Adult Trade Publishing NEW TITLES JANUARY – JUNE 2020
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I am delighted to present the first combined fiction and non-fiction catalogue for the Bonnier Books UK Adult Trade division. Our programme in the first half of 2020 ranges from serious non-fiction to true crime and from literary fiction to historical thrillers, reflecting our ambitious growth plans as a fully-fledged publisher. The bestseller lists in 2019 confirmed our reputation as the home of focused publishing, and we are looking forward to another six months of success for our talented and dedicated authors. The 2020 Zaffre list features some of the biggest brands in commercial fiction, as well as first-time novelists. Buried from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante, marks the beginning of a new series guaranteed to excite her many fans, while global bestseller Wilbur Smith’s Call of the Raven reunites readers with Mungo St John, one of his most intriguing characters. Acclaimed thriller writer Rory Clements’s astonishing Hitler’s Secret is perhaps his most accomplished novel yet, and we celebrate another Mother’s Day with the much-loved Rosie Goodwin’s 1930s-set Time to Say Goodbye. Contemporary thrillers include Deborah O’Connor’s unputdownable The Dangerous Kind, Chris Whitaker’s breakthrough literary crime novel We Begin at the End, and The Catch from T.M. Logan, author of this summer’s bestseller The Holiday. In women’s fiction, we welcome Anna McPartlin, author of The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes, with her heartbreaking new novel Below the Big Blue Sky. Our Blink and John Blake Publishing teams have a host of riches to offer in non-fiction. We are excited to publish The Art of Disruption by the irrepressible Magid Magid, MEP and former Lord Mayor of Sheffield. For
fans of Adam Kay and The Secret Barrister, The Secret GP is a fascinating behindthe-curtain look at the true front-lines of medicine, and Dr Simon Roberts reveals in The Power of Not Thinking the many surprising ways in which we learn. Meanwhile, John Blake Publishing’s true crime list goes from strength to strength, with books from renowned authors such as Christopher BerryDee and Cass Pennant. But perhaps the most significant development for us this year is the launch of our new imprint, Manilla Press. Named for Nedre Manilla, the country home of the Bonnier family, a monument to their tradition as patrons of the arts, Manilla Press will publish no more than eight books a year across both fiction and non-fiction, each chosen to reflect stories of our time. Our launch list includes The Foundling, Stacey Hall’s astonishing follow-up to The Familiars, 2019’s bestselling debut novel, and, also in February, the defining book on the climate crisis: The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, key players behind the Paris Climate Accord. Backed by a landmark marketing campaign, The Future We Choose offers a passionate and optimistic vision of a sustainable world. A rallying cry of unparalleled importance, all of us at Bonnier Books UK are proud to be part of its global message. Yours sincerely,
Kate Parkin Managing Director of Adult Trade Publishing, Bonnier Books UK
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Stasi Winter DAVID YOUNG A suspenseful and gripping thriller set in East Germany, from the bestselling author of Stasi Child. In the depths of the Republic’s catastrophic winter, Major Karin Müller is called upon to stop a group of ‘escapers’ from crossing the frozen Ostee. Ahead, her partner, Hauptmann Werner Tilsner, has caught up with the group – but is he arresting them, or assisting them . . . When a flash of red hair against the expanse of white stops Müller in her tracks. She’s in shock. A familiar young girl is on the Ostee. Codename: Wildcat. As tensions grow with Tilsner, and with a murder to solve, Müller must uncover the secrets of the state under the difficulties of the worst winter in history. East Yorkshire-born DAVID YOUNG began his East Germanset crime series on a creative writing MA. His debut, Stasi Child, won the course prize. Follow him on Twitter @djy_writer 9781785765469 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
PRAISE FOR DAVID YOUNG ‘Subtle, intelligent and gripping’ ABIR MUKHERJEE ‘Superb’ MASON CROSS ‘Chilling’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
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After She’s Gone
MICHAEL RUTGER
CAMILLA GREBE
A terrifying, breakneck thriller for fans of Stephen King.
Winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. A thriller perfect for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Will Dean’s Dark Pines.
THEY CAME LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. A group of explorers arrive in the remote town of Birchlake, Northern California, to investigate the appearance of mysterious stone walls.
In a small backwater town in Sweden, a young boy with a dark secret comes across a diary. As a cold case investigation suddenly becomes eerily current, a police investigator mysteriously disappears. What links these seemingly random events?
WHAT THEY FOUND WERE QUESTIONS. A teenage girl has disappeared without a trace.
As atrocious acts from the past haunt the present and lives are changed forever, some will struggle to remember – while others struggle to forget . . .
FOR NOT EVERYONE IS AS THEY SEEM. Soon it becomes clear that the two events may be connected in the most terrifying way. Because sometimes the walls we build end up closing us in . . . MICHAEL RUTGER is a screenwriter whose work has been optioned by major Hollywood studios. He lives in California with his wife and son. 9781785767654 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL RUTGER ‘Brilliant. Thrilling, tense, dark’ C.J. TUDOR ‘Crackles with claustrophobic tension’ SARAH PINBOROUGH
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The Possession
CAMILLA GREBE was born near Stockholm. She has written four celebrated crime novels, the first two of which were nominated for Swedish Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy. The Ice Beneath Her was Camilla’s debut novel as a solo author and announced her as a fresh new voice in suspense writing. 9781785764714 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
PRAISE FOR CAMILLA GREBE ‘Scandi-noir at its powerful bleakest’ DAILY MAIL ‘A gripping, atmospheric tale . . . Highly recommended’ ADAM HAMDY
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Hitler’s Secret RORY CLEMENTS Some secrets are kept closer than others. In the autumn of 1941, the war is going badly for Britain and its allies. If the tide is going to be turned against Hitler, a new weapon is desperately needed. In Cambridge, brilliant history professor Tom Wilde is asked by an American intelligence officer to help smuggle a mysterious package out of Nazi Germany – something so secret, even Hitler himself doesn’t know of its existence. Posing as a German-American industrialist, Wilde soon discovers the shocking truth about the ‘package’, and why the Nazis will stop at nothing to prevent it leaving Germany. With ruthless killers loyal to Martin Bormann hunting him down, Wilde makes a desperate gamble on an unlikely escape route. But even if he reaches England alive, that will not be the end of his ordeal. Wilde is now convinced that the truth he has discovered must remain hidden, even if it means betraying the country he loves . . . RORY CLEMENTS is a Sunday Times bestselling author. He won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award for his second novel, Revenger, and a TV series of the John Shakespeare novels is currently in development. Rory lives in Norfolk with his family.
‘Clements creates lively, fast-moving plots’ THE TIMES ‘Whatever era Clements chooses to set his work in, his skills remain as finely honed as ever’ CRIME TIME
Find out more at www.roryclements.co.uk. 9781838770273 • ROYAL HARDBACK • £12.99 • ZAFFRE EXPORT: 9781838770280 • TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99
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The Dirty Dozen LYNDA LA PLANTE The gritty new thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama and the fifth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Jane Tennison series. Jane Tennison has worked hard to become the first female detective ever post to the infamous Flying Squad, or ‘the Sweeney’. But the Dirty Dozen is a notorious boys’ club, and Jane’s new colleagues make it clear that they don’t think a woman is up to the dangers of the job. Dealing with some of London’s most ruthless armed criminals, who think the only good cop is a dead cop, is no joke. Determined to prove she’s as good as the men, Jane discovers from a reliable witness that a gang is going to carry out a massive robbery.
‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
But she doesn’t know who they are, or where and when they will strike . . . LYNDA LA PLANTE was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing – and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Follow Lynda on Facebook and Twitter @LaPlanteLynda 9781785768521 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
‘Satisfyingly full of twists and turns’ THE INDEPENDENT ‘A rare ring of authenticity’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘An absorbingly twisty plot’ GUARDIAN
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The Oath
SHIRLEY MANN
KLAUS-PETER WOLF
An uplifting and inspiring World War II saga, for readers of Nancy Revell and Annie Graves
An atmospheric and chilling crime thriller from German bestselling author, Klaus-Peter Wolf. For readers of Ann Cleeves.
