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FICTION CATALOGUE
JANUARY - JUNE 2021
1
The Funny Thing about Norman
Foreman
Julietta Henderson
A TRANSWORLD LEAD DEBUT FOR 2021: An uplifting, heart
-warming and hopeful novel about a boy with a grief he's
too young to understand and a mother who will do anything
to see him smile again.
What do you get when you cross a painfully awkward son,
lofty comedic ambition and a dead best friend?
Norman.
Norman and Jax are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a
five-year plan to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe by the time
they're fifteen. But when Jax dies before they turn twelve,
Norman decides paying tribute to his best friend just can’t
wait… so he rewrites their plan:
1. Look after mum
2. Find Dad
3. Get to the Edinburgh Fringe
Sadie knows she's never going to win Mother of the Year, and
not knowing exactly who her son’s father is doesn't help. But
when she finds Norman's new plan, all she wants is to see her
son smile again... So they set off on a pilgrimage to Edinburgh,
making a few stops to find Norman's dad along the way.
Julietta Henderson grew up in the rainforests of North January 2021
Queensland, Australia, and developed her passion for the 9781787633506
written word producing ‘magazines’ for school friends and £12.99 : Hardback
neighbours with her sister. She has worked her way through 400 pages
jobs as diverse as bicycle tour guide in Tuscany, nanny in the
Italian Alps and breakfast waitress in the wilds of Scotland.
Like many Australians, her love affair with Europe began when
she came to London on a working holiday and stayed for more
than a decade. Now a full-time writer, Julietta divides her life
between Melbourne, the UK and wherever she can find winter.
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The Hungry Road
The heartbreaking new bestseller from the
author of Under the Hawthorn Tree
Marita Conlon-McKenna
A story of courage, hardship and survival against the odds - this is
the definitive account of the Great Irish Famine.
In its brilliant recreation of the Great Irish Famine, the children's
historical novel Under the Hawthorn Tree is beloved by millions and is
considered a classic.
Now, the Number One Irish bestseller and award-winning author is
turning her hand to the definitive adult novel of those hard times,
with The Hungry Road.
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Ireland’s hopes for freedom are dashed with the arrival of a deadly
potato blight that strikes terror in the heart of its people.
1845. Seamstress Mary Sullivan's dreams of a better future are
shattered as she looks out over their ruined crop. Refusing to give in
to despair, she must use every ounce of courage and strength to
protect her family as they fight to survive.
Dr Dan Donovan is Medical Officer to the Skibbereen Union. The
arrival of 'The Hunger' soon brings starving men, women and children
crowding into the town and the workhouse, desperate for assistance.
Fr John Fitzpatrick's faith is tested by the suffering that surrounds him
as his pleas for help fall on deaf ears.
Inspired by true Irish heroes, The Hungry Road is the heartbreaking
January 2020
story of the Great Irish Famine told by one of Ireland’s best loved
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writers.
£12.99 : Trade Paperback
352 pages
'I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I raced through it ... It’s a must-add
to your collection' Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ Radio 1
'Powerful ... Conlon-McKenna has assembled an excellent cast of
characters ... Myriad small, moving details help to illustrate the
enormity of the tragedy' Irish Independent
'It’s a great read - it has the feeling of an epic film' Mairead Ronan,
Today FM
Marita Conlon-McKenna is one of Ireland's favourite authors. Her
books include the award-winning Under the Hawthorn Tree which is set
during Ireland’s great famine. Widely translated and published, it is
now considered an Irish classic. Her other books include bestsellers
The Magdalen and Rebel Sisters.
She is a winner of the International Reading Association Award, USA
and a former chairperson of Irish PEN.
Marita lives in Dublin with her husband and family.
3
The Stranger Times
C. K. McDonnell
Whether you're an 'American Gods' binge-watcher, addicted
to Ben Aaronovitch or devoted to Discworld and Terry
Pratchett, this smart, knowing, outrageously fun (and
occasionally rather rude) supernatural romp by an award-
winning stand-up comic is a must-read . . .
There are Dark Forces at work in our world (and in Manchester
in particular) and so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand
to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird
and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it
is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable . .
.
At least that’s their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious.
Their editor is a drunken, foul-tempered and
-mouthed husk of a man who thinks little (and believes less) of
the publication he edits, while his staff are a ragtag group of
wastrels and misfits, each with their own secrets to hide and
axes to grind. And as for the assistant editor . . . well, that job
is a revolving door – and it has just revolved to reveal Hannah
Willis, who's got her own set of problems.
It’s when tragedy strikes in Hannah’s first week on the job
that The Stranger Times is forced to do some serious, proper,
actual investigative journalism. What they discover leads them
to a shocking realisation: that some of the stories they’d
previously dismissed as nonsense are in fact terrifyingly,
gruesomely real. Soon they come face-to-face with darker foes
than they could ever have imagined. It’s one thing reporting on January 2021
the unexplained and paranormal but it’s quite another being 9781787633353
dragged into the battle between the forces of Good and Evil . . £14.99 : Hardback
. 432 pages
Born in Limerick and raised in Dublin, C K (Caimh) McDonnell is
a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. He performed all
around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows
and supported acts such as Sarah Millican on tour before
hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. He
has also written for numerous TV shows and been nominated
for a Kid’s TV BAFTA.
His debut novel, A Man With One of Those Faces – a comic crime
novel – was published in 2016 and spawned The Dublin Trilogy
books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. They have
been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic.
4
House with No Doors
Jeff Noon
At first glance, Leonard Graves’ death was unremarkable.
Sleeping pills, a bottle of vodka, a note saying goodbye. But
when Detective Henry Hobbes discovers a grave in the
basement, he realizes there is something far more sinister
at work...
At first glance, Leonard Graves’ death was unremarkable.
Sleeping pills, a bottle of vodka, a note saying goodbye. But
when Detective Henry Hobbes discovers a grave in the
basement, he realizes there is something far more sinister at
work.
