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DHH News Roundup 5th - 11th June 2023

6/9/2023

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The Grief House, the forthcoming novel from Rebecca Thorne, has picked up a couple of fantastic endorsements within the last week:

"Dark and creepy and deeply satisfying, this will be lapped up by fans of both Susan Hill and Sarah Pinborough."
Kevin Wignall

"A brooding, haunting and deeply heartfelt thriller that kept me turning the pages long into the night."
Chris Whitaker
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The book will be published by Bloomsbury Raven in eBook in December 2023 and hardback in January 2024.

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Jo Thomas' gorgeous new summery read, Summer at the Ice Cream Cafe, was published last week in paperback - and to celebrate, her publishers at Transworld took her and the book out in an ice-cream van, around various bookshops in South Wales!

​A dream home
Beca Valentino is ready to escape the city. When she sees the perfect house for sale in her hometown, it seems like fate. Is this her chance to build the foster family she dreams of, on the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast?

A big mistake?
Returning home isn't as easy as she thought, however. Her family's beloved ice cream café is gone - turned into a soulless wine bar by her hateful ex-boyfriend. Reconnecting with her oldest friend, fisherman Griff, isn't straightforward either. And when, instead of the children she expected to take in, two wary teenage boys appear on her doorstep, Beca fears she's made a terrible mistake.

A recipe for change
But an old family recipe book is just the inspiration she needs. Soon, with a little help from friends old and new, Beca is selling mouth-watering homemade gelato from a pop-up café on the beach.
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Then disaster strikes. Will the Valentino family legacy be lost forever? Or can Beca create a new recipe for happiness?

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We were delighted to see Annie Taylor's forthcoming psychological thriller, The Truth About Her, featured in Delia Online's Books of the Month!

Published by Michael Joseph books in July, the book has been hailed by Heather Darwent as "an absolutely gripping thriller that combines a seductive setting, a twisty plot, and complex characters".

The other book published last week was No Ordinary Day by Matt Johnson, a true crime account of the murder of WC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Lee Child calls it "an important book", and within its first few days on sale, hit the No.1 spot on Amazon's Espionage True Accounts list. The book was launched last Thursday at London's Goldsboro Books.

Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing lies an incredible political scandal.

On 17 April 1984, as demonstrators gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London, two gunmen lay in wait inside. At 10.18 a.m. automatic gunfire rained down on the protestors and WPC Yvonne Fletcher fell, mortally wounded.
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As his friend lay dying, PC John Murray made her a promise that he would not rest until those responsible had been brought to justice. Thirty-seven years would pass before he was able to fulfil that undertaking.

While researching this moving account of one man’s dogged pursuit of justice for a murdered colleague, Matt Johnson uncovered secret-service deals and government duplicity, all part of a plan to force an end to the National Union of Mineworkers’ strike. He discovered the real reason Yvonne’s killers were allowed to go free and how events that day led to thirty years of growing political control of policing, resulting in the disarray increasingly evident today.
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This compelling account pulls seemingly unconnected threads into a coherent – and shocking – whole. It provides startling insights into how decisions taken by our politicians and the actions of our intelligence agencies, supposedly in our best interests, may be anything but.

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You magazine selected Heather Darwent's debut, The Things We Do To Our Friends, has one of their 'Best Fiction Books of 2023 (so far)'.

"Heather Darwent’s page-turning debut is dark, twisted and intoxicating."

The book, published in January this year, became an instant Sunday Times top ten bestseller.

The cover for bestselling author Becca Day's unmissable new psychological thriller, The Secrets We Buried​, was revealed last week:
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Three women.
One murder...

Someone knows what they did.