It’s 1942, and World War II is in full swing. In Manchester, Lily Mullins is determined to do her bit for the war effort. Her friends and sweetheart have all joined up and Lily’s sure there must be a role for her that goes further than knitting socks for the troops! Lily has always dreamed of flying, so she jumps at the chance to become a WAAF and soon discovers that she has a talent as a wireless operator. Helped along the way by a gang of girls – all from different walks of life, but forging an unbreakable bond of friendship in the most testing times – Lily find strengths she didn’t know existed and realises that the safety of the country might just be in her hands . . . Meanwhile, Danny is determined to marry Lily, but his letters home become more and more distant. Will a long separation mean the end of their love story? SHIRLEY MANN is a Derbyshirebased journalist who spent most of her career at the BBC. She now makes short films for organisations such as the Heritage Lottery Fund. Lily’s War is inspired by Shirley’s mother who was a WAAF and her father who was in the Eighth Army. 9781785769375 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £6.99 ZAFFRE
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Lily’s War
If the system can’t make them pay, then he will . . . Ubbo Heide, former head of the Aurich police, is enjoying a peaceful retirement in the coastal region of East Frisia. That is until he’s catapulted back into the dark world of murder investigation when a gruesome package turns up at his door containing a severed head. When a torso is found on the local beach, it’s assumed that it belongs to the severed head. But then a second head arrives in the post and Chief Commissioner Ann Kathrin Klaasen, realises that both victims were criminals who Ubbo had failed to have locked up for their crimes. Soon it’s clear that this quiet coastal community is facing a brutal serial killer. One who is taking justice into his own hands . . . KLAUS-PETER WOLF was born in Gelsenkirchen in 1954. He is a freelance writer and his books and films have won numerous Awards. So far, his books have been translated into twenty-four languages and sold over nine million copies. More than sixty of his scripts have been made into films. 9781786580344 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
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The Foundling STACEY HALLS From the bestselling author of The Familiars, and set against the vibrant backdrop of Georgian London, The Foundling explores families, secrets, class, equality, power and the meaning of motherhood. A mother’s love knows no bounds . . . London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London’s Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst – that Clara has died in care – the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed – by her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl – and why. Less than a mile from Bess’ lodgings in the city, in a quiet, gloomy townhouse on the edge of London, a young widow has not left the house in a decade. When her close friend – an ambitious young doctor at the Foundling Hospital – persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her daughter, she is hesitant to welcome someone new into her home and her life. But her past is threatening to catch up with her and tear her carefully constructed world apart. STACEY HALLS was born in 1989 and grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and has written for publications including the Guardian, Stylist, Psychologies, The Independent, The Sun and Fabulous. Her first book The Familiars was the bestselling debut novel of 2019. The Foundling is her second novel.
‘The new Hilary Mantel’ COSMOPOLITAN 9781838770068 • DEMY HARDBACK • £12.99 MANILLA PRESS EXPORT: 9781838770075 • TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99
PRAISE FOR STACEY HALLS ‘Truly spellbinding’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘An arresting piece of fiction’ THE TIMES ‘Assured and alluring’ JESSIE BURTON
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The Sinner
ROSIE GOODWIN
MARTYN WAITES
The new heartwarming saga from Rosie Goodwin.
Tom Killgannon is back in this explosive new thriller from awardwinning and bestselling author Martyn Waites.
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Nuneaton, 1911. When Holly Farthing’s overbearing grandfather tries to force her to marry a widower twice her age, she finally says no. After he refuses to support her any longer, Holly flees to London, bringing her best friend, Ivy, with her.
Tom Killgannon, ex-undercover police officer and now in witness protection, is recalled to active service by his handler, DS Sheridan. His mission: to befriend notorious child killer Noel Cunningham and find out where he buried the bodies of his victims. The only problem is that Tom has to obtain that information from within Blackmoor prison itself.
In the big smoke, Holly searches for the father she’s never met and begins nurse training in the local hospital. There she meets the dashing Doctor Parkin. Kind and compassionate, he is everything Holly has ever dreamt of.
Undercover, and with only DS Sheridan knowing he is there, Tom soon runs into danger. Convicted gangster Dean Foley used to run Manchester’s biggest gang, until Tom’s testimony put him away for life. He recognises Tom, and so begins a cat-and-mouse game as Tom fights for survival before Foley can get his revenge.
When Doctor Parkin proposes, Holly finally feels like she’ll have the family she so longs for. But soon, she discovers some shocking news that means they can never be together, and her life is suddenly thrown into turmoil. Supporting the war effort, she heads to France and throws herself into volunteering on the front line. Can Holly ever find the happiness she so truly deserves? ROSIE GOODWIN is the million copy bestselling author of more than thirty novels. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries. 9781785767609 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
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A Precious Gift
PRAISE FOR ROSIE GOODWIN
But why can’t Tom reach DS Sheridan, and what is the real reason that he has been sent to Blackmoor prison?
‘A vibrant page-turner with entrancing characters’ MARGARET DICKINSON
MARTYN WAITES was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He has been nominated for every major British crime fiction award and won the 2014 Grand Prix du Roman Noir Award for his novel, Born Under Punches. He has enjoyed international commercial success with eight novels written under the name Tania Carver.
‘The new Catherine Cookson’ COVENTRY EVENING POST
‘Pacy but atmospheric, with a palpable sense of claustrophobia and menace’ LAURA WILSON, GUARDIAN ‘One of the very best crime writers we have’ MARK BILLINGHAM
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ANTON DU BEKE All-round entertainer Anton Du Beke returns with his second novel set in the exclusive Buckingham Hotel. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Mr Selfridge.
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London, 1937. With a new king in place, tensions are rising in London and across Europe. Shaken by the Great Depression and with talk of another war coming, the Buckingham Hotel is trying to regain some stability. Upstairs, Vivienne Edgerton is desperate to do something worthwhile with her time and her stepfather’s money, rather than spending it on frivolity and debauchery – but will this land her in even more trouble? And downstairs, chambermaid Nancy Nettleton is finally starting to feel more settled at the Buckingham, and hopes her brother will soon call London home, too. But she misses the man she loves, demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise, who is noticeably absent from the Grand Ballroom dance floor. The staff and guests of the Buckingham soon discover that in a hotel full of secrets, there’s always someone listening . . . Bestselling author ANTON DU BEKE is one of the most instantly recognisable TV personalities today, best known for his role on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. His debut album reached the Top 20, and his annual, nationwide dance tours have been thrilling fans for over a decade.
‘Welcome to the Grand Ballroom of the Buckingham Hotel, a place of music and magic, of magnificence and splendour. Gathered around its chequered dance floor, are the great and good of London town. There is nowhere else, no other dazzling palace or mansion in Mayfair, that the finest members of society would rather be . . .’
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Moonlight Over Mayfair
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‘Downton with dance, perfect!’ SANTA MONTEFIORE ‘A rollicking good read, from a gifted storyteller’ DAILY MAIL ON ONE ENCHANTED EVENING
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo CHRISTY LEFTERI The international bestseller for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Kite Runner and The Other Hand – a testament to the human powers of survival. Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape.
‘This is a novel of international significance. Courageous, provocative, haunting, it will open our eyes’
As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss, but dangers that would overwhelm the bravest of souls. Above all – and perhaps this is the hardest thing they face – they must journey to find each other again. Moving, powerful, compassionate and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. Told with deceptive simplicity, it is the kind of book that reminds us of the power of storytelling. Brought up in London, CHRISTY LEFTERI is the child of Cypriot refugees. She is a lecturer in creative writing at Brunel University. The Beekeeper of Aleppo was born out of her time working as a volunteer at a Unicef supported refugee centre in Athens. 9781838770013 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 MANILLA PRESS
HEATHER MORRIS ‘This book dips below the deafening headlines, and tells a true story with subtlety and power’ ESTHER FREUD ‘Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant’ BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH ‘Powerful, though-provoking and beautifully crafted’ CHOICE MAGAZINE
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A Year in the Château
KATE BRADLEY
SARAH LONG
How far would you go to save a child that wasn’t yours?
La vie en rose begins at 50! When Nicola’s husband Dominic retires, they decide not to spend their days finding hobbies to fill the time until Countdown is on. Instead, they fulfil their life-long fantasy of moving to France, reliving their youth and spending their children’s inheritance.
When ex-soldier-turned-teacher Jenni Wales sees fifteen-year-old Destiny’s black eye, she’s concerned. Destiny isn’t your average student: she’s smart, genius IQ smart, and she’s in care. But concern turns to fear when Jenni witnesses an attempt to abduct Destiny from school.
Joined by seven of their friends, they club together to invest in a chateau in Normandy. Group dinners, fine wine, beautiful scenery – they’re living the dream!
With social services and the police not taking the threat seriously, Jenni does the only thing she can think of to keep Destiny safe: she takes her.
But la vie en rose is harder than it first appears. Is there a reason why only teenagers take gap years?
But the men that are after Destiny are close behind them. What can Destiny know that would make them hunt her? And can Jenni keep her safe? But what if what Jenni thought she saw isn’t the truth at all? What if the truth is much darker than either of them want to face? Their journey will take them both to unexpected places, but both are survivors and each will surprise the other in ways they could never have imagined. KATE BRADLEY worked for many years managing services for people who are marginalised by society. She holds a first-class degree in English Literature, in addition to qualifications in creative writing and teaching. Kate lives in a small coastal town just outside of Brighton with her husband and sons. To Keep You Safe is her debut novel.
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To Keep You Safe
SARAH LONG is a Londonbased author of two previously published commercial fiction novels and one hilarious memoir about her ten years living in Paris. She is a married mother of three.
