1 TIM WEAVER TEN YEARS OF DAVID RAKER THE OUTSTANDING AND BESTSELLING DAVID RAKER SERIES TEN NOVELS, TEN NEW ABSORBING MISSING PERSONS CASES #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER TOTAL SALES TOPPED 750,000 COPIES SOLD IN 13 LANGUAGES FILM/TV RIGHTS FOR THE DAVID RAKER SERIES ARE UNDER OPTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY SELECTED FOR RICHARD & JUDY BOOKCLUB NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ‘WEAVER MOVES UP A NOTCH – TO EXCELLENCE. I CAN’T REMEMBER A THRILLER CONTAINING SO MANY TWISTS AND SURPRISES’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘IMPRESSIVE NARRATIVE. A LACERATING JOINT INVESTIGATION...IT’S A DARK COMPLEX AND VISCERAL READ’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘AN INTRIGUING PREMISE THAT GRIPS THE READER FROM THE FIRST PAGE. A FAST-PACED STORY PACKED WITH TWISTS AND SURPRISES’ DAILY EXPRESS CRIME & THRILLERS NEW TITLES LIST LONDON 2019 CONTENTS DÉBUT AND NEW L.V. MATTHEWS 5 EGAN HUGHES 6 C.D. MAJOR 7 LAUREN NORTH 8 G.R. HALLIDAY 9 EMMA KAVANAGH 10 CRIME TANA FRENCH 12 MARTINA COLE 15 TIM WEAVER 18 CHRIS CARTER 20 PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE PHOEBE MORGAN 23 B.A. PARIS 24 K.L. SLATER 26 THRILLER LEE CHILD 29 JOHN CONNOLLY 32 CATHERINE STEADMAN 35 T.M. LOGAN 36 G.X. TODD 38 JAMES CAROL 40 ERIK STOREY 41 JACQUI ROSE 43 ROB SINCLAIR 44 JACK FORD 46 TOM BALE 47 DARLEY ANDERSON LITERARY, TV & FILM AGENCY Estelle House, 11 Eustace Road, London, SW6 1JB Telephone: +44 20 7386 2674 Head of Rights: [email protected] Rights Agent: [email protected] Rights Agent: [email protected] Dramatic Rights: [email protected] www.darleyanderson.com Cover artwork adapted from Tim Weaver’s NO ONE HOME (p18) 3 DÉBUT AND NEW THRILLER DÉBUT L.V. Matthews THE PRANK STANDOUT DÉBUT THRILLER A YOUNG WOMAN FUELLED BY REVENGE ONE PRANK GONE WRONG. ONE FATEFUL ENCOUNTER. ONE CHANCE TO GET REVENGE El Greene is a waitress at an exclusive restaurant in Bloomsbury. Still grieving the death of her father, El leads a private, quiet life outside of work talking only to her sister and aunty. It is an existence that suits her; serving celebrities and politicians she barely recognises. Until Lucinda Kit comes in for dinner. With no explanation El leaves the restaurant mid-service and follows Lucinda home. What is she doing? She is acting completely out of character and she knows she should just turn around. Because El has never met Lucinda Kit. She had never heard of her until that evening. So why is she hiding in the dark watching a stranger through their kitchen window? This one chance encounter spirals El into a world so far from her own; one of disguise, online friendship and vengeance. UK publication: on submission 326 typescript pages WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton) FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David) L.V. Matthews was born in rural Essex and now lives in Hampshire with her family where she is setting up a writers retreat business. Before pursuing a career in writing, she worked both in domestic and international sales for major UK publishing houses. 5 SUSPENSE THRILLER DÉBUT Egan Hughes THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND TENSE DÉBUT THRILLER - AN ORIGINAL TAKE ON THE GENRE TWO WOMEN DISCOVER THE MAN THEY MARRIED IS NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS. THIS IS NOT A ‘WOMEN IN JEOPARDY’ STORY FOR FANS OF B.A. PARIS AND FIONA BARTON Mia Mia Fallon is rebuilding her life following a difficult divorce - until the police visit with the news that her ex-husband has been murdered. As the investigation focuses on his new wife, Mia becomes obsessed with what happened on the night of the murder. Someone knows the truth. Someone also knows that Mia wasn’t where she says she was. Jessica Jessica Handley believes in love, she’s just never found the one. Then, on New Year’s Eve, he walks into her life. He’s like no one else she’s ever met: rich, spontaneous, passionate. Once married, they leave everything behind and sail on his yacht to the Mediterranean. Everything is perfect, until they hit the open water. As their relationship disintegrates, Jessica realises he isn’t the perfect man after all. In fact, who is he? UK publication: 2nd April 2020 393 typescript pages WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Camilla Bolton) FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David) UK & COMMONWEALTH: Little, Brown (Lucy Dauman) AUDIO: Little, Brown POLISH: Albatros Egan Hughes was born in North Devon and grew up in Hampshire. She is now based on the South Coast of England and works in marketing as a freelance copyeditor. An early version of THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY was shortlisted for the First Novel Prize, and the most recent Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition. She is currently writing her new novel, THE CUCKOO’S