Some foreign rights news for you now:

Escape to the French Farmhouse by Jo Thomas has been sold to Bastei MOBA in the Czech Republic, while The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir has been sold to Nordiq in Serbia.
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Finally, we were over the moon to see Sean Lusk's debut novel, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award
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David Headley, Goldsboro Books co-founder and MD, and founder of the Glass Bell Award says: “2022’s debut game was incredibly strong and so when we started having conversations about putting together our Glass Bell longlist – coupled with established authors putting out some of their best works yet – I knew we had a challenge ahead of us. However, my team and I work very closely to make sure that we are all in agreement about what goes on the longlist and once again, I am delighted with the outcome. The aim of the Glass Bell Award is to acknowledge incredible storytelling – and this year is no exception!” 

The Glass Bell Award is judged by David and his team at Goldsboro Books. It is the only prize that rewards storytelling in all genres – from romance, thrillers and ghost stories, to historical, speculative and literary fiction – and is awarded annually to ‘a compelling novel with brilliant characterisation and a distinct voice that is confidently written and assuredly realised’. The shortlist will be announced on Thursday 27th July, with the winner – who will receive £2,000 and a beautiful, handmade glass bell – announced on Thursday 28th September 2023. 

The book was selected for BBC 2's Between the Covers and was a Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month.
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Lusk Debut Longlisted for Glass Bell Award

6/8/2023

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The debut novel from Sean Lusk, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley​, has been longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2023.
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David Headley, Goldsboro Books co-founder and MD, and founder of the Glass Bell Award says: “2022’s debut game was incredibly strong and so when we started having conversations about putting together our Glass Bell longlist – coupled with established authors putting out some of their best works yet – I knew we had a challenge ahead of us. However, my team and I work very closely to make sure that we are all in agreement about what goes on the longlist and once again, I am delighted with the outcome. The aim of the Glass Bell Award is to acknowledge incredible storytelling – and this year is no exception!” 

The Glass Bell Award is judged by David and his team at Goldsboro Books. It is the only prize that rewards storytelling in all genres – from romance, thrillers and ghost stories, to historical, speculative and literary fiction – and is awarded annually to ‘a compelling novel with brilliant characterisation and a distinct voice that is confidently written and assuredly realised’. The shortlist will be announced on Thursday 27th July, with the winner – who will receive £2,000 and a beautiful, handmade glass bell – announced on Thursday 28th September 2023. 

The book was selected for BBC 2's Between the Covers and was a Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month.
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DHH News Roundup 29th May - 4th June 2023

6/4/2023

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Featured in this month's Kindle Monthly Deal is the superb End of Story from Louise Swanson!

Click on the book title to take you directly to the deal.
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The Literary Review has supplied an incredible review for Fearless, the first in M. W. Craven's forthcoming new series:

"Full of vividly described violence, clever plotting and an agreeable main character, Fearless is terrific piece of gutsy entertainment."

The book will be published later this month by Little, Brown.
In addition, crime heavyweight David Baldacci had this to say:

"Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the pages. A superb thriller that will have everyone talking and gasping."

​Want to see what all the fuss is about? Pre-order your copy here!

Released later this week, Matt Johnson's No Ordinary Day, which reveals the truth behind the 1984 murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, was given the spotlight in last week's Daily Mail. 

Find out a little but more on the devastating case, along with an exclusive early excerpt.
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Author Caroline Scott has given a wonderful endorsement for Anita Frank's forthcoming book, The Good Liars (released August 2023):

"A clever reworking of the 1920s detective story genre, this is a deliciously twisty-turny novel with an enjoyably unreliable cast."

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Published last week was Paul Burston's sensational memoir, We Can Be Heroes, which was fittingly celebrated with an intimate gathering at London's Heaven nightclub. 

​Activist. Journalist. Survivor. One man’s journey from prejudice to Pride.

Paul Burston wasn’t always the iconic voice of LGBTQ+ London that he is today. Paul came out in the mid-1980s, when ‘gay’ still felt like a dirty word, especially in the small Welsh town where he grew up. He moved to London hoping for a happier life, only to watch in horror as his new-found community was decimated by AIDS. But even in the depths of his grief, Paul vowed never to stop fighting back on behalf of his young friends whose lives were cut tragically short.

