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Cornerstone Autumn Catalogue July-December 2020 CORNERSTONE AUTUMN CATALOGUE JULY-DECEMBER 2020 1 2 CONTENTS Contacts | 4 Century | 5 Hutchinson | 17 Del Rey | 23 Random House Business | 28 William Heinemann | 30 #Merky Books | 34 Windmill | 38 Arrow | 42 3 CORNERSTONE CONTACTS Charlotte Bush – Director of Publicity and Media Relations [email protected] | 020 7840 8613 Najma Finlay – Publicity Director, Hutchinson [email protected] | 020 7840 8614 Kate McQuaid – Publicity Director, William Heinemann and Windmill [email protected] | 020 7840 8293 Laura Brooke – Publicity Director, Cornerstone Imprints [email protected] | 020 7840 8695 Klara Zak – Publicity Director, Century & Arrow [email protected] | 020 7840 8548 Rachel Kennedy – Senior Publicity Manager [email protected] | 020 7840 8893 Isabelle Ralphs – Senior Press Officer [email protected] | 020 7840 8388 Alice Spencer – Senior Press Officer [email protected] | 020 7840 8624 Anna Hibberd – Senior Campaigns Executive [email protected] | 020 7840 8772 General Enquiries: Georgia Williams – Publicity Assistant [email protected] | 020 7840 7323 Lydia Spooner – Publicity Assistant [email protected] | 020 7840 8673 4 CENTURY 5 James Patterson Matt Forbeck 1st Case Minecraft Dungeons: Rise of the Arch-Illager A young tech genius is thrown in at the deep end on Learn the tragic origins of the wicked Arch-Illager in her first case with the FBI in a gripping new stand- this official Minecraft novel, a prequel to Minecraft alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer Dungeons! July 2020 July 2020 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £14.99 352 pages 288 pages 9781780899381 9781780897868 A young tech genius is offered the opportunity of a lifetime . ____________________________ one that could end hers Learn the tragic origins of the wicked Arch-Illager in this official Minecraft novel, a prequel to Minecraft Dungeons! When Angela Hoot is kicked off her graduate programme at MIT for hacking into the computer of a fellow student, she fears she’s blown her chances of Brave heroes have banded together to take a perilous journey through the a glittering career. war-torn Overworld to defeat the Arch-Illager and his formidable army. But how did that army come to be? And just where did the Arch-Illager come Angela is wrong: instead, she’s offered a dream internship with the FBI. She from? jumps at the chance, and is thrown straight into her first case at a house in the Boston suburbs where a family of five have been brutally murdered. The terrible truth behind the Arch-Illager is that he never asked for ultimate power. Known as Archie, this little Illager is bullied by his fellow Illagers and As Angela struggles to come to terms with the harsh reality of her new job, mistrusted by fearful Villagers. Archie only ever wanted a place to call home, a phone is found that could hold the secrets of this mass murder – if Angela but he finds himself shunned by all. As he wanders through deep forests and is able to uncover them. up craggy mountains, he stumbles upon a dark cavern—with a sinister secret waiting inside. JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He Archie discovers an object that whispers to him promises of power: the Orb is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – of Dominance. With it, Archie realizes he can wield incredible magic and the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and reshape a world that turned its back on him. All he needs to do is exactly Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers what it tells him . including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. After all, it’s called the Orb of Dominance for a reason, right? But is it named James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own for the way Archie uses it—or is it using him? son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries Matt Forbeck is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to game designer with more than thirty novels and countless games published independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult to date, which have won dozens of honors. His recent work includes the fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida new Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest books, Halo: Bad Blood, and Life with his wife and son. Is Strange: Welcome to Blackwell Academy, plus work on the Rage 2 videogame and the Shotguns & Sorcery roleplaying game based on his novels. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin, with his wife and five children, including a set of quadruplets. 