Further investigation unearths more disturbing evidence.
Scattered around the old house are women’s dresses. All
made of the same material. All made in the same colours. And
all featuring a rip across the stomach, smeared in blood.
As the investigation continues and the body count rises,
Hobbes must also deal with the disappearance of his son, the
break-up of his family and a growing sense that something
horrific happened in the Graves’ household. And he’s running
out of time to find out what.
Jeff Noon trained in the visual arts and drama and was active
on the post-punk music scene before becoming a playwright,
and then a novelist. Most recently publishing a crime novel,
Slow Motion Ghosts, his other novels include Vurt, Pollen,
Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove, Falling
Out of Cars, Channel SK1N, Mappalujo (with Steve Beard), A January 2021
Man of Shadows, and the The Body Library. He has also 9780857525635
published two collections of short fiction, Pixel Juice and Royal Octavo
Cobralingus. He lives in Brighton. £18.99 : Hardback
384 pages
5
Exit
Belinda Bauer
IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MURDER . . .
Pensioner Felix Pink is about to find out that it’s never too late for
life to go horribly wrong.
The sensational new crime novel from the bestselling author of SNAP
‘Fresh, funny, flawless. The best crime novel you'll read this year.’
Clare Mackintosh
IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE MURDER . . .
Pensioner Felix Pink is about to find out that it’s never too late . . .
for life to go horribly wrong.
When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane, he’s there to
perform an act of charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes
his final breath . . .
But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police –
after making the biggest mistake of his life.
Now his world is turned upside down as he must find out if he's really
to blame, or if something much more sinister is at play. All while
staying one shaky step ahead of the law.
__________
'Quirky, charming, intensely human, important . . . and very
suspenseful. I loved it.'
Lee Child
January 2021
'Belinda Bauer's fiction teems with life.' 9781787630956
£14.99 : Hardback
Daily Telegraph
336 pages
Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in
Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally
writing a book to appease her nagging mother.
For her debut, Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger
for Crime Novel of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in
the Library for her body of work. Her fourth novel, Rubbernecker, was
voted Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her eighth
novel, Snap, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was longlisted for the
Man Booker prize and voted Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the
Specsavers National Book Awards.
Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages.
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Two Wrongs
Rebecca Reid
She made a mistake - now's her chance to make it right. The
explosive new thriller from the acclaimed author of Perfect
Liars and Truth Hurts.
When Chloe goes to university and meets wild, carefree Zadie,
she is utterly seduced by her and her lifestyle. It doesn’t take
long for Chloe to ditch her studies in favour of all-night parties
at Zadie's huge house off campus.
But when something goes badly wrong one night and Zadie
disappears in the aftermath, Chloe knows she should have
done more to help her friend. It’s something she’ll always
regret.
Fifteen years later, Chloe finally gets the chance to make it
right. But in order to do so, she’ll have to put everything at
stake.
How far would you go to correct the mistakes of your past?
Praise for Rebecca Reid:
'Will haunt you long after you've finished' Jane Corry
'A shocker of an ending' Emma Curtis
'Rebecca Reid is a master of building tension' Phoebe Morgan
'Disturbing and brilliant' Lauren North
Rebecca is the digital editor of Grazia magazine. She is a
columnist for the Telegraph Women’s section, and has written January 2021
for Metro Online, Marie Claire, the Guardian, the Saturday 9780552177382
Telegraph, the Independent, Stylist, Glamour, the iPaper, the £7.99 : Paperback
Guardian, Indy100, LOOK and the New Statesmen amongst 384 pages
others.
Rebecca is a regular contributor to Sky News and ITV’s Good
Morning Britain as well as appearing on This Morning, Radio 4’s
Woman’s Hour, LBC, Channel Five News, The World At One and
the BBC World Service to discuss her work.
She graduated from Royal Holloway’s Creative Writing MA in
2015, her debut novel Perfect Liars published in 2018 and Truth
Hurts is her second.
Rebecca lives London with her husband.
7
Before I Saw You
The delightful and emotional love-story of 2021
Emily Houghton
The Flatshare meets Me Before You, this book flips modern
dating on its head and tells the story of Alice and Alfie who
meet on a hospital ward and gradually fall in love without
ever seeing the other’s face.
Can you fall in love with someone you've never seen?
Alice has been badly burned. She hasn't been able to look at
herself yet, let alone allow anyone else to see her. All she
wants to do is hide away from the world.
Alfie might be dealing with his own injury but he's also
determined to get Alice to talk to him. Slowly he starts to get
to know her - all the while never being able to see her, but can
Alice ever really let him in?
Emily Jayne Houghton is a 28-year-old digital banker by day
and a creative writer by night. She’s originally from Essex but
has been living in London for the past 7 years. Emily is
completely obsessed with dogs, is a trained yoga teacher and
has dreamt of being an author ever since she could hold a pen.
February 2021
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£12.99 : Hardback
400 pages
8
Just Friends
Holly McCulloch
Laugh-out-loud and moving, JUST FRIENDS is a feel-good
‘will they, won’t they’ love story perfect for reading in the
sun or on a rainy afternoon from an exciting new voice in
women's fiction.
It’s easy to put someone in the friend zone. But what
happens if you change your mind?
Bea isn’t happy. Desperate for a change, she looks to her
friends for inspiration. Every single one of them is paired off,
perhaps that’s what she needs too.
So, she starts dating again. But everywhere she goes – amid
the hilarious and scarring dates – there’s Peter. Good old,
oddball Peter, her closest friend from university. He’s always
been firmly in the friend zone but something’s happened lately
– he seems taller, more handsome and suddenly making him
smile is Bea’s favourite thing.
But how can Bea possibly risk their friendship? And how do you
even go about taking someone out of the friend zone? What if
Bea and Peter were only ever meant to be just friends…
Holly McCulloch lives in Oxfordshire and bakes beautiful (and
delicious) cakes for a living. Just Friends is her debut novel.