NEST. 6 HISTORICAL SUSPENSE C.D. Major THE OTHER GIRL DARK HISTORICAL SUSPENSE NOVEL SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF A FATAL FIRE AT A WOMEN’S ASYLUM - INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS I’M EDITH. I’M A PATIENT. I’M INNOCENT. I’M GUILTY. I’M A VICTIM. I’M A VILLAIN. I LIE. I TELL THE TRUTH. PERFECT FOR FANS OF SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE AND BEHIND HER EYES 1942, New Zealand Twenty-year-old Edith Garrett is an in-patient at Seacliff Lunatic Asylum. Admitted at the age of five by her parents she has very few memories of life before. Diagnosed with schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder she has undergone invasive treatments in an effort to cure her. The morning after a terrible fire kills 37 in-patients she is questioned by police. She is one of only two survivors. Declan Harris, a newly qualified psychiatric doctor, is present at this meeting and becomes intrigued by Edith’s case. When he looks into her history it seems a lot of what he reads simply doesn’t add up. Investigating some of the things Edith said as a young girl Declan becomes even more embroiled in her case: can the impossible things she told them actually be true? Intrigue soon becomes obsession. Could it be that Edith was telling them the truth all those years ago? Could it be possible she shouldn’t even be in an institution at all? And will Declan lose his own mind as he sets out to save her? UK publication: on submission 182 typescript pages WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Clare Wallace) UK & COMMONWEALTH: Under offer FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David) C.D. Major studied History at Bristol University and went on to work in television as a runner, researcher and presenter. She taught History for seven years before becoming a housemistress at a secondary boarding school in Berkshire. She lives in Pangbourne with her husband and three children and has previously published two titles with Corvus, THE SILENT HOURS and THE LAST NIGHT. 7 PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER DÉBUT Lauren North THE PERFECT BETRAYAL / THE PERFECT SON TENSION-FILLED DÉBUT WITH POWERFUL EMOTIONAL RESONANCE TESS IS SURE OF THESE THINGS: SHE’S BEEN STABBED, HER SON IS MISSING, CLOSE FRIENDS ARE INVOLVED. AND NO ONE IS LISTENING... ‘A SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM AND FOREBODING GRIPPED ME FROM THE FIRST PAGE...THE ENDING IS STUNNING AND POWERFUL’ Mary Torjussen When Tess Clarke wakes up in the hospital the day after her son Jamie’s eighth birthday, she’s sure of these things: She’s been stabbed, her son is missing, her brother-in-law and her grief counsellor are involved. But no one is listening to her. After her husband, Mark, died suddenly in a terrible accident a few months earlier, the only thing keeping Tess together is Jamie. As they struggle to make sense of their new life without Mark, they find joy in brief moments of normalcy like walking to school and watching television together. Life is hard without Mark, but Tess has Jamie, and that's what matters. But there in the hospital, confused and surrounded by people who won’t listen, Tess’ world falls apart. To save her son, she must piece together what happened between Mark's death and Jamie’s birthday, but the truth might just be too much for her to bear. UK publication: 14th March 2019 US publication: 13th August 2019 368 pages Praise for THE PERFECT BETRAYAL ‘A captivating, suspenseful thriller that draws you in - with a twist that will take your breath away’ T.M. Logan ‘A heart-rending evocation of grief that packs a devious punch. It left me reeling’ Lesley Kara WORLD: Darley Anderson Agency (Tanera Simons) CZECH: Euromedia UK & COMMONWEALTH: Transworld (Natasha Barsby) FRENCH: Marabout / Hachette NORTH AMERICAN: Berkley (Danielle Perez) FILM & TV RIGHTS: Available (Sheila David) AUDIO: Transworld CHINESE (simp.): Under offer Lauren North studied psychology before moving to London where she lived and worked for many years. She loves writing novels that delve into the darker side of relationships and family. She now lives with her family in the Suffolk countryside and is writing her second novel. 8 CRIME DÉBUT G.R. Halliday FROM THE SHADOWS A STUNNING, ATMOSPHERIC DÉBUT FEATURING AN UNFORGETTABLE NEW FEMALE SERIES LEAD SET AGAINST THE GRIT AND RAW BEAUTY OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS - FOR FANS OF THE DRY AND MISSING, PRESUMED ‘ATMOSPHERIC, CREEPY AND PERFECTLY PLOTTED, WITH A PROTAGONIST WHO’S TRULY INTRIGUING’ Dead Good Books Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives home late. Without a word to his dad, he goes up to his bedroom. Robert is never seen alive again. A body is soon found on the coast of the Scottish Highlands. Detective Inspector Monica Kennedy stands by the victim in this starkly beautiful and remote landscape.