DHH News Roundup 30th December 2024 - 12th January 2025
Caroline Lamond
Congratulations to Caroline Lamond whose The Socialites was published in paperback and eBook by One More Chapter.
From Bloomsbury to Hollywood, to Paris and New York - a breath-taking epic spanning four decades in three unforgettable lives.
David Goodman
David Goodman’s debut novel, A Reluctant Spy, was published by Headline in the US last week.
Congratulations David, and happy reading across the pond!
Stuart Turton
Congratulations to Stuart Turton, whose The Last Murder at the End of the World was published in paperback last week by Bloomsbury.
You have 107 hours until humanity’s extinction. How do you solve a murder at the end of the world?
Ed Crocker
Congratulations to Ed Crocker whose Lightfall has been chosen as an Amazon editor’s pick in the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy list this month!
Anna Jacobs
The Jubilee Lake series by Anna Jacobs (Hodder & Stoughton) has sold French rights to Editions de L’Archipel.
Frances White
We are thrilled to share that Frances White’s debut novel, Voyage of the Damned, has been named as Waterstones’ Book of the Month for January 2025. Congratulations, Frances!
Stuart Turton
We are delighted to see that Stuart Turton’s The Devil and the Dark Water has been named as one of People’s Best books of the 2020s!
A chilling thriller of supernatural horror, occult suspicion, and paranormal mystery on the high seas.
Heather Darwent
We are delighted with this glowing review for Heather Darwent’s A Sharp Scratch.
‘Darkly delicious, I greedily consumed this over the Christmas break and couldn’t stop thinking about it afterwards.’ Nikki Smith, author of The Beach Party
Frances White
Hot on the heels of being named Waterstones’ Book of the Month for January 2025, Frances White’s Voyage of the Damned was published in paperback by PRH. Congratulations Frances!
Rosanna Ley
Rosanna Ley’s The Forever Garden (Quercus, March 2023) has sold Norwegian rights to Cappelen Damm.
Tom Hindle
We are thrilled with the feature on Tom Hindle in the Yorkshire Post this past weekend, ahead of the publication of Death in the Arctic.
Where will these globetrotting whodunnits take this Yorkshire author next?
Stuart Turton
Stuart Turton’s The Sunday Times’ No.1 Bestseller, The Last Murder at the End of the World, has been chosen as Blackwell’s Book of the Month for January 2025. A huge congratulations, Stu!
Frances White
We are incredibly excited for the upcoming second book from Frances White, The Bone Door, announced last week and coming early 2026!
A fantasy horror escape room novel, where a team of amnesiac kids must work together to complete impossible tasks to escape a mysterious labyrinth.
Francesca Willow
Welcome to the agency, Francesca Willow, who joins Abi Fellow’s list.
Francesca is an artist, writer and climate justice activist based in Cornwall. She takes a holistic approach to climate justice and regenerative futures and campaigns against the fossil fuel industry's involvement in arts and culture.
M. J. Robotham
We are absolutely thrilled with this review for M. J. Robotham’s Mrs Spy from Ava Glass, author of Alias Emma and The Traitor.
‘Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, Mrs Spy is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won't be able to put it down.’
M. W. Craven
The upcoming instalment to the Washington Poe series, The Last Vow, by M. W. Craven has sold Estonian rights to Kirjastus Pegasus.
Stuart Turton
Read all about the books of Stuart Turton’s life in the fascinating Guardian article.
‘The crime novelist on the dark side of Dahl, the joy of Virginia Woolf and the comforts of Terry Pratchett’
*deal done by Abi Fellows at The Good Literary Agency
**deal done by Diana Beaumont at Marjacq Scripts