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- A smart, dark and highly contemporary private detective novel - Touches on difficult subjects such as Islamic radicalisation in ourjails - Detective protagonist Gethin Gray is a Rebus for the Corbyngeneration - Realistic and diverse cast of characters and a strong, originalnarrative

JOHN LINCOLN - FADE TO GREY

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___________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 92,000 words, Feb 2019 | RIGHTS: World all languages including audio andlarge print COMP TITLES: John Rebus series by Ian Rankin, Strike by Robert Galbraith/ J K Rowling RIGHTS SOLD: AUDIO/ WF Howes MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Proofs ___________________________________________________________________________________Gethin Grey is the man you call when there’s nowhere else to turn. His Last ResortLegals team investigates miscarriages of justice. But Gethin is running out of optionshimself: his gambling is out of control, his marriage is falling apart and there’s nomoney left to pay the wages… Izma M was sent down years ago for the brutal murder of a young woman. In jail he’swritten a bestseller and become a cult hero, and now the charismatic fading-film-starAmelia Laverne wants to bankroll Gethin to prove Izma's innocence. For Gethin – low on luck and cash – the job is heaven sent. But is Izma M really asblameless as his fans believe? This seemingly cold case is about to turn very hot indeed...

JOHN LINCOLN is the transparent pseudonym of John Williams, thenovelist, biographer and crime fiction reviewer for the Mail onSunday. In his twenties John Williams wrote a book called Into TheBadlands, about American crime fiction (‘John Williams's Into theBadlands opened up the world of American crime fiction for me anda generation’ – David Peace). His true crime account of a notoriousmiscarriage of justice, Bloody Valentine, is a cult classic, describedby Benjamin Zephaniah as his favourite book. Since then he’swritten eight more books including the Cardiff Trilogy of novels and abiography of Michael X.

'A terrific ride through the mean streets ofCardiff' - Mick Herron

- TV Option sold to Alistair Maclean-Clark (ex-Disney) at Revelation Content Media Ltd - A succession of fascinating cases presided over by Judge Walden at his South London CrownCourt and a humorous look behind the scenes at the characters who make it run - Retired resident judge Peter Murphy shines an irreverent, satirical light on the world of wigs,gowns and old-world courtesies. - Highlights the degradation of the British court system (just like the NHS, police and other morevisible public services) caused by austerity cutbacks - Imagine John Mortimer’s hugely popular Rumpole of the Bailey if he were a Judge, not aBarrister

PETER MURPHY - WALDEN OF BERMONDSEY SERIES

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___________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 416pp (125,000 words), July 2019 | RIGHTS: World including audio and largeprint | OTHER TITLES: Walden of Bermondsey (416pp, 125,000 words, Nov 2017) | Judge Walden:Back in Session (416pp, 125,000 words, May 2018) | COMP TITLES: Rumpole of the Bailey byJohn Mortimer | MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Final copies and manuscript of Book three ___________________________________________________________________________________

When Charlie Walden took on the job of Resident Judge of the Bermondsey CrownCourt, he was hoping for a quiet life. But he soon finds himself struggling to keep thepeace between three feisty fellow judges who have very different views about how to dotheir job, and about how Charlie should do his. And as if that’s not enough, there’s theendless battle against the Grey Smoothies; the humourless grey-suited civil servantswho seem determined to drown Charlie in paperwork and strip the court of its lastvestiges of civilisation. No hope of a quiet life then for Charlie, and there are times when his real job - trying thechallenging criminal cases that come before him - actually seems like light relief.

PETER MURPHY graduated from Cambridge University and spent a career inthe law, as an advocate, teacher, and judge. He has worked both in England andthe United States, and served for several years as counsel at the YugoslavianWar Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. In addition to the Judge Walden books, hehas written two political thrillers about the US presidency, and six historical/legalthrillers in the Ben Schroeder series; as well as several well-known legal texts.He lives in Cambridgeshire.