It’s a promise he’s kept to this day. As an activist he stormed the House of Commons during the debate over the age of consent. As a journalist he spoke up for the rights of the community at a time of tabloid homophobia and legal inequality. As a novelist he founded the groundbreaking Polari Prize.

But his lifestyle hid a dark secret, and Paul’s demons—shame, trauma, grief—stalked him on every corner. In an attempt to silence them, he began to self-medicate.
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From almost drowning at eighteen to a near-fatal overdose at thirty-eight, this is Paul’s story of what happened in the twenty years between, and how he carved out a life that his teenage self could scarcely have imagined. Emotional but often witty, We Can Be Heroes is an illuminating memoir of the eighties, nineties and noughties from a gay man who only just survived them.


​Paul will also be appearing on BBC Radio 4 this Tuesday, 6th June, at 4.30pm on the channel's A Good Read programme.

"This warmhearted, uplifting story is filled with happiness, summer sun and ice cream. It's the perfect holiday read."

That is what S magazine had to say about Jo Thomas' Summer at the Ice Cream Cafe, published later this week in paperback. 

Looking for some gorgeous escapist feel-good fuzzies? Look no further!
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Finally, we were completely and utterly over the moon to see that Thomas D. Lee's debut novel, Perilous Times, hit the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers list within its first week on sale. 

An incredible achievement - congratulations, Tom! 
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DHH News Roundup 22nd - 28th May 2023

5/29/2023

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A very happy publication day to clients R. C. Bridgestock, who last week saw the release of their most recent DI Jack Dylan book, When A Killer Strikes, published in eBook!*

Hardly what Detective Inspector Jack Dylan needs to hear on his day off, especially in the middle of house-hunting with his wife, Jen. Detective Sergeant Vicky Hardacre greets him at the scene, and what awaits them behind the blood-red door of Colonial House is undoubtedly a murder.

Dylan is quick to identify several prime suspects but before the killer can be caught, another body is discovered, half-rotted and abandoned amongst the discarded food within a waste-bin shelter.
Are the two murders connected? What is the link? Dylan must answer these questions and crack the case without bringing his work home. But as the pressure mounts, can Dylan uncover the truth before his own long-buried secrets come crawling out of the woodwork?

*Originally published by Caffeine Nights Press in 2017

We were absolutely ecstatic to see the news of Kathleen Whyman's book deal announced this week!

Embla Books' Cara Chimurri bought World English Rights to Would You Ask My Husband That? plus one other title from Whyman, with the first title due for publication in August 2023.

In a deal negotiated by Emily Glenister, Would You Ask My Husband That? centres on Sarah and Will who are happily married with two young children. But when Will is unexpectedly fired, Sarah is offered his old job. Sarah can’t help but feel that her career has taken a backseat all these years – and this is her moment to shine. With Will at a loose end, he can step in to help at home. 
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After all, they’ve always said they were equals, so how hard could it be? The answer will surprise them both and test their relationship in ways that are both often hilarious and always completely relatable to anyone who has aspired to having it all.

​Scroll down for the cover reveal...!

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David Wragg's forthcoming The Hunters (the first in his new 'Tales of the Plaines' series), has received a fantastic write-up from Fantasy Hive:

"The Hunters is packed to the brim with madness and mayhem, humour and anarchy, mysticism and alchemy, but most of all it holds characters you will absolutely love, and those you will love to hate."

Read the full review here.

Also published last week, in both the US and UK, was the debut fantasy novel from Thomas D. Lee, Perilous Times!

An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet--saving the politically polarised, rapidly warming world from itself--in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend.

Being reborn as an immortal defender of the realm gets awfully damn tiring over the years - or at least that's what Sir Kay's thinking as he claws his way up from beneath the earth, yet again.
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Kay fought at Hastings, and at Waterloo, and in both World Wars. After a thousand years, he thought he was used to dealing with a crisis. But now he finds himself in a strange new world where oceans have risen, armies have been privatised, and half of Britain's been sold to the Chinese. The dragon that's running amok, that he can handle. The rest? He's not so sure.