February 2021
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£7.99 : Paperback
304 pages
9
Beneath the Keep
A Novel of the Tearling
Erika Johansen
Erika Johansen returns with the much-anticipated, utterly compelling
prequel novel that will thrill and enrapture the tens of thousands of
fans of her bestselling literary fantasy Tearling series.
In a world far in the future, society in the Tearling has reverted to
feudalism.
Evil forces have converged to ensure that the rich and powerful stay in
control while the poor are plunged into ever-greater depths of
suffering. The only hope is a prophecy, whispered about among the
poor, that a True Queen will rise up and save the kingdom from
succumbing completely to despotism.
But, none of this affects the Mace. We meet the Mace in the
beginning of his life, when he is enslaved as a paid fighter in the
Creche, the clandestine and sinister underworld beneath the kingdom.
The decrepit Creche is the only home Mace has ever known.
Meanwhile in the Keep and in the countryside, some of the same
villains at play in the Mace's world are inciting ever-escalating class
conflict. Princess Elyssa must decide if she should align herself with
her mother the Queen, or join the socialist rebellion group Blue
Horizon, which has captured her heart. As the people rioting across
the countryside decide Elyssa holds the key to the Kingdom's future,
she is running out of time to make her choice--and to outrun those
who hope to make it for her.
When the Mace must leave the Creche for the first time in his life, his
own fate intertwines with the prophecy of the princess and the battles
of country peasants uniting in mutiny, and everything changes. The February 2021
hope that Elyssa represented may be snuffed out by dark magic, and 9781787632356
the Mace finds himself called into the service of something bigger £14.99 : Hardback
than himself -- a fight for a better world. 420 pages
ERIKA JOHANSEN grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She went to
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania before attending the celebrated
Iowa Writers Workshop, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts
degree. She eventually became an attorney but she never stopped
writing. Her debut was the international bestseller, The Queen of the
Tearling - the first novel in a remarkable trilogy. This was followed by
the acclaimed The Invasion of the Tearling and The Fate of the Tearling.
Erika now lives in England.
Author photo (c) Victoria Webb
10We Are Not in the World
Conor O'Callaghan
An exquisite portrait of an extra-marital affair, of grief &
shame, this is a tour de force of emotional & literary heft
from a critically acclaimed author who counts John Banville
among his fans.
'Haunting, mesmerising, and so deeply intelligent about the
interwoven strengths and frailties of the human heart.'
Kamila Shamsie
Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man drives a
haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a
secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-something, unkempt,
off the rails.
With a week on the road together, father and daughter must
restore themselves and each other, and repair a relationship
that is at once fiercely loving and deeply scarred.
As they journey south, down the motorways, through the
service stations, a devastating picture reveals itself: a story of
grief, of shame, and of love in all its complex, dark and glorious
manifestations.
______________
PRAISE FOR WE ARE NOT IN THE WORLD:
'Wonderful, wrenching . . . full of enormous feelings very
precisely rendered' Sara Baume
'A whirlpool of memories, regrets and hopes' Tim Pears
'An uncanny ability to turn the seemingly insignificant into February 2021
something monumental' Jan Carson 9780857526854
'Unusual, utterly original and mysterious . . . a must read' £14.99 : Hardback
Elaine Feeney 272 pages
Conor O'Callaghan is originally from Dundalk, and now divides
his time between Dublin and the North of England. His critically
acclaimed first novel Nothing on Earth was published by
Doubleday Ireland in 2016.
11The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse
High in the Swiss Alps, a luxury hotel opens in what was once a
sanatorium, but the new design can’t hide the building’s dark history
for long . . . This is the chilling debut from the hottest new talent in
crime fiction.
‘At first glance they’re magnificent, yet the more she looks, the more she
realizes how sinister the mountains appear: raw, jagged spikes. It’s not
hard to imagine, she thinks, looking out; this place somehow consuming
someone, swallowing them whole.’
An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last
place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job
as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to
celebrate her estranged brother’s recent engagement, she has no
choice but to accept.
Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on
edge. Though it’s beautiful, something about the hotel, recently
converted from an abandoned sanatorium, makes her nervous – as
does her brother, Isaac.
And when they wake the following morning to discover his fiancée
Laure has vanished without a trace, Elin’s unease grows. With the
storm cutting off access to and from the hotel, the longer Laure stays
missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.
But no-one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing.
And she’s the only one who could have warned them just how much
danger they’re all in . . .
Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and
two daughters. She studied English and Creative Writing at the February 2021
University of Warwick and worked in Brand PR for a variety of 9781787633315
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household brands. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she
spent every spare moment exploring the mountains and still has a 368 pages
home in the Swiss Alpine town of Crans Montana, the dramatic setting
that inspired her novel. Sarah has always been drawn to the dark and
creepy - remote spaces and abandoned places - so when she read an
article in a local Swiss magazine about the history of sanatoriums in
the area, she knew she’d found the spark of the idea for her debut
novel, The Sanatorium. Her short fiction has been published in a wide
variety of magazines and has been shortlisted for several prizes.
You can find Sarah on Twitter @SarahVPearse and Instagram
@sarahpearseauthor
12The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
Marianne Cronin
'Full of wisdom and kindness. Just the kind of book I adore' JOANNA
CANNON: Stirring, unforgettable debut of friendship and living your
best life. For fans of THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP,
HAROLD FRY and ELINOR OLIPHANT
A HEART-RENDING, LIFE-ENHANCING DEBUT NOVEL FOR FANS OF
ELINOR OLIPHANT, THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP AND
HAROLD FRY
'I absolutely love it. Graceful, intelligent, beautiful writing. Full of
wisdom and kindness. It is just the kind of book i adore' JOANNA
CANNON
Life is short – no one knows that better than Lenni Petterssen. On the
terminal ward the nurses are offering their condolences already, but
Lenni still has plenty of living to do, thanks very much.