‘Judge Charles Walden isamply qualified for inclusionin any list of fictional NationalTreasures’ - Lord Judge,former Lord Chief Justice ofEngland and Wales

- Former Crown Court Judge swaps his gavel for a pen in this popularlegal series - An absorbing courtroom drama that will keep you gripped until thefinal verdict, for fans of Silk, Judge John Deed and Law & Order - Highly authentic portrayal of historical British courtroom, barristeriallife and courtroom procedure appropriate for the late 1960/70s setting - Series based on real life historical events and themes - Uses historical context to raise questions about certaincontemporary issues - Each book in the series works as a standalone

PETER MURPHY - ONE LAW FOR THE REST OF US

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_______________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 352pp (100,000 words), Dec 2018 | RIGHTS: World including audio and large print |OTHER TITLES: Ben Schroeder novels: A Higher Duty (AUDIO/Audible), A Matter for the Jury, And IsThere Honey Still for Tea?, The Heirs of Owain Glyndwr, Calling Down the Storm. Political Thrillers:Removal (US/Skyhorse), Test of Resolve | MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Final pdf _______________________________________________________________________________________Two generations of abuse... one shocking conspiracy... a woman determined to expose it all... When Audrey Marshall sends her daughter Emily to the religious boarding school where she herselfwas educated a generation before, memories return – memories of a culture of child sexual abusepresided over by a highly-regarded priest. Audrey turns to barrister Ben Schroeder in search ofjustice for Emily and herself. But there are powerful men involved, men determined to protectthemselves at all costs. Will they succeed? Is there indeed one law for the rich and powerful, andone law for…?

PETER MURPHY graduated from Cambridge University and spent a career inthe law, as an advocate, teacher, and judge. He has worked both in Englandand the United States, and served for several years as counsel at theYugoslavian War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. In addition to the JudgeWalden books, he has written two political thrillers about the US presidency, andsix historical/legal thrillers in the Ben Schroeder series; as well as several well-known legal texts. He lives in Cambridgeshire.

‘Murphy's clever legal thriller revels in the chicanery of the Englishlaw courts of the period’ - Independent

- Over a million copies sold worldwide - #1 ebook bestseller - CWA New Blood Dagger Shortlist & Dagger in the Library longlist

LEIGH RUSSELL - THE DI GERALDINE STEEL SERIES

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___________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: Approx. 88,000 words, June 2019 | RIGHTS: World including audio and large print| COMP AUTHORS: Robert Bryndza, Angela Marsons, Peter James | RIGHTS SOLD:US/HarperCollins (Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, ColdSacrifice, Race to Death, Blood Axe), ITALIAN/Arnoldo Mondadori (Cut Short, Dead End),GERMAN/Basteii Lubbe (Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End), FRENCH/City Editions (Cut Short),TURKISH/Kalkedon Yayinlari (Death Bed, Dead End, Stop Dead, Road Closed), LARGE PRINT/WFHowes (Cut Short, Dead End, Road Closed, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act, Cold Sacrifice, Raceto Death), AUDIO/Audible (Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, ColdSacrifice) AUDIO/ISIS (Fatal Act, Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Class Murder) MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Finished copies FOREIGN LANGUAGE RIGHTS CONTACT: Kathrin Scheel, This Book Travels CHINESE RIGHTS CONTACT: Cherry Zhou, Rightol Media ____________________________________________________________________________________

LEIGH RUSSELL is the author of the internationally bestselling Geraldine Steelseries: Cut Short, Road Closed, Dead End, Death Bed, Stop Dead, Fatal Act,Killer Plan, Murder Ring, Deadly Alibi and Class Murder. The series has sold overa million copies worldwide. Cut Short was shortlisted for the Crime WritersAssociation (CWA) John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award, and Leigh has beenlonglisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award. Her books have been #1 onAmazon Kindle and iTunes with Stop Dead and Murder Ring selected as finalistsfor The People’s Book Prize. Leigh is chair of the CWA’s Debut Dagger Awardjudging panel and is a Royal Literary Fellow. Leigh studied at the University ofKent, gaining a Masters degree in English and American Literature. She ismarried with two daughters and a granddaughter, and lives in London.

