Pushkin Vertigo has acquired a new crime trilogy from Swedish debut author Martin Holmén. The publisher acquired world English rights, excluding Australia New Zealand, from Bonnier Rights. The “gritty” trilogy is set in poverty-stricken and divided 1930s Stockholm, and follows the adventures of Harry Kvist, a bi-sexual former boxer and debt collector, as he moves through the city’s underworld. The first book in the series is called Clinch. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Swedish publisher Norstedts says new book in international bestselling crime thriller series will be out in August 2015The Swedish publisher of the best-selling The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy says it has hired an author to write a sequel to the series by Stieg Larsson, who died in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Old Street Publishing has bought two titles from former journalist Murray Davies. Ben Yarde-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following OxTales (2009) and OxTravels (2011), Profile Books will publish fundraising collection... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constable & Robinson has launched a website dedicated to the "cosy crime" genre as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company Pictures have optioned the TV rights to William McIlvanney's Laidlaw trilogy. Lisa... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sprout Pictures, the independent film and TV company run by Stephen Fry, has optioned James... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press science publisher Keith Mansfield has signed Nick Bostrom. Bostrom is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperVoyager has signed a new trilogy from fantasy novelist Robin Hobb. The first book of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has signed up a trilogy of YA books from archaeologist Ruth Hatfield. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berg's memoir chronicles the death of his brother and the aftereffects of the crime. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Malcolm Mackay is named as the winner of this year's Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year for his novel How a Gunman Says Goodbye. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The City of London Police have launched an intellectual property crime unit backed by £2.5m... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A crime-themed TV book club created by Amanda Ross, who was previously behind The Richard & Judy Book Club, is coming to ITV3 in September. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ITV3 will begin a new series called "The Crime Thriller Club" in September, a TV book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elmore Leonard, one of America's best known crime novelists, died Tuesday morning due to complications from a stroke.Elmore Leonard, one of America's best known crime novelists, died Tuesday morning due to complications from a stroke, according to Leonard's Facebook page and his longtime... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prolific US crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose books include Get Shorty and Out of Sight, dies at the age of 87. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A story said to have been written by Larsson when he was 17 will be part of an anthology titled 'A Darker Shade of Sweden,' which will be released this February. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saqi Books imprint The Westbourne Press has signed a US bestseller on the life of Jesus. Zealot... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Denise Mina has become the first author ever to win the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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