Frankfurt Book Fair Briefcase 2018 Riights Wednesday, 10th October 2018 The top titles that literary agents are taking to the Frankfurt Book Fair Aiitken Allexander From the bestselling author of Longbourn, The Body Lies by JJo Baker (left) is a tense and atmospheric thriller, a timely exploration of male violence in fiction and in real life (agent Clare Alexander; Doubleday UK; Knopf US; Knaus/Penguin Verlag Germany). Economist science correspondent Ananyo Bhattacharya's Johnny, the Man from the Future is a biography of John von Neumann, who was involved in dozens of significant advances in 20th-century science, across disciplines and decades, including computers, game theory, artificial intelligence and the atomic bomb (agent Chris Wellbelove). Mark Haddon's new novel is The Porpoise, an intense and wildly propulsive adventure based on the story of Pericles (agent Clare Alexander; Chatto UK; Doubleday US; four international deals with one under offer). Daiisy JJohnson's Man Booker-shortlisted Everything Under is a modern retelling of Oedipus, turning classical myth on its head (agent Chris Wellbelove; Cape UK; Graywolf US; five international deals and one further offer). In Civilised: How 4,000 Years of Law Shaped the World As We Know It, Fernanda Piiriie offers a history of human civilisations told through the laws that have been responsible for their creation (agent Chris Wellbelove; Profile UK; Basic Books US; Ponte Alle Grazie Italy; Thomas Rap/Bezige Bij Netherlands; Critica Spain). Ampersand Agency A Hero Born is the first in the 12-volume series Legends of the Condor Heroes by China's best-selling living novelist, JJiin Yong (right) - a combination of fantasy, history, and martial arts that has been compared to Tolkien and George RR Martin (MacLehose Press UK; rights sold in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Brazil, Finland). Blood Ties by Ben Crane, a memoir of hawks and fatherhood, "will become an instant classic of nature writing and autobiography" (Head of Zeus UK; rights sold in Germany and Korea). Baby Blue is the second in Poll Koutsakiis' "Athenian noir" series of crime novels featuring conscientious killer Stratos Gazis; the streets of contemporary Athens prove as mean as those of Raymond Chandler's LA (Bitter Lemon UK). Killing Time by Mark Roberts is the fourth novel featuring Liverpool DCI Eve Clay in a crime series that has been described as "intricate, fast-paced, with a taste for the macabre" (Head of Zeus UK; rights sold in Germany, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia). JJoanne Sefton's If They Knew is a debut psychological thriller offering a gripping family drama of love and betrayal (Avon UK). Dark Game and Deep Fear by Rachell Lynch are the first two books in a new crime series set in the Lake District and starring local detective Kelly Porter (Canelo UK). Darlley Anderson www.bookbrunch.co.uk Design by: BDS Digital © BookBrunch Ltd. The Wych Elm, a standalone novel by Tana French (left), is a spellbinding and chilling interrogation of privilege, family lore and perception (agent Darley Anderson; Viking UK; Viking US). After 20 years of estrangement, two siblings hear from their absent father that he plans to end his life, in Our Father by Halleh Agar (agent Camilla Wray). Lauren North's The Perfect Betrayal is a thriller about a grieving widow and her young son who suspect their grief counsellor has ulterior motives (agent Tanera Simons; Transworld UK; Berkley US). In The Girl Next Door by Phoebe Morgan, a woman who has worked hard to achieve the "perfect" life is forced to fight to keep her secrets hidden when a local teenager is found dead (agent Camilla Wray; HQ UK; options in Italy and Norway). Two sisters' lives are put on trial in the wake of an unimaginable tragedy in No Further Questions by Giilllliian McAlllliister (agent Clare Wallace; Michael Joseph UK; Putnam US; options in 10 languages). Bllake Friiedmann Aoife is married off by her father as part of his political machinations, but she has strategic plans of her own, in The Irish Princess by Elliizabeth Chadwiick (agent Isobel Dixon; Sphere UK). Daviid Giillman's The Englishman is the first in a new contemporary international thriller series featuring ex-Foreign Legionnaire Dan Raglan (agent Isobel Dixon). Absolute Proof is a standalone by bestselling author Peter JJames, asking the question: what would happen if a man found absolute proof of God's existence? (agent Isobel Dixon; Macmillan UK; Audible US; rights sold in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Holland, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Russia). Zakes Mda's The Zulus of New York is based on the true story of "Farini's Friendly Zulus", the men who were brought to Britain and America as performing curiosities (agent Isobel Dixon; Umuzi South Africa). In Forever 27 by Catheriine Miillller (right), two 27-year-olds meet in a