'Brilliant and chilling, Leigh Russell delivers a cracker of a read!' -Martina Cole

J PAUL HENDERSON - DAISY

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________________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 88,000 words, Summer 2020 | RIGHTS: World including audio and large print | COMPTITLES: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Rosie Project |OTHER TITLES: Last Bus to Coffeeville (2015), Last of the Bowmans (2016), Larry and the Dog People(2017) RIGHTS SOLD: AUDIO/Audible (Last Bus to Coffeeville, Last of the Bowmans), GERMAN/Diogenes(Last Bus to Coffeeville, Last of the Bowmans), POLAND/PWN (Last Bus to Coffeeville) MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Unedited manuscript FOREIGN LANGUAGE RIGHTS CONTACT: Kathrin Scheel, This Book Travels ________________________________________________________________________________________

J PAUL HENDERSON was born and grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, gained aMaster's degree in American Studies and travelled to Afghanistan. He worked in afoundry, as a bus conductor, trained as an accountant and then, when the opportunityto return to academia arose, left for Mississippi, returning four years later with adoctorate in 20thC US History and more knowledge of Darlington Hoopes than wasarguably necessary. (Hoopes was a Pennsylvanian socialist and the last presidentialcandidate of the American Socialist Party). American History departments were eitherclosing or contracting, so he opted for a career in publishing, most of which was spentselling textbooks, in one position or other, for John Wiley & Sons. He lives in a house inEngland, drives a car and owns a television set. And that's about it.

- A funny and touching story of one man's quest to find true love - Full of laugh out loud passages and tender moments - Break out title for this author - Uplit fiction is on trend - For fans of The Rosie Project, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Unlikely Pilgrimage ofHarold Fry - Author previously selected for World Book Night and longlisted for the 2016 Dublin Literary Award

As soon as Herod (Rod) Pinkney sets eyes on Daisy while watching her on an episode ofareality television show, he knows that she is the woman of his dreams. His heart and mindmade up, he sets out to meet the love of his life. Along the way, he finds himself making aseries of unexpected friendships and navigating a range of funny occurrences, incidents andadventures. But will the course of true love ever run smoothly for this unlikely hero?

'There's a book in this, Rod', he'd said, 'and a book that could well capture thenation's imagination. I used to be a literary agent and I know these things.'

ALSO BY J PAUL HENDERSON

NICK RENNISON - MORE RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

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__________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 120,000 words, May 2019 | RIGHTS: World including audio and large print |OTHER TITLES: Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (2016), Supernatural Sherlocks (2017), Rivals ofDracula (2015) MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Finished manuscript __________________________________________________________________________________

NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in theVictorian era and in crime fiction. He has written several Pocket Essential guidespublished by Oldcastle Books including Short History of the Polar Exploration,Roget, Freud and Robin Hood. He is the editor of two anthologies: The Rivals ofSherlock Holmes and The Rivals of Dracula, both collections of short stories. Heis also the author of The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100Must-Read Crime Novels and Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. Hisdebut crime novel, Carver’s Quest, set in nineteenth century London, waspublished by Atlantic Books. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Timesand BBC History Magazine.

Sherlock Holmes remains the most famous of all fictional detectives. But he was not theonly solver of crimes to patrol the gaslit streets of late Victorian and Edwardian London.The years between 1890 and 1914 were the heyday of the English (and American) storymagazines and their pages were filled with platoons of private detectives, police officersand eccentric criminologists. These were the ‘Rivals of Sherlock Holmes’ and this second anthology of stories editedby Nick Rennison, author of Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography, highlightsfifteen of them.

- Nick Rennison has uncovered yet more classic detective storiesfrom the golden era of crime writing - A sequel to the very popular first volume - Will undoubtedly appeal to the millions of Sherlock Holmes fanseager for more - Stories never before collected together in this original anthology

'A book which will delight fans ofcrime fiction' - Verbal Magazine

- Novel inspired by the mysterious death of the author's uncle – Frank Olson, a government scientistwho worked on biological weapons – who was possibly killed by the CIA in 1953. The cold case wasexplored by the Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris in recent Netflix series, Wormwood - A suspenseful, literary novel looking at one of the CIA’s darkest secrets, and how the governmentcan turn against one of its own - Strong sales of author backlist, particularly in ebook

PAUL VIDICH - THE COLDEST WARRIOR

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________________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 256pp (74,000 words), Oct 2019 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canada includingaudio and large print | OTHER RIGHTS: Caspian Dennis, Abner Stein | OTHER TITLES: An HonorableMan (2016), The Good Assassin (2017) MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Unedited manuscript ________________________________________________________________________________________

PAUL VIDICH is the acclaimed author of An Honorable Man and theGood Assassin. He's written about spy novels for the Wall Street Journaland was featured in Poets & Writers; he's received a starred review fromBooklist and raves from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus; and has reviewsfrom Elizabeth Kostova, Joseph Kanon, Olen Steinhauer and JayneAnne Phillips, among many others. Paul also wrote a feature for CrimeReads about his uncle’s case and how it affected him and his writing,which makes for fascinating reading.

