HarperCollinsPublishers FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2020 TRANSLATION RIGHTS FICTION Contents 03 • Upcoming Releases 20 • Romance 26 • Commercial Fiction 33 • Crime + Thriller 46 • Historical Crime 50 • Historical 57 • Sci-Fi + Fantasy 60 • Saga 68 • Backlist Highlights 78 • Contacts UPCOMING RELEASES A MAN OF HONOUR Barbara Taylor Bradford The prequel to the iconic A Woman of Substance, which was a No.1 bestseller in the UK and US and spent over 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Imprint: HarperFiction Opening five years before the start of A Woman of Substance, Man of Editor: Lynne Drew Honour begins with 13-year-old Blackie O’Neill facing an uncertain future Publication: 28 Oct 2021 in rural County Kerry. Orphaned and alone, he has just buried his sister, Format: Hardback Bronagh, and must leave his home to set sail for England, in search of a Extent: 512pp better life with his mother’s brother in Leeds. There, he learns his trade as Prequel a navvy, amid the grand buildings and engineering triumphs of one of England’s most prosperous cities, and starts to dream of greater things. And then, high on the Yorkshire moors, in the mists of a winter morning he Genre: Historical meets a kitchen maid called Emma Harte. Of note: Barbara’s books have sold over 90m copies In Man of Honour, the true Blackie O'Neill is revealed. For the first time, worldwide in more than 90 readers discover his story: his tumultuous life, the obstacles facing him, the countries and 40 languages, desire he has to throw off the impotence of poverty and move up in the and 10 mini-series and world. Like his friend Emma, he is ambitious, driven, disciplined, and television movies have been determined to make it to the top. And like Emma Harte, he is an made of her books. unforgettable character for the millions who loved the book. In October of 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature. The Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and Praise for Barbara Taylor Bradford: raised in England. She started her writing career on ‘An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death the Yorkshire Evening and passion.’ New York Times Post and later worked as a journalist in London. Her first ‘A mighty saga. Little has been so riveting since Gone With the Wind‘ novel, A Woman of Evening News Substance, became an 4 enduring bestseller and was ‘A long, satisfying novel of money, power, passion and revenge, set • followed by many more, against the sweep of 20th century history.’ Los Angeles Times including the bestselling FBF20 Harte series. ‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping Previous rights sold in 40 the reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinning languages, information yarns.’ Guardian available on request. PUBLISHERS • HARPERCOLLINS MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Ciara Geraghty ‘A superb writer… the Irish Jojo Moyes.’ Irish Examiner Imprint: HarperFiction When Marianne’s carefully constructed life and marriage fall apart, she is Editor: Lynne Drew forced to return to her childhood home, a ramshackle seaside mansion Pub: 19 Aug 2021 perched high on a cliff by the Irish Sea. There she must rebuild her Format: Paperback relationship with her mother, Rita, a flamboyant artist and recovering Extent: 400pp alcoholic who lives by her own rules. Genre: Commercial fiction Marianne left home when she was 15 following a traumatic and tragic The Author: Ciara Geraghty incident. She never planned to return, and now she has to face the fact lives in Dublin with one that some plans don’t work out the way you wanted them to. But she husband and three children. might just discover that, sometimes, you have to come to terms with the Make Yourself at Home is story of your past before you can work out the shape of the future. her eighth novel. Set on the wild Irish coast, with an unforgettable cast of characters, this deeply emotional novel is full of Ciara Geraghty’s trademark heart and poignancy. BY THE SAME AUTHOR 5 • FBF20 PUBLISHERS • Previous Rights sold: United Sky New Media (Chinese Simplified), Meulenhoff Boekerij (Dutch), Goldmann (German), DeAgostini (Italian), Park Row (US) HARPERCOLLINS UNDER A GREEK MOON © Alamy Carol Kirkwood Jackie Collins meets Mamma Mia in this highly entertaining and compulsive novel filled with surprises and twists. Imprint: HarperFiction Nineteen-year-old Shauna O’Brien falls for a charismatic playboy during Editor: Kate Bradley one summer in Greece in the 1980s. The dream turned into a nightmare, Pub: 8 Jul 2021 and now, as one of the world’s most in-demand actresses, she’s still trying Format: Hardback to escape her past. Extent: 400p Grace Taylor never knew her real mother but is determined