doctor's waiting room as they prepare to be screened for cancer (agent Hattie Grunewald). Sheiilla O''Fllanagan's new novel is The Husband's Mistake: when Roxy comes home unexpectedly one day to surprise her husband, she's the one who gets the shock of her life (agent Isobel Dixon; Headline UK). Felliiciity Bryan Tiim Harford draws on his knowledge and understanding of statistics to shine a brilliant light on our increasingly complex and embattled world, in How To Make the World Add Up: The Power of Statistics in an Age of Uncertainty. Anna Hope's (left) novel Expectation takes the lives of three women in their 30s and asks, what does it really take to make us happy? (Doubleday UK). How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time by Matt Riidlley puts the development of new technologies into the context of the evolution of animals and plants (4th Estate UK; HarperCollins US; Beijing Huazhang China Simplified). The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin by professor of crusading history JJonathan Phiilllliips draws on extensive scholarship and contemporary culture to show why Saladin has always had a powerful hold on the popular imagination in the West as well as the Middle East (Bodley Head UK). Commonwealth: How Can We Live with Diversity?, a first book by social anthropologist and Max Planck Institute research fellow Farhan Samananii, is a wide-ranging and hopeful exploration of how humans live in diverse societies. C&W Agency You Will Be Safe Here, the debut novel by journalist and salonniere Damiian Barr, charts the experiences of www.bookbrunch.co.uk Design by: BDS Digital © BookBrunch Ltd. three interconnected generations, and the ways in which the violence of the past can echo through to the present day (agent Clare Conville; Bloomsbury UK). In Five Steps To Happy, a debut novel by Elllla Dove, a life- changing accident forces Heidi to reassess every area of her life, but an unlikely encounter sets her on a completely new path to happiness (agent Richard Pike; Trapeze UK). Max Brooks' Devolution is a high concept thriller centred on an eco-community in Seattle (agent Jonny Geller; translation rights C&W; Century UK; Crown US; Calmann Levy France; Reservoir Spain; Saida de Emergencia Portugal). A debut by Trinidadian author Carolliine Mackenziie, One Year of Ugly follows the uproarious events that befall the Palacio family on Trinidad during their illegal residence there (agent Sue Armstrong). In The Neighbour by Fiiona Cummiins, a serial killer is at large: can Detective Sergeant Wildeve Stanton assemble the jigsaw pieces quickly enough to prevent another murder when she herself bears emotional scars inflicted by the same killer? (agent Sophie Lambert; Macmillan UK). My Amygdala by Oona Frawlley is set in 1990s New York and focused on a lone woman attempting to find her place in the world as she suffers an emotional breakdown (agent Lucy Luck). Georgiina Capell You Will Never Kill Him by Liinda Kiinstller is an investigation into the precarious nature of justice, the dangers of revisionism, and the allure of conspiracy in the 21st century. The Elephant in the Mirror by behavioural and evolutionary ecologist Hannah Mumby invites us to see the elephant perspective and to get inside the elephant mind, as well as to reassess our approach to conservation (HarperCollins world English; Carl Hanser Verlag Germany). Churchill: Walking with Destiny: A Biography by Andrew Roberts is "a landmark reconsideration", based on new material ranging from from private letters to records of war cabinet meetings (Allen Lane UK; Viking US; seven international deals). Ben Okrii's novel The Freedom Artist is a penetrating examination of how freedom is threatened in a post- truth society and a powerful call to arms (Head of Zeus UK; La Nave di Teseo Italy). Caskiie Mushens How To Lose a Country: The Seven Warning Signs of Rising Populism by Ece Temellkuran is an urgent call to action from one of Europe's most well-regarded political thinkers (agent Robert Caskie; 4th Estate world English; six overseas sales). Fatal Attraction meets Lullaby in Conception by Chriis MacDonalld: when a young mother sleeps with a rugged father from her daughter's nursery, she just wants to forget her mistake - but he won't let her (agent Juliet Mushens). In JJessiie Burton's (left - photo by Ben Turner) as yet untitled new novel, a famous novelist, out of the public eye for 32 years, comes out of retirement to write her final work, inspired by her ex-lover (agent Juliet Mushens; Picador UK). In Do Not Disturb by Cllaiire Dougllas, a woman in need of a fresh start opens a guesthouse - but her first guest is someone from her past, who tore everything apart 17 years earlier (agent Juliet Mushens; Michael Joseph UK; Penguin Germany; Gu-Fic Korea). Liibby Page follows The Lido with The All-Night Cafe, the story of two women's friendship (agent Robert Caskie; Orion UK).