‘This story is built on shifting sand . . . every time you think you’ve got it worked out there’s another twist waiting just around the corner. A truly remarkable novel’ JAMES CAROL
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PRAISE FOR SARAH LONG ‘Irreverent, witty and emotionally charged’ LANCASHIRE EVENING POST
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ROSIE GOODWIN
CLAUDIA CARROLL
The finale of Rosie Goodwin’s bestselling Days of the Week collection.
The number one bestselling author Claudia Carroll returns! Frank Woods at number seventy-nine Primrose Square is about to turn fifty, and nobody seems to care. His friends are all busy; his wife and children have other plans. After years of being ‘Mr Cellophane’, he decides, finally, to do something for himself. But when he gets home to a surprise birthday party, it is his guests who get the real surprise.
Nuneaton, 1935. Kitty has grown up at Treetops home for children, where Sunday and Tom Branning have always cared for her as one of their own. She enjoys her life at Treetops Manor, surrounded by her beloved horses, and with a future as a nurse ahead of her, she could wish for nothing more.
ROSIE GOODWIN is the million copy bestselling author of more than thirty novels. She is one of the top 50 most borrowed authors from UK libraries. 9781838770228 • ROYAL HARDBACK • £12.99 ZAFFRE
‘Goodwin is a master of her craft’ LANCASHIRE EVENING POST
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Standing in the doorway is not Frank, but Francesca.
But when Tom dies suddenly in a riding accident, life at Treetops will never be the same again. Kitty is distraught, and Sunday, overwhelmed by grief, leaves the running of the estate to her stepson. In an effort to raise all their spirits, Sunday invites the former residents of Treetops to return to the house for one final celebration before its inevitable closure. But as their financial difficulties mount, will Kitty and Sunday be forced to leave their home?
March
Time To Say Goodbye
The Women of Primrose Square
‘Rosie writes such heart-warming sagas featuring believable characters and well-researched backgrounds and eras’ LYN ANDREWS
As she transitions, Francesca struggles to come to terms with her true self, and her relationship with her family is thrown into turmoil. At a loss of where to turn, she moves in with her cantankerous neighbour Miss Hardcastle, who hasn’t left her home for decades. There Francesca befriends fellow lodger Emily Dunne – fresh out of rehab, finally off the drink and desperate to make amends. As gossip spreads through Primrose Square and every relationship is tested, nothing in this close-knit community will ever be the same again . . . CLAUDIA CARROLL lives in Dublin. She’s the author of fourteen novels, selling more than half a million copies and gracing the bestseller charts regularly, including the Irish number one spot. Four of her books have been optioned for film and TV, and one for a stage play.
‘Challenging perceptions and celebrating friendship, Claudia Carroll’s latest read is touching, funny and insightful’ WOMAN’S OWN
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Buried LYNDA LA PLANTE An exciting and action packed new thriller, with roots in La Plante’s bestselling novels, Widows and Widows’ Revenge. Jack Warr is a young DC with the Metropolitan Police. Charming but aimless, Jack can’t seem to find his place in the world – until he’s drawn into an investigation that turns his life upside down. In the aftermath of a fire at a derelict cottage, a badly charred body is discovered, along with the burnt remnants of millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes – the hidden legacy of Dolly Rawlins and her gang of widows. Jack’s assignment to the case coincides with an investigation into his own past. As he searches for the truth about his identity, Jack finds himself increasingly drawn into a murky underworld of corruption and crime. Those millions have not been forgotten – and Jack will stop at nothing to find the truth. LYNDA LA PLANTE was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA before becoming a television actress. She then turned to writing – and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her novels have all been international bestsellers. Follow Lynda on Facebook and Twitter @LaPlanteLynda 9781838770341 • ROYAL HARDBACK • £14.99 • ZAFFRE EXPORT: 9781838770365 • TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99
‘Lynda La Plante practically invented the thriller’ KARIN SLAUGHTER PRAISE FOR LYNDA LA PLANTE ‘Satisfyingly full of twists and turns’
THE INDEPENDENT ‘A rare ring of authenticity’
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘An absorbingly twisty plot’ GUARDIAN
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No Going Back
DEBORAH O’CONNOR
SHEENA KAMAL
MOLLIE WALTON
A stunning new thriller that will make you think, then think again. Perfect for fans of Anatomy of a Scandal and He Said/She Said.
From the acclaimed author of Eyes Like Mine comes another suspenseful thriller.
A heartwarming saga set against a brickworks in 1850s Shropshire.
After attempting to reconnect with her estranged daughter, troubled Nora Watts realises that they will always have a target on their backs unless she evens the score with Dao, who was responsible for putting a hit out on her in Detroit. In her efforts to track him down, Nora forms an unlikely partnership with billionaire playboy Bernard Lam, who is on a revenge mission of his own. On the trail they unravel a tangled web of crime and corruption that has ensnared the Pacific Northwest.
Returning to her mother’s birthplace at the age of seventeen, Beatrice Ashford encounters a complex family she barely knows. Her great-grandmother Queenie adores her, but her family’s privileged social position as masters of the local brickworks begins to make her uncomfortable.
What if the people you trust are the ones you should fear? We all recognise them. Those who exist just on the fringes of society. Who send prickles up the back of our necks. Those who have the potential to go that one step too far. And then take another step. Jessamine Gooch makes a living from these people. Each week she broadcasts a radio show looking into the past lives of convicted killers; asking if there was more that could have been done to prevent their terrible crimes. Then one day she is approached by a woman desperate to find her missing friend, Cassie, fearing her abusive husband may have taken that final deadly step. But as Jessamine delves into the months prior to Cassie’s disappearance she fails to realise there is a dark figure closer to home, one that threatens the safety of her own family . . . DEBORAH O’CONNOR is a television producer. Born and bred in the North-East, she now lives in East London. 9781785762093 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
SHEENA KAMAL Sheena Kamal holds an HBA in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Her research into crime and investigative journalism inspired her debut bestseller Eyes Like Mine.
‘Absolutely brilliant . . . a really sophisticated, smart, engaging thriller’ JO SPAIN ‘Gripping, gritty and timely’ HEAT MAGAZINE
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The Dangerous Kind
The Secrets of Ironbridge
And then she meets Owen Malone: handsome, different, refreshing – and from a class beneath her own. They fall for each other fast, but an old family feud and growing industrial unrest threatens to drive them apart. Can they overcome their different backgrounds? And can Beatrice make amends for her family’s past? A dramatic and heartwarming saga for fans of Maggie Hope and Anne Bennett. MOLLIE WALTON has always been fascinated by history and on a trip to Shropshire, while gazing down from the iron bridge, found the inspiration for what became her debut saga novel, The Daughters of Ironbridge. 9781838770686 B FORMAT PAPERBACK £6.99 ZAFFRE
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Call of the Raven
‘Best historical novelist – I say Wilbur Smith’
The new novel by bestselling author Wilbur Smith. The prequel to A Falcon Flies.
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WILBUR SMITH
STEPHEN KING
The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Augustus Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger, and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla – and destroying Chester. Camilla, trapped in New Orleans and powerless to her position as a kept slave and Chester’s brutish behaviour, must learn to do whatever it takes to survive. As Mungo battles his own fate and misfortune to achieve the revenge that drives him, and regain his power in the world, he must question what it takes for a man to survive when he has nothing, and what he is willing to do in order to get what he wants. WILBUR SMITH is a worldwide phenomenon. Born in Central Africa in 1933, Wilbur became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds and has since published over forty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels. 9781785767944 • ROYAL HARDBACK • £20.00 ZAFFRE
For all the latest information on Wilbur visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/WilburSmith
‘A thundering good read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith’s books’ IRISH TIMES ‘Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared’ THE TIMES
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Escape to the Greek Sun
LOUISE PENTLAND
MARIA ADOLFSSON
PATRICIA WILSON
The funny and relatable new novel from Louise Pentland – perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Lindsey Kelk.
Ann Cleeves meet Håkan Nesser in this Nordic Noir debut.
How far will a mother go to find her daughter?
When DI Karen Eiken Hornby wakes up beside her boss, Jounas Smeed, it’s only the beginning of her problems. Her day gets a lot worse when a woman is found brutally murdered in her own kitchen. The victim – Jounas’ ex-wife, Susanne.
‘I am Sofia. I am searching for my daughter, born 1st November 1972. Can you help me?’
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Meet Robin Wilde: mum, newly-appointed official girlfriend, make-up artist extraordinaire and general plate-spinning, life-juggling, balance-seeking badass. Or so she likes to think.
Karen is put in charge of the case, and finding no obvious motive, she must dig deep into Doggerland’s history to solve it. What she finds is that the layers of deception run deep, even on a small island . . .
Everything seems to be slotting into place, not just for Robin but for her close-knit little world of friends and family too. Yet despite all that, she still feels like she’s blagging it. Although things seem pretty great on paper, cracks are beginning to show. So, when Robin’s asked to go to the States for work, it seems like the getaway they all need. Look out New York, Robin and her girls are on their way!
MARIA ADOLFSSON grew up in the Swedish archipelago and now lives in Stockholm. She is currently writing the second book in the Doggerland series.
