UNDER A CORNISH SKY by Liz Fenwick published tomorrow in paperback!

UNDER A CORNISH SKY by Liz Fenwick is published in paperback tomorrow by Orion. This is the fourth novel by Liz to be published by Orion, who have already commissioned her next two books. Her previous novel, A CORNISH STRANGER, was published in paperback in April 2015.

In this deliciously irresistible tale set in the heart of Cornwall, Demi receives a surprising, puzzling inheritance: half of the beautiful Boscawen Estate. The conflicts that ensue and the discoveries made change her life forever.

Liz Fenwick was born in Massachusetts, now lives in London with her family, and visits her Cornish house as often as possible. Her novels are translated into 11 languages so far.

Praise for UNDER A CORNISH SKY:

'Liz Fenwick has done something very brave: she’s stepped outside the norms of the genre to explore love, ageing and – in a wonderfully unexpected moment – society’s casually unthinking sexism.' – Vulpeslibris.wordpress.com

Praise for Liz Fenwick:

'An intriguing, deeply felt and poignant story, stuffed with insight and observation.' – Elizabeth Buchan

‘Intriguing with a great sense of place. The perfect ‘Cornish’ holiday read.’ – Katie Fforde

A second serving of Tannie Maria: Sally Andrew’s THE SATANIC MECHANIC published today!

Following the success of RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER, Canongate publish the second of Sally Andrew’s Tannia Maria Mysteries, THE SATANIC MECHANIC, in the UK today.

Meet Tannie Maria - recipe writer turned crime fighter - and before she has time to take her Venus Chocolate Cake out of the oven, our glorious heroine finds herself embroiled in another mystery. In this wonderful sequel to RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER, Slimkat the bushman finds his life under threat and Tannie Maria is determined to find out who wants to kill him. But her boyfriend is keen to keep Tannie out of danger, and she's pretty sure he's hiding something so Tannie has mysteries of her own solve… Blending a perfect whodunnit with lovable characters, Sally Andrew really does have the perfect recipe for a crime series.

Warm, funny, poignant: Sally Andrew’s irresistible heroine brings mystery, romance and amazing cooking together in the most entertaining new series in years. And all Tannie Maria’s mouthwatering recipes are right there in the book!

RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER was a Kirkus Best Book of 2015, A Wall Street Journal Best Mystery Book 2015, The Bookseller Fiction editor’s Choice 2015 and A Good Housekeeping Book of the Month. It was published in the UK by Canongate, the US by Ecco Press, Canada by HarperCollins, Australia by Text and South Africa by Umuzi, and is being translated into 11 languages.

Sally Andrew divides her time between the Cape Town coast and a nature reserve near Ladismith in the Klein Karoo, which she shares with her artist partner, a giant eland and a secretive leopard.

Sally will be at the Giraffe in Southbank Centre in London on Saturday, where she will be 'wild writing' for the whole morning: she will write for two minutes on any topic the public will give her! 

Praise for RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER:

‘Vivid, amusing and immensely enjoyable read about detection (and cooking) in an intriguing part of southern Africa. …  A triumph.’ – Alexander McCall Smith

 ‘A culinary and linguistic treat … and has a pleasing bite.’ – Cathy Rentzenbrink, Editor’s Choice, The Bookseller

 ‘Sally Andrew’s Karoo is where miscreants, moskonfyt and murder are all on the menu. Thank heavens for Tannie Maria who cooks up a storm in the kitchen - but she’s just as good at cracking crime. RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER is a delightful debut.’ – Christopher Hop

SLEEPER'S CASTLE by Barbara Erskine published today

Harper Collins releases SLEEPER’S CASTLE by Barbara Erskine today in a beautiful hardback edition. In this new novel, Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Erskine returns to Hay in the year that marks the 30th anniversary of her sensational debut bestseller, LADY OF HAY.  SLEEPER’S CASTLE is published on the very day that LADY OF HAY celebrates 30 years in print!

Two women, centuries apart. One endless nightmare tearing Wales apart – and only they can stop it.

Hay-On-Wye, 1400 – War is brewing in the Welsh borders, Catrin is on the brink of womanhood and falling in love for the first time. Her father is a soothsayer, negotiating a dangerous game playing on the mixed loyalties and furious rivalries between Welsh princes and English lords. For two hundred years, the Welsh people have suffered under the English yoke, dreaming of independence. And finally it looks as though the charismatic Owain Glyndwr may be the man legend talks of. In the walls of Sleeper’s Castle, Catrin finds herself caught in the middle of a doomed war as she is called upon to foretell Wales’s destiny… And what she sees, is blood and war coming closer…

Hay, 2015. Miranda has moved to Sleeper’s Castle to escape and grieve. Slowly she feels herself coming to life in the solitude of the mountains. But every time she closes her eyes her dreams become more vivid. And she makes a connection with a young girl, who’s screaming, who’s reaching out… who only Miranda can help. Is she losing herself to time?