For a start she’s got far too many questions she needs answers for,
and stories yet to uncover.
With the unexpected arrival of 83-year-old Margot, a purple pyjama-
ed patient promising new friendship and enviable artistic skills,
Lenni’s life begins to expand in ways she'd never imagined.
As their bond deepens, a world of stories from the past opens up: of
wartime love and loss, of misunderstanding and reconciliation, of
courage, kindness and understanding.
Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny, and brimming with tenderness, THE
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the
extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and
revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we are February 2021
most in need. 9780857527196
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Marianne Cronin was born in 1990 and grew up in Warwickshire. She 400 pages
studied English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University, before
going on to specialise in applied linguistics, earning her MA and PhD
from the University of Birmingham. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and
Margot is her debut novel
13The Maid’s Disgrace
Emma Hornby
A gritty and page-turning historical saga, from Northern
England's answer to Dilly Court.
A gritty and page-turning historical saga set in Northern
England in the late 1800s, perfect for fans of Dilly Court
and Rosie Goodwin.
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Readers love Emma Hornby:
'Similar to Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, Emma Hornby tells a
brilliant story that will keep you guessing with twists and
turns. Pure talent.'
'Emma Hornby's books just keep getting better and better.
Honest, gritty, lovely characters.'
'Keep writing Emma, you are very talented and can't wait for
your next book. I've read them all.'
'Emma is a wonderful storyteller and I can't wait for the next
one!'
'Thank you again Emma Hornby for a captivating read'
'Another beautifully written story by Emma Hornby'
Emma Hornby lives on a tight-knit working-class estate in February 2021
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as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for £20.00 : Hardback
the elderly, to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She was 448 pages
inspired to write after researching her family history; like the
characters in her books, many generations of her family eked
out life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums.
14The Dare
From the bestselling author of The Rumour
Lesley Kara
THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING
AUTHOR OF THE RUMOUR
As a child, it was just a game. As an adult, it was a living nightmare.
THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING
AUTHOR OF THE RUMOUR
As a child, it was just a game. As an adult, it was a living nightmare.
When teenage friends Lizzie and Alice decide to head off for a walk in
the countryside, they are blissfully unaware that this will be their final
day together – and that only Lizzie will come back alive.
Lizzie has no memory of what happened in the moments before Alice
died, she only knows that it must have been a tragic accident. But as
she tries to cope with her grief, she is shocked to find herself
alienated from Alice’s friends and relatives. They are convinced she
somehow had a part to play in her friend’s death.
Twelve years later, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with
her fiancé, Lizzie is horrified to find traumatic memories and paranoia
suddenly surfacing. Is the trauma of the accident finally catching up
with her, or could someone be trying to threaten her new-found
happiness?
Twelve years is a long time to wait, when you’re planning the perfect
revenge . . .
PRAISE FOR LESLEY KARA March 2021
9781787633247
‘Lesley Kara keeps you guessing until the final page.’ £12.99 : Hardback
Paula Hawkins, No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train 320 pages
‘Lesley Kara does an excellent job of making readers’ heads spin as
we are forced constantly to change our minds about who is ally and
who enemy.’
Sunday Express
‘Instantly immersive, then intriguing, then insanely suspenseful,
then ... the truth.
Believe me, Lesley Kara knows what she's doing’
Lee Child
Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’
course. She lives on the North Essex coast. She is the author of two
published novels: The Rumour, a Sunday Times Top 10 and Kindle No.
1 bestseller, and the critically acclaimed Who Did You Tell?. Her third
novel, The Dare, is coming soon.
15Dog Days
Ericka Waller
An uplifting, heartwarming novel about turning points, new
beginnings, and unexpected friendship for fans of Eleanor
Oliphant, The Authenticity Project, The Unlikely Pilgrimage
of Harold Fry and A Man Called Ove.
A story about love, loss and what is to be human...
George is very angry. His wife has died and he would rather sit
in his underpants and listen to the cricket.The last thing he
needs is his neighbour Betty poking her nose into his life. And
then there's the dog - a miniature dachshund puppy called
Poppy. George doesn't want a dog - he wants a fight.
Dan is a counsellor who is great at helping other people - if
only he were better at helping himself. His most meaningful
relationship so far is with his labrador Fitz. But then comes a
therapy session that will change his life, even if this comes at a
cost.
Lizzie is living in a women’s refuge with her son Lenny. Her
body is covered in scars and she has shut herself off from the
world. But when she is forced to walk the refuge's fat terrier,
Maud, her horizons begin to open up. A new life beckons, if she
can keep her secret just a little while longer...
Three people at a crossroads in their life. Three people in
need of someone who will understand. Dog Days is a warm-
hearted, gentle novel about finding our purpose in life,
because sometimes it can take a dog to show us what it March 2021
means to be human. 9780857527233
£14.99 : Hardback
Ericka Waller lives in Brighton with her husband, three 368 pages
daughters and pets. Previously, she worked as a blogger and
columnist. Dog Days is the sum of everything she has learned
about love, loss and the healing power of dogs.
Twitter: @erickawaller1
Instagram @erickamary
http://muminthesouth.co.uk/
16The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
Robert Goddard
An unlikely heroine. An even more unlikely detective. And a
cold case that's resurfacing with deadly consequences. The
next book from 'the world's greatest storyteller' (Guardian).
Tokyo, Japan
Umiko Wada has had enough excitement in life. With an
overbearing mother and her husband recently murdered, she
just wants to keep her head down. As a secretary to a private
detective, her life is pleasantly filled with coffee runs and
paperwork.
That is, until her boss takes on a new case. A case that is
surrounded by shadows. A case that means Wada will have to
leave Tokyo and travel to London.
London, England
Nick Miller never knew his father, and was always told he
wasn’t missing much. But when an old friend of his late mother
says there are things that Nick needs to know about his
parents, he can’t ignore it.