But will the city that never sleeps make or break them? LOUISE PENTLAND is the number one bestselling author of Wilde Like Me released in summer 2017 and returned to the bestseller lists in the acclaimed and irresistible Wilde About the Girl in 2018. 9781838770747 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
‘You’ll love this funny, warm and relatable read’ FABULOUS MAGAZINE ‘Gorgeously warm and relatable – I loved being in Robin Wilde’s world!’ PAIGE TOON
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April
Wilde Women
Doggerland: Deception
On the beautiful beaches of Crete, an old woman is handing out scraps of paper. Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known. After a tragic childhood in Athens and a soaring career as a singer, the brutal treatment of the man she loved by a tyrannical regime forced her to give up her daughter mere days after her birth. Now she longs to be reunited with her child before it’s too late. Meanwhile in London, Zoe is searching too. In the two years since the disappearance of her teenage daughter, Zoe’s life has crumbled apart. Her husband has left her, her son feels forgotten, and every day is a struggle. But Zoe is desperate to track her daughter down, even if she doesn’t want to be found . . . PATRICIA WILSON was born in Liverpool, has lived on Crete and is now settled in Rhodes. This is her fourth novel. 9781838770723 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
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We Begin At The End April
CHRIS WHITAKER With the staggering intensity of James Lee Burke and the absorbing narrative of Jane Harper’s The Dry, We Begin at the End is a powerful novel about absolute love and the lengths we will go to keep our family safe. For some people, trouble just finds them . . . Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer.
‘Intensely captivating . . . Astonishingly good’
Now, he’s been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape Haven, California. Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed.
RUTH JONES
Duchess Radley, Star’s thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin – and to her deeply troubled mother. But in trying to protect Star, Duchess inadvertently sets off a chain of events that will have tragic consequences not only for her family, but also the whole town. Murder, revenge, retribution. How far can we run from the past when the past seems doomed to repeat itself? CHRIS WHITAKER’S debut novel, Tall Oaks, won the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award, and was shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award.
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‘A very real, very rare talent’ SARAH HILARY ‘A damn near perfect crime novel’ FIONA CUMMINS ‘An absolute masterclass in crime writing and story-telling’ JO SPAIN
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This Green and Pleasant Land
ANNA McPARTLIN
AYISHA MALIK
Anna McPartlin’s new novel will make you laugh, cry and shout with joy. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Marian Keyes.
The absolute standout new novel by acclaimed author and 2018 Asian Woman of Achievement nominee Ayisha Malik.
When forty-year-old Rabbit Hayes dies, she leaves behind a family broken by grief. Her mother Molly is distraught and in danger of losing her faith. Her father Jack spends hour upon hour in the family attic, poring over his old diaries, losing himself in the past.
Everyone has a place they call home. But who gets to decide where you belong?
Rabbit’s brother Davey finds himself suddenly guardian to her twelve-year-old daughter Juliet. Juliet might be able to fill a hole in Davey’s heart – but how can he help Juliet through her grief when he can barely cope with his own? But even though the Hayes family are all fighting their own battles, they are drawn together by their love for Rabbit, and their love for each other. In the years that follow her death, they find new ways to celebrate and remember her, to find humour and hope in the face of tragedy, and to live life to its fullest, as Rabbit would have wanted. ANNA MCPARTLIN is a novelist and scriptwriter from Dublin, who has written for TV serial dramas featured on BBC UK, RTE Ireland and A&E America. She has been writing adult fiction for over ten years, and also writes for children under the name Bannie McPartlin. 9781838770785 • ROYAL HARDBACK £12.99 • ZAFFRE EXPORT: 9781838770792 TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99
April
Below The Big Blue Sky
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For years Bilal Hasham and his wife Mariam have lived quiet lives in the sleepy village of Babbel’s End. Now all that is about to change. On her deathbed, Bilal’s mother reaches for his hand. Instead of whispering her final prayers, she gives him a task: build a mosque in his country village. His friends and neighbours are unnerved. As outrage sweeps Babbel’s End, battle lines are drawn. His mother’s dying wish reveals a deeper division in their village than Bilal had ever imagined. Soon Bilal is forced to choose between community and identity, between faith and friendship, between honouring his beloved mother’s last wish and preserving what is held dear in the place that he calls home. AYISHA MALIK is a writer and editor, living in South London. Her novels Sofia Khan is Not Obliged and The Other Half of Happiness, were met with great critical acclaim, and Sofia Khan is Not Obliged was chosen as 2019’s Cityread book. Ayisha was a WHSmith Fresh Talent Pick, shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award and Marie Claire’s Future Shapers Awards. 9781785764509 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
‘The standout book of the year’ ABIR MUKHERJEE ‘An inquiry into faith, identity and the meaning of home’ GUARDIAN ‘Funny, smart, uplifting . . . Wish I could prescribe it to the country’ DAISY BUCHANAN ‘A wise, warm-hearted novel – deserves to be shared by reading groups across the cities and shires’ THE SUNDAY TIMES
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The Wayward Girls
KATE HELM
AMANDA MASON
The Girl Before meets In a Dark, Dark Wood in a thriller that will make you lock your bedroom door at night.
A brilliant coming of age debut about sisterhood, family secrets and a dangerous game that becomes all too real.
Immi thought she had found the perfect new home in central London: a share house with a community vibe, a rooftop terrace and daily yoga, all with a price tag that even a teacher can afford.
THEN. 1976. Loo and her sister Bee live in a run-down cottage in the middle of nowhere, with their artistic parents and wild siblings. Their mother, Cathy, had hoped to escape to a simpler life; instead the family find themselves isolated and shunned by their neighbours. At the height of the stifling summer, unexplained noises and occurrences in the house begin to disturb the family, until they intrude on every waking moment . . .
But soon after she moves into her new haven, Immi realises that it’s not quite as idyllic as it seems. Her housemates seem to be hiding a dangerous secret. As a series of pranks escalates into something darker, Immi is left questioning how safe she actually is within the walls of what should be her sanctuary.
NOW. Loo, now Lucy, is called back to her childhood home. A group of strangers are looking to discover the truth about the house and the people who lived there. But is Lucy ready to confront what really happened all those years ago?
And when you’re sharing a house, you can’t always lock the danger out. KATE HELM was born in Lancashire, and worked as a journalist, before becoming a BBC reporter and producer in news and current affairs. She also wrote documentary and drama scripts, including the BBC1 programme: Angel of Death: The Story of Beverly Allitt. Kate Helm is a pseudonym for author Kate Harrison whose non-fiction and novels have been sold in 20 territories and sold over 800,000 copies. Kate lives in Brighton. 9781785767746 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
PRAISE FOR KATE HELM ‘Original and pacy, with intriguing characters and a great back story’ CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘Fresh, wonderful and unexpected’ LISA JEWELL
AMANDA MASON was born and brought up in Whitby, North Yorks. She studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts, where she began writing by devising and directing plays. She now lives in York and has given up teaching for writing. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies. The Wayward Girls is her debut novel and was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers prize.
May
The House Share
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‘Evocative’ HEAT MAGAZINE ‘An original plot . . . Fascinating’ DAILY MAIL
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May
Charlotte HELEN MOFFETT For lovers of Pride and Prejudice and Longbourn, an intoxicating novel that tells the story of Charlotte Lucas. Everybody thinks that Charlotte Lucas has no prospects. She is twenty-seven years old, unmarried, plain, and seemingly without ambition. When she stuns the neighbourhood by accepting the proposal of buffoonish clergyman Mr Collins, her best friend Lizzy Bennet is angry at her for undervaluing herself. Yet the decision is the only way Charlotte knows to provide for her future, and marriage will propel her into a new world, of duty, marriage, children, grief and ultimately illicit love, and a kind of freedom. Jane Austen cared deeply about the constraints of women in Regency England. This powerful reimagining takes up where Austen left off, showing us a woman determined to carve a place for herself in the world. Charlotte offers a fresh, feminist addition to the post-Austen canon, beautifully imagined, and brimming with passion and intelligence.
‘A single woman of no great fortune must be in want of a life . . .’ 9781785769108 • ROYAL HARDBACK £12.99 • MANILLA PRESS EXPORT: 9781838770754 TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99
HELEN MOFFETT is a South African writer, freelance editor, activist and award-winning poet. She has a PhD on PreRaphaelite poetry and has authored or co-authored university textbooks, short story anthologies, non-fiction books on the environment, two poetry collections and various academic projects. Charlotte is her first novel. She blogs at helenmoffett.com and can be found on Twitter @heckitty
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The Meadow Girls
SARAH FRANKLIN
SHEILA NEWBERRY
Sometimes you have to leave home, to realise where you really belong.
A heartwarming novel from the Queen of family saga, Sheila Newberry.
Jo has spent her whole life in the Forest of Dean, but she was always the one destined to leave and have a city career. Yearning for home, she returns to take over the family butchering business, something her law degree hasn’t equipped her for.