Barbara will be at History in the Court at Goldsboro books on Thursday, along with Blake Friedmann authors Elizabeth Chadwick and David Gilman.

Barbara Erskine is the author of 13 novels and 3 volumes of short stories, and her work has been translated into 26 languages.

Praise for Barbara Erskine:

'Barbara Erskine's storytelling talent is undeniable.' - The Times

'The Queen of timeslip epics.' - The Bookseller

Ann Granger's DEAD WOMAN OF DEPTFORD will be published tomorrow by Headline

Ann Granger’s THE DEAD WOMAN OF DEPTFORD will be published on Thursday June 30th by Headline. It is the sixth Inspector Ben Ross mystery set in Victorian London by much-loved crime writer Ann Granger.

On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing.

Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears...

Ann Granger is the author of the internationally acclaimed Meredith and Markby and Fran Varady detective series. The first novel in her Victorian crime series, A RARE INTEREST IN CORPSES was published by Headline in 2006. 

Entering the top 5 of the German bestseller list with each novel, she has also contributed to several short story volumes, licensed internationally. Headline has published 29 of her crime novels.

She has worked in British embassies in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

Praise for Ann Granger:

'One of the most reliable practioners of the crime fiction genre — her usual impeccable plotting is fully in place.' - Good Book Guide

'You can always count on Ann Granger.' - Kölner Express

 'Fans of Anne Perry's Thomas Pitt series will find much to like.' - Publishers Weekly

Deon Meyer to be Crime & Thriller Book Weeks Author in the Netherlands in 2017

The CPNB, the promotional organisation for book trade in The Netherlands, is happy to announce that bestselling South African author Deon Meyer will be writing the gift book for the 2017 Crime & Thriller Book Weeks.

Meyer, who has been described by the Times as “One of the sharpest thriller writers around”, broke through in the Netherlands in 2012 with Thirteen Hours, which was awarded the VN Thriller of the Year award. He has received international praise and his books have been translated into 25 languages. He is published in the Netherlands by A.W. Bruna Uitgevers. The Crime & Thriller Book Weeks will run from Friday 9 through Sunday 25 June 2017. During this period, bookshops will give away a free copy of Meyer’s book to every customer who spends at least €12.50 on books in Dutch.

The central theme of the 2017 Crime & Thriller Book Weeks is the thriller as holiday book. For 40% of Dutch people, holidays provide an opportunity to read more books than normal. On average, we take six books with us when we travel. Thrillers are the most-read fiction genre, and in the run-up to the spring and summer holidays, they make up 37% of the total turnover from fiction sales (source: KVB-SMB/GfK).

Previous authors for this campaign include Stephen King, Henning Mankell, Ian Rankin, Minette Walters, Dick Francis, Frederick Forsyth, Elizabeth George, Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen and James Ellroy.

“It is a great honour to be the Crime & Thriller Book Weeks gift book author for 2017”, says Deon Meyer about his commission to write the gift book. “I appreciate what the CPNB stands for and feel privileged to be able to promote the genre in which I write. It gives me a great deal of pleasure – and also scares me somewhat – to be following in the footsteps of authors I have admired for many years.”

Deon Meyer lives and works near Cape Town. After a career as, among other things, a reporter, press information officer, copywriter and creative director, he switched to focusing fully on writing. In 2012, Meyer’s second thriller in the series about Inspector Bennie Griessel, Thirteen Hours, was named Thriller of the Year by the Vrij Nederland Detective & Thrillergids (a guide to mystery books and thrillers), heralding his ultimate breakthrough in the Netherlands and Flanders. To date, A.W. Bruna Uitgevers have published ten of his crime thrillers and several of his short stories. Meyer combines the socially critical themes and extremely human characters that typify Scandinavian crime literature with the rapid, plot-driven action of the American thriller tradition. All of this is set against the background of present-day South Africa, with its broad diversity of communities, cultures and languages.

Deon’s new novel KOORS (FEVER in English) will be published in South Africa in Afrikaans in August 2016 by Tafelberg, with a major press campaign. It will be published in English and translation elsewhere in translation from 2017.

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