Mariam's devoted her life to fighting what's wrong with her country. But she's just one ordinary person, up against a hopelessly broken system. So when she meets Kay, a figure straight out of legend, she dares to hope that the world's finally found the saviour it needs.
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As the two quest through this strange land swarming with gangs, mercenaries, and talking squirrels, they realise that other ancient evils are afoot. Lancelot is back too--at the beck and call of immortal beings with a sinister agenda. And if their plans can't be stopped, a dragon will be the least of the planet's worries.

In perilous times like these, the realm doesn't just need a knight. It needs a true leader.
Luckily, Excalibur lies within reach--and Kay's starting to suspect that the hero fit to carry it is close at hand.

Finally, we are thrilled to show you the cover reveal for Kathleen Whyman's new book, Would You Ask My Husband That?, a hilarious and whip smart take on modern marriage.
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When Sarah's husband, Will, is unexpectedly fired, her first reaction is shock. Then she gets a call offering her his old job.

On principal, she should turn it down. But their young family needs the money and Sarah can't help feeling like her career has taken a backseat all these years. Now it is her turn to shine.

Overnight, Sarah and Will trade places.

She's now the departmental director commuting into the city five days a week and answering client calls on the weekend. He's doing the school run and the laundry. Or at least trying to.

They've always said they are equal partners, so this transition should be simple right?

Wrong.

This change was supposed to be the making of them as a family, but as Sarah fights for her chance to have it all, she might end up losing everything...
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Embla Books signs two ‘whip-smart and hilarious’ novels by Whyman

5/23/2023

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Embla Books has snapped up two books from author Kathleen Whyman, including Would You Ask My Husband That?

Editorial director Cara Chimirri acquired world English language rights from Emily Glenister. Would You Ask My Husband That? will publish in August 2023, followed by a second book with Embla in summer 2024.

Would You Ask My Husband That? centres on Sarah and Will who are happily married with two young children. But when Will is unexpectedly fired, Sarah is offered his old job. Sarah can’t help but feel that her career has taken a backseat all these years – and this is her moment to shine. With Will at a loose end, he can step in to help at home. After all, they’ve always said they were equals, so how hard could it be? The answer will surprise them both and test their relationship in ways that are both often hilarious and always completely relatable to anyone who has aspired to having it all.

Whyman, who was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize in 2020, said: “I’m so excited to be working with Emily Glenister, Cara Chimirri and the rest of the Embla team. To know that these fantastically talented women are as passionate about my writing as I am is an incredible privilege. They’re a joy to work with and I’m loving every moment. Although I’ve really got to stop putting their complimentary quotes on T-shirts in the hope my family consider this writing lark a proper job!”

Chimirri said: “From the very first page of Kathleen’s amazing novel I knew I had been sent something very, very special. Her writing is electric with razor-sharp wit and laugh-out-loud moments. But she has also built in the most propulsive twists and such an honest exploration of the complex relationships we navigate when we juggle love, parenting and careers.

“I honestly defy anyone to be able to put this incredible book down once they have started and I can’t wait for readers to fall in love with Sarah and Will’s story as much as I have! I know so many readers are going to see so much of themselves in these amazing characters and there might be a few conversations round the dinner table as a result!”

Glenister added: “It has been my joy and my privilege to work with Kathleen on my list, and I am delighted that she is now working with the uber-talented Cara Chimirri on the rip-roaringly funny Would You Ask My Husband That?. With her star well and truly on the rise, I urge you to watch this Kathleen Whyman-shaped space with great interest!” 

From The Bookseller article | Lauren Brown
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DHH News Roundup 15th - 21st May 2023

5/22/2023

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Congratulations to Rachel Meller, whose debut, The Box With the Sunflower Clasp, was released last week.

