This week, there were not one, not two, but THREE reviews in three of Australia's top publications for Liberation, the novelised true-story of Nancy Wake by Imogen Kealey and client Imogen Robertson:

​"Difficult to put down."
Courier Mail

"A thrilling, novelised account of Wake's time in France, which vividly recreates some of her amazing exploits and the dangerous time through which she lived."
Sydney Daily Telegraph

"An incredible true story."
​Who Weekly

Amy McLellan appeared on the blog Off the Shelf books, to take part in the blog's 'Best of Crime' feature, where Amy discusses all things crime writing, from her favourite author and fictional detective to her best writing tip. Amy's debut psychological thriller, Remember Me, was released in paperback last week. 

Catch up here. 

There are two DHH books listed in Kobo's 'First In A Series' promo, running from 24th - 28th April. For a limited time only, Adrian Magson's first Inspector Lucas Rocco book, Death On the Marais and Deadly Focus, the debut DI Jack Dylan book by R.C. Bridgestock are only 99p. 

Click on the titles above to take you to the deal. 

Ragnar has also written a short story for Scotland's Daily Record, set in the Icelandic town of Siglufjördur, the very same town where his Dark Iceland series, featuring Ari Thor, is set. 

Congratulations to Tania Cross, who has had three backlist titles sold to Joffe Books, for World English Language in a deal negotiated by Broo Doherty. 

​The books are The Gunpowder Girl, The Quarry Girl and The Railway Girl. All three are of the saga genre, for which Tania is best known for and are set in beautiful Dartmoor.

​More news on this great new series soon!

Finally, we are delighted to reveal the cover for Micaiah Johnson's forthcoming SFF debut, The Space Between Worlds. 

Set for release in August 2020, the book is a cross between Mad Max and Blake Crouch's Dark Matter. 

In a world where travelling between parallel earths has become possible, there is just one problem in that no one can visit earth where they are still alive. Born in the wastelands outside of Wiley City, Cara is dead in all but eight of the 382 worlds have been unlocked. Now she's landed a job travelling the 'multiverse', but the information Cara gathers on other earths reveals terrible truths about the nature of her own world meaning she faces a harrowing choice: should she risk everything she's worked for to expose the truth?

The book was sold as a pre-empt to Hodder & Stoughton, in a deal negotiated by Harry Illingworth, on behalf of Cameron McClure at Donald Mass Literary Agency. US rights were sold to Crown, who are planning a simultaneous publication. 

A special date for your diaries!

Abi Elphinstone's next Unmapped Chronicles book, Jungledrop, has been moved to 1st October. 

Jungledrop follows on from the first in the series, Rumblestar, and this time, we are following eleven-year-old twins, Fix and Fibber, who have been rivals as long as they can remember. ​Only one of them will inherit the family fortune and so a race is afoot to save the dwindling Petty-Squabble empire and win the love of their parents.
 
But when the twins are whisked off to Jungledrop, a magical Unmapped Kingdom in charge of conjuring our world’s weather, things get wildly out of hand. An evil harpy called Morg is on the loose. And if she finds the long-lost Forever Fern before the twins, both Jungledrop and our world will crumble.
 
Suddenly, Fox and Fibber find themselves on an incredible adventure in a glow-in-the-dark rainforest full of golden panthers, gobblequick trees and enchanted temples. But, with the fate of two worlds in their hands, will the twins be able to work together for once to defeat Morg and her dark magic?

Can't wait until October? Well, luckily, Abi has got the first three chapters ready to read on her website! Click here to see more. 

Competition time!

M.W. Craven is holding a fantastic giveaway opportunity to lucky Carlisle residents. 

As well as a hand-delivered advance proof copy of his forthcoming Washington Poe book, The Curator (out June 2020), a five litre box of Spun Gold bitter, courtesy of Carlisle Brewery, will be included in the prize. 

Provided you have a Carlisle postcode beginning with CA1-CA8, then you could be Mike's winner! Just head on over to the pinned post on his Facebook author's page to enter. 

The wonderful accolades keep rolling in for Amanda Jennings' forthcoming The Storm. This time, from none other than Adele Parks:

"Beautifully written, chilling, absorbing."

We couldn't agree more. The Storm​, Amanda's second book with HQ, is due for publication on 23rd July 2020, and you can pre-order your copy here. 

Stephen Moss made a guest appearance on Chris Packham's Self-Isolating Bird Club on Friday 17th April.

​You can catch up here. 

Staying with Stephen, the cover for his next book, The Swallow​​: A Biography, was recently revealed and are very excited to show it to you here. 

The Swallow is the next in Stephen's 'Biography' series, following The Robin, The Wren and The Twelve Birds of Christmas which, it has to be said, make a stunning addition to any bookshelf. 