When a chance encounter brings Wada and Nick together,
they couldn’t know the series of violent events set off by their
investigations. And when they discover Nick’s father might
have been the only witness to a dark secret forever buried,
they realise there are some powerful people who will do
whatever it takes to keep it that way…
Robert Goddard's first novel, Past Caring, was an instant March 2021
bestseller. Since then, his books have captivated readers 9781787632349
worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their £18.99 : Hardback
labyrinthine plotting. He has won awards in the UK, the US and 384 pages
acrossEurope and his books have been translated into over
thirty languages. In 2019, he won the Crime Writers’
Association’s highest accolade, the Diamond Dagger, for a
lifetime achievement in Crime Writing.
17Meant to Be
Louisa Leaman
Jess Taylor hopes she has found true love in reliable - but
dull - Tim, but when a family heirloom with a mysterious
back-story leads her to inconveniently handsome Guy, her
plans for happily-ever-after go awry…
After a spate of terrible boyfriends, Jess is sure she’s found her
perfect man in dependable – but occasionally dull – Tim. But
when her grandmother, tasks her with retrieving a family
heirloom from a local auction she finds herself face to face with
a charming stranger, Guy.
Guy has already bought her grandmother's precious necklace
and whilst Jess desperately tries to buy it back from him, he
somehow convinces her to go out on a date instead.
Ridiculous. But Guy has the necklace and Jess’s grandmother’s
health is declining rapidly. Jess has no choice but to indulge
Guy and go on a date with – if only to get the necklace back.
But when she and Guy hit it off on their date Jess’s
dependable happily-ever-after is thrown off track…
Louisa Leaman was born, raised and now lives near Epping
Forest. She studied Art History at Leeds University before
becoming a teacher working with children with special needs.
After winning the Times Education Supplement’s New Writer’s
Award, she turned her hand to writing books for children.
Louisa currently writes content for the Victoria and Albert
Museum in London, but has also been published in the April 2021
Guardian, the Observer, the Independent and The Times 9780552176637
Educational Supplement. Her interest in the arts is often £7.99
inspiration for her plots and her first book, The Perfect Dress, 312 pages
was inspired by the V&As large wedding dress collection and
fulfils her dream of writing romantic fiction. When she isn’t busy
writing or rearing her three lively children, she paints portraits,
takes long walks and spends far too long browsing vintage
clothing shops.
18Tall Bones
An explosive firecracker of a literary crime
novel
Anna Bailey
Like THE GIRLS rewritten by GILLIAN FLYNN, TALL BONES marks the
debut of an explosive new talent. A novel about secrets within
secrets in a town where there is nowhere to hide.
TALL BONES by Anna Bailey is a firecracker of a literary crime novel,
set in a claustrophobic and remote Colorado town, that explores what
happens to a fractured community following the disappearance of a
teenage girl.
When 17-year-old Abigail goes missing, her best friend Emma (who
only has Abi for a friend), compelled by the guilt of leaving her alone
at the Tall Bones party that night, sets out to find the truth about
what happened. But as the details unfold, the festering secrets and
longstanding resentment of both Abigail’s family and the people of
Whispering Ridge, Colorado begin to surface with devastating
consequences.
Among those secrets are those harboured by the members of Abi’s
family: her older brother Noah’s unworldly yet horribly dangerous love
for the handsome Rat, a Romanian immigrant who recently entered
town; her 12-year-old brother Jude, who is filled with a shining
goodness yet walks with a stick because his father threw him down the
stairs and their mother Dolly turned away. And what about Dolly, who
married the bible-bashing Samuel on a whim, and now has a frozen
heart and watches her children unravel? Not to mention the crazy
pastor who incites hatred, filling his congregation with tales of fire and
brimstone.
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of characters, TALL BONES is at its core a story about love and hate,
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acceptance and intolerance, and how religious devotion can manifest
352 pages
as rage and violence with utterly dangerous consequences.
Anna Bailey was born in Bristol in 1995 and she spent her childhood
between her home in Gloucestershire and visiting family in Cornwall.
She studied Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and wanted to be
a journalist, but ended up moving to Colorado and becoming a
Starbucks barista instead. In 2018, she returned to the UK where she
enrolled in the Curtis Brown Creative novel-writing course and wrote
her first novel Tall Bones, inspired by her time in the US. She currently
lives in Cheltenham, where she writes for Cotswold Life and Good On
Paper magazines.
19Lost Property
The most uplifting debut of 2021
Helen Paris
Lost Property is a poignant, funny and heart-warming debut
novel from an exciting new voice in fiction. For fans of The
Keeper of Lost Things and Something to Live For, readers
won’t just be taking Helen Paris’s heroine Dot Watson home
with them, they’ll be taking her to their hearts too.
‘Loss is the price we pay for love’
Dot Watson works at the Transport for London Lost Property
Office. Every day, she diligently catalogues the objects found
on buses, tubes and trains. She's the custodian of hundreds of
black umbrellas, a surprising number of shoes and one mid-
century sofa.
But it is not only the objects in her care that are lost, Dot is
too. Ten years ago, her life veered unexpectedly off course and
she has never quite recovered.
So when Mr Appleby comes in looking for a lost bag, something
in the way he holds himself catches Dot off-guard. His late
wife's purse was in the holdall, it was empty but he liked to
keep it near. By the time the bag is handed in, the old man's
details are no longer on file but Dot can't let it go. Determined
to reunite Mr Appleby with his wife's purse, she examines the
bag, gathers her clues and sets off to find him.
Dot knows a thing or two about grief. But it's possible, though April 2021
she doesn't yet know it, that in helping Mr Appleby, she might
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384 pages
Helen Paris worked in the performing arts for two decades,
touring internationally with her London-based theatre
company Curious. After several years living in San Francisco
and working as a theatre professor at Stanford University, she
returned to the UK to focus on writing fiction.
As part of her research for a performance called 'Lost & Found',
Paris shadowed employees in the Baker Street Lost Property
office for a week, an experience that sparked her imagination
and inspired this novel.
20Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Mizuki Tsujimura
CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN with a fantasy twist: An insider's look
at teen angst and depression, LONELY CASTLE was a #1 Japanese
bestseller and winner of the influential Japan booksellers' award,
selling one million copies.
- One million copies sold
- Winner of the Japan Booksellers Award voted for by the
booksellers across Japan
- CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN with a fantasy twist, exploring
mental health and anxiety issues in modern-day Japan.
Seven students are avoiding going to school, hiding in their darkened
bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends, until the moment
they discover a portal into another world that offers temporary escape
from their stressful lives. Passing through a glowing mirror, they
gather in a magnifcent castle which becomes their playground and
refuge during school hours. The students are tasked with locating a
key, hidden somewhere in the castle, that will allow whoever finds it to
be granted one wish. At this moment, the castle will vanish, along with
all memories they may have of their adventure. If they fail to leave
the castle by 5 pm every afternoon, they will be eaten by the keeper
of the castle, an easily provoked and shrill creature named the Wolf
Queen.
Delving into their emotional lives with sympathy and a generous
warmth, LONELY CASTLE shows the unexpected rewards of reaching
out to others. Exploring vivid human stories with a twisty and puzzle-
like plot, this heart-warming novel is full of joy and hope for anyone
touched by sadness and vulnerability.
Readers love LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR:
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- Ms. Tsujimura often deals with important themes, but what I like is
you’re left with an upbeat feeling after you finish. 400 pages
- I shed some tears this time, too, at the end.
- I got gooseflesh I don’t know how many times as I read this
- I couldn’t stop crying at the ending and the epilogue.
- I’d like my daughter to read this, and look forward to her thoughts.
- Rare is the novel that is this sad, surprising, moving, and heart-
warming. Shows how important it is when people reach out and help
each other.
MIZUKI TSUJIMURA is the winner of the Japan Booksellers' Award and
the Naoki prize, two highly influential awards in Japan. Her novel
LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR sold one million copies in Japan. She
has writtten several mystery novels and is at work on a new novel.
She lives in Japan.
21Hunt
Leona Deakin
Sometimes the only way to catch a killer is to become their
prey. In Leona Deakin’s highly anticipated new thriller, Dr
Bloom finds herself in more danger than ever before.
Sometimes the only way to catch a killer is to become their
prey.
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**THE THIRD DR BLOOM THRILLER**
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In Bristol, a young woman jumps into an icy reservoir. In
Leeds, a girl cuts ties with her family and disappears. The only
thing that links them is a shared obsession with a mysterious
woman called Paula.
For Dr Bloom, the stories told by their families are disturbingly
familiar. She has seen this all before. She is sure that this
charismatic, charming woman is the leader of a cult.
She begins investigating the Artemis community but is met with
walls of secrecy. Which leaves only one option.
She must become one of them.
Leona Deakin started her career as a psychologist with the
West Yorkshire Police. She is now an occupational psychologist
and lives with her family in Leeds. This is her debut thriller.
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22Outbreak
Frank Gardner
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner's former SBS
officer and now MI6 operative Luke Carlton returns to the
fray in his third, explosive thriller - a pulse-pounding, race-
against-time adventure that confronts the all-too-real
horrors of 21st century bio-terrorism . . .
The Doomsday clock is ticking as MI6 operative Luke Carlton
goes in pursuit of an extraordinary conspiracy that could
devastate the world . . .
Deep within the Arctic Circle, three environmental scientists
from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard
landscape in search of shelter. There's a cabin ahead. It
appears abandoned. No lights or tell tale smoke. No snow-cat
parked outside.
The first thing the team's medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, notices
when she enters is the smell. It's rank, rotting. And then
there's movement.
A man, barely recognisable, lies on a sofa, his face hideously
disfigured by livid pustules, rivulets of blood run from his
nostrils, his chest covered in black bile. Momentarily Dr
Mackenzie can't comprehend what she's seeing. Then the
alarm bells begin to ring. These are signs of chronic, deadly
infection . . .
But the man is trying to say something. She edges closer to
him, and it's then that the convulsions begin. He coughs May 2021
suddenly, violently, vomiting out a rank mix of blood, bile and 9781787632387
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320 pages
Contaminating Dr Mackenzie and her two companions . . .
Setting in train a terrifying chain of events that threatens
millions with a deadly contagion . . .
And so begins Frank Gardner's terrifying new thriller - with his
MI6 agent hero Luke Carlton caught up in the horrors of bio-
terrorism.
Born in 1961, Frank Gardner is the BBC's Security
Correspondent, reporting for television and radio on issues of
domestic and international security, notably on Islamist
23Night of Demons & Saints
Menna van Praag
The second book in The Sisters Grimm trilogy, a tour de
force of fairytale and imagination about life, death and
sisterhood.
There is a moment, while the clock strikes twelve, when October
ticks into November, as All Hallows’ Eve transforms into All Saints’
Day, that the sisters Grimm are born and anything is possible . . .
It is almost 3 years since the fours sisters Grimm confronted
their father in that strange place called Everwhere. In a month,
sisters Goldie, Scarlet and Liyana will be twenty-one. Goldie is
still mourning Leo, her waking life barely bearable and she is
becoming increasingly estranged from her sisters.
Unbeknownst to anyone, she plans to enact a ritual on the
night of demons and saints: her intention is to draw on her
powers over earth and growth and resurrect Leo’s spirit and
soul, channelling both into the body of a soldier she’ll sacrifice
for the purpose.