Rachel Meller was never close to her aunt Lisbeth, a cool, unemotional woman with a drawling Viennese-Californian accent, a cigarette in her hand. But when Lisbeth died, she left Rachel an intricately carved Chinese box with a sunflower clasp. Inside the box were photographs, letters and documents that led Rachel to uncover a story she had never known: that of a passionate Jewish teenager growing up in elegant Vienna, who was caught up by war, and forced to flee to Shanghai.

Far from home, in a strange city, Lisbeth and her parents build a new life - a life of small joys and great hardship, surrounded by many others who, like them, have fled Hitler and the Nazis. 1930s Shanghai is a metropolis where the old rules do not apply - a city of fabulous wealth and crushing poverty, where disease is rife, and gangsters rub shoulders with rich emigrés; where summer brings unspeakable heat, and winter is bitterly cold; and where European refugees build community and, maybe, a young woman can find love.

Set against a backdrop of the war in the Far East, 
The Box with the Sunflower Clasp is a sweeping family memoir that tells the hidden history of the Jews of Shanghai. Rachel Meller writes with elegance and insight as she examines what it means to survive, and what the legacy of displacement and war might mean for the generation that comes afterwards.
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Sarah K. Jackson's debut, Not Alone, has received a fantastic write-up from the Chicago Review of Books:

“Not Alone can easily find a place in the growing body of environmental disaster literature… Katie is pained by her choices, and the shortcomings of the world she is raising her child in, and we can feel that emotion in the novel. In the end, hope is the driving force that pushes Katie towards her goals. We’re going to need that kind of hopeful grit if we’re to survive our own environmental catastrophe.”

Also published last week was the paperback fro Mike Hollow's seventh Blitz Detective book, The Camden Murder.

As dawn breaks on a chilly morning in November 1940, a car is found ablaze in an abandoned builder's yard a stone's throw from the Regent's Canal in Camden Town, north London. In the burnt-out vehicle police find the charred remains of a body. The victim is Les Latham, a commercial traveller for the Barings confectionery company. He liked to be known as Lucky Les, but it seems his luck has finally run out.

​DI John Jago discovers among Latham's belongings a mysterious photograph and some suspicious-looking petrol ration books that set Jago off on a murky trail of deceit, corruption and murder.
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To celebrate the paperback publication of his debut novel, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, Sean Lusk will be appearing at Chorleywood Bookshop on Tuesday 20th June for a very special event. 

​Details below!
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The final book published last week was The Housekeeper's Daughter by E. V. Seymour, an unputdownable thriller with a breathtaking twist. 

​My mother turns up after thirty years . . . and she wants my help.

Kim Slade is at work when there’s a knock at her office door. Someone is waiting for her in reception. A woman claiming to be her mother. The mother who abandoned her thirty years ago.

Monica Slade has been working as a live-in housekeeper for a judge and his wife, she says. But now Judge Hawkes is dead.
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The last thing Monica says before the police take her in for questioning is: ‘There are things you should know. About the past.’

Kim immediately sets out to prove her mother’s innocence. But soon she is forced to think the unthinkable.

Is my mother a murderer?


The Housekeeper's Daughter was previously published as An Imperfect Past.

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Finally, client Lucinda Hawksley teamed up with 'The Mitford Murders' series author, Jessica Fellowes, for a captivating interview on Hawksley's 'Goldster Inside Story' podcast. 

​Catch up here.
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DHH News Roundup 8th - 14th May 2023

5/15/2023

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We have a number of publication days to celebrate this week and first up, is the paperback for The Summer Birdcage, the eighth in L. C. Tyler's John Grey mystery series. 

​Duke's Company actress Kitty Burgess has a stunning future before her - until she vanishes after the opening performance of Aminta Grey's new play, The Summer Birdcage. 

​One of her fellow actors swears he saw her being bundled into a black coach driven by six black horses outside the theatre. Then no more is heard of her - until the body of a young woman is found dead beside the road in Hertfordshire. It appears to be Kitty, so Aminta 
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and her husband Sir John Grey, travel to Bishop's Stortford to identify her. The girl has been so badly beaten it is impossible to tell who she is, but there are three clues - the dress she is wearing, a ring and a copy of the script of Aminta's play, left (perhaps a little too conveniently) in the victim's hands.

