 | We're kicking off the first of three publication days, on this week's DHH News Roundup, with David Fennell's third Grace Archer killer-thriller, The Silent Man. Don't make a sound, whatever you do... |
| Author of The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean, has given a fantastic endorsement for Frances White's upcoming debut novel, Voyage of the Damned: "I burned through this in about two days. Absolutely bloody brilliant! Voyage of the Damned is clever and comedic, while also heartfelt and harrowing. I hope readers will come to enjoy Dee's escapades as much as I did." This mind-blowing murder mystery will be published by Penguin Michael Joseph in January 2024. |  |
 | Also published last week was the debut non-fiction book from Lucy Fulford, The Exiled. Uganda, August 1972. President Idi Amin makes a shocking pronouncement – the country’s South Asian population is being expelled. They have ninety days to leave. This is a stunning and powerful insight into the 1972 expulsion of South Asians from Uganda. |
Congratulations to author Tom Hindle, who picked up the Historical Fiction Novel of the Year Award at Capital Crime's Fingerprint Awards 2023, for his debut A Fatal Crossing.
The reader-voted awards were presented at a ceremony last night (Thursday 31st August) at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral. With over 2,000 votes cast, the winners saw stiff competition from authors such as Janice Hallett, M W Craven, Ruth Ware and Vaseem Khan. The shortlist was revealed back in July.
The reader-voted awards were presented at a ceremony last night (Thursday 31st August) at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral. With over 2,000 votes cast, the winners saw stiff competition from authors such as Janice Hallett, M W Craven, Ruth Ware and Vaseem Khan. The shortlist was revealed back in July.
| The recently-released The Good Liars by Anita Frank, was selected as one of the 'best books of 2023' by The Times - as well as being a Sunday Times bestseller just over a week ago. "Frank’s plot is ingenious ... and she neatly weaves together various threads." |  |
HarperCollins has acquired The Killer’s Christmas List by Chris Frost.
Daisy Watt, commissioning editor at HarperNorth, acquired world all-language rights from David Headley for publication in paperback, e-book and audio on 23rd November 2023.
Frost is the author of 10 crime books under the name Chris McDonald, including the Erika Piper trilogy and The Stonebridge Mysteries. By day he is a scriptwriter and a regular voice on podcasts “The Blood Brothers” and “Friends of the North”.
Daisy Watt, commissioning editor at HarperNorth, acquired world all-language rights from David Headley for publication in paperback, e-book and audio on 23rd November 2023.
Frost is the author of 10 crime books under the name Chris McDonald, including the Erika Piper trilogy and The Stonebridge Mysteries. By day he is a scriptwriter and a regular voice on podcasts “The Blood Brothers” and “Friends of the North”.
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 | Victoria Selman's latest heart-pounding psychological thriller, All the Little Liars, was published last week, following the runaway success of her 2022 novel, Truly, Darkly, Deeply. What really happened at Turtle Lake? You think you know. Think again. |
| Over the past weekend, The Observer ran a superb piece on A. A. Dhand and the upcoming TV series, based on his bestselling books, Virdee. Catch up with the article here. |  |
The fifth in Stephen Moss' bird biographies series, The Owl, was acquired by current publisher Square Peg PRH.
Marianne Tatepo, publishing director at Square Peg, acquired world all-language rights in a two-book deal from Broo Doherty The Owl and an unnamed second project. The Owl will be published on 5th October 2023.
The publisher says: “Following his bestselling biographies of some of our favourite birds – The Robin, The Wren, The Swallow and The Swan – author and naturalist Stephen Moss now turns his attention to a group of birds we rarely see, occasionally hear, yet are always on our minds: the owls.”
Marianne Tatepo, publishing director at Square Peg, acquired world all-language rights in a two-book deal from Broo Doherty The Owl and an unnamed second project. The Owl will be published on 5th October 2023.
The publisher says: “Following his bestselling biographies of some of our favourite birds – The Robin, The Wren, The Swallow and The Swan – author and naturalist Stephen Moss now turns his attention to a group of birds we rarely see, occasionally hear, yet are always on our minds: the owls.”
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Finally, we are delighted to announce that we have rebranded its logo for the first time since the company’s inception in 2008, and unveiled plans for an "extensive" website overhaul.
MD David H Headley employed the services of Leeds-based digital agency Ascensor to help with the rebrand. The company’s David Eggington also created the logo for Headley’s Goldsboro Books.
While the new logo is now up and running as part of the agency, the website overhaul will be an “extensive” project, the agency says, scheduled to take place over the autumn and winter months later this year.
MD David H Headley employed the services of Leeds-based digital agency Ascensor to help with the rebrand. The company’s David Eggington also created the logo for Headley’s Goldsboro Books.
While the new logo is now up and running as part of the agency, the website overhaul will be an “extensive” project, the agency says, scheduled to take place over the autumn and winter months later this year.
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