We are delighted that Orenda Books will publish two more thrillers by Will Carver. Karen Sullivan acquired World English Language rights from Kate Burke in a two-book deal. Orenda will publish PSYCHOPATHS ANONYMOUS in late 2021, followed by a currently untitled thriller in 2022.
In order to quit, you have to hit rock bottom. Most nights, Maeve drinks two bottles of wine and falls asleep in front of America’s Next Top Model. But she’s not dependant on alcohol. She attends Simply AA because the men there are vulnerable and easy to pick up for the evening. But she doesn’t have a sex habit. And she goes to Emotional Sobriety and Women’s Reflections and New Beginnings, not because she wants to quit, not because she enjoys a twelve-step program, but because she is addicted to other people’s misery. She also likes to kill men. But there’s no support group for that.
When a work project forces her together with a new client, Maeve feels something she never has before: a connection. But can a psychopath really experience love or is this man another thing Maeve is addicted to that is absolutely no good for her?
Will Carver said ‘I’m thrilled to be working with Karen and the Orenda team again. There’s a reason they won best crime publisher at the CWA awards; Orenda publish consistently high-quality, brave fiction that pushes the boundaries of the genre in new and interesting directions. There is a freedom and support to try something new and I’m grateful that I have the opportunity to increase my output with a series book and a stand-alone story in the same year.’
Will’s most recent novel for Orenda, THE BERESFORD, was published in ebook in May 2021 and will be published in paperback in July 2021. The audio edition is available now, published by Bolinda.
About Will Carver
Will Carver lives in Reading, though his younger years were spent in various parts of West Germany. He is the author of four books in the JANUARY DAVID thriller series as well as four thrillers for Orenda Books: GOOD SAMARITANS, NOTHING IMPORTANT HAPPENED TODAY, HINTON HOLLOW DEATH TRIP and THE BERESFORD.
Carver likes to work his body as much as his mind and runs his own fitness and nutrition company, though he prefers to talk about his writing more than how he consumes adequate protein as a vegan.
Praise for Will Carver
‘If you like your comedy pitch black and your thrillers more than a little bit twisted, you’ll love it… So dark, so cool.’ — Heat
‘Totally addictive. Like Fight Club, only darker’ — S.J. Watson
‘A blend of serial killer thriller and domestic noir… An unsettling but compelling mixture of the banal, the horrific and, at times, the near-comic, wrong-footing the reader at every turn.’ — The Guardian, The best recent crime novels – review roundup
'A bleak vision of life - true enough to impart the reader with the thrill of genuine discomfort presented with the chilly conviction of Simenon’s most unflinching romans durs and just as horribly addictive.' — The Telegraph
'Outstanding... Fans of classic downbeat noir from Cornell Woolrich and the like will find Carver has brilliantly translated their themes for the 21st century.' — Publishers Weekly
'Heavy gusts of bedsit nihilism usher in this strange mystery... Weirdly page-turning.' — The Times, November Pick