Back in London Aminta catches sight of a young woman who looks exactly like Kitty but before she can do anything, the woman runs off and is lost in the crowd. Meanwhile, rumours abound at court that Kitty was about to become the king's new mistress and all fingers are being pointed at Lady Castlemaine for having arranged for her rival to be spirited away and killed. And now John Grey finds that is no longer just his wife who is determined to prove Kitty Burgess is alive. It would seem her disappearance - and possible reappearance - is part of some much wider conspiracy, and that Kitty may be about to play the most dangerous, and possibly deadly, role of her life. A role from which there may be no escape...

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Also published last week was the hardback for Anna Jacobs' Golden Dreams. This gorgeous, gripping and heartbreaking tale is set in 1890s Lancashire and is the second in the multi-million-copy bestselling author's Jubilee Lake series.

Lancashire, 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name, and a brave step towards a happier life. Suddenly widowed after an unhappy marriage, and pursued by her unscrupulous in-laws, Lillian finds a fresh start in the beautiful Ollindale valley. Thanks to the kindness of her new neighbours, Walter Crossley and his family, she finally has a home to call her own - but the threat of discovery by her husband's family still casts a shadow over her new life.
Meanwhile, Edward Ollerton has returned to the valley to rebuild his ancestral home. Hoping to one day to marry and start a family, Edward finds himself drawn to the shy, attractive widow - but not everyone is happy to see him reclaim his estate . . .

Will their dreams fade to dust, or can a golden future blossom on the shores of Jubilee Lake?

Congratulations to M. W. Craven; The Botanist has been shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2023. 
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This particular Dagger is awarded to the best espionage, psychological or thriller adventure novel. 

The Botanist is the fifth in Craven's Washington Poe series, with the highly-anticipated sixth, The Mercy Chair, out March 2024.

Out next publication day celebration came in the form of Paul Fraser Collard's Diamond Hunter, the eleventh Jack Lark book, published in paperback. 

South Africa, 1871. Jack Lark no longer walks alone. With the worldly Anna Baker by his side, he travels to the Cape Colony diamond fields determined to seek their fortune - and an adventurous new life together.

The journey north soon turns violent as tensions erupt between other hopeful diggers and a gang of Boer men. Everyone has their eye on the same elusive prize - and some will stop at nothing to get it.
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For Jack and Anna, unearthing a diamond is only half the battle. Getting out of the mines alive will prove far more difficult - and dangerous. And when the worst happens, Jack finds himself tested as no enemy, no man and no war has ever before.

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The final book published last week was the paperback for Sean Lusk's astounding debut, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley (a BBC 2 Between the Covers pick).

In 1754, renowned maker of clocks and automata Abel Cloudesley must raise his new-born son Zachary when his wife dies in childbirth.

Growing up amongst the cogs and springs of his father's workshop, Zachary is intensely curious, ferociously intelligent, unwittingly funny and always honest - perhaps too honest. But when a fateful accident leaves six-year-old Zachary nearly blinded, Abel is convinced that the safest place for his son is in the care of his eccentric Aunt Frances and her menagerie of weird and wonderful animals.
So when a precarious job in Constantinople is offered to him, Abel has no reason to say no. A job presented to him by a politician with dubious intentions, Abel leaves his son, his workshop and London behind. The decision will change the course of his life forever.

Since his accident, Zachary is plagued by visions that reveal the hearts and minds of those around him. A gift at times and a curse at others, it is nonetheless these visions that will help him complete a journey that he was always destined to make - to travel across Europe to Constantinople and find out what happened to his father all those years ago.

Lastly, we are delighted to announce both the acquisition and cover reveal for The Grief House by Rebecca Thorne. 

Before her departure, Sara-Helen Binney bought UK & Commonwealth rights from Emily Glenister to the deeply atmospheric mystery, with a shocking twist. To find more out about the book, click here.