'An Honorable Man is that rare beast: agood, old fashioned spy novel' - JohnConnolly, international bestselling author ofA Song of Shadows

1953. Hank Wilson, a government scientist died when he ‘jumped or fell’ from the ninth floor ofa Washington hotel. The details of the incident are buried for twenty-two years. 1975. With the release of the Rockefeller Commission report on illegal CIA activities, theWilson case suddenly becomes news again, with suspected foul play by the CIA. Wilson’sfamily and the public are demanding answers, and agents in the CIA, FBI and White House willdo anything to make sure the truth doesn’t get out... Enter agent John Newman, instructed by the CIA director to find out what really happened toWilson. It’s Newman’s last mission before he retires from the agency, and his most perilousone. Key witnesses connected to the case die from suspicious causes, and Newman realisesthat the closer he gets to the truth, the more his entire family is at risk...

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- A brilliantly plotted, addictive psychological thriller with a whollysatisfying ending - Acclaimed author is one of few people to win Anthony Award forcrime fiction multiple times - Dark, twisty plot explores what happens when one bad decisioncauses all your worst fears to come true - Assured and expertly drawn portrayal of a desperate, morally flawedprotagonist

JASON STARR - TOO FAR

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 320pp (83,000 words), Feb 2019 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canadaincluding audio and large print | OTHER RIGHTS: Murray Weiss, Catalyst Lit | OTHER PUBLISHERS:GERMANY/Diogenes, US/Oceanview Press

One night. One date. What have you got to lose? Jack Harper isn’t a bad man, but he’s stuck in a loveless marriage with a mediocre job, just trying tokeep sober. The only good thing in his life is his son. When an old college friend introduces him to anew extramarital dating website, he tentatively reaches out to find a distraction from his miserable life.But when he goes to meet up with his steamy online date, he quickly realises it was a dire choice. Soon, Jack finds himself desperately trying to prove his innocence for crimes he did not commit, andthe life he once had – unhappy as it was – is nothing but a dream. Now, he’s living his worstnightmare. . . Gripping and packed with shocking twists and turns, this intense psychological thriller plays with abasic anxiety we all harbour: What if one reckless decision could ruin your life forever?

JASON STARR is the international bestselling author of many crime novels andthrillers and his books have been published in over a dozen languages. He hasalso co-written several novels with Ken Bruen for Hard Case Crime and hiswork, which appears in comics for Marvel, D.C, Vertigo, and Boom! Studios,has featured Wolverine, The Punisher, Batman, Doc Savage, The Avenger,Ant-Man and The Sandman. Many of his books are in development for film andTV. Starr's bestselling crime novels include Cold Caller, Nothing Personal, Fake ID,Hard Feelings, Tough Luck and Twisted City, Lights Out, The Follower, PanicAttack and Savage Lane. He was born in Brooklyn and lives in Manhattan.

OTHER TITLES: Cold Caller (AUDIO/Audible, GERMANY/Diogenes, FRANCE/Fleuve Noir, ITALY/Meridiano Zero,SPAIN/Mondadori, POLAND/C&t), Fake ID (GERMANY/Diogenes, ITALY/Meridiano Zero, FRANCE/Fleuve Noir, POLISH/C&t),Nothing Personal (GERMANY/Diogenes, ITALY/Meridiano Zero, FRANCE/Fleuve Noir, POLISH/C&t), Hard Feelings(GERMANY/Diogenes, ITALY/Meridiano Zero, FRANCE/Rivages, POLAND/C&t), Lights Out (GERMANY/Diogenes,FRANCE/Fleuve Noir, POLAND/C&t), Panic Attack (GERMANY/Diogenes, FRANCE/Fleuve Noir, SPAIN/Umbriel), Tough Luck(GERMANY/Diogenes, FRANCE/Fleuve Noirm POLAND/C&t), The Follower (GERMANY/Diogenes, FRANCE/Fleuve Noir,POLAND/C&t), Twisted City (GERMANY/Diogenes, ITALY/Unorosso, FRANCE/Fleuve Noir, POLAND/C&t), Savage Lane(2015, AUDIO/Audible, US/Polis, GERMANY/Diogenes, ITALY/Unorosso) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

'Jason Starr is the real deal in a world where alot of people are faking it' - Laura Lippman

