Cornerstone Catalogue July - December 2019 1 2 CONTENTS Contacts | 4 Century | 5 Hutchinson | 17 Preface | 23 Random House Books | 25 William Heinemann | 29 #Merky | 33 Windmill | 35 Arrow | 37 3 CORNERSTONE CONTACTS Charlotte Bush – Director of Publicity and Media Relations [email protected] | 020 7840 8613 Katie Sheldrake – Deputy Publicity Director [email protected] | 020 7840 8725 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, Cornerstone Imprints [email protected] | 020 7840 8548 Rachel Kennedy – Publicity Manager [email protected] | 020 7840 8893 Isabelle Ralphs – Senior Press Officer [email protected] | 020 7840 8388 Alice Spencer – Press Officer [email protected] | 020 7840 8624 General Enquiries: Georgia Williams – Publicity Assistant [email protected] | 020 7840 7323 Lydia Spooner – Publicity Assistant [email protected] | 020 7840 8673 4 CENTURY 5 Other James Patterson Minecraft: The Lost Journals Hush Hush (Harriet Blue 4) The third official Minecraft novel, by John W. Campbell The fourth novel in the no. 1 bestselling series Award for Best New Writer winner, Mur Lafferty featuring Detective Harriet Blue July 2019 July 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £20.00 272 pages Royal Octavo 9781780897783 400 pages 9781780899695 The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the Harriet Blue used to be a detective. Now she's inmate 3329. unknown! When a young girl teams up with her friend to find the boy’s missing uncle, they must leave the safety of the Overworld Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop – as Harriet Blue is learning on behind. a daily basis. Alison and Max must team up to find his missing uncle Nicholas. Using the So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person journal his beloved uncle left as a guide, the duo hurtle headlong into a she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who treacherous and unknown landscape called the Nether. There, they meet a put her inside. strange girl named Freya and her woefully unheroic dog, Bunny Biter, who agree to help them in their quest. The group must take on dangerous new But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old foes and unravel the cryptic journal to find Nicholas and reunite this child have gone missing. fractured family. He's ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom... Mur Lafferty is a writer, podcast producer, gamer, geek, and martial artist. She is the host of the award-winning podcast I Should Be Writing and the James Patterson (Author) Angry Robot Book podcast. She is the winner of the 2013 John W. Campbell JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of Award for Best New Writer. She loves to run, practice kung fu (Northern all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He Shaolin Five Animals Style), play Skyrim and Fallout 3, and hang out with is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – her fabulously geeky husband and their eleven-year-old daughter. the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own 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 and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. Candice Fox (Author) Candice Fox is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney’s western suburbs. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster- carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her mother and older brothers. Candice won back-to-back Ned Kelly awards for her first two novels – Hades and Eden. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Fall, Crimson Lake, Redemption and Gone by Midnight. Candice’s first collaboration with James Patterson, Never Never, was a Sunday Times and New York Times no. 1 bestseller. They have co-authored three further novels featuring Harriet Blue – Fifty Fifty, Liar Liar and Hush Hush. 6 James Patterson Heidi Perks Sophia, Princess Among Beasts Come Back For Me Your next obsession from the author of Richard In a kingdom besieged by poverty, war and despair, You can bury the body, but the truth will still surface. Princess Sophia must do whatever it takes to restore The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of peace, and protect the people she loves NOW YOU SEE HER. July 2019 July 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £12.99 320 pages 432 pages 9781780899817 9781780898858 A princess who has lost her mother and father finds herself in a YOUR NEXT SUMMER READING OBSESSION terrifying world that urgently needs a queen. The breathtaking new thriller from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller NOW YOU SEE HER Sophia is smart, beautiful, accomplished, a beloved princess devoted to the ____________________________ people and to reading books. The kingdom is hers, until a series of tragedies ends with her imprisonment in a nightmarish realm populated by the awful A SHOCKING DISCOVERY. beasts she read about as a child. A COMMUNITY WRAPPED IN SECRETS. The beasts are real. And so is the great army marching on her castle. The A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body. people look to Sophia for protection. They will all perish unless she can unlock an ancient secret as profound as life and death itself. For Stella Harvey the news is doubly shocking. The body has been found in the garden of her childhood home - the home her family fled without JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of explanation twenty-five years ago. all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – Now, questioning her past and desperate to unearth the truth, Stella returns the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and to the isolated island. But she quickly finds that the community she left isn’t Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers as welcoming as she remembers – and that people in it will go to any length including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. to protect their secrets. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own One thing rings true… son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young You can’t bury the truth forever. readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries ____________________________ and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to 'A highly addictive and thrilling read.' HEAT independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult 'Subtly, elegantly told, and with enough twists to satisfy any detective fan, fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida it is razor sharp and impossible to put down.' DAILY MAIL with his wife and son. ____________________________ Early readers love Heidi's latest five-star thriller: 'This is a read not to be missed!!!' 'Family secrets, mystery and intrigue. This is the perfect book that won't disappoint' 'A surprising plot and lots of twists with interesting characters. I loved the writing style and the setting of the story' 'Come Back For Me is easily the best thriller I've read in a long time' 'Lots of twists and turns, guaranteed page-turner that keeps you guessing until the end' 'Come Back For Me was a really engaging and addictive read, about family secrets, a tight-knit community and family ties' 'Fascinating family drama with more than a hint of psychological thriller' 'A fantastic thriller that grabbed me from the start' 'Full of twists and turns, this book will have you riveted to every surprise event' 'I literally finished this book in a few hours - I couldn't tell myself to put it down.' 'Perks has a real knack for throwing red herrings at the readers - I had a long list of suspects and theories, but she still managed to pull it out of 7 Timothy Zahn Delilah S. Dawson Thrawn: Treason Galaxy’s Edge Black Spire Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. July 2019 August 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £20.00 352 pages 400 pages 9781529124019 9781780899909 Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Walk the ancient streets, meet the colorful characters, and uncover Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author the secret history of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the upcoming Timothy Zahn. expansion to the Disney Parks experience! After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa “If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance.” has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy’s edge.