August 1914. Twelve-year-old Mattie and her little sister Evie lead an idyllic life in the Suffolk countryside, playing in the meadows and picking watercress in the streams. Living with their family in Plough Cottage, little do they know that this perfect childhood will soon come to an end with the start of World War I.
Tessa works as a blacksmith and lives deep in the forest. She too has returned, in flight from a life she could have led, and nursing a secret illness and a past filled with guilt, shame and trauma.
As the years pass the girls go on to live very different lives. Mattie travels from Suffolk to Plymouth, and then to Canada and America, whilst Evie remains in England and pursues her career. But through marriages, deaths, births, war, heartbreak and distance, their bond remains strong.
These two women, at different stages of life and yet each desperate to find a way to be in the world, will form an unlikely friendship, and in doing so show each other a way to belong. SARAH FRANKLIN grew up in rural Gloucestershire and has lived in Austria, Germany, the USA and Ireland. She lectures in publishing at Oxford Brookes University and has written for the Guardian, the Irish Times, Psychologies magazine and The Pool. 9781785764868 • DEMY HARDBACK • £18.99 ZAFFRE
‘Reading a Sheila Newberry book is like having dinner with your mother in her warm and cosy kitchen’ DIANE ALLEN
May
How To Belong
More than fifty years later, will the two sisters finally be reunited to have their time in the meadows again?
PRAISE FOR SARAH FRANKLIN ‘A fascinating and assured debut’ WOMAN AND HOME ‘Life-affirming and compelling . . . Sarah Franklin is a breath of fresh air!’ CLARE MACKINTOSH
SHEILA NEWBERRY was born in Suffolk and spent a lot of time there both before and during the war. Her family has certainly been her inspiration and she has been published most of her adult life. She lives with her husband John on a smallholding, and has nine children and twenty-two lively grandchildren. 9781785761904 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
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WILBUR SMITH
‘Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared’
The brand new Courtney Series novel. 1754. Inseparable since birth and growing up in India, Theo and Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents.
May
Ghost Fire
THE TIMES
Theo, wracked with guilt, seeks salvation in combat and conflict, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army. Connie, believing herself abandoned by her brother, and abused and brutalised by a series of corrupt guardians, makes her way to France, where she is welcomed into high society. Here, she once again finds herself at the mercy of vicious men, whose appetite for war and glory lead her to the frontlines of the French battlefield in North America.
As the siblings find their destinies converging once more, they realise that the vengeance and redemption they both desperately seek could cost them their lives . . . WILBUR SMITH is a worldwide phenomenon. Born in Central Africa in 1933, Wilbur became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds and has since published over fourty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels.
‘Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget’ THE SUN ‘A thundering good read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith’s books’ IRISH TIMES
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June
The Catch T.M. LOGAN The new unmissable thriller from the bestselling author of Lies and The Holiday. Every parent’s nightmare . . . Ed is delighted to meet his twenty-three year old daughter’s fiancé for the first time. Abbey is head-over-heels in love with her new man. Smart, successful and handsome, Ryan appears to be the perfect future son-in-law. There’s just one problem. There’s something off about Ryan. Something hidden in the shadows behind his eyes. And it seems that only Ed can see it.
‘A tense and twisty tale leading to a properly satisfying ending’
Terrified that his daughter is being drawn in by a psychopath, Ed sets out to uncover her fiancé’s dark past while keeping his own concealed. But noone believes him. And the more he digs, the more he alienates her and the rest of the family who are convinced that Ryan is ‘the one’. Ed knows different. For reasons of his own, he knows a monster when he sees one . . . T.M. LOGAN was born in Berkshire. He studied at Queen Mary and Cardiff universities before becoming a national newspaper journalist. He currently works in communications, in the field of higher education, and lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children. Follow him on Twitter @TMLoganAuthor
HEAT MAGAZINE PRAISE FOR T.M. LOGAN ‘Hypnotically readable’ LEE CHILD ‘Perfectly plotted and riveting’ DIANE JEFFREY
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The Return
JAMES SWALLOW
HARRY SIDEBOTTOM
The pulse-pounding new thriller from the author of international blockbuster, Nomad.
A new thriller from bestselling author, Harry Sidebottom.
Ex-MI6 operative Marc Dane and his partner Lucy Keyes are thrust into the fight of their lives when their arch-enemy – the ruthless terrorist power brokers known as the Combine – turn their full attention toward the destruction of the Rubicon Group, the private intelligence agency they both work for.
Hardback
Feted war hero Gaius Furius Paullus returns home to Calabria after years of battle. Haunted by dark memories of what he has seen and done in the name of Rome, he keeps his demons at bay by immersing himself in working his family farm.
Beginning with a shock revelation from a former mentor at British Intelligence, Marc’s world is thrown into disarray when a face from his past returns from the dead – while in the corridors of corporate power, a devastating coup is engineered to shatter Rubicon forever and bring down Ekko Solomon, the enigmatic African billionaire behind the group’s vigilante activities.
When bodies start appearing – hideously mutilated – the locals blame the killings on bandits from the mountains or a supernatural being. But as the body count increases, and desperate for a scapegoat, the big landowners point the finger at an illiterate wise woman. Paullus, sure that she has nothing to do with it, sets out to prove the woman’s innocence, but in the process comes under suspicion himself. Could the brutality of his experiences in combat have turned him into a killer?
The dark secrets of Solomon’s past, a decadeslong quest for revenge and a brutal conspiracy of lies come together in Rogue – and Rubicon will never be the same.
Knowing that he will not get a fair trial, Paullus escapes, and sets a trap for the killers. But can his quest for truth offer him the chance of redemption?
JAMES SWALLOW is a scriptwriter and veteran author with over 750,000 books currently in print around the world. He was BAFTAnominated for his writing on the critically acclaimed video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. 9781838770556 • ROYAL HARDBACK £12.99 • ZAFFRE EXPORT: 9781838770563 TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99
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PRAISE FOR JAMES SWALLOW ‘Unstoppable, unputdownable and terrifyingly prescient’ BEN AARONOVITCH ON SHADOW ‘Another rip-roaring thriller’ ADAM HAMDY
June
Rogue
HARRY SIDEBOTTOM teaches Ancient History at Oxford University. His career as a novelist began with his Warrior of Rome series, which has sold over half a million copies. His next series, Throne of Caesars, was equally acclaimed. The Last Hour, his tenth novel, introduced us once again to Marcus Clodius Ballista, hero of the Warrior of Rome books. The Return is his twelfth novel.
‘A cracking tale. More twists and turns than the Tiber itself’ RORY CLEMENTS ‘Relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is Jack Reacher in ancient Rome’ BEN KANE
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The Gypsy Bride
CAZ FREAR
KATIE HUTTON
For fans of Mel Sherratt and Gillian McAllister comes the latest gripping suspense from the #1 bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies.
A heart-breaking debut saga. Can she break free from her destiny to follow her heart? Ellen is growing up in the Oxfordshire countryside. The granddaughter of a Methodist preacher and intending to marry Charlie, a boy from the local village, Ellen’s life is mapped out for her.
Five victims. Killer caught. Case closed. Or is it?
When Charlie is killed on the battlefields of World War I, Ellen is left heartbroken and lost. But then she meets Sam Loveridge. Mysterious and unruly, Sam is from a local Gypsy community, and unlike anyone Ellen has ever met. Before she knows what’s hit her, Ellen is swept off her feet and shown a world of passion, excitement and love.
Christopher Masters, known as ‘The Roommate Killer’, strangled four women over a three-week period in a London house in November 2012. Holly Kemp, his fifth victim, was never found. Until now. Her remains have been unearthed in a field in Cambridgeshire and DC Cat Kinsella and the major investigation team are called in, but immediately there are questions about her death. Unlike the other victims, Holly wasn’t strangled, she’d been shot and dumped. DCI Joanna Dyer, the lead on the 2012 case, lends the team a hand, as does DCI Steele’s old boss and mentor, the now retired Detective Chief Superintendent Oliver Cairns. With Masters dead, Cat and the team have to investigate every lead again. CAZ FREAR grew up in Coventry and spent her teenage years dreaming of moving to London and writing a novel. She has a first-class degree in History and Politics, and for the past twelve years, has been working as a headhunter. 9781785765698 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £7.99 ZAFFRE
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Someone Knows The Truth
‘I loved Stone Cold Heart. Witty dialogue, likeable police characters, and it reads brilliantly’ CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘Crime procedural at its best . . . Give me more female characters like this!’ C. J. TUDOR
But the conservative world that Ellen is from can’t possibly understand or approve of their relationship, and Ellen and Sam are torn apart. Is their love strong enough overcome their cultural distances, or will the hostility and prejudice of those around them destroy their future happiness? KATIE HUTTON is Irish but now lives in nothern Tuscany, with her husband and two teenage sons. She writes mainly historical fiction and The Gypsy Bride is her debut novel in this genre, with a sequel to follow in 2021. Katie is a member of the Historical Novel Society, the Irish Writer’s Centre, and the Romantic Novelists Association, and reviews for Historical Novel Review. 9781838770259 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £6.99 ZAFFRE
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January
Break Point:
Fear, Courage, Strength, Survival
OLLIE OLLERTON Where is your break point? Ex-Special Forces soldier and star of TV’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton has faced many in his life and now he tells us the vital lessons he has learnt. His incredible story features hardened criminals, high-speed car chases, counter-terrorism and humanitarian heroics – freeing children from a trafficking ring in Thailand. Ollie has faced break points in his personal life too, surviving a freak childhood attack, runins with the law, self-destructive battles with alcohol and drug addiction, and struggles with anxiety and depression. This is his journey to build a new and better life. MATTHEW ‘OLLIE’ OLLERTON is a former Special Forces soldier and a member of the Directing Staff on Channel 4’s hit show SAS: Who Dares Wins. 9781788703000 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 BLINK
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Dreams:
JASON FARRELL
What My Daughter Taught Me About Time
The new breed of drug exploitation plaguing our streets.