6 Nick Pettigrew Jonathan Kellerman & Jesse Anti-Social Kellerman The secret diary of an anti-social behaviour Lost Souls The spectacularly funny, moving and urgent memoir of Bestselling writing duo, Jonathan and Jesse a disillusioned council worker Kellerman, return with a new unputdownable thriller. July 2020 July 2020 Hardback Hardback £16.99 £12.99 384 pages 368 pages 9781529124774 9781780899077 __________________________________ The gripping new thriller from multi-bestselling author Jonathan 'Darkly comic ... think Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt but with Kellerman and his son, Jesse, features a deputy coroner and a more dead bodies (and not just human ones) and an abundance of cat seemingly impossible case set against an atmospheric Californian shit. It's a gloriously cynical read but it's also sympathetic and backdrop. deeply empathetic.' KATHY BURKE ‘Storytelling at its best, I loved it’ Kathy Reichs 'Superb. This hysterically funny and moving memoir of an anti- social behaviour officer is a real eye-opener that hits all the right A DETECTIVE UNDER PRESSURE notes' FRANKIE BOYLE __________________________________ Deputy Coroner Clay Edison is juggling a new baby who won’t sleep with Has your life become unbearable because the person living above you has a working the graveyard shift. For once he’s trying to keep things simple. fondness for crack cocaine, the company of strangers and dance music? Or maybe you’re a social worker, mental health nurse, police officer, firefighter, A HAUNTING DISCOVERY dog warden or vicar and you’ve been landed with someone who’s a pain in the arse. Who are you going to call? That would be me: an anti-social When infant remains are found by developers demolishing a local park, a behaviour officer. devastating cold case is brought back to light. Anti-Social is the diary of a council worker whose job is to keep his A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS community happy, or at least away from each other’s throats. That’s hard enough at the best of times but when government cuts mean that hospitals, Clay has barely begun to investigate when he receives a call from a man social services and police are all at breaking point, the possibility of who thinks the remains could belong to his sister – who went missing fifty complete chaos is never far away. years ago. Now Clay is locked in a relentless search that will unearth a web of violence, secrets and betrayal. This is an urgent, timely but, most of all, hysterically funny true story of a life spent working with the people society wants to forget and the problems Because in this town, the past isn’t dead. It’s very much alive. And that nobody else can resolve. This book will make you laugh, cry and boil it can kill. with rage within a single sentence. __________________________________ Jonathan Kellerman is the Number One New York Times bestselling author Perfect for fans of The Secret Barrister and Adam Kay's This is of more than forty crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Going to Hurt. Butcher's Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, True __________________________________ Detectives, and The Murderer's Daughter. 'A funny, thoughtful look into one of the toughest jobs I can imagine' SHAPPI KORSANDI With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse 'Riveting and brilliantly written... a potent cocktail of heartbreak and Kellerman, he co-authored Crime Scene, The Golem of Hollywood, and The horror; wickedly funny, wearily endearing and absolutely enraging' Golem of Paris. CAROLINE SANDERSON, Bookseller He is also the author of two children's books and numerous nonfiction Nick Pettigrew was an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer for over a decade. From works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With bothersome neighbours with a fondness for crack cocaine and loud dance Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the music to those being racially abused every day, Nick’s job involved keeping Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award the community happy. Or at least away from each other’s throats. from the American Psychological Association, and has been nominated for a He has a background in comedy and was was a standup comedian for Shamus Award. several years, taking two successful shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His comedy writing has been published by Shortlist and The Telegraph. He was Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California and New Mexico. a regular writer for The Daily Mash for over eight years. 7 Ripley Lisa Jewell Ripley's Believe It or Not! Weird Invisible Girl True Facts From the number one bestselling author of The Unbelievable stories on technology, space, the brain, FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE the environment, animals and more! FAMILY UPSTAIRS and THEN SHE WAS GONE, comes an engrossing twisty tale of betrayal when an outsider July 2020 August 2020 Hardback Hardback £14.99 £14.99 192 pages 416 pages 9781529125696 9781780899220 Explore our wonderful world through some of its weirdest, most astonishing PRE-ORDER NOW: FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR and interesting facts.
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