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Non-Fiction 53 HIGHLIGHTS LONDON RIGHTS GUIDE 2020 THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP WHERE EVERY STORY MATTERS London Rights Guide 2020 CONTENTS Fiction 1 Science Fiction & Fantasy 35 Non-Fiction 53 HIGHLIGHTS False Value All Fall Down Without a Trace Ben Aaronovitch MJ Arlidge Mari Hannah Page 3 Page 4 Page 9 Would Like to Meet The Many Lives of Belgravia Rachel Winters Heloise Starchild Julian Fellowes Page 24 J.W. Ironmonger Page 31 Page 28 A Little Hatred Bone Silence 13 Storeys Joe Abercrombie Alastair Reynolds Jonny Sims Page 36 Page 47 Page 49 Dog’s Best Friend Linda McCartney’s Beating Brain Fog Simon Garfield Family Kitchen Sabina Brennan Page 54 Linda McCartney Page 76 Page 74 Orion Rights: Contact Details GENERAL ENQUIRIES Tel: + 44(0)20 3122 6444 www.orionbooks.co.uk [email protected] US RIGHTS Susan Howe – Group Rights & Audio Director Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6905 [email protected] Jessica Purdue –Rights Director Direct line: + 44(0)20 3122 6838 [email protected] TRANSLATION RIGHTS Chinese (simplified and complex), Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Spanish and Vietnamese language rights Krystyna Kujawinska – Foreign Rights Director Direct line: + 44(0)20 3122 6853 [email protected] Croatian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian and Slovenian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian & Swedish language rights Jessica Purdue – Rights Director Direct line: + 44(0)20 3122 6838 [email protected] Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, and Turkish language rights Richard King – Senior Rights Manager Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6886 [email protected] General Enquiries Louise Henderson - Rights Assistant Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6534 [email protected] TV AND FILM RIGHTS Susan Howe – Group Rights & Audio Director Richard King – Senior Rights Manager Direct line: +44(0)20 3122 6886 [email protected] = Film/TV rights controlled by Orion Fiction Fiction | Crime and Thrillers 3 BEN AARONOVITCH #1 Bestseller Ben Aaronovitch’s highly-acclaimed series featuring PC Peter Grant has sold over 500,000 copies and has been translated into twelve languages (in Germany it is a major sensation and has sold over 1 million copies). Every title has been a Sunday Times bestseller and is perfect for both the crime and genre fans alike. False Value The new novel in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series. Strap in for a fantastic mystery and an amazing new character! Facing fatherhood and a undercover stint in tech genius Terrence Skinner’s brand new London start up, the Serious Cybernetics Company, Peter Grant must quickly learn how to blend in and avoid detection. Because Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological - and just as dangerous. “An incredible fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups ” - The Times Also by Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London (2011); Moon Over Soho (2011); Whispers Under Ground (2012); Broken Homes (2013); Foxglove Summer (2014); The Hanging Tree (2016); The Furthest Station (2017 novella); Lies Sleeping (2018); The October Man (2019) Orion | February 2020 | 320pp | Manuscript available Rights: World excluding US, French, German US, French, German rights: Zeno Agency Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: EAJ | Turkey: Anatolialit Option publishers: Chinese Complex: Cite | Czech: Argo | Spanish: Atico de los Libros 4 Fiction | Crime and Thrillers MJ ARLIDGE Bestseller M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specializing in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and the hit ITV show Innocent. His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014 and launched the Helen Grace series, which has sold 1 million copies in the UK alone. All Fall Down is the ninth DI Helen Grace thriller. All Fall Down The gripping new DI Helen Grace novel from international bestseller M.J. Arlidge. “You have one hour to live.” Those are the only words on the phone call. Surely, a prank? A mistake? A wrong number? Anything but the chilling truth…that someone is watching, waiting, working to take your life in one hour. The job of finding out who and why falls to DI Helen Grace: a woman with a track record in hunting killers. However, this is one case where the killer seems to always be one step ahead of the police and the victims. With no motive, no leads, no clues – nothing but pure fear – an hour can last a lifetime… “DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone” - Daily Mail Also by MJ Arlidge: Eeny Meeny (2014); Pop Goes the Weasel (2014); The Doll’s House (2015); Liar Liar (2015); Little Boy Blue (2016); No Way Back (2016); Hide and Seek (2016); Running Blind (2017); Love Me Not (2017); Down to the Woods (2018) Orion | June 2020 400pp | Manuscript available Rights: World Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Korea: EYA Rights Sold: Dutch: Meulenhoff | Greek: Dioptra | Hungarian: GABO | Portuguese (Portugal): 2020 Fiction | Crime and Thrillers 5 ISABEL ASHDOWN Isabel Ashdown joined the Trapeze launch list in 2017 with her brilliantly twisty thriller Little Sister, which has sold over 30,000 copies and has been published in seven languages. Two Crosses A gripping psychological thriller set in a women's commune with a dark side. When their mother dies, two sisters, Celine and Pip, are forced to return home and confront ghosts from their past - namely, the unsolved mysterious and violent death of their sister, Vanessa. A fresh murder brings to light new information. What do the mysterious women of Two Cross Farm, the women's commune, have to do with it? What secrets are lurking behind their gates? Also by Isabel Ashdown: Little Sister (2017); Beautiful Liars (2018); Lake Child (2019) Trapeze | September 2020 | 304pp | Manuscript available Rights: World Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Japan Uni | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Nurcihan Kesim Option publishers: US: Kensington Books | Greek: Psichogios | Polish: Swiat Ksiazki ALISON BELSHAM Alison Belsham’s debut novel, The Tattoo Thief, was a book of the fair at Frankfurt in 2017 with foreign rights sold in twelve territories. TV rights have been optioned at auction by Media Lab. The Tattoo Thief Series: The Tattoo Thief (2018); Her Last Breath (2019); The Embalmer (November 2020) A gripping new thriller in the Sullivan and Mullins series, which has been optioned for television. When the body of a woman is found hidden within an Egyptian mummy at the Museum of Natural History, Detective Francis Mullins is called in to investigate. A serial killer is on the warpath, and the streets of Brighton are no longer safe. Caught in a race against time, Francis must fight to uncover the truth about the murders, before it’s too late... In this series: The Tattoo Thief (2018); Her Last Breath (2019) Trapeze | September 2020 | 304pp Rights: World Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Japan Uni | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Anatolialit Option publishers: Chinese (Complex): Crown Culture | Czech: Albatros | Dutch: The House of Books | German: Penguin | Greek: Psichogios | Hungarian: Muvelt Nep | Italian: Newton Compton | Japanese: Take Shobo | Polish: Foksal | Portuguese (Portugal): Bertrand | Slovak: Albatros | Spain: Siruela 6 Fiction | Crime and Thrillers MICHELLE DAVIES Michelle Davies is a British crime writer and freelance journalist. Shadow of a Doubt A haunting new standalone thriller inspired by real events. Accused of causing her brother's death as a child in 1994, Cara was shunned by her family and sent to a psychiatric unit after blaming the death on a paranormal entity she swore was haunting their house at the time. Now 34, she's returning to the empty family home for the first time since her brother's death and she's about to re-discover the evil that was lurking inside its walls.... Orion | November 2020 | 320pp | Manuscript available Rights: US Translation: David Higham Associates ELOISA DIAZ Eloísa Díaz Spanish is a writer and lawyer. Repentance is her debut novel. Repentance Past and present collide in this sharp and darkly funny crime novel set in Argentina. As Police Inspector Joaquín Alzada investigates the disappearance of a young woman during the economic and political crisis of 2001, he’s brought back to a previous time of crisis, when the Argentinian military dictatorship ‘disappeared’ his own brother – with long-lasting consequences. Weidenfeld & Nicolson | January 2021 | 320pp | Manuscript due March 2020 Rights: US Translation: Pontas Agency Fiction | Crime and Thrillers 7 R.J. ELLORY Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six languages, and he has won both national and international prizes for his work. Proof of Life A page-turning, suspenseful spy thriller from a critically acclaimed author. A former war photographer, Stroud has seen things no one should have to see. He left the front line before his luck ran out. His best friend, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate. His car ran over an explosive device and that was the last time anyone saw him. Believed dead - until now. Following whispers of a sighting, Stroud is sent on a mission across borders chasing the shadow of a man. But the more Stroud looks, the harder it proves to pronounce his friend dead - or that he ever existed. Orion | February 2021 | 320pp | Manuscript due April 2020 Rights: Translation US: A.M. Heath Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: EAJ | Korea: EYA PAUL FINCH Paul Finch is a former policeman, turned full-time writer. He is a two- times winner of the British Fantasy Award, and a one-time winner of the International Horror Guild Award.
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