WOLF KÜPER
What They Tell Us While We Sleep and How They Can Change Our Waking Lives
If you’ve heard any news reports on the upsurge in knife crime recently, you’ll have heard the words ‘county lines’. From the street slang that was once known as ‘going country’, it sees powerful drugs gangs supplying outside of the capital using children as young as twelve and vulnerable men and women to do their dirty work. Jason Farrell, Home Editor at Sky News, is the man with the inside story. In this fearless, hard-hitting account, Farrell shares in terrifying detail the story of the county lines phenomenon through the words of gang members and their victims themselves as well as the police and the country’s leading experts. JASON FARRELL is Home Editor of Sky News. Prior to Sky News, Jason worked for Five News, ITV News and the BBC. 9781789461923 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
A beautiful memoir and a powerful reminder of what can happen when we take time for each other. When a stressed-out Wolf tells his four-yearold daughter Nina that he can only spend ten more minutes reading her bedtime stories before getting back to work, she tells him that she wishes that they could have a million minutes together ‘on the really good things’. Wolf changes his life and, through spending more time with his daughter and her unique and frequently humorous worldview, begins to question the values he has lived his life by and discover more meaning in how to live it. WOLF KÜPER was born in Germany and, as the son of musicians, spent most of his childhood in opera houses or lurking beneath grand pianos. He was previously a consultant to the UN, before he changed the course of his life. 9781788701051 • HARDBACK • £12.99 LAGOM
MELINDA POWELL Discover the hidden secrets of your dreams and find better, more balanced sleep with this fascinating new book. We spend a third of our lives sleeping and, as new research suggests, almost all of that is spent dreaming. And yet very few of us try to explore the messages that our brain is projecting at this time. In Dreams, psychoanalyst and Director of the Dream Research Institute, Melinda Powell teaches us how to remember, understand and interpret the dreams we have, and how we can use this knowledge to improve our life while awake. MELINDA POWELL is Director and Cofounder of the Dream Research Institute (DRI), which promotes research into the relationship between dreams and physical, psychological and spiritual wellbeing.
February
One Million Minutes:
County Lines
Toymaker TOM KAREN A Journey from War to Wonder. From his early life in Czechoslovakia, his journey fleeing Nazi Germany across continental Europe, and his formative years in the UK as a Jewish immigrant landing on these shores with little-to-no money; through to his ascent to the top of the design tree, becoming the ‘man who designed the 1970s’, and his later years as a creative polymath and design mentor. In Toymaker Tom Karen presents some of the most cherished items that tell a story of not just an extraordinary life, but show the importance of nurturing one’s own imagination. TOM KAREN invented the Chopper bike and the Marble Run amongst many other toys and cars loved by kids the world over. A pre-eminent British designer, he was born in Czechoslovakia in 1926. 9781788700863 • ROYAL HARDBACK • £18.99 535
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CHRISTIANA FIGUERES AND TOM RIVETT-CARNAC The defining book on the climate crisis that shows us how we can and will survive. The Future We Choose is a passionate call to arms, written by former UN Secretary for Climate Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, her UN political strategist. They outline two scenarios for our future: how life on Earth will be by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets; or how it will look and feel to live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. Each of us must confront the crisis head on, with determination and optimism. Practical and empowering, The Future We Choose features ten we can do today to make a difference. The Future We Choose is for all of us, teenagers to adults, who feel powerless to stop the climate emergency. This is the final hour: it can also be our finest hour. We can solve our climate emergency but we must act now. CHRISTIANA FIGUERES was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) 2010 – 2016 and the public face of the most pivotal climate agreement in history, the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015.
TOM RIVETT-CARNAC was Christiana’s political strategist at the UN. Together, they are the co-founders of Global Optimism, an organisation focused on bringing about environmental and social change. They work closely with key campaigners on climate, among them Greta Thunberg, Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jane Goodall and David Attenborough. 9781838770822 • DEMY HARDBACK • £12.99 MANILLA PRESS EXPORT: 9781786580368 • TRADE PAPERBACK £12.99
‘ THE PARIS AGREEMENT WAS A LANDMARK FOR HUMANITY. IN THIS TIMELY AND IMPORTANT BOOK, TWO OF THE PRINCIPLE CREATORS OF THAT AGREEMENT SHOW US WHY AND HOW WE CAN NOW REALISE ITS PROMISE. I HOPE IT IS WIDELY READ AND ACTED ON’
February
The Future We Choose
JANE GOODALL, PHC, DBE, FOUNDER OF THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE AND UN MESSENGER OF PEACE
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My Two-Wheel Journey To Heal A Broken Mind And Find Joy
RACHEL ANN CULLEN Perfect for readers of Mad Girl and One Man And His Bike, A Midlife Cyclist is the story of Rachel Cullen finding herself again, using the only thing she knew would work – moving her feet. After gaining mental healing through running, Rachel thought she was free. Her depression alleviated, the pace of her feet gave her a newfound hope that life would be better. But after injury stopped her lifeline and body dysmorphia had her in its grip, Rachel had to find another way of beating her demons. So she went out to her shed, heaved out her 20-yearold bike and started pedaling. Like her life depended on it. RACHEL CULLEN is an author, runner and cyclist. She is also a reformed ex-commercial litigation solicitor. Amongst other things, she has abseiled off Table Mountain, jumped out of a plane at 11,000ft, climbed Mount Fuji, worked on a game reserve in South Africa, qualified as a scuba diver and ridden an ostrich. This is her second book which, along with her first, details her very personal journey to discover happiness. 9781788701846 • TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99 BLINK
March
A Midlife Cyclist:
The Names Heard Long Ago: How The Golden Age of Hungarian Football Shaped The Modern Game
JONATHAN WILSON From the author of Inverting the Pyramid, a tour de force, fifteen years in the making, revealing the secret history of modern football. In 1953, the Mighty Magyars beat England 6-3 at Wembley, a result that echoes through the history of football. A year earlier, this Hungarian team had won Olympic gold. A year later, they lost agonisingly in the final of a World Cup that they dominated. This is the beginning, middle and end of Hungarian football in the popular imagination. Only, how come the ideas from this team spread around the world? Why do Hungarian managers spring up in Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, across Europe and the Americas, bringing their secrets with them? And what are the incredible stories they have to tell, of escaping the Nazis and the Soviet communists? JONATHAN WILSON is the editor of The Blizzard. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and World Soccer. He is the author Inverting The Pyramid: A History Of Football Tactics, which was football book of the year in the UK and Italy. 9781788702997 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £9.99 BLINK
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Stand and Deliver
PHILIPPA GEORGE Birth is one of the most universal defining moments of human existence and there, from the very start to the very end, are the midwives who help us navigate it safely. Strongest advocate, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer . . . Before, during and after labour the role of a midwife is second to none. The Secret Midwife reveals the highs and lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother who tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection, and from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift. But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives and the women they care for is starting to crumble. Short-staffed, overworked and underappreciated – these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, and the consequences are very serious indeed.
Bomb Girls
MS-13
JACKY HYAMS
STEVEN DUDLEY
The story of Britain’s hidden World War II heroines, in their own words.
The Making of the World’s Most Dangerous Street Gang.
They were the mothers, wives and teenage girls ‘doing their bit’ for the war effort, clocking in daily to work in vast factories, making the explosives, ammunition and war machines that would ensure victory. These are the intimate personal stories of an unforgettable group of women, whose hard work and quiet courage made a vital contribution to Britain’s war effort. They didn’t fire the shells and bullets, but they filled them with explosive. In doing so, they helped their country to win the war. JACKY HYAMS is a journalist and Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction author. 9781789462050 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
MS-13 is one of the most infamous street gangs on earth, with an estimated ten thousand members operating in dozens of states and linked to thousands of grisly murders each year. Through the story of Alejandro and his family, Steven Dudley tells a larger story of flawed US and Central American policy, and the exploitative and unequal economic systems they foster. Ultimately, MS-13 is the story of the modern immigrant and the perennial battle to escape a vortex of poverty and crime.
