Sphere makes Wicked acquisition

Written By: Katie Allen Little, Brown imprint Sphere has acquired a "shocking" debut novel about the murder of a little girl. Editorial director Catherine Burke acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) including audio and ebook in The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood from Laetitia Rutherford at Mulcahy Conway Associates. The novel is set in the fictitious seaside town of Whitmouth. A series of murders brings together two women who as children were imprisoned for their part of the murder of a little girl, and who now live under assumed identities. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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