SEPTEMBER 2017 Good Friday: Before Prime Suspect there was Tennison ? this is her story Lynda La Plante From the creator of the award-winning ITV series Prime Suspect, this is Jane Tennison's story, from rookie police officer to fully-fledged detective. Description Before Prime Suspect there was Tennison... Every legend has a beginning... During 1974 and 1975 the IRA subjected London to a terrifying bombing campaign. In one day alone, they planted seven bombs at locations across central London. Some were defused - some were not. Jane Tennison is now a fully-fledged detective. On the way to court one morning, Jane passes through Covent Garden Underground station and is caught up in a bomb blast that leaves several people dead, and many horribly injured. Jane is a key witness, but is adamant that she can't identify the bomber. When a photograph appears in the newspapers, showing Jane assisting the injured at the scene, it puts her and her family at risk from IRA retaliation. 'Good Friday' is the eagerly awaited date of the annual formal CID dinner, due to take place at St Ermin's Hotel. Hundreds of detectives and their wives will be there. It's the perfect target. As Jane arrives for the evening, she realises that she recognises the parking attendant as the bomber from Covent Garden. Can she convince her senior officers in time, or will another bomb destroy London's entire detective force? 'La Plante excels in her ability to pick out the surprising but plausible details that give her portrayal of everyday life in a police station a rare ring of authenticity' Sunday Telegraph About the Author Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with the National Theatre and RDC ISBN: 9781785763281 before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Extent: 400 pages Main Category: FF Her original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Sub Category: Illustrations: Royal Television Society as well as the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Writer's Award. Lynda has written and produced over 170 Previous Titles: hours of international television. Tennison has been adapted by ITV and will be broadcast in March 2017 in the UK; Author now living: international broadcast will then follow. Lynda is one of only three screenwriters to have been made honorary fellow of the British Film Institute and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List Zaffre SEPTEMBER 2017 Good Friday 36 copy dumpbin Includes 36 copies Good Friday plus dumpbin, custom header, poster and free reading copy. Description About the Author Price: $1187.64 (NZ$1331.64) ISBN: 9324551059395 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: F Fiction Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Zaffre SEPTEMBER 2017 Good Friday 12 copy pack Includes 12 copies Good Friday, plus poster and free reading copy. Description About the Author Price: $395.88 (NZ$443.88) ISBN: 9324551059807 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Zaffre SEPTEMBER 2017 Good Friday poster Description About the Author Price: $0.00 (NZ$0.00) ISBN: 9324551059401 Format: Point of Sale Dimensions: 294x600mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Zaffre SEPTEMBER 2017 The Choke Sofie Laguna The Choke is a mesmerising, harrowing and ultimately uplifting novel from the 2015 Miles Franklin winner. Description I never had words to ask anybody the questions, so I never had the answers. Abandoned by her mother as a toddler and only occasionally visited by her volatile father who keeps dangerous secrets, Justine is raised solely by her Pop, an old man tormented by visions of the Burma Railway. Justine finds sanctuary in Pop's chooks and The Choke, where the banks of the Murray River are so narrow they can almost touch - a place of staggering natural beauty that is both a source of peace and danger. Although Justine doesn't know it, her father is a menacing criminal and the world she is exposed to is one of great peril to her. She has to make sense of it on her own - and when she eventually does, she knows what she has to do. A brilliant, haunting novel about a child navigating an often dark and uncaring world of male power, guns and violence, in which grown-ups can't be trusted and comfort can only be found in nature, The Choke is a compassionate and claustrophobic vision of a child in danger and a society in deep trouble. Sofie Laguna, winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Award for The Eye of the Sheep, once again shows she is a writer of rare empathy, originality and blazing talent. About the Author Sofie Laguna's second novel for adults, The Eye of the Sheep-shortlisted for the Stella Prize-won the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award. It has been optioned for both film and theatre. Her first novel for adults, One Foot Wrong, published throughout Europe, the US and the UK, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award. Screen rights have been optioned and she has completed the screenplay. Sofie's many books for young people have been published in the US, the UK and in translation throughout Europe and Asia. She has been shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Award, and her books have been named Honour Books and Notable Books by the Children's Book Council of Australia. Sofie lives in Melbourne with her husband, illustrator Marc McBride, and their two young sons. Price: $32.99 (NZ$36.99) ISBN: 9781760297244 Format: Paperback - C format Dimensions: 234x153mm Extent: 392 pages Main Category: FC Sub Category: FC Literary Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Altona, Victoria Allen & Unwin SEPTEMBER 2017 The Choke 24 copy dumpbin Description About the Author Price: $791.76 (NZ$887.76) ISBN: 9324551059432 Format: Point of Sale Dimensions: mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Allen & Unwin SEPTEMBER 2017 The Choke poster Point of Sale Description About the Author Price: $0.00 ISBN: 9324551059456 Format: Dimensions: mm Extent: pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Allen & Unwin SEPTEMBER 2017 The Eye of the Sheep Sofie Laguna Told from the mesmerising point of view and in the inimitable voice of Jimmy, this is an extraordinary novel about a poor family who is struggling to cope with a different and difficult child. Description Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015. Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space between each one, coming through him like water. He was the go-between, going between the animal kingdom and this one. I watched the waves as they rolled and crashed towards us, one after another, never stopping, always changing. I knew what was making them come, I had been there and I would always know. Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate the unfathomable world on his own, and make things right. Sofie Laguna's first novel One Foot Wrong received rave reviews, sold all over the world and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award. In The Eye of the Sheep, her great originality and talent will again amaze and move readers. In the tradition of Room and The Lovely Bones, here is a surprising and brilliant novel from one of our finest writers. About the Author Sofie Laguna originally studied to be a lawyer, but after deciding law was not for her, she trained as an actor. Sofie is now an author, actor and playwright. Her books for young people have been named Honour Books and Notable Books in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and have been shortlisted in the Queensland Premier's Awards. She has been published in the US and the UK and in translation in Europe and Asia. Sofie's first novel for adults, One Foot Wrong, was also published throughout Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom. Sofie has written Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781760292799 the screenplay for the film of One Foot Wrong, scheduled for pre-production in 2014. Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 320 pages Main Category: FC Sub Category: FC Literary Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Altona, Victoria Allen & Unwin SEPTEMBER 2017 The Mummy Bloggers Holly Wainwright Sometimes life behind the screen is not as rosy as it seems... For fans of Zoe Foster-Blake and Liane Moriarty, The Mummy Bloggers is the feisty, fast-paced and funny debut novel from Mamamia's entertainment editor Holly Wainwright. Description Is everything you see online as shiny as it seems? Do people really live in mess-free kitchens with picture-perfect children or is everything not quite as it seems? Meet Elle Campbell.