DHH News Roundup 1st - 7th April 2024
David Fennell
The cover for the brand new book in David Fennell’s ‘DI Grace Archer’ series, A Violent Heart (Zaffre Books, August 2024), has been revealed!
T. M. Payne
The debut from T. M. Payne, Long Time Dead, and the first in her ‘DI Sheridan Holler’ series, was published last week from Amazon Publishing.
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Books 1-3 in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir’s ‘Forbidden Iceland’ series, The Creak on the Stairs, Girls Who Lie and Night Shadows (all Orenda Books), have been sold to Knihy Dobrovský in the Czech Republic.
Gareth Brown
Author of The Book of Doors (Transworld, February 2024), Gareth Brown made an appearance on the Page One podcast last week, and you can catch up here.
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
More foreign rights news for Eva this week: the forthcoming new book in her ‘Hidden Iceland’ series, Boys Who Hurt (Orenda Books, June 2024), has been bought by De Fontein in the Netherlands.
Thomas D. Lee
Congratulations to Thomas D. Lee, who last week saw the paperback publication of his debut book, Perilous Times (Orbit). Initially published in hardback in May 2023, it was an instant Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.
Clare Boyd
The devastating family drama, and new book from Clare Boyd, After I’m Gone was published last week from Bookouture.
M. W. Craven
The sixth in M. W. Craven’s ‘Washington Poe’ series, The Mercy Chair, has been sold to both Knihy Dobrovský in the Czech Republic and Kirjastus Pegasus in Estonia.
Eve Smith
Author of frighteningly plausible dystopian novels, such as One and The Waiting Rooms (Orenda Books), Eve Smith appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row last week, and you can catch up here.
Fingerprint Awards
Congratulations to our clients who, last week, were all shortlisted for the Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards 2024. Cast your votes now!
Vital Organs by Suzie Edge (True Crime Book of the Year)
The Good Liars by Anita Frank (Historical Crime Book of the Year)
The Murder Game by Tom Hindle (Overall Crime Book of the Year)
Fearless by M. W. Craven and The Silent Man by David Fennell (Thriller Book of the Year)
Stuart Turton
Finally, the just-released new novel from Stuart Turton, The Last Murder at the End of the World (Bloomsbury Raven), only went and made the NUMBER ONE slot in the Sunday Times top ten bestselling hardbacks list.
A milestone achievement and we could not be prouder.
*deal done by Abi Fellows at The Good Literary Agency