WILLIAM BOYLE - A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 352pp (96,000 words), March 2019 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canadaincluding audio and large print | COMP: Thelma and Louise, Goodfellas | OTHER PUBLISHERS:US/Pegasus | OTHER RIGHTS: Caspian Dennis, Abner Stein | OTHER TITLES: Gravesend (256pp,Jan 2018, UK & C ex Can), The Lonely Witness (73,000 words Oct 2018, UK & C ex Can) _____________________________________________________________________________________

WILLIAM BOYLE is from Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel,Gravesend, was published as #1,000 in the Rivages/Noircollection in France, where it was shortlisted for the Prix PolarSNCF 2017 and nominated for the Grand Prix de LittératurePolicière. Boyle is also the author of a book of short stories,Death Don’t Have No Mercy, and of another novel, Tout estBrisé, recently released in France by Gallmeister. He lives inOxford, Mississippi.

- Thelma and Louise meets Goodfellas when an unlikely trio ofwomen in New York find themselves banding together to escapethe clutches of violent figures from their pasts - Think Reservoir Dogs with a female cast; a wild ride crammedwith humour and violence - Author's debut novel shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger

After Brooklyn mob widow Rena Ruggiero hits her eighty-year-old neighbour Enzio on the head withan ashtray when he makes an unwanted move on her, she retreats to the Bronx home of her estranged daughter, Adrienne, and her granddaughter, Lucia, only to be turned away at the door. Their neighbor, Lacey “Wolfie” Wolfstein, a one-time Golden Age porn star and retired Florida Suncoast grifter, takes Rena in and befriends her. When Lucia discovers that Adrienne is planning to hit the road with her ex-boyfriend, she figures Rena is her only way out of a life on the run with a mother she can’t stand. Thestage is set for an explosion that will propel Rena, Wolfie, and Lucia down a strange path, each womanrunning from their demons, no matter what the cost. A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself is a screwball noir about finding friendship and family where you least expect it, in which William Boyle again draws readers into the familiar - and sometimesfrightening - world in the shadows at the edges of New York’s neighbourhoods.

'It’s the women who make this novel such agreat read. They are glorious and mad,

vulnerable, so human, and very, very funny' - Roddy Doyle

- A compulsively readable noir thriller and a raw and grittily realisticportrait of crime and punishment on Brooklyn streets - Deeply evocative setting, masterfully drawn characters and prose thatbristles with energy - Explores the notion of how place and the past influence who we are

WILLIAM BOYLE - THE LONELY WITNESS

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 256pp (76,000 words), October 2018 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canadaincluding audio and large print | OTHER PUBLISHERS: US/Pegasus, FRANCE/Rivages Noir,GERMANY/Polar Verlag | OTHER RIGHTS: Caspian Dennis, Abner Stein | OTHER TITLES:Gravesend (256pp, Jan 2018, UK & C ex Can) | COMP AUTHORS: Elmore Leonard, Dennis Lehane,George Pelecanos _____________________________________________________________________________________

Amy was once a party girl, but now she lives a lonely life. Helping the house-bound to receivecommunion in the Gravesend neighbourhood of Brooklyn, she knows the community well. Whena local woman goes missing, Amy senses something isn’t right. Tailing the woman’s suspicious son, she winds her way through Brooklyn’s streets. But beforeshe can act, he is dead. Captivated by the crime she’s witnessed and the murderer himself, Amydoesn’t call the cops. Instead, she collects the weapon from the sidewalk and soon finds herselfon the trail of a killer. Powerful and evocative, The Lonely Witness brings Brooklyn to life and exposes the harshrealities of crime and punishment on the city streets.

WILLIAM BOYLE is from Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel,Gravesend, was published as #1,000 in the Rivages/Noircollection in France, where it was shortlisted for the Prix PolarSNCF 2017 and nominated for the Grand Prix de LittératurePolicière. It is also shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Boyle isalso the author of a book of short stories, Death Don’t Have NoMercy, and of another novel, Tout est Brisé, recently released inFrance by Gallmeister. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

‘Bristling with energy, Gravesend marks Boyle outas a new name to watch’ – Guardian

‘A brave and gripping novel from start to finish’ – Big Issue

- For fans of Frederick Forsyth, Jack Higgins and Robert Harris. - Publication date, 6th June 2019, is the 75th anniversary of D-Day - Based on the unorthodox fighting methods of the SOE during theSecond World War, which Winston Churchill described as'ungentlemanly' and the shocking events of Hitler's miracle jet fighter: the ME 163 Komet.

