Richard Osman’s books are bestsellers this week

Breathless is Waterstones’ November ‘Thriller of the Month’!

Huge congratulations to Louise O’Neill who has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in the categories of ‘Author of the Year’ and ‘Popular Fiction Book of the Year’ for her latest novel, Idol.

Daisy Watt at HarperNorth bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Remember, Remember from Rachel Neely at Mushens Entertainment, in an exclusive pre-empt on a three-chapter partial manuscript.

Miss Austen Investigates: The Hapless Milliner, the first novel in the proposed Miss Austen Investigates series set in Regency Britain, will be published in hardback, ebook and audio in early 2024 with a paperback to follow later that year.

Underwater, which was runner-up for the CWA Debut Dagger Award in 2021, will be a lead debut for Transworld imprint Bantam, launching in hardback in early 2024. 

Angry Robot has signed The Judas Blossom, the first instalment in a Persian inspired fantasy trilogy, from Stephen Aryan.

Stacey Halls has been announced as the winner of the Women’s Prize and Good Housekeeping Futures Award, voted for by the public.

Buki Papillon’s debut novel An Ordinary Wonder has been chosen - from over 100 submissions - as a finalist for the Maya Angelou Book Award.

Fleet has acquired A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE KITCHEN by award-winning chef Sally Abé, the story of her rise to be a top fine-dining chef in the brutal world of restaurant kitchens.

Orbit UK Commissioning editor James Long acquired world English rights to The Gods Below series from Juliet Mushens, with executive editor Brit Hvide acquiring North American rights for Orbit US.

Bloomsbury has pre-empted Salt Blood by Francesca Haig, a historical novel about the infamous 18th-century pirate Mary Read, in a six-figure deal.

Abigail Dean and Laura Purcell both won their categories at this year’s Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards!

Richard Osman’s second novel in The Thursday Murder Club series, The Man Who Died Twice, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.

Elodie Harper and Sophie Haydock have been longlisted for the Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards 2022, with their novels The Wolf Den and The Flames, respectively.

Orion will launch Anna Mazzola’s first legal thriller in August 2024 in hardback, e-book and audio, with the two books to be published under the name Anna Sharpe.