to follow her dreams, no matter where they take her. Genre: Escapist, Romance Demitrius seems to have led a charmed life, though few people know The Author: Carol Kirkwood is the sorrow and heartache that lie beneath his unruffled exterior. best known as a BBC weather presenter, trained Three people linked by a secret, and a search for the truth will take them by the Met Office she is the from Hollywood to Monaco, and back to a magical Greek summer years current top draw not just in ago that seemed to hold so much promise. terms of the weather but as a TV household name. She joined BBC News as a presenter in 1998 and has consolidated her positioning as a fan favourite with appearances across all of BBC Weather’s outputs as well as extending her reach across the BBC’s popular programming. She does the weather on Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show and also presents the live broadcasts during the Wimbledon Tennis fortnight. 6 • FBF20 PUBLISHERS • HARPERCOLLINS UNTITLED 5 Nicola Cornick 15th century timeslip novel, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Barbara Erskine, Victoria Hislop and Kate Morton. Imprint: HQ 1487: In the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Anne Lovell finds her loyalties Editor: Emily Kitchin dangerously torn between two men. There is her husband, Francis Lovell, Pub: 8 Jul 2021 preparing to rebel against the throne: the man she has been desperately Format: Paperback in love with ever since she was a child, but who has never returned her Extent: 384pp affections. And then there is King Henry VII, who has the power to order Genre: Historical Francis’s death in a heartbeat if he were to suspect betrayal. The Author: International Present day: Serena returns home to Minster Lovell in Oxfordshire where bestselling author Nicola the body of her twin sister Caitlin has been found, ten years after she Cornick became fascinated vanished. The mystery of Caitlin’s tragic disappearance has haunted with history when she was a child, and spent hours poring Serena for a decade, and she is determined to uncover the truth of what over historical novels and really happened to her sister. watching costume drama. She studied history at But when she finds a link between Caitlin’s death and a threatening university and wrote her artefact dating back to the Wars of the Roses, Serena stands poised at master’s thesis on heroes. the brink of a startling discovery – one that will tie her family to a dark Nicola also acts as a mystery that has haunted Minster Lovell for centuries. historical advisor for television and radio. BY THE SAME AUTHOR 7 • FBF20 PUBLISHERS • HARPERCOLLINS THE WITCH HOUSE Lisa Hall The bestselling author Lisa Hall returns with this spellbinding story of a haunted house with a difference. Imprint: HQ When Allie moves to Gaudie Cottage with her husband, Rav, it’s their Editor: Kate Mills dream home. Nestled in the village of Pluckley, it seems a perfect haven Publication: 8 Jul 2021 in which to raise their two children. But Pluckley has a reputation. It’s Format: Paperback known as England’s most haunted village. And not long after the birth of Extent: 400pp her their new son, Allie begins to notice strange things. Genre: Thriller, suspense What’s the flash of white she sees moving quickly through the woods to For: Fans of Louise Jensen, the back of their house? And what’s the strange scratching noise from BA Paris and Katerina the chimney? Diamond. As Allie discovers more about the history of their new home and the The Author: Lisa Hall is the bestselling author of tragedy that once befell a previous owner, she uncovers a story of Between You and Me, which witchcraft and superstition which casts a long shadow to the present sold over a quarter of a day. Her family might well be in danger, but it’s a danger none of them million copies and was the could have foreseen. fifth top selling title on Amazon in 2016. BY THE SAME AUTHOR 8 • FBF20 PUBLISHERS • Previous rights sold: HarperCollins (Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish), Eksik Parka (Turkish) HARPERCOLLINS THE DREAM WEAVERS Barbara Erskine © Karolina Webb The new, gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Imprint: HarperFiction Mercia, 775 AD. In the grand Saxon halls of Mercia, King Offa rules with Editor: Kimberley Young, ruthless ambition. Aggressive and relentlessly acquisitive, his three Pub: 29 April 2021 daughters are destined to marry advantageously in service of their Format: Hardback country. Eadburh, the youngest, is neither the cleverest nor the most Extent: 560pp beautiful of the three. But, with her father’s ruthless spirit and the secret gifts passed down from her mother, she is determined to carve her own Genre: Historical, timeslip path in the world.