HOWARD LINKSEY - UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 88,000 words, October 2018 | RIGHTS: World English Language including audioand large print | OTHER RIGHTS: Phil Patterson, Marjacq Scripts | OTHER TITLES: Hunting theHangman (88,000 words, UK & C ex Can, AUDIO/Audible) | COMP TITLES: Munich by Robert Harris _____________________________________________________________________________________A soldier and a spy, an officer but not quite a gentleman, Captain Harry Walsh is SOE’s secretweapon. Loathed by his own commanding officer, haunted by the death of his closest friend and trappedin a loveless marriage, Harry Walsh is close to burn out when he is ordered to assassinate theman behind the ME 163 Komet, Hitler’s miracle jet fighter. If Walsh fails, there is no prospect ofallied victory in Europe. Harry Walsh is ruthless, unorthodox and ungentlemanly. He is about to wreak havoc.

Howard Linskey is the author of five novels published by No Exit Press,including the David Blake crime series, The Drop, The Damage and The Dead.Harry Potter producer, David Barron optioned a TV adaptation of The Drop,which was voted one of the Top Five Thrillers of the Year by The Times. TheDamage was voted one of The Times' Top Summer Reads. He is also theauthor of two books set during WW2. Hunting the Hangman, is a historicalthriller about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague during WW2.His new novel Ungentlemanly Warfare features SOE agents Harry Walsh andEmma Stirling, as well as American OSS agent Sam Cooper. Howard is alsothe author of four books published by Penguin; including No Name Lane,Behind Dead Eyes, The Search and The Chosen Ones in a crime series set inthe north east of England, featuring DS Ian Bradshaw, with investigativejournalists Tom Carney and Helen Norton. Originally from Ferryhill in CountyDurham, he now lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Alison and daughter Erin.

'Linksey has delivered a superior historical thriller' -Crime Fiction Lover

- Stunning debut historical crime novel for fans of Laura Purcell's TheSilent Companions and Anna Mazzola's The Unseeing - Historical fiction is burgeoning market, especially with female lead - Set in 1880s Birmingham, a setting made popular by BBC dramaPeaky Blinders - Deals with topical themes of maternal mental health and motherhood - No Exit Superlead title for 2019 - Proofs available

CAROLYN KIRBY - THE CONVICTION OF CORA BURNS

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_________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 320pp, March 2019 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canada including largeprint | OTHER PUBLISHERS: US/Dzanc Books | COMP TITLES: The Silent Companions by LauraPurcell, The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola | OTHER RIGHTS: Andrew Lownie @ Andrew Lownie LitAgency | MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Proofs _________________________________________________________________________________

To believe in her future, she must uncover her past... Birmingham, 1885. Born in a gaol and raised in a workhouse, Cora Burns has always struggled to controlthe violence inside her. Haunted by memories of a terrible crime, she seeks a new life working as a servant inthe house of scientist Thomas Jerwood. Here, Cora befriends a young girl, Violet, whoseems to be the subject of a living experiment. But is Jerwood also secretly studyingCora…?

Originally from Sunderland, Carolyn Kirby studied history at St Hilda’sCollege, Oxford, before working in social housing and then as a teacherof English as a foreign language. Her debut novel, The Conviction of Cora Burns, (previously titled Half ofYou) was begun in 2013 on a writing course at Faber Academy inLondon. The novel has achieved success in several competitionsincluding as finalist in the 2017 Mslexia Novel Competition and as winnerof the inaugural Bluepencilagency Award. Carolyn has two grown-up daughters and lives with her husband in ruralOxfordshire.