Meanwhile, Scarlet is happily married and newly pregnant and
Liyana is in Zimbabwe, learning more of her family, her culture
and history. On her return to England, she learns about
Goldie’s plan and persuades her sister to try another method
of resurrection. The sisters return to Everwhere to perform a
voodoo ceremony to bring Leo back. It goes catastrophically,
horrifyingly wrong. And during the ritual, something or
someone took an unwelcome interest in Scarlet. Returning to
our world, her behaviour begins to change. And Liyana too is
disturbed by demons of her own - a darkness that calls out to May 2021
her, whispering, wanting her to do wicked things . . . 9781787631687
£14.99 : Hardback
And so on the eve of their 21st birthdays, three tormented 320 pages
sisters Grimm - Goldie, Liyana and Scarlet - will meet in
Everwhere. There to confront each other, to learn what they
have become, to face mortality, and discover the wonder of
new and unexpected life . . .
Menna van Praag has lived in Cambridge all her life, except
when she was studying at Oxford University. She has worked
as a reader for BBC Films & TV and as a script editor for a
number of independent production companies. Menna is the
author of five novels of magical realism and one novella which
have sold over 150,000 copies worldwide and been translated
into 26 languages.
24Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead
For fans of smart American fiction, THE GOLDFINCH, ALL THE LIGHT
WE CANNOT SEE and THE GIRLS : this monumentally powerful epic
weaves together the astonishing lives of a daredevil female aviator
and the Hollywood rebel who will play her on screen.
For fans of The Goldfinch, All the Light We Cannot See and The Girls:
this monumentally powerful epic weaves together the astonishing
lives of a daredevil female aviator and the Hollywood rebel who will
play her on screen.
'Outrageously gifted' RICHARD RUSSO
'Ferociously clever' GUARDIAN
From the days of giant passenger ships sliding past Arctic icebergs, to
the daring pilots of WWII, to present-day Hollywood and its
malcontents, at the core of this story is the indomitable Marian
Graves and her twin brother Jamie who are twice abandoned by their
parents. Marian and Jamie grow up roaming Montana forests, more
comfortable with landscape than with people.
When a pair of aerobats take their exhilarating show to a nearby
airfield, Marian’s life is changed forever. Watching them roll, dive, and
loop in their mini plane, she can think of nothing else but flying. As
she grows into a woman, she sacrifices everything to command the
breathtaking sense of freedom, of utter control over her own fate,
that she feels when in the air. She becomes one of the most fearless
pilots of her time, and in 1949 she sets out to do what no one has
done before: fly the Great Circle around the earth, north to south
around the poles. Shortly before completing the journey, her plane
disappears, lost to history.
In 2015, Hadley Baxter, former child star and poster girl of the
blockbuster Archangel franchise, has just been fired for cheating on May 2021
her on-screen boyfriend. Struggling to escape the fury of the fans, 9780857526809
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she grasps at an offer for the comeback role of a lifetime: to play the
famed female pilot Marian Graves in a biopic. From the first pages of 602 pages
the script, she feels an instant connection with Marian, a woman who
refused to be bound by gravity or any of the other strictures of her
time. After filming is complete, her bond grows stronger as she
begins to question whether the Great Marian Graves really did die at
all.
Maggie Shipstead is the author of the bestselling and prize-winning
debut novel SEATING ARRANGMENTS.With GREAT CIRCLE, she
cements her place among a famed list of American Literary Stars as
one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD's debut novel SEATING ARRANGEMENTS was a New
York Times bestseller and winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and L A
Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Her work has appeared in the New
York Times, Guardian, Conde Nast Traveller, The Best American Short
Stories and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's
Workshop, a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a two-
time National Magazine Award finalist for fiction. Her latest novel
GREAT CIRCLE has been seven years in the writing and is due to be
published around the world. Maggie Shipstead grew up in California
and lives in Los Angeles, California.
25The Year of the Locust
Terry Hayes
The hotly anticipated second novel from Terry Hayes, author
of the internationally bestselling I am Pilgrim
THE AMAZING NEW THRILLER FROM TERRY HAYES.
IF YOU THOUGHT I AM PILGRIM WAS GOOD...
Terry Hayes is a former journalist and screen-writer. Born in
Sussex, England, he migrated to Australia as a child and
trained as a journalist at the country’s leading broadsheet. At
twenty-one he was appointed North American correspondent,
based in New York, and after two years returned to Sydney to
become an investigative reporter, political correspondent and
columnist.
He resigned to produce a prominent current affairs radio
program and a short time later, with George Miller, wrote the
screenplay for Road Warrior/Mad Max 2. He also co-produced
and wrote Dead Calm, the film which launched Nicole Kidman’s
international movie career, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and a
large number of TV movies and mini-series – including Bodyline
and Bangkok Hilton – two of which received international Emmy
nominations. In all, he has won over twenty film or television
awards.
After moving to Los Angeles he worked as a screen-writer on
major studio productions. His credits include Payback with Mel
Gibson, From Hell, starring Johnny Depp, and Vertical Limit with
Chris O’Donnell. He has also done un-credited writing on a May 2021
host of other movies including Reign of Fire, Cliffhanger and 9780593064962
Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster. UK C/Wealth ex Can
£20.00 : Hardback
The Year of the Locust is Terry Hayes' second novel. His first, I 400 pages
Am Pilgrim was an international bestseller. He and his American
wife – Kristen – have four children and live in Switzerland.
26Summer in the City
Fiona Collins
The story of a disillusioned woman who finally starts to see
the world around her by describing it to her blind father.
Written with Fiona's refreshingly uplifting style and a
genuine warmth.
Prue is not someone you would notice willingly. She likes to
keep herself to herself and fade into the background. If it were
not for the birthmark on her left cheek, she might actually
succeed at becoming invisible.
She spends all of her time with her blind father, Vince.
Together, they sit in silence and ignore the vibrant city just on
their doorstep. Life is as good as what’s on TV. That is, until
something forces them both to go outside and see what they
have been missing. For Vince, that means discovering how to
see the world without his sight. For Prue, that means finding
the courage to finally love and be loved in return.
A story about family, friendship and facing your fears head on,
this is a heart-warming story that will stay with you long after
you have finished the last page.
