 | David Fennell's recently-published The Silent Man, the third in his Grace Archer series, picked up a fantastic endorsement from The Financial Times last week: "[A]n exercise in chilling the reader’s blood ... Fennell’s agenda here is the ratcheting up of suspense, and that’s done with aplomb." |
| The new spine-tingler from M. A. Hunter (aka Stephen Edger), The Trail, was published last week in eBook, POD and audio. Set in America's spooky Appalachian mountains, this is one you'll want to read with the lights on... Sometimes it's best to let the past stay buried... Thirty years ago, Jess's mother, Nora, disappeared while on a charity hike in the US. The devastating loss has afflicted Jess well into her adult life and even inspired her decision to become an investigative journalist. |  |
So when Jess receives an anonymous tip telling her that remains have been recovered in the spot her mother disappeared, she wastes no time in jumping on a plane.
They say the Appalachian Mountains have secrets, but as she begins to ask around, she learns that the locals do too. But no matter how much they lie, she is determined to find the truth - even if it will irrevocably change her future.
Someone wants to keep the past buried. And they will stop at nothing to keep Jess as quiet as the tranquil mountain trail itself...
They say the Appalachian Mountains have secrets, but as she begins to ask around, she learns that the locals do too. But no matter how much they lie, she is determined to find the truth - even if it will irrevocably change her future.
Someone wants to keep the past buried. And they will stop at nothing to keep Jess as quiet as the tranquil mountain trail itself...
 | Estonian rights for M. W. Craven's The Botanist, the fifth in his bestselling Washington Poe series, have been sold to Kirjastus Pegasus. |
| Published in January 2024, Emma Medrano's debut, Nothing Serious, has been given a wonderful quite by We Begin at the End author, Chris Whitaker: "Sharp, sublime, and achingly hopeful. Nothing Serious takes an honest and heartfelt look at loneliness and longing, friendship and survival. I loved it." |  |
 | Also published last week was the new gripping psych thriller from Becca Day, The Secrets We Buried. 'If you ever tell my secret, you'll be dead to me.' THE FRIEND: When ordinary mum Frankie moves into her new seaside home, it is a dream come true. Her new neighbours - glamorous Zara, ambitious Nadine and social butterfly Geneva - soon take her under their wing. The four women become inseparable. Until the morning when Geneva's body is found on the beach. |
THE HUSBAND: Suspicion is immediately cast on Geneva's husband. Everyone believes he must be guilty. But when the police don't charge him, he vanishes without trace. Now, five years later, he's back.
THE SUSPECTS: And he's not the only one. Soon no one is beyond suspicion. Dark secrets that have been hiding behind closed doors begin to be revealed, with devastating consequences.
But one person will do whatever it takes to make sure that one secret never comes to the surface...
THE SUSPECTS: And he's not the only one. Soon no one is beyond suspicion. Dark secrets that have been hiding behind closed doors begin to be revealed, with devastating consequences.
But one person will do whatever it takes to make sure that one secret never comes to the surface...
| Congratulations to Graham Bartlett, who has sold his third DS Jo Howe book, City on Fire, to current publisher Allison & Busby, who bought World English Language rights from David H Headley. The first in the Brighton-based crime series, Bad For Good, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. |  |
 | The New York Times has reviewed the recently-published Reykjavík from Ragnar Jónasson and Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir - and it's a belter! "Reykjavík his first collaboration with Katrin Jakobsdóttir — the country’s current prime minister, by the way — qualifies as a breakout: seamlessly plotted, with terrific characters and plenty of surprising, earned twists. Jónasson and Jakobsdóttir, beautifully translated by Victoria Cribb, demonstrate with understated brilliance how the truth rises to the surface, no matter how ugly it is or how powerful the players are." |
And finally, a huge congratulations to Maddie Please, who last week hit the 100,000 copies sold mark of her book, Sisters Behaving Badly!
An astonishng achievement and so very deserved.
An astonishng achievement and so very deserved.
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