors with 7 million books sold in France. He is one of the major French authors in English language with over 400,000 copies sold in the UK for the titles: After the Crash, Black Water Lilies, Don’t Let Go and Time is a Killer. He is also translated in 35 countries. 4 5 FOCUS FOCUS FRANCK THILLIEZ FRANCK THILLIEZ LUCIE HENEBELLE & FRANCK SHARKO TWICE UPON A TIME Over 2.6 Million copies sold May 2020 – 528 p. ★ Rights sold: US (Penguin), Spain (Destino), Spain Catalan (Columna), Germany (Goldmann), The Netherlands ★ Reader’s report and sample translation available (Xander), Brazil (Intrinseca), Russia (Atticus), Taiwan (Solo Press), Portugal (Sextante), Turkey (Pegasus), Japan (Hayakawa), China (Hachette Phoenix), Slovakia (Artforum), Hungary (Gabo), Korea (Eunhaeng Namu), Thailand “Somewhere, someone knows something…” (Welearn), Czech Republic (XYZ), Vietnam (Nha Nam), Ukraine (Ranok) In 2008, in a small town in the mountains, lieutenant Gabriel Mosca- ★ Film rights sold to is desperately looking for his daughter, who disappeared a month ★ Reader's reports available ago. He searches all the establishments that could have had hosted strangers. That takes him to the Cliff Hotel. He settles in room 29, second floor, with the register and falls asleep. LUCA When he wakes up, he is in room 7, on the ground floor of the hotel. May 2019 – 552 p. And soon he learns that the date is now 2020, and that his daughter Do we still have a private world that can’t be accessed by is still missing… machine intelligence? What has he done for 12 years? And why doesn’t he remember any- First, an ordinary couple who cannot have children decides to use the thing? services of a surrogate mother encountered on an Internet forum. Why • From a small village in Savoie and its former hyrdroelectric does she look so afraid and what does that mean exactly when she plant to an isolated cabin in Poland, to a disused warehouse in says: “This baby is special. Preserve your anonymity and he will be Belgium, fear is everywhere. safe.” When the adoptive father is kidnapped with another woman and • A dark outcome, at the centre of a devilish plot. their sequestration is broadcast live on the Internet, light is shed on him… and the deal is broken… the author Then, a mutilated body is found in a pit in the middle of a forest. Tatooed Franck Thilliez has become canonical with over 5 million copies sold in France being part of the 2019 ranking of the on his arm is the exact date and time of a man’s death, on the threshold 10 bestselling French authors. Chamber of Death and Puzzle have already been adapted into movies and most of his of the police headquarters. In his hand, a letter. Work is currently under option. Franck is also a script and comics writer. At the center of those cases: The Angel, a mysterious blackmailer who wants to awaken consciences against IA and the standardization of hu- man thought. The police will have to start a crazy race against time to try to save the two prisoners and protect baby Luca. THE UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT “Terrible and brilliant, you’ll devour Luca.” Aujourd’hui en France / Le Parisien Over 450,000 copies sold “Thilliez summons the worst of modernity to make your hearts beat at 100 miles May 2018 – 528 p. ★ Reader’s report available an hour. We hope that your pacemaker hasn’t been hacked!” Paris Match ★ Rights sold: Italy (Fazi), Russia (Atticus) “Remarkable, the eighteenth Thilliez's detective novel is getting in the gut.” Voici A manuscript without an end, an investigation without a corpse, a body without a face. Also available: Also available: 6 7 FOCUS FOCUS Unanimously awarded the Pépite d’or at the Montreuil KARINE GIÉBEL MARION BRUNET children’s book fair! WHAT YOU MADE ME HER NAME WAS November 2019 – 552 p.