Fiona Collins grew up in an Essex village and after stints in
Hong Kong and London returned to the Essex countryside
where she lives with her husband and three children. She has
a degree in Film and Literature and has had many former
careers including TV presenting in Hong Kong, traffic and
weather presenter for BBC local radio and film/TV extra. You
can find her on Twitter @FionaJaneBooks. May 2021
9780552176378
£7.99 : Paperback
388 pages
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27Triple Cross
Tom Bradby
From ITV News Anchor Tom Bradby comes the final instalment in the
bestselling Kate Henderson series. Double Agent saw Kate retire
from the Service, but it won't last long…
Attempting to rebuild her shattered life in the South of France, former
MI6 operative Kate Henderson receives an unexpected and most
unwelcome visit from an old adversary: the UK Prime Minister. He has
an extraordinary story to tell - and he needs her help.
A Russian agent has come forward with news that the PM has been
the victim of the greatest misinformation play in the history of MI6.
It's run out of a special KGB unit that exists for one purpose alone: to
process the intelligence from 'Agent Dante', a mole right at the heart
of MI6 in London.
Against her better judgement, Kate is forced back into the fray in a
top-secret, deeply flawed and dangerous investigation. But now she's
damaged goods. Her one-time allies no longer trust her. And neither
do her enemies.
With the stakes this high, can the truth ever come out? Or is the cost
of uncovering it a price that no one, least of all Kate, can afford to
pay?
Tom Bradby is a novelist, screenwriter and journalist. As a
broadcaster, he is best known as the current Anchor of ITV's News at
Ten. In his first year in the job, he was named Network Presenter of
the Year by the Royal Television Society.
He has been with ITN for thirty years and was successively Ireland
Correspondent, Political Correspondent, Asia Correspondent (during
which time he was shot and seriously injured whilst covering a riot in May 2021
Jakarta), Royal Correspondent, UK Editor and Political Editor - a job 9781787634251
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he held for a decade - before being made the Anchor of News at Ten
in 2015. 400 pages
He has written seven previous novels, the most recent of which, Secret
Service, was a top ten bestseller. The Master of Rain was shortlisted
for the Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year,
and both The White Russian and The God of Chaos for the CWA
Historical Crime Novel of the Year. He adapted his first novel, Shadow
Dancer, into a film, the script for which was nominated for Screenplay
of the Year in the Evening Standard Film Awards.
28This Shining Life
Harriet Kline
Exquisitely written debut about family, loss and our need to
understand the meaning of life and death.
Lovable, easy-going, charming Rich is dying of a brain tumour.
Life and soul of every party, adored and relied upon by his
family and in particular by his autistic son Ollie, no-one wants
to believe what is unfolding in front of them.
In an effort to convey his love for them Rich decides to send
each of his close relations a present. He asks for Ollie’s help,
but the combination of Rick’s vagueness and the pressure that
Ollie feels means the task does not go quite to plan.
And then more suddenly than expected, Rick dies. How the
family learns to comes to terms with the catastrophe,and move
on is at the centre of this beautifully written and uplifting
novel.
Harriet Kline works part time registering births, deaths and
marriages and writes for the rest of the week. Her story Ghost
won the Hissac Short Story Competition and Chest of Drawers
won The London Magazine Short Story Competition.
Other short stories have been published online with Litro, For
Books' Sake, and ShortStorySunday, and on BBC Radio 4. She
lives in Bristol with her partner and two teenage sons.
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320 pages
29True Crime Story
Joseph Knox
What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens
to the Zoe Nolans of the world?'
In the early hours of Saturday, December 17th, 2011, Zoe
Nolan, a 19-year-old Manchester University student, walked
out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where
she had been living for three months.
She was never seen again.
Blending fact and fiction in his first stand-alone novel, Joseph
Knox delivers a thrilling true crime story like no other.
Joseph Knox was born and raised in and around Stoke and
Manchester, where he worked in bars and bookshops before
moving to London. He runs, writes and reads compulsively. His
debut novel Sirens was a bestseller and has been translated
into eighteen languages. The Smiling Man and The Sleepwalker
are the second and third books in the series.
True Crime Story is a standalone.
June 2021
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400 pages
30The Mad Women's Ball
Victoria Mas
For fans of Perfume, The Vanishing Act, and The Doll
Factory, a gemlike novel set in a Parisian asylum in 1885
about two women – one deemed mad, the other sane - who
find their salvation at The Mad Women’s Ball
'Enter the danse of this little masterpiece and let yourself be
dazzled. Assured of hitting the bestseller lists' The Parisian;
‘Essential reading’ Cosmopolitan ‘A lovely, moving first
novel, a cri de Coeur against the condition of women in this
world’ Marie France
The Salpetriere asylum, Paris, 1885. Dr Charcot holds all of
Paris in thrall with his displays of hypnotism on women who
have been deemed mad, hysterics, and been cast out from
society. But the truth is much more complicated – these women
are often simply inconvenient', unwanted wives, those who
have lost something precious, or wayward daughters. For
Parisian society, the highlight of the year is The Mad Women’s
Ball, when the great and good come to gawk at the patients of
the Salpetriere dressed up in their finery for one night only. For
the women themselves it is a rare moment of hope.
Genevieve is a senior nurse – after the childhood death of her
sister Blandine, she shunned religion and has placed her faith
in Dr Charcot and science. But everything begins to change
when she meets Eugenie, the 19 year old daughter of a
bourgeois family who have locked her away in the asylum.
Because Eugenie has a secret - she sees spirits. Inspired by
the scandalous, banned work that all of Paris is talking about – June 2021
The Book of Spirits – Genevieve is determined to escape from 9780857527028
the asylum (and the bonds of her gender) and seek out those £14.99 : Hardback
who will believe in her. And for that she will need Genevieve's 256 pages
help...
Victoria Mas is 32. The Mad Women's Ball, her first novel, has
won several prizes in France and been hailed as the
bestselling debut of the season. She has worked in film in the
United States, where she lived for eight years. She is the
daughter of the singer
Jeanne Mas.
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