The Grief House will be published in eBook in December 2023 and hardback in January 2024. 
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Rebecca Thorne is the pen-name for author Rebecca Tinnelly, previously published by Hodder & Stoughton. ​
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DHH News Roundup 1st - 7th May 2023

5/8/2023

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Congratulations to Louise Swanson (also known as Louise Beech), whose End of Story has sold to Znanje in Croatia. 

We are delighted to see this heart-wrenching dystopian thriller making waves overseas!

The eBook for Paul Burston's brave and powerful memoir, We Can Heroes was published last week. 

Described by Russell T. Davies as "brutally honest", the book is an illuminating memoir of the eighties, nineties and noughties from a gay man who only just survived them. 
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The cover for Phyllida Shrimpton's new book, The Storyteller by the Sea​, was recently revealed and we're delighted to show you it right here!
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Melody spends her days scouring the Devon shore for treasures washed up by the sea or left behind in the sand by people who come to her beach. She takes them back to Spindrift, her weathered old house set in a crescent of equally weathered old houses on the edge of a little Devonshire bay. She places her treasures on her brother Milo's bed at the end of each day and weaves beautiful and fanciful stories for him about how they came to be.

Everything Melody could ever need is right where she is, cupped by the rocks that shape her bay, whispering through the salty air and chiming from the sea.

Except all is not as it seems. The house of stories is under threat from developers, looking to modernise the strip of coast on which the old house stands. With the help of her estranged cousin, can Melody save the old house and change her world for the better?


The book will be published by Head of Zeus' Aria imprint in September 2023.


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Another international sale last month saw the second in David Fennell's terrifying and gripping Grace Archer series, See No Evil, sold to Dobrovsky in the Czech Republic. 

The Art of Death, the first in the series, is also published by the Czech publishing house.

Also published last week was the paperback, eBook and audiobook for the brand new novel from M. A. Hunter, Adrift. 

This is a thrill-ride of a book, set on a stag do in the Balearics, and is the ultimate "just one more page" book. 
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And finally this week, we are delighted to welcome new client Jean Menzies to the Agency. 

Jean, who joins Emily Glenister's list, is an author, presenter and ancient historian born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has a PhD in classics from the University of Roehampton, specialising in violence against women, political rhetoric and Greek mythology.​
​In 2020, she won the BAMB Breakthrough Author award for her first children's non-fiction book, Greek Myths: Meet the heroes, gods, and monsters of ancient Greece, (Dorling Kindersley). She has since written and given talks on history and myth for all ages and is currently working on some new fiction projects inspired by her background as a historian and mythology nerd.
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DHH News Roundup 24th - 30th April 2023

5/1/2023

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As we head into a brand new month, so we have some brand new Kindle Monthly Deals for you! Whether you're taking yourself away for the many Bank Holidays, or just fancied a little weekend reading, there's something for everyone.

​Simply click on the jacket below to take you straight to the deal.
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Congratulations to Diana Kessler, who last week saw her book, Health via the Mouth published in Germany. ​The book, published by De Gruyters, takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of our oral cavity and takes you to more distant regions of your body that are related to it.
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The cover for the new novel by M. J. Robotham has been revealed! The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux is out with Aria, Head of Zeus in January 2024.
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Everyone knows Ruby Devereaux’s books. But no one knows her story ... until now.

From wartime England to modern day London, via New York, Berlin and Vietnam, in the midst of parties, scandals and conflict zones, and of course, meeting many men along the way, Ruby Devereaux has lived one hell of a life. And in a writing career spanning seven decades, she’s poured it all into her work.

But now in her 80s, Ruby’s life has slowed down, and her typewriter has been put away. Until a call from her publisher persuades Ruby she has one more book in her. Her agent Marina is under no illusion that Ruby is writing her memoirs for the money ... but even now, Ruby has the power to surprise – and whatever Ruby does, she does on her own terms.
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But is she really about to reveal the secrets of her infamous life? ​

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Also published last week was the devastatingly poignant and powerful memoir from Louise Beech, Eighteen Seconds.