​With beautiful illustrations throughout, this captivating year-in-the-life account reveals the hidden secrets of this iconic bird that lives right on our doorstep and will be published in October 2020. Pre-order your copy here. 

Finally, we are delighted by the news that Infernal, the debut SFF novel by Mark de Jager, plus one other title, have been bought be Rebellion Publishing as part of a rebranding for the series, The Chronicles of Stratus.

Originally published by Del Rey in 2017, Rebellion have reacquired the rights and have bestowed upon it a brand new cover, which we love here at DHH. 

Infernal is due for rerelease in November 2020 and you will be able to pre-order soon!

#StayHomeSaveLives

We'd like to start this week's roundup with the brilliant news that Anita Frank has been longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, for her debut novel, The Lost Ones. 

The Glass Bell is the only Award that awards simply great storytelling, regardless of genre. The winner receives £2,000 and a hand-blown, engraved glass bell. 

Shortlistees will be announced on Monday 11th May, and the winner on Thursday 2nd July.

​To read more about the Anita's longlisting, click here. 

The blog tour for Brian McGilloway's The Last Crossing is well and truly underway and we are thrilled with the reaction thus far:

"An outstanding read which will remain with me, I cannot recommend it highly enough."
Hair Past A Freckle blog

"The Last Crossing is quite simply a brilliant piece of fiction, which is both gripping and riveting in equal measure."
Next to the Aisle blog

"The writing it a cut above, it’s simply quite a stunning read. A brutal dark read, that shows how far-reaching past mistakes can be."
Alex J Books blog

In addition, over on Next to the Aisle blog, Brian was interviewed by its host, Jamie, and you can catch up with that interview here.

The Waiting Rooms, the irrefutably timely debut novel by Eve Smith was published in eBook last week (the paperback will follow later this year). 

What if antibiotics stopped working?
And even a scratch from a pet could kill?
What if hospitals could no longer care for the elderly?
Because there was no way to treat them?
No drugs. No miracles. Just fear.

Download your copy here.

Looking for something to read? Then Kobo's got you sorted!

Until the 22nd April, both The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway and Payback by R.C. Bridgestock are only a fraction of their original price!

Click here to see more.

Finally, Lucinda Hawksley will be doing a Facebook Live event on Charles Dickens for the Galveston Historical Foundation, on the 8th May, 8pm UK time and 2pm US time. 

​More info here.

The debut novel from Anita Frank, The Lost Ones, has been longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2020 and we couldn't be more delighted for this much-deserving book. 

Published by HQ in October 2019, and set in 1917 England, the story follows Stella Marcham, recently widowed, who goes to stay with her sister and brother-in-law at their stately home, Greyswick - but she arrives to discover a house of unease and her sister gripped by fear and suspicion. Aided by a wounded war veteran, Stella sets about uncovering Greyswick’s dark and terrible secrets – secrets the dead whisper from the other side…

On its release, the book garnered much praise, including being chosen as one of the Sunday Times' picks for their Historical Roundup; included in MyWeekly's Best Books of 2019 and was a Woman & Home Book Club pick for November 2019. 

"A brilliantly gothic adventure - and the perfect winter page-turner."
Sunday Mirror

"A welcome addition to the genre... [a] superior slice of gothic fiction."
Red Online

“If you enjoyed The Woman In Black by Susan Hill read The Lost Ones by Anita Frank… a spine-tingling gothic tale of family tragedy, loss and redemption.” 
MyWeekly

"Dark and devilish."
Sunday Post

"[An] eerie, emotionally supernatural tale."
S magazine

"This spine-tingling debut from Anita Frank is... the perfect chilling read as the nights turn colder and longer." 
OK magazine

The shortlist for the Glass Bell Award will be announced on Monday 11th June, with the winner to be revealed on Thursday 2nd July. 

ABOUT THE GLASS BELL AWARD
Launched in 2017, the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award is awarded annually to an outstanding work of contemporary fiction, rewarding quality storytelling in any genre. The winner of the Glass Bell will receive £2,000 in prize money, and a handmade, engraved glass bell. The jury of ten consists of team members from Goldsboro Books, DHH Literary Agency and The Dome Press. There is no fee, or limit to the number of books that a publisher may submit, allowing both established and debut authors a chance to win. Previous winners are Chris Cleave, for Everyone Brave is Forgiven (Sceptre), John Boyne for The Heart’s Invisible Furies (Transworld) and Christina Dalcher for VOX (HQ). 

To see the full longlist and read more about each author, click here. 

We hope everyone is staying safe and well at the moment.

If, like us, you have a towering TBR pile, then you may be set for reading for the time being, however there are some fantastic eBook deals happening at the moment which we just had to let you know about. 

The late, great Melody Sachs' The Girl from the Tyne is included in GoogleBooks' April Monthly Promo for only 99p.