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The Secret Midwife:
STEVEN DUDLEY is one of the foremost experts on MS-13. The co-director of InSight, an initiative of aimed at monitoring, analysing and investigating organised crime in the Americas. Dudley has a BA in Latin American History and an MA in Latin American Studies. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese fluently. 9781788701037 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 BLINK
PHILIPPA GEORGE started her training at just seventeen, and for the last fifteen years she has helped deliver thousands of babies safely in all number of strange positions. 9781789462524 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
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April
The Power of Not Thinking SIMON ROBERTS A fascinating insight into the various ways in which the human body picks up information and uses it in our professional and dayto-day lives – and why we should trust the instincts this informs. Drawing on his own experience working with some of the world’s leading industry experts and looking at an incredible range of real-life examples and cutting-edge science, Roberts explains the revolutionary idea of embodied knowledge: the information that is unconsciously picked up by our body for use in almost every area of our lives – and shows why we should learn to trust the physical instincts that inform the most crucial decisions and actions in our life. We have been told that Big Data is the future and that AI will soon make all of our choices for us, but, as The Power of Not Thinking proves, humans are far more capable than we have been led to believe. An incredible look at the human capacity to learn, adapt and excel. SIMON ROBERTS is one of the world’s leading Business Anthropologists. His consultancy firm, Stripe Partners, advises some of the largest global organisations, including Intel, Facebook, P&G, Google and many other Fortune 500 companies on how to connect with their audience in non-digital ways. His work has been covered by the likes of the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC Radio 4, and The Telegraph.
‘At a time when we’re entrusting greater decision-making power and autonomy to computers, and downgrading our trust in our own human intuition and instinct, this is a vindication of the powerful feelings we can have about a situation, feelings we should listen to’ SIMON ROBERTS
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How Music Helped Me Connect With My Autistic Daughter
JAMES COOK A fascinating exploration of the link between autism and music, and a touching story of a father reconnecting with his daughter. During the early years of his daughter Evelyn’s life, James noticed that she was strangely taken by strong colours and patterns around the house, and that at times the only way to calm down her piercing screams would be a slow, repetitive song. As the other children in their NCT group began to outstrip Evelyn, James began to suspect that she wasn’t simply a ‘late bloomer’. At the age of two, Evelyn was finally diagnosed with non-verbal autism, a severe form of autism that hinders her mental and physical development, and that would likely affect their relationship forever. This is an extraordinary and heartbreaking story of a father trying to connect with his daughter in the face of a life-changing disability, and how music helped bridge that divide.
10 Rules for Talking:
How To Have Successful Conversations In An Angry World
DR TIM HARKNESS A top psychologist’s guide to resolving conflict at work, at home and in the public sphere. In the modern world, as our conversations and tone become ever-more adversarial we can find ourselves alienated from those who don’t share precisely our opinion. 10 Rules For Talking is a timely guide to help us retrain our brains. Focussing on ‘crucial’ conversations where opinions vary, emotions are running strong and the stakes are high, Dr Tim’s ten rules will help you listen, persuade, respond, adapt and – most importantly – keep the conversation progressing. DR TIM HARKNESS is a psychologist and sports scientist, and has been working in his fields for nearly 20 years. 9781788702669 • TRADE PAPERBACK • £12.99 BLINK
April
In Her Room:
Fighting For Your Life LYSA WALDER True stories of heartbreak and hope, direct from the frontline of the NHS. A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding to death from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches as her daughter suffers a fatal asthma attack; a young man flings himself in front of a train at midnight on New Year’s Eve. For Lysa Walder, a paramedic for over fifteen years, it’s all in a day’s work. Here, she tells the inside story behind the screaming sirens and flashing blue lights of the emergency services, revealing the scenes that brings paramedic teams face-to-face with death – and destiny – every day. LYSA WALDER is a qualified paramedic and emergency care practitioner, who spent over fifteen years saving lives in the UK. 9781789462043 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
Originally a musician and songwriter, JAMES COOK released two critically acclaimed albums with his band Flamingoes, toured the UK and Europe and sold 20,000 records worldwide. In 2018, his first book, Memory Songs, was published to great acclaim. James has written about music for the Guardian, Boundless and Review 31. He lives in London. 9781788701860 • DEMY HARDBACK • £14.99 LAGOM
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My Life in Football:
CLARE GOULTY AND SUSAN BEDFORD
ROBBIE FOWLER
Written by world-leading fertility experts and edited by mums who have undertaken multiple cycles of IVF and know what it takes to succeed, this guide advises you on the entire IVF process and how to maximise your chances of success.
Anfield’s favourite son, 25 years after first signing as a professional for Liverpool, on goals, glory and the lessons he’s learnt.
All IVF topics are covered, from how to choose your fertility clinic, to understanding the stages of an IVF cycle, to how to prepare yourself physically and emotionally for the treatment. The book also shares real-life stories of a variety of IVF journeys and their inspiring outcomes and, uniquely, includes key contributions from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the UK’s independent regulator for fertility treatment and research. SUSAN BEDFORD is a scientist specialising in biology and chemistry, and CLARE GOULTY an experienced writer and magazine editor. Both have been through successful IVF procedures; both wished that such a book had been available to them at the time. SALLY CHESHIRE, CBE, who has provided the opening chapter for this book, is the Chair of the HFEA.
Goals, Glory And The Lessons I’ve Learnt
To Liverpool fans, Robbie Fowler was ‘God’. He is the sixth-highest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League and notched 183 goals for Liverpool alone. But before all of that, he was a Liverpool lad who loved the game, the Kop and everything that came with it. Engaging, personal and revealing, Robbie opens up about his astounding achievements, the price of fame and the regrets and struggles of being a professional footballer. ROBBIE FOWLER was born in Liverpool in 1975, and is one of the most revered football players in Liverpool history. 9781788703024 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 BLINK
April
IVF: All You Need to Know
My Sh*t Therapist: And Other Mental Health Stories
MICHELLE THOMAS A blisteringly funny account of living with mental illness. Michelle Thomas suffered her first major depressive episode six years ago. She read, watched and listened to everything about mental health in an effort to fix herself. It was tedious and, quite frankly, depressing . . . Which is the last thing she needed. What she did need was a therapist who would listen. What she got was a cheerful reminder that ‘it could be worse’. My Sh*t Therapist is Michelle’s answer to that, to help you navigate the world, care for your mind, and get through sh*t diagnoses, jobs, medications, habits and therapists.
MICHELLE THOMAS is a writer and broadcaster, with 40k followers online. She made international headlines after writing about being bodyshamed on a first (and last) date, receiving thousands of messages from around the world. 9781788702973 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 LAGOM
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Wartime Summer
MARIE LE CONTE
JOHN CHAMBERS
CAROLINE TAGGART
Gossip, power and how politics really works.
A true story of growing up amid the Troubles.
True stories of love, life and loss on the British home front.
In Haven’t You Heard?, Marie Le Conte looks at the role gossip, whispers and tittle-tattle play in all areas of politics – for the MPs and their advisers, the press who cover them and the civil servants in the middle of it all. From policy rows which aren’t about policy at all and boozy nights with dramatic consequences, to people spinning their way to the top and dark secrets never seeing the light of day, Marie explores the human side of the people running the country against a backdrop of political mayhem.
JOHN CHAMBERS was born in 1966 and brought up on Belfast’s notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. He thought he knew which side he was on, but, although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret – the fact that his disappeared mother was ‘the enemy’ – a Roman Catholic.
We take summer holidays for granted but, back in the 1940s, the picture was very different. War had gripped Britain. Wave after wave of bombs fell, beaches were closed off, and petrol was rationed by the forbidding question, ‘Is your journey really necessary?’
MARIE LE CONTE is a French-Moroccan journalist living in London. She previously was the Evening Standard’s political diarist, BuzzFeed News’ media and politics correspondent and went freelance in June 2017. 9781788702874 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £9.99 535
In this book, John explores the dark heart of Northern Irish sectarianism in the 1970s and 1980s, describing his childhood and teenage journey through the ultra-Loyalist province with searing honesty and native Belfast wit. John writes a popular blog, www.belfastchildis. wordpress.com, which deals with issues surrounding the Troubles and Northern Ireland’s more recent history. 9781789462746 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
April
Haven’t You Heard? A Belfast Child
But the summer days seemed to go on forever and, war or no war, British families were determined to make the best of their paralysed country. In this book, told through reminiscences from people who lived through those six long years, Caroline Taggart shows us how Britons succeeded in keeping up spirits. Touching, tragic, occasionally hilarious, it shows the British soldiering on as best they could. CAROLINE TAGGART worked in publishing for thirty years before being asked to write I Used To Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Following that, she co-wrote My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be ‘Me’?). Her record is sixteen radio interviews in one day on the subject of exclamation marks. Her website is carolinetaggart.co.uk and you can follow her on Twitter @citaggart 9781789461244 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
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JENSON BUTTON A funny and fascinating journey into the glamorous world of Formula 1. In his seventeen years as a Formula 1 driver, Jenson Button has picked up a thing or two about how to do the job properly. Sure, you need to be able to drive a car fast, but you also need to know the real rules for making it to the top. Like, how to tell a multiple F1 champion they need to check their blind-spot. What the difference is between a helmet and a hat, and indeed a ‘helmet-hat’. How to practise your champagne spray ahead of the big day. Why it is never, ever, under any circumstances a good idea to buy a yacht. And how to face down your team when you’ve just stacked their multimillion-pound car into a wall during practice. Born in Frome, Somerset, British Racing driver JENSON BUTTON has been in Formula 1 for seventeen years, appearing in 309 grands prix, the second most in history. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship, driving for Brawn GP. His autobiography, Life to the Limit, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2017.