​In it, Beech looks back on the events that led to the day her mother wrote down her last words, then jumped off the Humber Bridge. She missed witnessing the horror herself by minutes. Louise recounts the pain and trauma of her childhood alongside her love for her siblings with a delicious dark humour and a profound voice of hope for the future.

We were delighted to welcome Tom Brown to the Agency last week. Tom, who joins David Headley's list, will be working with him on his debut novel, Tailbone Lake​.
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Our final published book last week was the eBook for Jo Thomas' gorgeous new getaway read, Summer at the Ice Cream Cafe. 

A dream home. A big mistake? A recipe for change.
​Will the Valentino family legacy be lost forever? Or can Beca create a new recipe for happiness?
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Huge congratulations to both M. W. Craven and Victoria Selman, both of whom saw their respective books, The Botanist and Truly, Darkly, Deeply longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023.
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The award celebrates excellence, originality, and the very best in crime fiction from UK and Irish authors. A highlight in the literary calendar, past winners include Denise Mina, Steve Cavanagh, Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre. Awarded annually as part of Harrogate International Festivals’ Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the winner receives a cheque for £3000, and an engraved oak beer cask, hand-carved by one of Britain’s last coopers from Theakstons Brewery.

Cast your vote now!


Finally, we are delighted for client Robert Rutherford who has signed a two-book deal with Hodder & Stoughton, with the first - Seven Days - due for publication in 2024 and book 2 in 2025. The World All Languages deal was negotiated by David Headley.
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Seven Days ​is described as “a fast-paced, high-octane crime novel about Alice, whose world is shattered when her estranged father is put on death row for murder and given seven days to live". The publisher added: “Alice knows her father is guilty of abandoning her. She knows he’s guilty of being unfaithful to her mother. But is he guilty of murder? She has one chance to save him from execution – but after the childhood she had, does she want to?"
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Hodder Fiction snares two ‘high-octane’ novels from Rutherford

4/27/2023

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Hodder Fiction has acquired two new books by Robert Rutherford, a founding member of the Northern Crime Syndicate crime writers’ group who has been shortlisted twice for the CWA Short Story Daggers.

Crime and Thriller publisher Phoebe Morgan bought world all language rights to Seven Days and a second novel from David Headley, with the first title due to publish in spring 2024. The second novel will publish in 2025.

Seven Days is described as “a fast-paced, high-octane crime novel about Alice, whose world is shattered when her estranged father is put on death row for murder and given seven days to live". The publisher added: “Alice knows her father is guilty of abandoning her. She knows he’s guilty of being unfaithful to her mother. But is he guilty of murder? She has one chance to save him from execution – but after the childhood she had, does she want to?"

Rutherford said: “I’m absolutely delighted to be working with an editor of Phoebe’s calibre, and can’t wait to get started with her and the rest of the team. Hodder feels like the perfect home for Seven Days. With the passion and enthusiasm they’ve shown for it already, I can’t wait to work together on this and other projects."

Morgan said she fell in love with the pitch for Seven Days and then was “blown away by the manuscript". “What stood out for me is the fact that not only is this a high concept novel with a brilliant clear hook, it’s also a layered, deeper story about a daughter’s complex relationship with the father that abandoned her,” she said.

“This story feels so wonderfully global in scope, too – Alice’s journey takes her from Newcastle to America, with a whirlwind ride in between, and reading it was a very visual, cinematic experience. I can’t wait to share it with readers in 2024. It’s also a privilege to share a book with David Headley and the wonderful team at DHH and Goldsboro.”
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Headley commented: “I’ve been keen to share a book with Phoebe for quite some time and when Rob delivered the utterly gripping read that is Seven Days, I immediately thought of her. I am thrilled that Rob, who is such a talented author, has found his new publishing home with Phoebe and Hodder. Their immediate passion for the book blew Rob and me away — I can’t wait to see what they do.” 

​From The Bookseller article | Lauren Brown
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