Neon, the crime thriller from G.S. Locke, is just £1.99 on Kindle. Think Killing Eve with Jo Nesbo's The Snowman, in this character-led crime thriller.

Forget Me, Andrew Ewart's mind-bending debut novel is a staggeringly low £1.99 on Kindle. "A compelling psychological thriller that kept me gripped to the last page." - ​Sarah J. Harris

Finally, as part of HarperVoyager's 'Start Your Voyage' promo, they've slashed the price of David Wragg's debut The Black Hawks to just 99p - never let it be said that David isn't a cheap date...

Amanda Jennings' forthcoming The Storm has been given a fabulous quote by none other than Lisa Jewell:

"Amanda Jennings is a writer on the ascendant and The Storm is her best novel yet. This twisty, malevolent and gripping story of a controlling husband and his oddly compliant wife was virtually impossible to put down. The dark and craggy Cornwall backdrop is exquisitely drawn and the sense of foreboding that runs through the whole novel is masterfully done."

The Storm will be published by HQ in July 2020. 

Proving that an author's work really is timeless, the late Una-Mary Parker's Grenville Trilogy has had its eBook World English Rights rights sold to Canelo, in a deal negotiated by Broo Doherty. 

​The Grenville Sisters, The Grenville Affair and The Grenville Legacy are due for publication this summer.  

Thank you Lancashire Live for including M.W. Craven's The Puppet Show and Anna Jacobs' Farewell To Lancashire in their article '100 Books To Read In Lockdown'. 

​To see the article in full, click here.

Jim Beckett's debut MG series, which features exploding caravan toilets and a rescue mission in the afterlife, has been snapped up by Egmont.

Caravan at the Edge of Doom and one other title was bought by Egmont's senior fiction editor, Sarah Levison, for World Rights, in a deal negotiated by Hannah Sheppard. Caravan...  will be launched in spring 2021, with the follow-up coming in early 2022. Congratulations, Jim!

​To read more about the deal, click here. 

Last week saw three of our clients' books published, and what wonderful books they are!

First up is James Goodhand's debut YA Last Lesson (PRH Children's). This is an important book that we can guarantee you will not be able to put down until you turn the last page. James was one of our very first pitchers at our #PitchDHH session and we couldn't be more thrilled with how far the book has come. 

Next, Anna Jacobs' A Widow's Courage (Hodder & Stoughton), which is the second in her Birch End series and follows A Daughter's Journey. Lancashire, 1934. When her husband suddenly dies, Stella comes in to some money and moves to Birch End to begin a new life - but is anything ever that easy? 

Finally, Brian McGilloway's new book The Last Crossing was released (Dome Press) and it's safe to say has been incredibly well-received, even pre-publication! "Poetic, humane and gripping" Ian Rankin; "The writing is exquisite" Jane Casey; "A riveting story about loss and guilt" Steven Cavanagh; "[a] thoughtful, moving, morally complex book" Irish Times.

Delighted to show you two covers that were unveiled last week:

First up, is Carys Jones' The List. If you like your psychological thrillers with a touch of the twisted, then this one is most definitely for you.

Beth Belmont runs every day, hard and fast on the trail near home. She knows every turn, every bump in the road. So when she spots something out of place - a slip of white paper at the base of a tree - she's drawn to it.
    On the paper are five names. The third is her own.
   Beth can't shake off the unease the list brings. Why is she on it? And what ties her to the other four strangers? 
   Then she discovers that the first two names are both dead. 
​   Is she next? 

The List is published by Orion in July 2020 (eBook) and paperback in December 2020.

Next, is the ninth in the Jack Lark series from Paul Fraser Collard, Fugitive. Paul has created an incredibly accomplished world with his hero, Jack Lark and we could not recommend these superb historical action-thrillers more. 

After five years away, Jack Lark - soldier, leader, imposter - is once more called to fight...
   London, 1868. Jack has traded the battlefield for business, running a thriving club in the backstreets of Whitechapel. But this underworld has rules and when Jack refuses to comply, he finds himself up against the East End's most formidable criminal - with devastating consequences.
   A wanted man, Jack turns to his friend Macgregor, an ex-officer, treasure hunter and his ticket out of England. Together they join the British army on campaign across the tablelands of Abyssinia to the fortress of Magdala, a high-stakes mission to free British prisoners captured by the notorious Emperor Tewodros.
   But life on the run can turn dangerous, especially in a land ravaged by war...

Fugitive will be published by Headline in August 2020. 

The second in Gerard O'Donovan's Tom Collins Mystery series, The Doom List garnered a lovely review from The People's Friend:

"O’Donovan weaves a fascinating, compelling story. Add this to the author’s gift for bringing the glamorous sights, sounds and atmosphere of silent-era Hollywood vividly to life, and you have an unmissable opportunity for escapism."