'A Charles Dickens of the 21st Century' - Jay Neugeboren, literary critic and author of

Imagining Robert

- ‘You either love The Wire, or you’ve never seen it!’ - The definitive oral history of the iconic TV show - Includes commentary from people involved in making of the show, fromdirector and producers, to actors, to the real people on whom manycharacters were based - Enduring popularity of The Wire is indisputable; Facebook fan page hasover 1.8million likes - Celebrity endorsers of the show include former President Barack Obama

JONATHAN ABRAMS - ALL THE PIECES MATTER

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___________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 352pp (128,000 words), May 2018 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canadaincluding audio and large print | OTHER PUBLISHERS: US/Crown | COMP TITLES: The Wire:Truth be Told by Rafael Alvarez and David Simon | RIGHTS SOLD: AUDIO/Audible ___________________________________________________________________________________

Since its final episode aired in 2008, the acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become morepopular and influential. The issues it tackled, from the failures of the drug war and criminaljustice system to systemic bias in law enforcement and other social institutions, have becomemore urgent and topical. The show's actors, such as Idris Elba and Dominic West, have gone onto become major stars. Its creators and writers, including David Simon and Richard Price, havedeveloped dedicated cult followings of their own. Universities use the show to teach everythingfrom film theory, to criminal justice and sociology. Politicians and activists reference it whendiscussing policy. When critics compile lists of the Greatest TV Shows of All Time, The Wireroutinely takes the top spot. It is arguably one of the greatest works of art America has producedin the 21st century. But while there has been a great deal of critical analysis of the show and its themes, until nowthere has never been a definitive, behind-the-scenes take on how it came to be made. Withunparalleled access to all the key actors and writers involved in its creation, Jonathan Abramstells the astonishing, compelling, and complete account of The Wire, from its inception andcreation through to its end and powerful legacy.

JONATHAN ABRAMS is an award-winning journalist who writesfor Bleacher Report. He is the author of the New York Timesbestselling Boys Among Men. He was previously a staff writer atGrantland, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times andis a graduate of the University of Southern California.

'This isn't just a book about The Wire, but also about crime, politics,social structures, media and the struggles to create an enduring

masterpiece' - Jonathan Abrams

AUSMA ZEHANAT KHAN - THE ESA KHATTAK AND RACHEL GETTYMYSTERIES

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___________________________________________________________________________________ BOOK DETAILS: 104,000 words, Jan 2019 | RIGHTS: UK & Commonwealth ex Canada includingaudio and large print | OTHER PUBLISHERS: US/St Martins Press | OTHER RIGHTS: ChrisScheina St Martins Press | RIGHTS SOLD: Audio (Bolinda) | OTHER TITLES: The Unquiet Dead(July 2017), The Language of Secrets (July 2018), No Place of Refuge (July 2019) ___________________________________________________________________________________

On leave from Canada's Community Policing department, Esa Khattak is traveling in Iran,reconnecting with his cultural heritage and seeking peace in the country’s beautiful mosques andgardens. But Khattak’s supposed break from work is cut short when he’s approached by aCanadian government agent in Iran, asking him to look into the death of renowned Canadian-Iranianfilmmaker Zahra Sobhani. Zahra was murdered at Iran’s notorious Evin prison, where she’d beenseeking the release of a well-known political prisoner. Khattak quickly finds himself embroiled inIran’s tumultuous politics and under surveillance by the regime, but when the trail leads back toZahra’s family in Canada, Khattak calls on his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, for help. Rachel uncovers a conspiracy linked to the Shah of Iran and the decades-old murders of a group ofIran’s most famous dissidents. As Khattak gets caught up in the fate of Iran’s political prisoners,Rachel sees through to the heart of the matter: Zahra’s murder may not have been a political crimeat all...

Ausma Zehanat Khan holds a Ph.D. in International Human Rights Lawwith a specialisation in military intervention and war crimes in the Balkans.She has practised immigration law and taught human rights law atNorthwestern University and York University. Formerly, she served asEditor in Chief of Muslim Girl magazine, the first magazine to reflect thelives of young Muslim women. Her debut novel, The Unquiet Dead, won theBarry Award, the Arthur Ellis Award and the Romantic Times ReviewersChoice Award for Best First Novel. She is a longtime community activistand writer. Born in Britain, Ausma lived in Canada for many years beforerecently becoming an American citizen. She lives in Colorado with herhusband.

'In Khan's hands, mysteries carry powerful messages' - Booklist

- Khan’s provocative third mystery featuring Esa Khattak: apowerful novel exploring the interplay between politics andreligion, and the intensely personal ripple effects of one woman'smurder - TV series adaptation underway by Lionsgate, with AllisonShearmur Productions (The Hunger Games) attached toproduce - Author is the previous winner of the Barry Award, the ArthurEllis Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awardfor Best First Novel

OLDCASTLE BOOKS - TRANSLATION, AUDIO AND LARGE PRINT

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