May
How To Be An F1 Driver
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing BOB MORTIMER AND PAUL WHITEHOUSE Life, death and the thrill of the catch. Following the success of the BBC’s Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series, this wonderful book by two lifelong friends is a love letter to the joys of angling, the thrill of the catch and the virtue of having a right daft laff with your mates. On the fish, the equipment, the food, and the locations, Gone Fishing is the perfect book for fans of Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and for anyone who wants to read a brilliantly written and endlessly funny joint memoir on life, friendship and joys of fishing. The Fast Show, Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out, Shooting Stars, Harry Enfield and Chums . . . PAUL WHITEHOUSE and BOB MORTIMER have been working in British comedy for over thirty, years and are considered legends of the business. 9781788702942 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 BLINK
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MAGID MAGID Being courageous and doing better in life, work and politics. This is for when you make the placard, join the march, tweet the hashtag, join a union, begin the chant, claim the occupation, spread the word, stand up to the power, feel the revolution, seek the truth, seize the day, make the change and take control. This is for when those in power don’t listen, those above don’t look down, those around you remain silent and those who want to can make a change. This for the young, the old and everyone in-between. A guide to being courageous, doing better and disrupting the age-old power structures in work, life and politics: this is The Art of Disruption and how we can all take back control and make a difference like our lives depend on it.
May
The Art of Disruption
The Secret GP:
Incredible Stories from the Insane World of General Practice For fans of Adam Kay and The Secret Barrister, The Secret GP is a fascinating and hilarious behindthe-curtain look at the true front lines of medicine. Everyone has been to a GP. And if you haven’t, you really should. Everyone has walked in with a question about a strange growth, an odd feeling, a sporting injury, an internet diagnosis, an actual problem or any of these but for their aunt (who refuses to come to the doctor themselves), and so everyone believes they know about the life of a GP. I’m here to tell you . . . you have no idea.
MAGID MAGID came to Sheffield from Somalia as a refugee aged five. He is the youngest first Green Party Lord Mayor of Sheffield, and became an MEP for the Green Party in May 2019.
I will take you on a journey behind the closed door of a GP and show you every type of patient known to man – from those who should have gone to hospital months ago to those who should just go to a therapist. I will explain why I can only spend ten minutes with someone, why the system is broken, why I’m sometimes late, why I love my job, why it makes me despair and why you should never, ever ask an NHS GP for a prescription for paracetamol.
9781788702904 • DEMY HARDBACK • £12.99 535
THE SECRET GP works in London. That is all you need (or rather, want) to know. 9781788703307 • DEMY HARDBACK • £16.99 BLINK
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ALON SHULMAN ‘The definitive look at dance music and club culture – a must read’ Paul Oakenfold In The Second Summer of Love, music promoter Alon Shulman uses exclusive contributions from the world’s biggest DJs, including Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Moby, Faithless and many, others to faithfully recreate the story of the summers of 1988 and 1989, as dance music and ecstasy exploded in the UK. Complete with stunning unseen photographs, this is the first authentic account of what really happened in that glorious period – from the politics and the people to the music, the drugs, the fashion and the culture. ALON SHULMAN is a multi-award-winning festival, club and live experience promoter and producer. 9781789460889 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
Saboteur: The untold story of SOE’s youngest agent at the heart of the French Resistance
MARK SEAMAN Tony Brooks ended the war as a major with a DSO and MC to his name, having latterly commanded a network of some 10,000 résistants during the final defeat of the German forces who had occupied France since June 1940. By then, he was just twenty-three. From the age of twenty, when he first parachuted into enemy-occupied France, Brooks built a formidable force devoted to sabotaging the German war effort. When the D-Day landings took place in June 1944, the Resistance controlled almost the entire railway network of southern France. This is the official biography of a man who kept his secrets to the end. MARK SEAMAN, MBE, is an historian and one of this country’s leading experts on SOE. He was a close personal friend of Tony Brooks, who left him his remarkable archive when he died. 9781789461435 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £9.99 JOHN BLAKE
Talking With Serial Killers: Dead Men Talking CHRISTOPHER BERRY-DEE Death Row’s worst killers – in their own words Renowned crime expert Christopher BerryDee gained the trust of some of the most infamous inmates from around the world, having corresponded with them and even entered their prison lairs to discuss their horrific crimes in detail. In this revised and updated edition of his ground-breaking book, he presents six unforgettable convicts and lets them tell their stories, as well as giving the details and background of their terrifying cases. This is a book that allows the reader to get up close with torturers, psychopaths and mass murderers, and to know the last word from some of the world’s worst criminals. CHRISTOPHER-BERRY-DEE is a criminologist and writer who has interviewed or corresponded with more than thirty convicted serial killers. Known for his skill in questioning some of the most depraved criminals, he is the UK’s bestselling true-crime author. 9781789462203 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
Raw Speed: My Autobiography
TAI WOFFINDEN Tai Woffinden is Britain’s most successful speedway rider ever. With a vast array of titles to his name, including youngest ever Grand Prix World Champion, he has come a long way from his Scunthorpe roots. He has not been without his share of struggles, however. In 2010, he lost his father to cancer, which, combined with issues within his team, resulted in a difficult season. Then, in 2019, he crashed heavily during a race and was badly injured, breaking his back.
May
The Second Summer of Love
But Tai is already back racing again. Told with trademark honesty and directness, his autobiography provides an eye-opening insight into the life of one of speedway’s greatest talents. Born in 1990, TAI WOFFINDEN made his British speedway debut in 2005. The only British rider ever to win the World title three times, he captains the British speedway team, and races regularly in Poland and Sweden. 9781789462067 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
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CASS PENNANT A major new book from Britain’s most authoritative writer on football hooliganism. Can the war on hooliganism ever be won? This remarkable and informative book offers a frank examination of football violence, showing how different rivalries have evolved, and features many first-hand accounts of incidents that make for a chilling read. It builds up to provide the most comprehensive look behind the matchday madness. You’re Going Home in a F*cking Ambulance is an eye-opening study of a problem that refuses to go away, by a writer who knows his subject inside out. CASS PENNANT is a bestselling writer, historian and filmmaker. A reformed football hooligan himself, no one knows that world better than he. 9781789461909 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
My Brother, Muhammad Ali
“Kill The Black One First”
RAHAMAN ALI
The most moving story you’ll read this year
‘At last, the real Ali story’ Mike Tyson
MICHAEL FULLER
More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. And yet, the one voice missing belonged to the man who knew him best – his only sibling, Rahaman.The two brothers grew up together, lived together, trained together, travelled together, and fought together in the street and in the ring. In this extraordinary memoir, Rahaman tells a much bigger and more personal story than in any other book on the great man – that of two brothers, almost inseparable from birth to death. It is the final perspective on one of the most iconic figures of the last century. RAHAMAN ALI is the only sibling of Muhammad Ali. Rahaman retired from competing as a heavyweight himself in 1972. 9781789462210 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 JOHN BLAKE
June
You’re Going Home In A F* cking Ambulance
A hard-hitting, honest, and ultimately heartbreaking memoir from Michael Fuller, Britain’s first black Chief Constable, who reflects on his astonishing life growing up in care and his extraordinary experience of the race and cultural barriers in his career. A story about race, identity, belonging and displacement, “Kill The Black One First” is the memoir from Michael Fuller, whose life and career is not only a stark representation of race relations in the UK, but also a unique morality tale of how humanity deals with life’s justices. Michael Fuller was born to Windrushgeneration Jamaican immigrants in 1959 and was taken in to care from the age of two. He joined the Metropolitan Police when he was sixteen, and experienced a meteoric career, from the beat to the Brixton inferno, through cutting edge detective work to the frontline of drug-related crime and violence on London’s most volatile estates. A unique journey from care-home to the very top of the UK police force, this is Michael’s incredible story. MICHAEL FULLER was the first ever ethnic minority Chief Constable in the UK. He joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1975 as a cadet and served in uniformed and CID positions throughout London. 9781788702867 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 535
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Voice Of The Windrush Generation DAVID MATTHEWS The real story of the Windrush Generation told by the people themselves – a celebration of black British culture and history. 9781788701761 • B FORMAT PAPERBACK • £8.99 • 535
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